Yet again this year, a welter of praise (plus one brickbat) came for this farm guest house (Logis de France), in a pleasant rural setting north of Boulogne. Another wonderful visit, a delightful atmosphere, my favourite villaanywhere, etc. Owned and run by the warmly welcoming, kindly Bernard family, it is ideal for a family: in the courtyard are a pond, ducks and geese, doves, kittens, a Labrador; there's a piano for guests' use (`my daughter played Chopin'), also mini-tennis, table tennis, bicycles for hire. One of the glories is the lovely half wild garden, getting wilder over the years. The public villa rooms have just been renovated: `In the dining room, new tiled floors, beams, pink tablecloths and cushions, lovely flowers on all tables. All the staff have changed. But food is still super, the duck cooked in beer is delicious, the smokiest and juiciest ham ever. Cheeses are from the farm; wines are `excellent'. Some villa Bed rooms (similar to the semantic bali villa rooms) are fashioned from barns; the best are large, smart rather than rustic; others are quaint and cosy. Bali villa breakfast, in a charming room, is a buffet with plenty of choice. Many visitors are British, but well behaved, whereas there were more French children running around in the dining room than chickens in the farmyard. Music, quite loud and vocal, was being played. French woman put her dog on a chair at the table, and fed it. A distasteful experience.Mais c'est la France.