In English, we talk about "guilty pleasures"; in French, it's "péchés mignons". However you salt or sweeten your sins, we all indulge to some degree. Our vices are (mostly) channelled through music and motion. Al haraka baraka, baby. We feel even better when we have company with whom to share the indulgence.

We have run several car tours for those who love the thrill of a motorised mission along some of the most wonderful roads in Europe. Eighties through the Noughties is our favorite era of machine, but we're happy to play with anyone who is passionate about petrol-driven performance. Get in touch to hatch a driving plan, you can find a flavour on Instagram @thelastblast911.

We have hosted several guitar-making workshops, both at our previous location in Italy and here in France. Our friend and super-experienced luthier Chris Wynne loved France so much, he recently bought himself an old school a breezy two hours south-east of us and set up a new workshop. It's much easier to get to from here than his old workshop, which was near Melbourne. @chriswynneguitars

If you'd like to visit Chris' guitar-making Mecca, spend a weekend learning to repair and set up an old guitar or your own, or book a 2-week course to design and build your own dream machine, tell us and we'll help make it happen. You could even drive down, top down, with a flight case on the luggage rack. Now that's retro cool.