I've just got back from France having finally been put in contact with a guy that I have been trying to arrange with for the past two years- a friend of a contact. I enjoyed myself but had to do most of the arranging myself which at times was a little trying. I will probably post a report of my trip on this site sometime in the next few days.
To me it was an experience that I having been looking forward to for a considerable number of years but I'm not sure if I want to do it in the same way again, though I'm invited back next year if I want to.
I can't recommend the chap I went with purely because he isn't geared up for commercial operations suitable for U.K. shooters, his operation is aimed purely towards French hunters. That's not to say I didn't enjoy myself or that the company wasn't good, just that my limited French and there being only a couple of guys on the one day only who spoke any English at all caused a few communication difficulties which probably took something away from the experience. None the less it was an experience that I will remember for years to come.