“There are several ways to 'do' the Lavender Route. You can hook up with a tour, travelling from the old Roman city of Orange or Montelimar and wind up six or seven days later in Grasse, the renowned perfume capital of the world.”

British actress, writer and filmmaker

Carol Drinkwater is a British actress, writer and filmmaker who lives in France. She is best known for playing Helen Herriot in the television adaptation of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small, and for her work as an author and filmmaker. Her role in that series brought wider attention, and she received the Variety Club Television Personality of the Year award in 1985. Beyond acting, her career spans writing and filmmaking, reflecting a creative life across several forms of storytelling.