Michael Portillo continues his Pyrenean challenge, this time in the wild beauty of southwest France's Ariege region. He begins by visiting a young couple from Luxembourg who left city life behind to become pig farmers. Climbing higher into the mountainous terrain, he shelters in a mountain cabin with seasoned hiker Patrice Tessiere Dufour. Michael ends his day at an abbey in the company of Benedictine nuns.

Bivši ministar u vladi konzervativaca Michael Portillo nastavlja svoju pirenejsku putolovinu, ovaj put u divljoj ljepoti jugozapadne francuske regije Ariege. Na svom putovanju opire se neumornoj kiši. Posjećuje mladi par iz Luksemburga koji je napustio gradski život radi uzgoja svinja. Uspinjući se sve više, Michael se sklanja u planinsku kolibu s prekaljenim planinarom Patriceom Tessiereom Dufourom. Uz okrepljujući ručak saznaje nešto o običajima i kulturi Pireneja i ljudi koji ovdje žive. Michael dan završava u opatiji u društvu benediktinki.