Hello and Welcome

[Bayleaf]

Hi Trelawny, another warm welcome to our small (and usually friendly!) forum. I grew up in Devon before moving here to NE Dordogne, avec la famille, 20 years ago, and know many great places in Cornwall. (I was a film extra in a very cheesy Paramount film years ago, that used Holywell Bay near Perranporth as part of their set).

[Naylor's Ark]

Hi @Trelawney
I live at the bottom of Indre/top of Creuse. So probably not far from your secondaire. We moved from the Dorset coast to here in 2004 to a "No going back " type wreck of a farmhouse.
Still in the same house, though no longer a wreck!

[Trelawney]

We have been in our house since 2001 and have made it comfortable but have not needed to renovate in a big way. Our nearest town is La Chatre where we shop for most things and sometimes eat out.

[glazedallover]

Joyeux Poisson D'Avril.......an ideal day for my first post. Hello to All.

A year all ready ! And Easter Monday to boot......so this Old fool is getting ready to spend the next 6 hours at a point de ravitaillement in the middle of the Tronçais Forest !

Happy Easter.....

[Quiksilver]

They told you that's where it was?

[glazedallover]

They told you that's where it was?

You weren't far off the mark Qs.......I was stationed at the Rond de Thiolais from 8h00 until midi and 11 cyclists passed.....frigging 11. only just recovered from the cold and boredom...

[Quiksilver]

Ah, but, don't you get a warm glow when you think that you saved 11 lives and a whopping proportion of Decathlon's profits for the year?

[widge]

Hi all
I have just come across this site by accident, and thought it looked interesting.
My wife and I arrived in Herault at the beginning of 2006, and never looked back, although still restoring the house.

Dave

[Blaze]

Hi Dave/Widge and welcome !
We're smaller and quieter than some sites, but we don't seem to have the spats and rudeness you see on the bigger forums - a huge plus. Char runs a peaceful ship !
Many of us have gone through and/or are still going through the restoring - old houses are a bit of a Forth Bridge exercise .... so you're in good company.

[exile]

Welcome Dave @widge

Renovation - been there done that and now at the point of beginning to renovate the renovations. It's a never ending task - but we would not have it any other way.