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Bonjour! Just a few words about how we (my wife and I, a dog, and a cat) came to be living here. We were previously living on one of the Orkney Islands, I was working remotely with the office in Manchester. About four years ago, I took early retirement, we sold the house, bought a motorhome, and set off for France. We spent a few months travelling around France, and then with winter arriving, we moved on to Spain and Portugal.

We were enjoying our new life very much, but one day while on the south coast of Spain, we decided that it would be better if we had a bricks and mortar base somewhere. We had liked this area when we passed through - I think perhaps it reminds us a bit of Yorkshire, which is where we are both from originally. So we started looking at adverts for small, cheap houses, identified a few likely candidates, and then drove all the way up from the far south of Spain to here in a couple of days.

We soon found the right house, in a small village in the Lathus St Rémy area, and we've been here for just over three years now. We love it here, and everyone in the village is so friendly, both the French and the British. We still travel a lot in our motorhome, around France, and back to Spain and Portugal in the winter - apart from last winter, because of you-know-what. Hoping we can go again this winter.

Steve, Beth, Nell the dog, and Dusty the cat.
Hello Steve, Beth, Nell the dog, and Dusty the cat welcome to Around Montmorillon. wave

We ended up here in a similar way, we sold up and set off to tour Europe. However the winter came and we ended up renting near Montmorillon and we just fell in love with the area so purchased a house 17 years ago and never went any further.  Big Grin

You probably already know that "Camping Cars" Motorhomes can park up for free in most places in France. ?

Regards.

Fred.
Hello to you all, lots of new people joining the forum, so that's good to see.
(Sat-03-07-2021, 12:11 PM)Fred Wrote: [ -> ]You probably already know that "Camping Cars" Motorhomes can park up for free in most places in France. ?

Yes, we've enjoyed many nights "free" stay. But we always like to say a small thank you by buying lots of local produce. Everyone wins!
Hi Steve and a hearty welcome!