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I'll be logging off on Monday (18th) for a couple of months as me and Mrs Delboy II are going househunting in sunny France, starting off in the Limousin. 

Got the caravan rigged up for satellite TV, so hopefully won't miss any LMES or ALMS action.

Best of luck to all who are attending any of these events and hope the weather holds out - for your sake as well as mine.

I hope to have a quick lurk here occasionally if I can find an internet cafe (or similar.

All the best to everyone.

Del

Bon voyage, old chap.

good luck with the house hunting and remember, get yourself a good notaire.

Good luck Del, i am sure we shall find you in france next year if not .

I'm tempted to say jammy git, but I know you've been looking forward to this for years! How nice it would be to get away from the horrors of Blair's New Model Britain.

Best of luck in finding a house in sunny France. Let us know how it ends...

Good Luck Del. My parents did the same and found the most beautiful place at Jumelles in Maine et Loire - close enough to Le Mans (70km south east) to make it very convenient. There are some very attractive villages in the area and the convenience of Saumur and Angers - and a smattering of expats (though maybe you are trying to escape that aspect!). Well worth checking out.
Happy Trails!! 

Del - you know I'm envious.

Look forward to hearing all about the new place next year, if not before!

Damm! Another one escapes our clutches!!

All the best with the house hunting

Best of luck Del.  We hope to be following in 10 years or so.

I shall be at La Sarthe next year come what may.  Can't let you youngsters overtake me in total number of visits.


Correct Matt - I want to live like the French do, like it used to be here 50 years ago.

I like the Loire valley, I know Saumur quite well.  However, one of my mates at LM this year said I should be looking around Le Mans area - told him that I wanted to go further south where it was a bit warmer! (where's the 'tongue-in-cheek' smiley?).

Thanks to all for the good wishes.

Del

Good Luck Del.

Just remember to look for saomewhere with a very large garden, big enough for say.................80 tents, 20 gazebos, 10 swimming pools and a Black Transit and a Commer!!!

 ;)

....and plenty of storage space

Hey DelBoy... you won't get lost, will you ?

Hope you find your bit of heaven down there. It isn't impossible that I may be following you too, now I am a retired old gennleman.... (Where IS that tongue in cheek icon for the smirkeys?)

 :)


bill

happy hunting DelBoy

 :-* :-* :-*

good look on your quest. It is easy as long as you get with the laid back way of life.

I am near to St Malo if you get fed up with the caravan and need a bit of advice re technical stuff.

Lisa
 :-*

Thanks for the offer, Lisa.  Have PM'd you.

Del

All the best with the hunt , we were lucky 2 years ago having sold up in the UK, never looked back :) Dont expect much in the way of work though

Thanks Gary - I know you made the move a couple of years ago.  We are not intending to go quite so far south as you, but it is a big step all the same.

We are both retired, so the prospect of no work appeals very much.

If we ever get to your neck of the woods, I'll give you a shout.

Del

If we ever get to your neck of the woods, I'll give you a shout.

Del


Please do :)

If you feel lost in the French administrative world, I am at your disposal...

... sorry you not looking at Houses in south normandy or in la Sarthe as I know some of the most honest locale estate agents !!!

Hi all

Just got back to the cold, wet and windy UK.

Had a great time, although managed to cover nearly 4000 kilometers.

Anyway, the result is that I have signed the 'Compromis de vente' - the initial contract - on a house in Dordogne, 25k east of Perigeaux in a lovely village.  Modern(ish) and not too big, and is situated in a small garden of 11000 sq metres (that's nearly 3 acres to save you the maths).

Lovely people who are selling it - they plied us with wine and pastis everytime we went round there.  Also, they allowed me to store the caravan there, so I didn't have to drag it all the way back to the UK.

I reckon it will be about 5 hours from there to LM towing the 'van, so I will be there with the early birds on Sunday next year, also probably be at PQ.

More later - got to finish unpacking a lot of dirty LM t-shirts.

DelBoy

Welcome back Del!!

Sounds like it's all worked out well for you! I'll have to pick your brains about it when you are settled.

So, 3 acres huh??  I guess you could squeeze several tents in an area like that between PQ's and the main race, or between the main race and The Classic??  ;)

Good plan  ;)


Well done Del.  I'm getting green wishing I was upping sticks as well - 10 years and counting.......