MickKnipfler

Is it easy to find an English speaking school?  My son is 10

Thanks Mike.   A couple of places we have looked at are currently running as stud farms.  I guess if it paid, then it may be better to bring in somebody qualified to continue.  Our primary focus though is just to run a livery yard.  Maybe a couple of Gites or something too. It is my partner who is looking to do it.  I'm currently working in mobile comms but our plan is at some point to move to France with her running the livery until I can retire and help her part time.   If we found a place with a lake or 2, maybe I could set up a fishery too   As I said, we're just investigating at the mo

Thanks Mike.   At the moment, we only have 3 stables and 8 acres which are private.  Would we then need to do some farming training or something just to run a stable yard?

Crikey....I didn't know this!  I guess I should think twice about moving to France until after my policies mature...

Thanks, At the moment, I'm only in "investigation mode" Steve

Perhaps it's just a bigger country.  I have toured extensively throughout Europe and have always noticed that there aren't many big bikes in France

Absolutely.  I'm really considering carp fishing.  I think the guy in the documentary I saw invested £40k in fish.  I wouldn't want to do that without being sure about the environment I was putting them into.

Is biking expensive in France?  There never seem to be too many bikes over there.  Especially big ones.....why?

Thanks Peta, At the moment we have come to a crossroads in our life.  I am getting made redundant after 30 years in the same company and we need to decide what to do next with our lives.  One option is to sell up, get some rediculous price for our house in the UK and move to France, slow down a bit and get out of the rat race. I'm a keen angler and my partner loves horses.  It seems that we can sell our 8 acres here and buy something pretty impressive in France for the same price.  We are currently only in the "investigation" phase but we are wondering if we could make a living from a few liveries, fishing holidays and maybe a couple of Gites.  If we were near an Airport or the Eurotunnel routes, I could probably also do contract work.   Steve

There was a programme on the other day about a couple that had set up a business like this in Brittany and were doing quite well. My partner is into horses and we are considering buying an equestrian property with some water and offering liveries and fishing.  I'm wondering if there are any geographical constraints.  Do you think most anglers would only consider northern France? Does anybody know what red tape is involved?

Do you need to worry if you are running a livery yard?