Pauline

Me too Fiona, if only the UK house would sell we could get to France. Pauline

Oh Gail thank goodness you came along I can sleep better at night now, I hope a lovely family take him home soon. Like I said earlier if we had sold our house and moved to France already I would love to have him he would get on well with my 2 bichons. Pauline[:D]

I check the forum every night before I go to bed here in the UK and I hold my breath hoping someone has rescued 14, I keep saying I wont look again because its so upsetting, I wish I had already moved to France so I could adopt the poor little thing to play happily with my 2 Bichons. I really hope someone comes along soon, its heartbreaking.

Pads, I am quite new to the forum and just had to ask, are you going on hols to Carcassone or going to live??? sorry its nothing to do with the thread but have noticed your barometer a lot and was interested.

OOHH wonderful news, I only checked the last report and didnt realize there was good news...Thats wonderful x [:D]

Boo I know we have not moved to France yet and are still in the UK but I check the forum everynight hoping you have good news. My thoughts are with you, you must be so worried and upset. Love Pauline x

Thanks for that info Limousin Lass, I will check it out on Amazon [:D]

Hi Limousin Lass Sorry, I guess it would help if you knew where, my friend lives near Ales in Gard.

Hi can anyone suggest a good book in English for veg and flower growing in mediterranean climate, Just been over to France for a week to visit a friend and do some house hunting, he is new to France and a novice gardener and I would love to buy him a book to send. Thanks Pauline

Brilliant news, I am sat in Stockport with the cold snow around me and this has just brought a ray of sunshine over my day. Thankyou [:D]

Hi What an adorable little dog, looks crossed with a Bichon Frise to me, I have 2 Bichons and he has a look of my youngest. Hope you find a lovely family soon. Pauline

Hi I wonder if hypnosis would work????  [;-)]      I am also struggling with the language, unfortunatly never did french in school, I am 55, forgetful!!!! so you see not a lot going for me and would really like to at least have a good basic knowledge before we move to France.

What can I say, I was sat reading the poems with a wet keyboard. Thankyou for sharing them, they just make me more determine to adopt rescue dogs once we move to France. Pauline. [:(]

Hi I have been following your progress with the dogs daily from the UK and just felt I would like to say how wonderful you all are for giving these lovely dogs new loving homes, I cant physically help as still not sold in UK but your all in my thoughts. Well done. Pauline [:D]

I know what you mean Amanda, I think about the poor little pony all the time and hope the story has a happy end. Pauline

That was soooo lovely. Thankyou for sharing it with us. Pauline [:D]

Thanks to you all for your advice and comments, I dont think we will bother having it translated, just wait and see and if its needed then worry about it then. Thanks again Pauline [:)]

Hi I dont live in France yet as still trying to sell uk house but log onto the forum regularly, being a animal lover I always check the animal section out and it broke my heart to see the little pony, I just wanted to say how lovely it is to have so many people who care about this poor little chap and I hope the situation gets sorted out soon, so sorry I cant do anything to help but I can see I will be adopting far to many animals once we arrive in France. Pauline [:(]

Hi We are planning a move to France (once the house in UK is sold, although with the market so poor I wonder if this will ever happen!!!! anyway my question is ....We got married in the Dominican Republic 10years ago and the Certificate is not in English, does anyone know if we need to get it translated into English or even French before we move to France? Thanks for any help on this subject. Pauline [:)]

What a lovely sight to see all your happy dogs. Thanks for the pictures. Pauline

Hi We have been in a similar situ although no children (ours grown up). We have finally narrowed our search down to Haute Garonne, we love it around Boulogne sur Gesse and its good for Toulouse & Pau airport the weather has been really lovely everytime we have been and the scenery is breathtaking, the people we have met have been really friendly as we have battled with our french, we do plan to visit again in the winter months so we have got an overal picture and will be seriously househunting once our house is sold in the uk. Good luck with your search, its really exciting isnt it.  regards Pauline

Thanks a lot cooperlola for the info, I hope its ok to come back to the forum for clarification on any points once I have read the latest info. regards Pauline

Hi, could some of you wise owls out there offer me an explanation, I have read loads of threads, info etc but I am still confused!! My hubby and I are hoping to move to France as soon as our house is sold in England, he applied and was successful in getting early retirement which starts tomorrow (scary) aged 54, the plan was we would be ready to move at the same time but the poor housing market put a stop to that, anyway, I am still working here and dont get mine until retirement age, I am 54 possibly 55 before we get to France. What will happen regarding health/medical cover for us with the new ruling? regards Pauline

Thanks Howard regard  Pauline

Thanks a lot everyone who has replied, its really helpful to get other peoples views, we are ready to move just waiting for the house to sell in uk then we can decide whether to rent for a while to enable us to have a really good look around or whether to buy??? Howard is the estate agent you mention in Bologne called 'Gascony'? its just that we were over in France 10 days ago & did some viewings with an agent, we nipped into the office to pick up keys and would you believe it Mike used to work in the uk with the co owner of the estate agents, she kindly invited us out for a meal that evening and we ended up staying at her home overnight in Bolougne Sur Gesse.(its a small world)!!!!! Hope to bump into some of you who live in the area, when we move. Thanks again Pauline