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Thanks for that, that is good to know. We have been looking at the climate for Bordeaux and surrounding major towns and it seems that they actually receive more rainfall than England. Not a particular worry but we wondered if this was more to do with the type of rain, ie a few days heavy rain, rather than the long wet drizzly days you get in England.

Hello all, We have recently been looking at a property advertised for sale in the St Savin village region, approximately 25 minutes north east of Bordeaux. We appreciate to get a real feel of the place we need to make a journey to visit the property but would be particularly interested before we book a trip to hear any views or any forum members who have any experience or knowledge of this area. In particular we would be interested to hear from anyone that has any knowledge of whether this region is suitable for horses, the climate and if it is popular with tourists as there is gite's attached. Any information large or small will be very gratefully received, thanks, Simon.

Got to get my football fix from somewhere! I have been looking around Bergerac for houses so on first look it could be a trek to watch Bordeaux home games is my best bet. Looking forward to it but as I'm used to football at Fratton Park so the standard isn't always great!

Surely personality and behaviour is more important than your country of birth. I couldn't care less what nationalities people are in my village, I find it strange to believe in this day and age so many people still try to judge people by their nationality. Still with all the integration going on accross Europe, I can only see these boundaries getting diluted.

Been to the vets today and got all 5 golden retrievers rabies jabbed and microchipped. All 5 were as good as gold and the journey to the vets increased my confidence in our ability to transfer all 8 animals including the 5 dogs to France. The vet mentioned one of her clients who had recently moved to France was a professional dog breeder. She took 22 dogs with her!! Puts our little inconvenience into perspective. The 3 cats are booked in for thursday :)

Thinking of moving to France in the near future, any forum users watch any live French games?? What are the prices / atmosphere like?

Thanks very much for the replies everyone, it really is great finding a forum such as this. Thanks very much for digging out that paperwork cooperlola. There will be 2 cars going over, with 2 people in each, to bring all the animals accross. So if it is 3 pets per person then it would be quite possible to have 4 animals in each car and it sounds like we wouldn't have a problem. However maybe we will take cooper's advice and get this paperwork just to be safe. From the replies, we've decided to definately use the eurotunnel, sounds like the least stressful way for the animals! Got a trip to the local vets in the morning with all 5 golden retrievers booked in to have their jabs!!!

Excellent, thanks for the reply, we are worried about taking our 8 pets and so far haven't found the information on the internet. Can I ask how others travelled to France from england, we have looked at various speed ferrys, longer ferrys and eurotunnel but still have not really decided and any experience people have would be greatly received.

Hi I wondered if anyone can help. We are soon to be moving to France with a few pets! We know they need rabies vacination and microchip, do they also need up-to-date vaccinations in anything else? Also is there a limit to number of domestic animals you can take into France as we have 5 dogs and 3 cats!!! If anyone could offer some advice I'd really appreciate it, thanks....