One cannot but just sympathise. For our part and due to family reasons in the UK as in aged mother, grandson in trouble and other related issues we are now planning to go home from our wonderful home in a lovely village in the Vendee. Unfortunately such is life. We too committed two large lumps of pension to buy our initial home in Normandie then moved for fear of the pylons (read the thread) on that) and now with a limited market place are we likely to get our money back? Fortunately we kept our home in the UK and which is rented but we cannot get our hands on that for another twelve months. Life is a bitch but I am glad I am alive there are lots in the churchyards who would love to have the opportunity!
