Been off-line for ages due to leaving my job in the UK, selling my house and moving to France! At last!!
I finished work on 30th June, moved out of my house on 12th July after two days with the removers packing and loading my house into a huge removal van, stayed with a friend till 6.00 a.m. on Monday 17th July and drove down via the chunnel to Chaunay in the Vienne with my dog and two goldfish and assorted bits in the back of my non-airconditioned car, arriving at 6.00 p.m. after 540 miles of driving! Boy, was it hot.
I am now living in a farmhouse in the hamlet of La Charronniere about 2 miles from the village of Chaunay just off the RN10 south of Poitiers with the people who are selling me the property. The day after I arrived here, my possessions were delivered mostly into the barn and some into the house. The temperature was in the low 40s and those two removal men worked their socks off in that temendous heat and didn't even have time for a quick swim before they had to leave to go to another job. Poor things. The day after that, Chris and Lin and I went to see the notaire to sign the compromis de vente!
Chris and Lin are saints and we are getting on very well while we wait for the notaire to do his stuff. We are hoping that completion will be 5th September as that is what's on the compromis. In the meantime, I am learning the ropes and meeting new people and I have received my first booking deposit for both gites for October half-term!!
I still can't believe it's true. It feels like a dream! Weird.
I'm looking forward to all the help and advice I may need in the coming months and to hearing from you all.
A bientot,
Loopy
