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You can find the following articles in this section :
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Gently into Retirement No 2 - the search begins
Gently into Retirement – the search begins – January to April 2006
After discarding the Christmas lists, the wish lists for our French house (yes, it would most definitely be a house) took over in earnest. Steve’s list was straightforward, with only two criteria – the (...) read more...
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Gently into Retirement No 3 - The Deal is (Almost) Done
Gently into Retirement No 3 – The Deal is (Almost) Done – May 2006
Never did a holiday take so long to come around, the time really seemed to be dragging and the respective solicitors in our house sale had turned dragging into an art form! Our house was within 500 yards of Ely (...) read more...
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Gently into Retirement No 4 - The Deal is (Finally) Done
Gently into Retirement No 4 – The Deal is (Finally) Done
Mid-way through the half-term break May 2006 and we’d made an offer on a lovely apartment which had been accepted. After aperos (several) and a push-the-boat-out supper (hells teeth, can you still call it that in France?) at (...) read more...
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Gently into Retirement No 5
Gently into Retirement No 5 – A Hot Date with a Cool Maître
While events were certainly moving along nicely in France with completion set for the first week of September, things were definitely not standing still in Ely either! Having sold to buy, as it were, we were now in the (...) read more...
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Gently into Retirement No 6
November 2006 – May 2007
Gently into Retirement No 6 - Frantic with Flatpacks
Bringing Mum and Dad out at the autumn half-term for their first visit since we’d bought our French home was quite emotional bearing in mind how anxious they’d been all along about our plans, but (...) read more...
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The Way Forward into life!
The Way Forward into life! Gently into Retirement No 1
Meet Polly and Steve Cannie, the recent proud owners of a home in Céret. Follow their joys, trials and tribulations as they take you through their own story of making the decision to move to the P-O, buying, following it through, good (...) read more...
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