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Last year was meant to be the year that Annabel Langbein set up a home in France with all that entails: centuries of history, access to wonderful markets full of nutritious and inspiring food, and a chance to indulge in her passion for taking long walks through interesting countryside.
Speaking to the Weekly as she headed off for her four-month trip, her plan to buy a home in France was very much a post-Covid one.
With both her children, Sean, 31, and Rose, 29, living in the UK and Portugal, Annabel and husband Ted Hewetson could spend more time on the same continent.
But one year on, there is no home in France and Annabel is happy to admit it was a nightmare four months.
“I could probably write a short story about the whole thing,” she says. “It was just like every single thing that could go wrong
