Pick Me Up! Special

WE BOUGHT A VILLAGE!

Lugging the kids’ school bags through the front door, I’d had enough.

Our weekly routine had all sort of merged into one. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could just move away? I thought.

A question I had asked myself time and time again.

It was an ongoing joke that me and my hubby Dave, now 54, had teased ever since we tied the knot back in 2015.

And there was one place that we revisited in our thoughts – France.

Having been all over France between us in the past, the culture was something that stood out to us.

We both agreed that the food, the lifestyle and the way in

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