On the 9th November 2003 we packed our little Corsa up and set off down the M6 heading for the south of France. Today, we have celebrated 5 years in France with a warm baguette, slab of cheese and some cheap, but rather lovely red wine. Our 5 year anniversary in France funnily coincided with [...]

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  Between email, MSN, Skype, SMS, and the office phone, I am pretty well “connected”. In fact, just flying over to the UK recently was strange as I was “offline” for four hours at a time! Wooooohhhhhh, shock, horror!!!! Many people nowadays expect an immediate response. I cannot tell you how often I have had [...]

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This video really summed up one of my reasons for moving to France and how some people have REALLY bad days in the office – especially when it comes to computers!!!

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English food, in France?  How VERY dare you!!! The thought of moving family, friends, cats, dogs, jobs and all the junk you have accumulated over the years to go and start a new life in France may seem daunting…. but the rewards of sunshine, blue skies, fine wines and provencal food make up for all [...]

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The world is my lobster! I have complete control! I’ll let my fingers do the talking, creative juices flow…….and yet my mind is blank! What sort of image will this be portraying to any friends, clients or just general readers…..Ben Collison, director of Pure Design International, and he’s gone blank!!! A good friend of mine, [...]

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