Before we give you some idea of where we are now living some 20+ kilometers North of Montpellier, we ought to summarise our last few days in the Tarn. We were leaving Albi just as France was finishing up the grand summer vacance that never was, and gearing up for the Rugby World Cup. We liked Albi and the surrounding area a lot and, as we may have said in an earlier blog, we plan to stop over in the area on our way north in a month or so.
The other day we met up with two interesting couples; one Australian and the other Scottish. Both have country houses in the very north of the Tarn, the Australians are just a year or so into their project to renovate an old watermill whilst the Scots are trying to sell up after 9 years. Both had interesting stories to tell on their French projects which we readily soaked up. There was much discussion in the car on the way home from our get together, including a bit of a rethink on the pros and cons of country living. Our feelings on a project here have continued to evolve over here without us ever getting ahead of ourselves. Sometimes we think that we are just too calculating in what at the end of the day will be an emotional decision. Nevertheless, we have finally found an area which meets all current criteria.
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