teresa 321 hi we made the move from lymington because my husband Paul was never home working all the time ,and when he did get back he was tired he just slept ,and we never went out to enjoy ourselves,i agreelymington is anice area ,but very expensive and snobby.Paul my hubby came over first to look for somewhere to live and found this villa paid for it i had not seen it so i was worried ,but it was ok.my son and i left uk 14 days later ,travel in pauls van with our personal things and it was packed to the roof,it took us 8days ,we had a laugh as we travelled through france as we got lost a few times ,1 time when we got lost we ended up on the french alps as we where going a long my son was pointing out the the views which was beautiful ,but it was so bendy with the sharp bends,that after a while all i wanted was to get down to some where flat as possible,we were travelling with 2dogs as well 1was 6months 1 was1 year old.but they were so good,and in france and italy we took them in the hotel with us ,when asked they said ok.In 1 hotel they said we could park underneath but it was so low it nearly took the roof off we stopped just in time it was funny.never did tell paul.thats only part of the story but had better end now .maureen