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In 1990, two families took a 
holiday together in France. Little did we
realise that this would eventually lead to us purchasing a
holiday home in France together.
Every year for six years, we spent
three weeks in France at the end of May and beginning of June on
camping holidays in various parts of France. Over the six year
period, we visited Normandy, Brittany, the Vendee, Ile de Paris,
the Loire Valley, Picardy, the Auvergne and the Dordogne.
The children, who were of primary
school age, were quite happy to be taken out of school for two
weeks to accommodate what had become the annual three week
pilgrimage to France at half-term and because Eurocamp offered
the third week free of charge at off-peak time, our annual visit
to France was excellent value for money.
However, when the children entered
secondary school, it was obviously not practical to take them out
of school any more and the cost of continuing with our three week
holiday - but in the peak August period - suddenly became very
expensive. So much so that one of us jokingly said "Good
grief, we could buy a house for that!"
It was this chance remark which
eventually led to some serious consideration being given as to
whether this was indeed a realistic prospect or not.
