Where have the years gone?

This is from 2005 just after agreeing to buy 'The Old Walnut Mill' 

Pauline and I are celebrating 12 years living permanently in France today and one of the best 'life choice' decisions we have made. It has been one adventure after another and we have met / encountered so many lovely people on the way. One of the happy coincidences on arriving in France was that we had arrived the exact same day as Cally and Nev and struck up an immediate friendship which made settling in a new country so much easier.