Hello, I'm Mike, and this is my wife Pauline in the picture. I'm recently retired and Pauline still works for the NHS in Liverpool. I spent many years in retail management working for 3 of the big food retailers, [ and one of the little ones.] before taking early retirement in 2017. Pauline has worked in the NHS for over 20 years in several different administrative positions. I was born in Norwich, before going to Birmingham to study Accountancy, from there I started my retail career. Pauline left school and started her career at the ground floor, working in many different departments, before moving onto management in 2005.
It had always been a dream of mine to live in France, after enjoying so many holidays in the summer on the South coast with my 3 boys. We kind of found South France by accident really back in 1998. Previously, family holidays were all about going to Greece or Cyprus, but the price of flights for a family priced us out of going there in the summer holidays. So a change of direction, saw us drive down to the French Med instead, and for the next 12 years the boys enjoyed the beaches and camp life with sites all across the coast. But Argeles-sur Mer always stayed a favourite of mine, and after getting to know the area on the car travels, it became set in my heart as my place for the future. However, buying a second home in France and enjoying extended breaks in the sun with my family is just as good, whilst they pursue their careers in the UK.