How did we end up living in France after Brexit? I’ve decided to write this blog for ourselves as a record of our French adventure and, if it motivates just one other francophile then I’ll be happy. Hopefully it may also provide some useful information regarding the numerous loopholes and visa application requirements needed to become resident in France since October 5th 2021. Unfortunately a pre-Brexit move just wasn’t an option for us – how simple life could have been!

Who are we? We are Sue and Adrian Hamon, married for 27 years and who have lived and worked in Guernsey in the English Channel Islands, raising two sons. Just an average family of four, one dog and a couple of cats, who enjoyed our cliff top walks, summer picnics on the beach, and the occasional night out with good friends and other family members. An annual ferry hop across the Channel to St Malo announced the start of our annual summer holiday trek to the Dordogne, France to the family house ‘Caprera’ in Eymet. We had often talked about retiring to France for the laid back lifestyle, the open roads, the food and wine culture and historical charm it offered, however retirement was a long way off and then Brexit happened – it just wasn’t going to be an option, or so we thought….