If you move to a second country before the retirement age, i mean state age for pension do you close them years of pension rights.and therefor get less state pension?

I preferred your idea about the water personally

Don't know about the rest but I suggest you ask this on the Spanish forum as well.

Thank you,
Are the Spanish expats more up with these things.
Or more brainy then the French expats.

There are more things up with them and my father's nickname was Brainy and he lives in Spain.

by the way have you thought about where you might move to any more?

Its more fun in Spain, in my opinion attracts a different kind of Expat.

depends what you think is fun - no you're right - it's just more fun - but then if fun isn't what you're looking for

On are return back from Spain this winter,we intend looking at some houses in France.
Have contacts coming all the time.
Seems there are lots for sale all over.

Fun!!
That depends on your age.
And your out-look on life.

my father likes cycling, bridge, petanque and cheap restaurants - he loves it - only thing is he can't find anyone to practice his Spanish with or on

Now thats way to live.
We all have are own way of living in this world

On the whole the Spanish people are nicer than the French, that being said we are living in what is considered to be the worst part of France bloody in bred mountain folk the ariegeoise attitude to life is quite caveman like don't let any one do better than you and if at all possible make them suffer that seems to be the approach they take around here. Everyone is in a family war with someone else's family.

yep, just like Clacton but less bracing

Oh and the food in restaurants around here is very poor another than one place.

Never lived in Clacton.from the north by birth.