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Now that Brexit’s been cancelled I’m moving to the Dordogne

18 May 2019

9:00 AM

18 May 2019

9:00 AM

‘When you are in a hole stop digging. Have you never heard that?’ I asked the builder boyfriend, as he slammed his spade into a pile of earth.

I came home to find him in the cellar finishing some unfinished business. The last time we gave it a go — by which I mean gave ‘us’ a go — he set about renovating the house from the bottom up, attempting to remove all the loose earth in the basement.

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