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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ruth Bloomfield

How one Londoner left West Hampstead ‘to live the dream’ with a farmhouse, family and new career in south-west France

When Anneli Plumb decided to move to rural France she had dreams of living in a beautiful old house, and raising a family in picture-perfect peace and tranquillity, surrounded by nature.

Her cross-Channel life change hasn’t had quite the ending she had imagined — curveballs included a divorce and single parenthood, and an unexpected new career — but Anneli is thrilled she decided to take a risk and get out of London.

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