Time to start exploring our new home in France


Moving to France: A dog's tale


The promise of a huge new garden was all it took to get golden Labrador Marta excited about a new life in France


M


eet Marta, a golden Labrador who made the move from Ware in


Herfordshire to Bergerac in France. With her companion black Labrador Agatha, their owners Paul and Gill and help from Burke Bros Moving Group, Marta’s adventure took her from wasp stings to evening swims and enormous gardens, but all in the name of relocating to France.


21 JUNE 2022 “Do you want to go for a walk?


Agatha? Marta? Do you want to go for a walk?” My tail wagged and I started running around in circles. A walk? Do I? You bet I do! Our walks are amazing. That was our owners Gill and Paul. Agatha and I love going


for walks with them in our home of Ware, Hertfordshire. We like to feel the grass beneath our paws and the fresh air through our fur. Today, Gill and Paul had


spent three and a half hours at the Visa Application Centre! Agatha and I waited patiently for their return. Then we heard it, the key in the door; at last they were back. This meant two things;


fi rstly, it was time for walkies, hurrah! Secondly, we were all on our way to moving to France. Gill and Paul had been


planning it for some time. There was the promise of a huge garden for Agatha and I, and even more walks in Bergerac, so it was a win- win situation.


58 FRENCH PROPERTY NEWS: March/April 2023


14 JULY 2022 Gill and Paul have been organising lots of things to enable the four of us to move to France. There were removals to think of, as well as all of the paperwork. We’d already had a friendly chap come to the house from the Burke Bros removal company to see what we were taking to France. Their vans get booked up quickly in the summer. Glad he noted all of the important things: mine and Agatha’s toys, our beds etc. Now, we don’t mind Paul


having a break from the preparations and watching the Tour de France before our move, but it was supper time and my bowl wasn’t going to fi ll itself. I knew if I looked earnestly at him for long enough, he’d give in.


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23 JULY 2022 Our last weekend in the UK before the move to Bergerac. Agatha and I were excited and a little nervous now. We just hoped the wait at the Eurotunnel wasn’t going to be too long! Just time to play in the garden and get this stick off Agatha.


25 JULY 2022 Worst thing happened – I was only playing with a wasp and it stung me! Why are they so mean? It was really painful! Paul and Gill had to take me to the vet for a steroid injection. What a day. Going to see the vet is the worst thing ever. So glad to be at home now, where Paul and Gill can tend to my every need. On a better note, we’ve


now got our animal health certifi cate. These nine pages mean that Agatha and I are defi nitely going to France. Really hope there’s no wasps over there though.


26 JULY 2022 The Burke Bros removal men arrived today to pack up our house in Ware. Very effi cient and friendly lads. We really wanted to have a good sniff


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