In August of last year, Allan Davies with his wife Rose, having lived most of their lives in their beloved Dorset, gave up their careers, left behind friends, family, acquaintances and all that was familiar to start a new life in Southern Spain.

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Hola mi amigos 3:45pm Thu 6 Mar 08 There's a certain image or picture that springs to mind at the thought of living in your own retreat on foreign shores far away from everything that's normal, routine or safe. Bienvenidos 11:31am Monday 3rd March 2008 To say a lot has happened in a very short period of time would be an understatement, in fact it has been a roller coaster ride from start to finish.

EDITOR'S CHOICE LOCAL NEWS Go-ahed for wind turbine at school Go-ahead for new school in village LOCAL SPORT Call for help with festival OTHER SPORT Boulton’s a winner GET OUR NEWS BY E-MAIL Just register Most read Comments 1 Crews tackle Weymouth house fire 2 Card skim fraud is back 3 Man who stopped a burglar faces assault charge 4 Now it’s beach polo 5 Evans outraged by two-and-a-half year ban 6 Boulton’s a winner 7 Deer rescued from hole by firefighters 8 Go-ahed for wind turbine at school 9 Go-ahead for new school in village 10 KICKING OFF: Togetherness in Terras camp is uplifting Today | 7 Days 1 Man who stopped a burglar faces assault charge 2 'Killjoys' halt pub's fun days 3 Carry on drinking 4 Ten post offices to close 5 Setback hits Lidl bid to open store 6 New parking scheme ‘a disaster’ 7 Sailing centre in the spotlight 8 Second monster crab is caught 9 Pay parking likely at County Hall 10 Battle of the wordsmiths