Comfortable home in attractive village with city and countryside activities easily acc

Who we are

1. Married only 15 years ago, Tony and I wanted to make the most of our time together and so we retired at the same time. As so many people say, retirement is not dull! Our two families of 5 grown-up children, plus spouses and 6 grand-children help to keep us amused. We enjoy working as well as relaxing in our garden where we have many bird visitors. We like to walk and cycle in our local area and to do so when on holiday. Our interest in live music and theatre takes us into Manchester regularly to enjoy a wide range of performers .

   Having particularly enjoyed holidays in which we lived less as tourists than as residents, we have greatly enjoyed our 6 years as home exchangers. We also know that our visiting partners have appreciated living for a short while in our lovely home area. Our first experiences of exchanging were from January to May 2011 when we were involved in a series of really wonderful exchanges with partners in California, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa during a Round the World trip. We have since had many further excellent exchanges in France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, the USA and the UK. Finally, we have family in South Korea, who you can see in the photo when they visited us, and we have visited them sometimes on the way to further home exchanges in Australia and New Zealand.

2. Tony is a retired headteacher and Judith was involved in IT marketing

3. We love culture of many kinds, the natural world, history, interesting people, social justice, travel, time with family and friends, helping those less fortunate than we are and protection of the environment for the benefit of future generations.