For a story by Matt Saltmarsh on Brits leaving their French country homes...France, Lassey-les-Châteaux, approximately 250 kms. southwest of Paris. Paul Climance, 64, and his wife Eileen on the terrace of their French home. Paul is vice president of the the Euromayenne Association which was set up by a French real estate agent in 1992 to help British people settle in France. May 8, 2009...Photo © J.B. Russell for the International Herald Tribune

