We are Dave and Claire Smyth. We live in a bungalow in Old Ryton Village near Newcastle Upon Tyne with our 22 year daughter, Chantelle, and our 2 cats. We are planning to move to Spain within the next 2 years and have had many holidays there. Dave runs Ambient Preservation which is a damp proofing and building company and Claire runs a cleaning business. As well as our 3 cats we also used to have 2 horses, 1 dog and some hens , so we are quite used to looking after animals. We are quite active and our interests include tennis, gardening, walking, cycling and swimming. We are also learning Spanish with help from our son, who is fluent in French and Spanish, and who works in Spain