My passing comment was prompted by one or more fairly lengthy threads where people discussed what factors made them consider moving within France. Climate was frequently cited, as was (for people heading North) proximity to the Channel ports.As far as I can recall, health care wasn’t cited as a prime reason for moving. However if a move was being considered, at the very least, the level of care needed to be comparable with the level enjoyed in the area people were moving from.
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Not sure @Mike313 whether you’re married but if you are, don’t forget to make sure any joint current account is in the name of Monsieur OU Madame (and not ET). Assume this also applies to the Britline account but perhaps not?
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Ours was set up like that - our adviser explained why we should do it, though I already knew, probably from here.
Thanks everyone for the great advice and insights. I seem to be going in the right direction 
Access to a local bank in order to talk through complex issues has been a blessing for me. However, our CA branch does liaise with Britline (the manager here doesn’t speak a lot of English) so I think there is a certain level of mutual help available.
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Hi,
I use an online banking called Wise, as I can have multiple account with different currencies and transferring between is fast and cheap compared to other bank, and when paying someone via transfer, it happens within minutes regardless time of day, unlike other bank it takes at least 24 hours and charge a lot for it. What I like about it when using the debit card, it takes the money from the account with the appropriate currency e.g. if I have GBP and Dollar account, if use it in UK it will take the money from GBP account and in USA it will take it from USD account without any charges
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I think loads of us here use Wise. But just remember it’s not a bank, so isn’t covered by the protection scheme. I wouldn’t keep large amounts of money in my Wise account for that reason. Or at least, not for long.
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Well that is the first time I have ever heard of anyone claiming to hail from Cranleigh I am unsure if it now lays claim to being the largest village in England, it was and I believe it still is the longest high street in England ( not that it is packed with shops from end to end), I believe it is probably more famous for being the main setting for “The Railway Children” which was filmed between Baynards station and Cranleigh station ( victims of Beechings railway cuts ) and as the home of Englands cricket captain, Peter May ,later Sir Peter May ( he had a large house opposite the very large cricket green and its other claim to fame is it the precursor to Wimbledon and all the "stars " and others compete there (also on the cricket green ). I lived there until I was 15, Itwas never the same once I left 
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Small world!
Although I wasn’t born there (Coventry has that honour) but I went to school in Cranleigh and currently live about 6 miles away.
Here’s a drone photo that I took of the High Street with the Canadian maples:
I don’t think you’re right about that as “The Railway Children” was was made in 1970 and the Guildford to Horsham line closed to passenger traffic (on my birthday!) in 1965 and the track was lifted the following year.
I believe it was mainly filmed on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in Yorkshire.
Maybe it was a different film that used the Horsham line as a location?
ETA: We are both right - Google tells me that Baynards was used as a location for the 1957 BBC TV adaptation of the Railway Children, not the later movie.
From Wikipedia:
In the 1940s and 1950s, Baynards was used as a location for films and television. The station appeared in the 1942 comedy, The Black Sheep of Whitehall, and the 1945 melodrama, They Were Sisters. Extensive use of the station was made by the 1957 BBC television series, The Railway Children, based on the novel of the same name by E. Nesbit. Several sequences used an LSWR T9 class locomotive, which did not otherwise run on the line. Later filming at Baynards station included scenes for The Horsemasters (1961),The Grass is Greener (1960), and Die, Monster, Die! (1965).
A really great topic - learning from the comments. I have dual citizenship UK/AUS and have accounts in both countries. I use TorFx - had very good experiences with them.
I think it prudent to have several accounts as you can’t predict the future of banking.
Many high street banks are closing - so therefore online only - maybe the concern with not being at a drop-in distance no longer matters. 
Not moved to France yet and learning the ropes. Have a great day everyone
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Like I said I lived there , you just turned up to go to a posh school ,the filming of the Railway children was long done and dusted before you were thought about. Quite a few of my School members were in crowd /background scenes which mostly did not get by the editing, I lived in Cranleigh from 1948 to 1963 , some what before your time /existence.
Going back on subject, having said we have had no problems with CA Britline this morning they really wound us up.
It seems they have been infected with American staff with extremely nasal accents (not their fault of course, but not music to my ears) who are as dim as dip sticks. And it took several phone calls to fail to achieve a simple task of a €5k virement. Our normal limit is €2.5k but previously a quick call has allowed a one off higher payment.
They reacted as if I wanted send €5 million to Andrew Tate.
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That’s interesting. My English adviser has disappeared and I don’t know why. I have an American lady now.
Our healthcare here in the south not far from tbe Pyrénées is excellent as I’ve said before. There are frequent complaints of lack of doctors, dentists and other faults but we’ve never encountered this here.
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All the railway scenes were indeed done on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in West Yorkshire. Many other scenes were filmed locally in Oxenhope where the line starts and nearby Haworth. Both still have the cobbled streets and old buildings that can give it a 19 C feel.
You are talking about the film, the original Railway children was filmed by the BBC in 1957
I recently needed to visit a branch of HSBC to do photo ID to sort out some details. While it was a complete nuisance that our local branch is now shut, the guys in the Witney branch were excellent, having both knowledge and authority to do what was needed and getting it done within the 30min allotted time. It was nice to be served well.
You must mean this one: The Railway Children (TV Series 1957) - IMDb
Rather than the one everybody knows: The Railway Children (1970 film) - Wikipedia
Correct, but to us living in a small village (then, quite big now ) it was very exciting having all those people bustling about, and how where we to know that a film would be made many years later.
None of the BBC program was filmed in Yorkshire.
I think you will find thatChrisMann: has supplied a fuller answer and has confirmed that I am correct and that at no point did I say the Railway Children was a film
Been a Britline customer 20yrs + long before moving permanently to Brittany, can’t praise them enough.
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