Gazing across the Fal estuary from the footpath we had paused on during a post-lunch walk, my husband and I were having the same conversation we'd had countless times during holidays to Cornwall.

'Wouldn't it be great to live here', one of us would say, usually prompting something like, 'one day we will.'

Except this time it didn't stop there. 'Perhaps we should just give it a go,' he said. 'We could make it work.'

Less than a year later and here we are.

That conversation sparked a rollercoaster that saw us sell our house, find the perfect new home for us in one of our favourite parts of Cornwall, and move five hours from the Midlands - a place we'd both called home our whole lives.