Thanks one and all for your comments so far, please keep them going, many heads are better than one.

I am now at page 60 of Steves latest (?) book, 0 to 260 etc, and am finding it very informative indeed, for if I understand what I have read so far, no, it is not an impossible dream of ours, just a matter of knuckling down to the hard work of reading, thinking, a bit of dreaming perhaps, then have a look at what prospects there may be in our area, and perhaps a bit further afield, I am a doer not a sit on my bum and get someone else to do the doing, am able to do minor renovations myself to not only structural work, but painting, and landscaping etc also. In other words, I love a challange.

What are our chances now?