Ceri and Mike Green both work for the Lincolnshire Fire Service but are retiring soon and want to move to the mountains. Ceri feels a strong pull towards the Lake District, but Mike dreams of living in the French Alps, where he's been on skiing holidays with friends. Jonnie Irwin shows them three properties in the UK for their budget of ú435,000, while Laura Hamilton shows them three in the Alps for their ú415,000 French budget.