Hi Carl

Being able to survive a year without work sounds great - and very sensible - most people have very limited reserves and soon find they have to go back.

I think you must go to an area where there are lots of expats - then if you survive you can consider more Spanish areas in the future.

Expats = jobs i.e. gardening, villa cleaning - remmeber it's about surviving in Spain firstly - and that is NOT easy believe me!

Best of luck.

Mark