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Moving to the countryside
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Anyone ever moved from a city to the countryside? We've just accepted an offer on our house and plan to rent 300 miles away! We've talked about it for years, but now its a reality (and just a touch scary!) Would love to hear if anyone has done this, and how they fared!
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Ice - Cornwall is fab (we've been visiting there for 10 years) and we have made some really good friends. Since we have been really serious about moving, we have made sure that we've gone and stayed there in all four seasons, so that we're not rose-tinted about the place! Money is a serious concern though ( albeit not as serious as making it home without a gunshot wound here!)
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Dont forget the 4 x 4 & green wellies!
Be woken on Sunday mornings with church bells at 7am to remind you to 'join the community' else risk ostracism......am only kidding; your not going into the rural-raw.
Sea by cornwall....forget the 4x4 and get a boat/yacht.....we're all coming down for some fishing/phishing....whatever?
Be woken on Sunday mornings with church bells at 7am to remind you to 'join the community' else risk ostracism......am only kidding; your not going into the rural-raw.
Sea by cornwall....forget the 4x4 and get a boat/yacht.....we're all coming down for some fishing/phishing....whatever?
I was born and brought up in East London and thought I'd always be a city girl at heart. However, I moved out to the countryside nine years ago and the only way you'd get me to go and live back in a city would be to drag me kicking and screaming. Like Elvis68, my only regret was not having done it sooner.
I love living in the countryside for more reasons than I can count and every day I thank my lucky stars that I'm surrounded by such beauty. And yes, I do have a 4x4 and green Hunter wellies. I use them when I go chav shooting on a weekend. Just kidding, he he!
I love living in the countryside for more reasons than I can count and every day I thank my lucky stars that I'm surrounded by such beauty. And yes, I do have a 4x4 and green Hunter wellies. I use them when I go chav shooting on a weekend. Just kidding, he he!
Looks like I may be the only one with a slightly negative experiance. I met my husband in the States,and married there.Later,shortly after we moved to the UK, we settled into a tiny house on the edge of a village. We had done some research...mostly regarding schools,transport etc. My husband was a country boy from Oxfordshire,and felt we would be happy there. Well..it WAS good for our daughter as she grew up with so much freedom that certainly could not be had anywhere else...we had open fields front and behind us,and she was always disappearing for hours with the dog. I never ever worried about her. A great way for a child to grow up. The drawback was that the people were just NOT friendly.....I sometimes thought that it was my perception as an American. BUT-we had rented briefly in another village in another county before we settled-and the folk there were much friendlier...I hated leaving there. So-be careful if you are moving to a small village..they may not ALWAYS be the welcoming sort.
