Moving to the countryside

[JB]

Finally, after trying to move to the countryside for 3 years, it looks like it's finally going to happen. Due to exchange contracts on the sale of our house on Thursday, then plan to rent in the SW for a while before settling on a permanent home. Any hints/tips/ideas/advice gratefully welcomed! (I asked a similar question over a year ago, but that sale fell through.)

[JB]

237sj - totally agree with your mum about supermarket meat! It's just not real meat! And husband is a keen fisherman so will be looking to him to keep the supplies coming!

[4getmenot]

they'd be alright if they were black

[society]

My cousin lives in Cornwall, not far from the beach, and she loves it there.

[craft1948]

I lived in the country when I was married to the first husband, and I loved it. The only reason I moved back into the city was the long commute to work.

[237SJ]

JB I can reccommend North Devon - good fishing too!

[JB]

I can't wait to go. Bit scary - packing up and moving so far away, but it's been a dream for so long, we've just got to give it a go! Fingers crossed for us....

[lardhelmet]

Good luck JB - I'm sure it'll be great!

[JB]

Thanks Lard - and everyone that took the time to reply - I'll keep you all posted!
x

[TTG]

Summer in the countryside is nice....winter a major pain to say the least.

[Garmard]

Good for you JB, i live in the Derbyshire countryside and i love it.

[redman41]

Keep your eyes peeled for the dangerous wildlife lurking in the woods and streams.
Black Panthers and freshwater Crocodiles to name but two. It will pay you to hire a Gamekeeper as well as when you are snowed in in winter you will need to eat the local big game when you cannot get to Tesco or Asda......
It can be a tough life !

[RATTER15]

Well I live in the Country-side in North Devon, I moved here from South Devon 5 years ago, I would highly recommend either.

I could never live in or near a city, I wake in the mornings to the sound of the sea waves breaking on the pebble ridge and the birds singing, I look out of my my windows to see the sea the beach and open fields, not a car horn to be heard and no cars to be seen, now that is living!! Go for it, it takes a bit of getting used to but the advantages are 10 fold, all that clean fresh air!!

[Garmard]

Usually rampaging geese and frisky rams where i come from...lol!

[McMouse]

Sex life in SW is excellent for blokes as long as they remember to take their wellies.

[Bbbananas]

I have always lived in the country (Lincolnshire Fens). I am in the town-part of the country now - it's a smallish market town. I would not want to live in a City. Both have their benefits, but all in all I'd go for the country every time.

And especially in the south-west - I love Dorset, Devon, Cornwall. I hope to live on the coastal part of one of those counties in the future.

As a townie, you may well find it boring and the accessibility of certain shops etc a bit irritating, taxis are not cheap if you want a drink any distance away, but worth it in my opinion.

[LoftyLottie]

We escaped to the countryside of rural North Norfolk in 1979 and we could never even contemplate not living in the country.

Just be prepared for lack of transport facilities, especially if you need public transport for work.

Hope all goes well and that you enjoy living in what is a far more relaxed way and where people actually aren't rushing about all the time.