tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post1072532440301517377..comments2024-03-19T14:28:03.565+00:00Comments on welsh hills again: Moving out of the cityElizabeth Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-64387171225088041402019-04-03T10:57:50.811+01:002019-04-03T10:57:50.811+01:00Thank you for very usefull information.. malibu mo...Thank you for very usefull information.. <a href="https://manwithatruckmoving.com/malibu-movers/" rel="nofollow">malibu moving company</a>Anna Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09633259957714692411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-62723288339643431562011-01-11T13:36:59.677+00:002011-01-11T13:36:59.677+00:00Oh a wonderful day. I have done pretty good with m...Oh a wonderful day. I have done pretty good with my knock-out roses, but I guess they can't really be called roses. Some beautiful pictures there. I went on a picture taking adventure today at Abby of Gethsemani and I will have a post next week. Blessings<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://store.everything-neon.com/led.html" rel="nofollow">LED sign</a><br /><a href="http://www.topautotransportcompanies.com/100/car-shipping-rates/" rel="nofollow">vehicle transport quotes</a>mewmewmewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16228963688740207485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-9270438526407251292009-12-11T03:46:24.803+00:002009-12-11T03:46:24.803+00:00I've lived in the city, the country and now, a...I've lived in the city, the country and now, a small town. Each has pros and cons. The small town is managable, but no excitement---but excitement sounds less and less exciting to me these days. Glad you are happy and satisfied about your move to the country--considering all the drawbacks, I think it might be the best. I've just been wanting some peace and quiet lately.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15471639876072617577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-54284930111562637452009-12-10T16:15:47.515+00:002009-12-10T16:15:47.515+00:00I love these lists. Especially the bit about the h...I love these lists. Especially the bit about the hens scratching around. Who knew watching hens scratch around could be so nice?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-29105188955980563582009-12-10T11:05:27.565+00:002009-12-10T11:05:27.565+00:00Again, Elizabeth, I agree with every word.Again, Elizabeth, I agree with every word.Carah Bodenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429666157453439321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-15247270902219655562009-12-09T17:16:37.365+00:002009-12-09T17:16:37.365+00:00Mud! I too hate the mud! Add a dog to the countr...Mud! I too hate the mud! Add a dog to the countryside and Winter and your car and floors are caked in Mud! hate mud. and in paris, it's mixed with dog poo as well, lovely.Pig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-82679245343848513972009-12-09T11:01:00.174+00:002009-12-09T11:01:00.174+00:00teh starlight that gets me everytime. The sheer en...teh starlight that gets me everytime. The sheer enormity of it, it's quite quite wonderful. And to make it perfect - a decent deli!!!!Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-60095439489836693772009-12-07T23:18:48.032+00:002009-12-07T23:18:48.032+00:00SandS - each to their own! The trick is knowing w...SandS - each to their own! The trick is knowing what you want to do and doing it.<br />Fennie - your answer does sound good but I would really miss my two acres and my views now, I think.<br />Friko - ah, I see you understand about lists, yes absolutely, practically complete now.<br />SS - you can't always please yourself I know, I have been lucky that it worked out for me.<br /><br />HaH - yes, identify with the stock answers. You need to have some in reserve so you can just trot them out!<br />LBD - I like self sufficiency, whether it is practical or emotional. Perhaps that is why this suits me!<br />WSC - interesting about adult children and their choices. Think one of two of ours will end up in the country.<br />Johnson, Hi and thanks for visiting, love the round about way you got here. The beauty of blogging!<br />Sara - they very much are the compensations for me although I know they might not work for others.<br />QC - with you on treeless views, although I also love the returning leaves. Peculiar, sure you aren't.<br />Pomona - yes to the larder system, both store cupboard and freezer. We tend to keep a lot of supplies. Glad to find another dust and spider keeper.<br />Laurie - you would be fine, needs must tends to make for quick learning!<br />Johnson - thank you.<br />Klofgren - I suspect these things are eternal!<br />Alina - thank you. I like a list every now and then, if only to stop me waffling.<br />Stickhouse - you must come up here. You can't come to Wales and only do the South, that would just be wrong!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-80681119582002680832009-12-07T17:05:23.304+00:002009-12-07T17:05:23.304+00:00Elizabeth, thanks again for stopping by Stickhorse...Elizabeth, thanks again for stopping by Stickhorse Cowgirls. I love your blog and identify so much with your love of the country--I am out in the country, as well. And I, too, miss the convenience of a good deli! I have dear, dear friends just outside Cardiff. V and I are thinking that our "splurge trip" in 2011 will be to the UK, centered on Wales...still planning, but who knows! Anyway, I will love following you, I can tell.Stickhorsecowgirlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167094045033324094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-82962572791026090672009-12-07T01:56:00.239+00:002009-12-07T01:56:00.239+00:00I'll take mud any day, just keep me away from ...I'll take mud any day, just keep me away from crowds! Love your lists.Alinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17191711137727270010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-64122642709114432702009-12-07T00:44:28.232+00:002009-12-07T00:44:28.232+00:00In the state of Pennsylvania, USA, after 30 years ...In the state of Pennsylvania, USA, after 30 years of living in a 200 year old house on a small farm, all the things you list as the pros and cons still hold. Hope you will enjoy 30 years of rural living.klofgrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-7001678498307797922009-12-06T23:44:21.524+00:002009-12-06T23:44:21.524+00:00I have presented you with an award. Please don'...I have presented you with an award. Please don't feel under any pressure to accept it! See my blog for further details.JOHN SHORTLAND, Cotswold Hills, England.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11702000270961029986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-63984167699637210592009-12-06T17:52:26.361+00:002009-12-06T17:52:26.361+00:00i don't mind mud! nor spiders. you *are* livin...i don't mind mud! nor spiders. you *are* living my dream. i just don't know how to raise chickens or lavender. if i moved to the country, i would starve to death.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-38813416782259287212009-12-06T16:52:39.082+00:002009-12-06T16:52:39.082+00:00I know what you mean about the mud - even 'sma...I know what you mean about the mud - even 'smart' boots for going out and to work are Goretex - it's safer that way. And I am glad you have dust and spiders, too, I thought it was just incompetence on my part. I never nip out for a pint of milk, etc - I operate a larder system, buy in bulk from Suma (including flour), and order milk from Riverford and keep it in the freezer. So if ever we get snowed in, etc, we won't go hungry!<br /><br />Pomona xPomonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399181139470676975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-19721701439042295272009-12-06T10:07:53.444+00:002009-12-06T10:07:53.444+00:00Been a country dweller for 60 years, 30 of them in...Been a country dweller for 60 years, 30 of them in this house. I only have third of an acre but it is ALL mud at present but the wonderful views across the valley now the trees are leafless makes up for it. Even so, a day in a large town or city is a pleasure, all those theatres and galleries but wonderful to return to dark skies and unseen puddles, and mud! Already very peculiar.Quilting Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15023557945944113423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-31289887397010646262009-12-06T04:52:28.089+00:002009-12-06T04:52:28.089+00:00I'd say that the truly dark nights and the sky...I'd say that the truly dark nights and the sky full of stars are excellent compensation for all the negatives about living in the country....wish I had the pleasure of enjoying those like you do!Sara at Come Away With Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677354270954094291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-89849884959162154532009-12-05T21:28:04.553+00:002009-12-05T21:28:04.553+00:00It seems from all the comments that you have '...It seems from all the comments that you have 'hit the nail on the head'.<br /><br />Although I've never lived in a town or city I agree totally with all you say - especially the mud...<br /><br />Visited here for the first time via Arizona (thanks to Noelle, AZPlantLady) - odd, really when I live only a three hours or so away from you. The powers of the internet!<br /><br />Great blog, I shall be following.<br /><br />JohnsonJOHN SHORTLAND, Cotswold Hills, England.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11702000270961029986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-72408913447554299902009-12-05T21:14:46.120+00:002009-12-05T21:14:46.120+00:00Everything you have listed I agree with - and we d...Everything you have listed I agree with - and we did a crazy move to here 40 years ago. The only downside I would add - and this is only of recent years - is that drivers still think they are on the motorway, even when negotiating narrow, twisting, single track country lanes. One of our children now lives in suburbia and can't wait to get back here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-45023382669432539432009-12-05T19:10:17.257+00:002009-12-05T19:10:17.257+00:00We're in much the same situation as you, and t...We're in much the same situation as you, and this time of year top of my list of downsides would be mud. There's not very much else, though, I miss about the city - although I do know what you mean about that view from Waterloo Bridge on a clear, crisp morning. I think you have to be more self-sufficient in the country, but there are so many things that make it worthwhile and self-sufficiency is no bad thing. Love the sound of where you are.LITTLE BROWN DOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752176955139690523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-47346783058942476872009-12-05T18:44:46.148+00:002009-12-05T18:44:46.148+00:00We used to be asked a lot why we chose to move to ...We used to be asked a lot why we chose to move to rural Brittany and had stock answers depending on whom it was who was doing the asking. Now despite yearning for more sunshine and heat every so often (and living in mud during winter as you do !)I can not imagine living anywhere else.her at homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553181592011484686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-77681586376697627882009-12-05T17:48:58.873+00:002009-12-05T17:48:58.873+00:00Much prefer the mud and possible isolation of the ...Much prefer the mud and possible isolation of the country to the litter and crowds of the town. You have certainly made the decision that I would have chosen if I had not had others to think about.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-43719020258432832702009-12-05T16:49:34.449+00:002009-12-05T16:49:34.449+00:00I know all about lists, things are practically don...I know all about lists, things are practically done when they're on the list, aren't they?<br /><br />A friend just walked Benno and her dog and she came in for a cup of tea afterwards. Did you say something about mud? Want some of mine?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-61248690268833553632009-12-05T14:27:06.175+00:002009-12-05T14:27:06.175+00:00But there is an alternative! And that is the edge ...But there is an alternative! And that is the edge of the market town a mere two hours from London and another capital city within 30 minutes. With fields to walk in not two minutes away and yet a theatre, shops, a library, doctors, chemists, a supermarket, five minutes in the other direction. No crowds, litter or mud. Plenty of spiders, yes (and out house is modern. We have I like to think, the best of both world. I would like two acres, though.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-62971215901692147082009-12-05T12:01:38.398+00:002009-12-05T12:01:38.398+00:00Rachel - that is how it works for me, a very perso...Rachel - that is how it works for me, a very personal choice I think.<br />Jan - that blast is vital, without it I would start muttering to myself and growing fur.<br />Fran - you pays your money and you takes your choice!<br />Chris - ah, I wasn't sure how long you had been in Wales. How is the house hunting/selling going?<br />Birdwatcher - hi and welcome. I am pretty sure our children would have been the same when they were teenagers. They weren't impressed when we moved off the all night bus route to another part of the city.<br />Frances - I think I am yes, but it would not be everyone's I know.<br />mountainear - love the image of the woman on the creaky ship! I get so seasick that is my idea of hell.<br />Dimple - It is just a matter of knowing what you want isn't it? Easier to write than to do.<br />QMM - I have seen the baby twice now, and he is gorgeous, as babies must be!<br />Pondside - I love the idea of your island. I think that would be another place that would excite me.<br />Michelloui - you sound to have found your perfect compromise. I agree with you about the sense of life being exciting in the city, but somehow I always end up wanting my green silence again.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-49094347290892795422009-12-05T10:24:15.112+00:002009-12-05T10:24:15.112+00:00It all sounds idyllic and you obviously love it .
...It all sounds idyllic and you obviously love it .<br />And I am so not going to do it !! I'll stay in town , running my sanctuary for urban spiders .SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.com