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That's very impressive Tina. I didn't realise we were hob-nobbing with the landed gentry. :rofl:

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Tina check out the two new properties.

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These decisions are very personal and of course one has to have a degree of practicality but I think you are very right when you speak of the "costs". At the risk of sounding a bit "woo woo", I look upon life as a very precious gift and what we do with our time here on this beautiful planet is something I take very seriously. I believe that much illness stems from being in jobs we do not want to be doing and living in places where we do not want to be.
My friend Marlow (who is also on the West Coast and moving back to the UK in August) hit the nail on the head last night when she said that she never forgets for a moment how fortunate we are to be able to make a choice about where we want to live while so many others will never have this choice.
I have lived my life following my heart and though I haven't, in retrospect, always made the decisions that I would make with the benefit of hindsight, I wouldn't have it any other way.
I also feel that when we set foot upon a path that is the right one for us, we are supported in this and things fall into place.

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Ditto to your last paragraph.... You sound like an Earth sign. Are you?

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Sally and Barbara,
Looking at the pictures today in Cumbia made me realize why I like that area. Tranquil and peaceful, no people.

ranquil
adjective
1. peaceful, quiet, calm, serene, still, cool, pacific, composed, at peace, sedate, placid, undisturbed, restful, untroubled, unperturbed, unruffled, unexcited The place was tranquil and appealing.
2. calm, quiet, peaceful, serene, still, cool, pacific, composed, sedate, placid, undisturbed, restful, untroubled, unperturbed, unruffled, unexcited She settled into a life of tranquil celibacy.
calm troubled, excited, busy, confused, disturbed, restless, hectic, agitated

http://www.lakelandcam.co.uk/index.html

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Ohhh, Cheers, that first one is gorgeous! Just look at those surroundings. I'd sacrifice some house any day to have those surroundings - but that house is lovely!

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Ha ha ha!! Not this generation, Linda :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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You know, Cheers, I am really stunned at the quality of these houses for the price. While Escape to The Country gives you a look at some higher priced homes and the beautiful countryside, you don't get enough viewing of the lower priced homes to see that you don't have to pay a fortune to have a nice little house.

I prefer the first house but would settle for any of these.

Tina

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You are so right, Linda. As a writer, I know about following one's heart. I can't be creative unless I follow my heart. On the other hand, the realist in me holds me back sometimes. I go both ways and it is a very confusing place to be in sometimes. It often results in doing nothing and I have to be careful of that, too.

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Hi Cheers,

Just a note:

We have to be careful looking at properties in these areas where there is precious little local employment. Apparently Cinderford close by used to be coal mining but that is finished. Now the only work is to be found at the local GlaxoSmithKline plant for Lucozade and Ribena. That's it!

Hence these good folks have to drive miles to find something at all and hence the moderate prices, on land that must have been dirt cheap.

Looking at stats for employment there is, quite obviously I suppose, a direct correlation between the wages commanded in the local community or by local commuting and the asking prices for housing. The only exceptions are in key second-home country, namely; The Cotswolds and parts of Devon and Cornwall or where there is an exceptional state secondary school in the area as is the case in Cranbrook in Kent where you have up to now paid a premium if you live in the catchment area.

We can find the same situation at a number of places across the country where former employment, particularly in mining for coal or iron ore has now finished, right from Dover through Corby to Darlington. This tends to lead to somewhat shattered communities with a lot of welfare cheques around. Of course the worst are to be found in South Wales around Merthyr Tydfil where there are NO jobs to be found in former mining communities.

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This is certainly outside my budget but isn't it lovely?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-16426332.html

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You can live near the beach for cheap here, and this far along the coast don't speak as much Welsh, http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...?premiumA=true
I could live in this one, its further inland but only a few minutes from the sea.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-28120169.html

Sea views and a garden for cheap. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-23468584.html

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Hi Bandrui, Happy belated!

Don't think I would like a cemetery on one side and the mobile home park on the other but I love the amount of living place you get on one floor and its qualities. Something to continue to look for.

Like something from Provence!

I wonder if the park was there when the vendor purchased.

The vendor must know that 360,000 is a reach which explains the 24 pictures but they are all worth taking.

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True, and even the towns have a lovely relaxed friendly feeling to them. The photos really don't do it justice and I can't explain it, but all I know is when I arrive in the Lakes or the Yorkshire Dales, my soul feels at ease.

anishq, I have no idea which star sign is which (I'm Pisces) but I think my love of the countryside and the land is just because I was brought up in a farming village and spent most of my holidays in the Dales as a kid. I find NYC really exciting and interesting, but it can never be home.

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