Lepista Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 They downsized at the peak of the property market, so presumeably did very well with no or nominal mortgage needed. How on earth did they end up in negative equity???? A MEW case, per chance? One or two additional holidays, a nice range rover for the harshness of Exmoor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Yeah my cousin moved to a small village in Yorkshire from London, and within 3 weeks his fiancee left him, leaving him utterly devastated. When one of the locals took pity on him and befriended him, the first thing he said was "Every time a couple move up here they split up. We all knew she'd leave you from the moment you both turned up". Otherwise this article is just painful isn't it? People who can't live without the "buzz" of cafe culture. They all deserve a fortnight in Mogadishu. Did he shack up with a nice single country lass or did he join in the marital affairs country lark? Joking aside, not nice for your cousin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 CHavs? what is the teenage person forceably moved out to the country to do? they dont know what to do.....so they go for familiar things, like bus-stops and kids play parks. course, they should be keen to backpack, jolly hockeysticks and explore the local footpaths and nature. teenagers all love that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concrete Jungle Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Exactly... but it is not living the dream is it... It is a Year In Provence meets Emmerdale. People have these ideals of what it is like. I know people who have moved to the countryside and then realised they cannot live with the manure farmers pour onto the fields each month or can't get any sleep due to the 'cannon' - sounding like a gun going offf every few minutes - to scare birds away from crops. The drinking, the depression, the affairs are common from what I have been told. In fact, the rural locations are ideal for affairs. Some townies who moved in to a house down the road from my cousins farm complained about the noise made by his dairy herd as they are walked down the road to be milked. They also demanded he put up deer fencing in the fields that back on to their garden to stop deer going from his fields / woods in to their garden and eating their plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scepticus Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 They all deserve a fortnight in Mogadishu. to be fair, that would likely be a good deal more exciting than a few weeks in the english countryside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CokeSnortingTory Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Did he shack up with a nice single country lass or did he join in the marital affairs country lark? Joking aside, not nice for your cousin. He eventually shacked up with an old girlfriend - he was from Yorkshire originally. From what I gathered though, the local who befriended him (a genuine rough diamond) pretty much saved his life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingding Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) I have lived for a few years now in a rural village in the Cotswolds, we are leaving in a week though. We don't dislike the place it's the lack of any decent jobs and the outrageous expense that anywhere labelled 'Cotswold' seems to command This also prices the locals out of the market and just down the road from me there is a nicely twee little town that literally sits empty for nine months of the year until their minted owners pop up to mince around for a few month in their Range Rovers and newly bought tweed. As a result of this shops come and go at a frightening pace and the pubs are starting to shut down to be converted to flats. Rural towns are funny places if you are not from one originally, they all seem to harbour dark secrets and as has already been mentioned affairs are rife. We got involved with the community but really had to take a step back at some points when local families went to war or our opinion was asked on so and so and his/her behaviour. Anti social behaviour is here but not too bad, mostly it consists of bored kids getting pissed up as you'd find anywhere or a drunken punch up in the local. There is a surprisingly massive problem with drugs here though and there have been numerous raids on some areas... Which brings me nicely on to the pikeys. If the closest contact you have had with these people is a DVD of Snatch consider yourself blessed, my old boss had a run in with them (usual tarmaccing rubbish) and they made his, his wifes and his childrens life a absolute misery, The police did'nt want to know. They are a law unto themselves in every sense and, they know every scam, fraud and dodge in the book and God help you if you catch their attention or they fancy the little plot of land next to where you live. Like someone said the countryside isn't for everyone. Some of these places can be rough and you need to do your homework if you want to save yourself some grief. Edited March 24, 2010 by Kingding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lets get it right Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 CHavs? what is the teenage person forceably moved out to the country to do? they dont know what to do.....so they go for familiar things, like bus-stops and kids play parks. course, they should be keen to backpack, jolly hockeysticks and explore the local footpaths and nature. teenagers all love that. All they need is an XBox 360 and a subscription to XBox Live and it doesn't matter where they are. Left unsupervised (or nagged at) my 14 year old can do 72 hours without sleep on COD4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan B'Stard MP Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 where is this exmoore. I've never heard of it. Used to be near Dudley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 He eventually shacked up with an old girlfriend - he was from Yorkshire originally. From what I gathered though, the local who befriended him (a genuine rough diamond) pretty much saved his life. Good for him. A lot of these small-holders, rough-diamond farming types, have a pretty good track record in ladies from the city. Quite surprising really but fascinating also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tired of Waiting Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) From the Daily Scumbag... Interesting article zagreb, thanks for posting it. . Edited March 24, 2010 by Tired of Waiting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Don't Surf Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Not a problem here in West Cornwall. You'd have to be selling up in Central London to be able to afford anywhere.. Oh, maybe there's some sort of link there? Blow ins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Good for him. A lot of these small-holders, rough-diamond farming types, have a pretty good track record in ladies from the city. Quite surprising really but fascinating also. Alas, most country homes are still on PSTN dial-up modem chugging along at a snail's place. Online tetris would be painful let alone xbox live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmen9 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 There's a romantic notion that the countryside is crime free, or at least far less crime than in the towns. The reality is there's less crime because there are less people. I saw one of the property porn programmes a while back with this couple retiring to their idyllic village home on Anglesey. A smile developed across my face as I realised the village they were buying in was one with a really bad reputation for crime and drug dependency. Nothing like a bit of local knowledge is there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogbrush Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 What a bunch of w@nkers; One of the couples we met, Kate and Jonathan, had left Bath with their children so that Jonathan, an alternative practitioner, could set up on his own.His business thrived, and he felt fulfilled, but Kate was unable to find her niche, and she missed the hustle and bustle of Bath, where she had run a successful interior design business. 'I became increasingly resentful of the fact that Jonathan seemed so happy,' Kate says. 'I knew I should be trying to set up my own business, but there didn't seem to be a market for it. 'I became depressed. It was a huge strain on our marriage. In the end, I turned to my GP and was put on anti-depressants.' Sums them up. Harvey Nicholls, for Gods sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonkers Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Peter was frustrated by the lack of culture and the buzz of cafes and bars Maybe Peter should join the Local yoofs banger racing. Sounds more fun than £5 coffees, anyway. Bang on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RentingForever Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 What on Earth is an "MSc in Entrpeneurship"? Wouldn't the fact that you think you need to pay someone to issue a certificate in order to authorise you to be an entrepeneur show that you're not really suited to be an entrepeneur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gardener Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 For me this sums up when you reach the point that the baubles city life has to offer no longer add up to anything much.... "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life…" Dr Samuel Johnson 1777 (that's why I have 'Tired of life' next to my avatar) I prefer: "The man who has tried life is tired of London." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 What on Earth is an "MSc in Entrpeneurship"? Wouldn't the fact that you think you need to pay someone to issue a certificate in order to authorise you to be an entrepeneur show that you're not really suited to be an entrepeneur? might have been lectured by Professor Judith Wilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 What the fek, is a 'website specialist'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 here's what's going on in sleepy suburbian Saltdean, a few miles along the coast from Brighton.. http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5080032.Warning_to_women_after_Saltdean_strangle_attempt/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahoo Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) What a depressing article written by a couple of complete and utter munters. These sorts just wind up the locals and get ignored, and then cannot understand why. 'Oh - The Aga's packed up and no-one will come out and fix it for at least 2 weeks'. Then fix it yourself - twit head. It's carbonised up and needs a new wick and a wire brush. Edited March 24, 2010 by Davetolbooth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogbrush Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 What on Earth is an "MSc in Entrpeneurship"? Wouldn't the fact that you think you need to pay someone to issue a certificate in order to authorise you to be an entrepeneur show that you're not really suited to be an entrepeneur? Well said, my thoughts exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahoo Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 What on Earth is an "MSc in Entrpeneurship"? Wouldn't the fact that you think you need to pay someone to issue a certificate in order to authorise you to be an entrepeneur show that you're not really suited to be an entrepeneur? Spot on. Rather than 'Doing it', they focus on dreaming and qualifications. Someone should tell the twonker to : Think of an idea, have a go, if it fails, think of something else, have a go, if that fails, and so on. No magic formula, just a bit of hard graff. Actually, someone should just tell the twonkers to F.O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I want a house! Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 A friend had been held at gunpoint in her own home; someone else I knew had been carjacked. Sounds like home sweet home for me except for the fact that these people are still alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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