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Andy_R

Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
Location
County Durham
Northumberland is a good bet - there's a hell of a lot of it, with not many people in it. Stay away from the coast and you'll be fine. Also the Durham Dales offer plenty of space without being too far from local hospitals.
 

cyberknight

As long as I breathe, I attack.
 
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Drago

Drago

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Northumberland is a good bet - there's a hell of a lot of it, with not many people in it. Stay away from the coast and you'll be fine. Also the Durham Dales offer plenty of space without being too far from local hospitals.
I'm liking the sound of that.
 

Mr Celine

Discordian
Bit what about the Scottish borders?

Fxxk off, full up here.
The local hospital is known as the GBH. The last time I had an appointment there to see a consultant about my chronic health condition the threat of drizzle was so extreme I had to drive for 4 minutes to get there and it took a whole 40 seconds to find a free parking space within 50m of the door.
Cycling is rubbish, it's hard to go for more than 20 minutes without a car appearing.
Until 2015 we didn't even have trains to complain about. Now we complain about little else. Especially as they seem to be full of Edinbuggers who take their bikes with them with the sole intention of beating my strava times.

And anyway you can't beat the hospital in Lerwick. At uni I shared a flat with a couple of Shetlanders and went to stay with one in Lerwick for a week once. He was poorly at the time and was sent to the hospital because he was spewing up blood. It turned out not to be anything serious. The doc asked him if he drank. When he said that he did, the medical advice was to take it easy and not drink more than six pints at a time. Best medical advice ever.
 

Stephenite

Membå
Location
OslO
Just spend your half a million pounds on bikes and ride off into the sunset. As you are only about 42 years old it should keep you going for a while. Then you could tell us about what happened.
 

Nigeyy

Legendary Member
Alas, when there are health issues involved, remote living becomes less practical. I'm also a person who doesn't like cities and (I'm sure) would be more than happy living in the very remote wilds of Vermont or Maine. But the problem with remoteness comes inaccessibility. My ideal place to live would be a house where one side is going towards the centre of a small town, the other side is nothing but remote wilderness with mountains and cycle paths and I'd be five minutes walk away from a train that can take me into a major metropolis within an hour :smile:
 

PaulSB

Squire
I can't make much comment about Scotland other than this. I have to question why one would want to move to Skye. When I've visited it's been overrun with tourists and much of the local infrastructure seems geared towards tourism. My wife is from The Borders and I feel you could well find the isolation you are looking for. My impression though, certainly in my wife's home town, is some places are like stepping back 30+ years. Personally I couldn't deal with that long-term. I have a great friend who lived three miles outside Taynuilt, near Oban. He has recently moved to Connel Bridge as at 75 he feels he should be less isolated. Apart from Oban there is little tourism, great beauty and it would be easy to find seclusion only a few miles from a local village etc. On the downside when my friend's wife need major hospital care it was one hell of a trek in and out to Glasgow.

As you know I live in Lancashire. As has already been mentioned there are some great places to live and you get a lot for your money. I would consider Bowland, Ribble Valley (quite a lot of recent development), the Yorkshire Dales and possibly the Fylde, north of Preston, or what I term The Mosses - this is the area bound by Skelmersdale, Southport, Preston.

Services are good but access in emergency has to be a question. I have a friend who is a consultant and he is considering moving to the Ribble Valley from Bolton but has a big question in his mind should he need an ambulance.

On the other hand in January when I had my haemorrhage I got a blue light in ten minutes. If I step outside now there will not be a sound yet I'm only five miles from a hospital and ambulance station. Good combinations can be found.

My last point would be this, it's one only you can judge for yourself. I could no more consider moving than flying to the moon. The thought of having to build a new social network at 65 is too much. Added to this when I truly needed my friends this year they were there for me - close by. If you are fortunate enough to enjoy such a circle think hard before abandoning it. I have good friends who did leave, they regret it now.
 
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Drago

Drago

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I could quite enjoy going going back in time by 30 years! Social networking isn't a problem for me because I simply couldn't give a sheet, but would of course be a consideration for Mrs D.

I'm going to do some homework on Lerwick hossy and their neurological expertise/care. If that proves up to snuff it makes life easy, just stick to plan A and move to my place in Voe as we'd hoped to all along.
 

slow scot

Veteran
Location
Aberdeen
Where to start with this one, I've got loads of perfect suggestions although two of the better ones have already been mentioned and Shetland is as far removed from the hustle and bustle as you can get but if you don't fancy island life (and I know it's not for everyone, which is probably why it's so good) your not going to be convinced on a forum. Inverness or a huge radius of it, would also be perfect as there are loads of great villages on the outskirts, big hospital and there always seems to be some large project going on to improve the infrastructure so much so, I'm looking up that way myself if my current job doesn't work out. Aberdeen is the exact same, we nearly moved just north of the city and the bypass is amazing, never quite enjoyed it as much as Inverness but that's more a personal thing after working in oil and gas for a time. Perthshire, Stirlingshire have exactly what you are looking for, although don't think the hospitals are particularly good. If you were in those areas you would probably be transferred to Dundee or Edinburgh respectively. Don't know an awful lot about Perth but it has some of the most beautiful places in the country and the A9 is finally being upgraded, so the links are better and Stirling is similar as I'm heading over that way myself tomorrow for my monthly 50k round Loch Katrine. Brings me to my own place, which is a 45 minute cycle to Glasgow city centre and 20 minute drive can see me in the city or down by the Ayrshire coast. The first hole at my golf club tee's off in East Renfrewshire and the first green is in North Ayrshire with lots and lots of great cycling options I'm still exploring 3 years in. I've only scratched the surface as there are lots of great options and I could go on about their many benefits all night. :okay:
Hey, you! Yes you. Stop putting ideas re "Aberdeen" into his head.
 

Joey Shabadoo

My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Hmm, Voe is only 10 miles away from this place
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Bill Gates

Guest
Location
West Sussex
I have both isolation and access to shops, hospitals and stuff, but I need my own transport to get there as no bus service. And that is on the Surrey West Sussex border on a farm with a security gate 250 meters from the road. Just woods and fields around but 2 miles from the nearest village and about 10 miles from the nearest towns. I can go all day without seeing anybody. I don't think you have to deny yourself the amenities you need and live on some remote island.
 
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