welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Shows you just how small the populations in towns in Powys are. In Mach there are only 2,000 people. In the whole of Powys there are only about 120,000 people.
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Shows you just how small the populations in towns in Powys are. In Mach there are only 2,000 people. In the whole of Powys there are only about 120,000 people.
numbnuts
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The only thing in my place that is bare is me
numbnuts
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- Gone over the hill and far away
Morning all
Similar here.
Total population of the whole of North Devon is around 180,000 ....... 30,000 or so in Barnstaple.
All other towns and villages are pretty small.
The town I lived in before moving here had over 180,000 in comparison.
Mo1959
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- Perthshire,Scotland
Around 7,300 here at last count. Quite a nice size. Still has a rural feel but enough facilities too.
PaulSB
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- Chorley, Lancashire
I was wondering earlier how many of us moved to retire or after retirement?
We have been in our cottage for 38/39 years - no @classic33 not extreme isolating - and once considered moving......to a cottage two doors down. Glad we didn't as this is home, where the kids grew up etc.
As the saying goes the only way I'm going out of here is in a box.
Right then. Coffee finished. General tidy, ironing, housework, Aldi run.
Mo1959
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- Perthshire,Scotland
I always thought that too, but I'm finding the neighbours a bit noisy these days and there's more traffic goes by than there used to be too. If Ernie gives me a phone call, I would consider moving back to the village I grew up in I think.
GM
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- North of the river
Morning all... Caught up again after being absent for a couple of days. I was born in the East London Maternity Hospital in Whitechapel, brought up in the east end until I was old enough to fend for myself, and moved to leafy north London where I've been for 52 years. We've thought of moving to the country but I'm still enjoying living in the capital.
Today is another busy day while the weather is dry. Had a good tidy up of the garden yesterday, ready to put some bulbs in for a spring showing.
Have a good day folks and stay safe! 🌈
Today is another busy day while the weather is dry. Had a good tidy up of the garden yesterday, ready to put some bulbs in for a spring showing.
Have a good day folks and stay safe! 🌈
oldwheels
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- Isle of Mull
My memory of it is different. I had a pal who lived at Avonbridge and we walked through ancient woodland to a gorge with a very shoogly bridge across the river which I remember was in spate. We did not attempt the bridge as we realised it was so old it would probably collapse.
Flick of the Elbow
less than
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- Midlothian Edinburgh
My parents moved (from Birmingham) for their retirement (in Minehead, where they used to holiday) so I suppose that’s what gave me the mindset of doing the same. They absolutely loved it, they used to say it was like being on holiday every day.I was wondering earlier how many of us moved to retire or after retirement?
We have been in our cottage for 38/39 years - no @classic33 not extreme isolating - and once considered moving......to a cottage two doors down. Glad we didn't as this is home, where the kids grew up etc.
As the saying goes the only way I'm going out of here is in a box.
Right then. Coffee finished. General tidy, ironing, housework, Aldi run.
oldwheels
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- Isle of Mull
My neighbours currently are no problem but what used to be a road leading to a farm and two houses now is the main route to a sea of houses with constant traffic mostly driving too fast in what is supposed to be a 20mph zone. At one time my street was known as Nappy Valley but later became Shopkeeper's Row and now Costa Geriatrica.
Mo1959
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- Perthshire,Scotland
Just back from getting some shopping in the Co-op. Sad to see a memorial and collection for an elderly gentleman that worked there. Old Roger.....felt like he was in with the bricks. He used to do the deliveries up until a couple of years ago and latterly pottered about stacking shelves and on the tills. Can’t have been more than a week or so since I saw him. 
Same as Braunton - big enough to be handy for stuff but small enough to have a good community.
I moved to North Devon 10 years before I retired. Worked out well. Plenty of time to get to know the area and people.
Too many folk move when they retire and then feel like a fish out of water.
classic33
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