PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Won't your sofa get wet? Will you run the TV off a battery?
The Retirement Thread
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Me too. I hate cities and crowds.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I'm drinking coffee. I can now say Good afternoon. Slept for just over three hours and feel rejuvenated. A tad disappointed I didn't ride but know it would have been foolish. I must have some exercise so I'll walk over the hill to the newsagent and pay the paper bill.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I'm not keen on cities other than to visit as a tourist. I feel we have the best of both worlds here, the village is very rural yet only a mile from the M65, Chorley and Blackburn are five miles each way and Manchester 45 minutes by car or train from the door.
I'll go out in my box............probably my bike box.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Was God paying your mortgage then? Lucky you.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
If truth be told, it’s not bad here. Big enough to have the facilities of 2 supermarkets, garages, chemists, health centre, various shops including hardware, etc and I still have lovely walks and cycles within minutes of my door. It’s the increase in noise in the immediate surroundings that seems to be getting to me. Just have to grin and bear it I suppose. Talking of walks, I think I’ll head out.Unfortunately not. I'm just glad I no longer live in a city.
Sterlo
Early Retirement Planning
- Location
- East Riding of Yorkshire
+1 from me too. Moved out of the city in 2015 to a smallish village, hate it when I have to go into the city now
, get too stressed.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Never lived in a city, small suburbs yes, my village has a population of 12,000 and growing sadly 
we have no supermarkets, but two small Co-ops, two pubs one Indian and two Chinese, four hairdressers why you need four beats me and two churches, one doctors surgery and three dentists and a hardware store and that's your lot.
we have no supermarkets, but two small Co-ops, two pubs one Indian and two Chinese, four hairdressers why you need four beats me and two churches, one doctors surgery and three dentists and a hardware store and that's your lot.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Calling where I live a village is an exaggeration to say the least. Its just few houses on the main road and a few others here and there . No shops at all.
. No shops at all.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
We live on the edge of an urban area, so, have the best of both worlds, in theory, ie we can walk/cycle from our front door, into "countryside", or, we can travel to any one of three cities (Newcastle, Sunderland, Durham), by public transport, within 30-60 minutes.
But, like you, I am finding the noise levels are increasing (as are litter levels) and, it all appears to be since Covid. Maybe I am just becoming (even) more grumpy with age?
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Planning your shopping list must be a pain in the arse, but I suppose you get use to it.Calling where I live a village is an exaggeration to say the least. Its just few houses on the main road and a few others here and there
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Sterlo
Early Retirement Planning
- Location
- East Riding of Yorkshire
I'll raise you slightly, about 1200 in the village, 1 shop & 1 hairdressers. We are considering moving to a different part of Yorkshire to a small town with a bit more there but nowhere near the size or bedlam of a city.Calling where I live a village is an exaggeration to say the least. Its just few houses on the main road and a few others here and there
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
I used to think like you too, until December 5th last year when we were staying at our daughter's , who lived in the middle of nowhere then. My wife had a heart attack and it took the ambulance 40 minutes to get to her because of our location. 40 minutes is an eternity when your wife is clutching her chest and you are powerless to help her.
Thanks to her divorce, our daughter now lives on the outskirts of Bideford, with a proper road name and people round her.
We also live on the outskirts of a town, close to civilisation and easy to find for emergency services.
We are both in our 70s so one never knows what is round the corner health wise.
