Where are you going to retire to?
- Thread starter The Jogger
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- Location
- Glasgow
rollinstok
Well-Known Member
- Location
- morecambe
I lived on a narrowboat for a couple of years and loved the tranquility of life.. my commute excepted
Now semi-retired in a house overlooking Morecambe Bay, quiet, peaceful, sunsets on the Lake District hills over the water.. beautiful
If I had my choice again though I would have kept the boat and cruised the system, SWMBO did not want to be away from the Grandkids, and in a way I'm glad she can be very persuasive when needs be.
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
Probably round here, though I may move a bit further inland so I'm not as isolated.
As it's going to be at least 40 years for me (currently) I'm sure a lot could change.
As it's going to be at least 40 years for me (currently) I'm sure a lot could change.
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
If I had a job I loved, and could, I'd continue working for as long as posible.
If I had to retire though, where would I move to?
Either somewhere on the West Coast of Scotland or even the Shetlands, where, like a previous poster said, I can live like a hermit away from people all harassing me.
This might change in the next 40 odd years though.
If I had to retire though, where would I move to?
Either somewhere on the West Coast of Scotland or even the Shetlands, where, like a previous poster said, I can live like a hermit away from people all harassing me.
This might change in the next 40 odd years though.
lukesdad
Guest
I might have to change my plans, or move deeper into the mountains 
I do love mountains.
BigonaBianchi
Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
- Location
- Iskele TRNC & Mordor UK
Brighton?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.............................dont do it
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.............................dont do it
Silver Fox
Guru
When finance and circumstances permit my dream is to move from Gods waiting room that is Southport and retire to a semi-rural area, somewhere in Lancashire maybe round the Rivington area.
Manonabike
Über Member
My wife and I have planned to retire to Spain. We would buy a house with a bit of land to keep a few animals, including a horse, in a rural area. We intend to keep a house or a flat here in Bournemouth for the summer months so we can be near the kids, grandchildren and the beach. We still have to decide where in Spain..... we have some ideas though...... it must be terribly rural, where you would never see a tourist. Not too hot and not too cold either. Basically, we would like to grow a lot of our own food.... We will visit the surrounding areas of San Sebastian (Pais Vasco) in the near future to check it out.
My plan was to buy a camper van and tour around Europe following the cycling during the year and maybe buy a place in Spain to escape the British winter. With the fuel price rises, pension changes and the crisis with the Euro I may have to rethink my plans.
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
We bought our French ruined cow-barn in 2005 for the price of a used BMW. It's almost a house now. The crisis in the EZ has made no difference apart from the weakness of sterling, and since I use no labour apart from my own and the electrician's, even this only marginally affects materials I buy in France. We intend to keep a place in York as well.
We looked at Spain before buying in France, mostly round the Costa Brava. I would not recommend that region given your needs, the coast is too busy and touristy, further inland the rural areas we visited were deserted but rather barren with exceedingly narrow roads that would be very dangerous if there was any traffic. From what I have seen of Northern Spain it is a much better option although the coastal autoroute is pretty scary. Just across the border, the French Basque country is delightful. My neighbours moved from the Costa del Sol to the Limousin, they found it too hot and crime-ridden in that part of Spain.
We looked at Spain before buying in France, mostly round the Costa Brava. I would not recommend that region given your needs, the coast is too busy and touristy, further inland the rural areas we visited were deserted but rather barren with exceedingly narrow roads that would be very dangerous if there was any traffic. From what I have seen of Northern Spain it is a much better option although the coastal autoroute is pretty scary. Just across the border, the French Basque country is delightful. My neighbours moved from the Costa del Sol to the Limousin, they found it too hot and crime-ridden in that part of Spain.
I've retired to the same house that I've lived in since 1986. The garden's big enough to grow whatever I want, I can be out in the fields in ten minutes pedalling, unlimited use of the Olympic pool and all the sports centres is £25 a month and I'm still in easy reach of cinema and theatre.
It's only the main job that has gone. I have a couple of pottering ventures to keep my brain active and plan to carry on doing those until I collapse in fifteen or twenty years' time. I don't see the point of going from a busy life to doing nothing at all - even less of moving to some ghetto in the Costas and turning into a leathery alcoholic.
It's only the main job that has gone. I have a couple of pottering ventures to keep my brain active and plan to carry on doing those until I collapse in fifteen or twenty years' time. I don't see the point of going from a busy life to doing nothing at all - even less of moving to some ghetto in the Costas and turning into a leathery alcoholic.
