Moving out of London

I've worked at Sellafield.
I believe they continue to eat their young up there.
It is the one time in my life I've received a kicking in a pub..
Why?
Because I wasn't from around there.

No comment about the better quality of astronomical seeing?

I've worked at Sellafield.

Did you get a glowing reference?

Last week the Milky Way was looking splendid but I have not had a serious go at looking at anything. One night I did take a few photos out of the window past the tree where the kites sit and a couple of galaxies showed up nicely in a 30 second exposure. Will report more when the clouds disappear.

I received some non life threatening, but blood flowing injuries which I could have done without.
Your post is hilarious (not).
Thanks for that.

Not London, but as Bristol's becoming West London now anyway it's kinda relevant.

Got a job in Falmouth, really nice company, but no more money. Girlfriend has applied for a few jobs down there, but nothing coming back as yet, although it's only been a couple of weeks at most. Basically in the short-term it might mean long distance relationship. Rental market down there's not great. Also situation here is pretty comfortable, mortgage repayments tiny, slowly doing up our flat, current job does flexi-time, buuut... living by the sea could be nice.

Went back to current boss, he might offer to up my wage. Kind of a frustrating job, but it's easy.

Going down there again this weekend try and figure out if it's the right place for us.

Much confuse.

Many times over

Ha, which pub was that? I'm from round those parts and have watched people get filled in for not being.

It probably wasn't funny at the time. I ha'ed because it confirms my old stereotype of the area

Ha ! - "filled in " - haven't heard that for years.

Should be in the jam eater thread...

Cheers marra.

The Globe Inn, Gosforth.

Top of the triangle. I used to drink around there sometimes on the way home from away games.

I grew up just down the coast and had some friends in Gosforth. Nice village but some horrible fuckers there as you know.

Small chance I'll know/know of the culprits.

This all feels a long time ago now...

Lot of students down there who won't be there at the minute, might be worth thinking about

Are you looking to rent or something?

If you worked in Falmouth you don't have to live there. It's an easy drive/ride from most places in Cornwall to Falmouth within a 10-15 mile radius and trains are ok-ish. Penryn is nice and just round the corner or there are some really nice villages around there too.

I lived in Cornwall for two years and worked in Falmouth for much of that. I loved it down there. Totally different life to living in a city. Both me and the wife often talk about moving back down there (currently living in Glasgow) when we do the family thing. Good luck.

Yeah, we'll be renting in the short term, until we know we're happy in our jobs and know the area a little better, then I'd be looking to sell up in Bristol and buy a place.

We've been looking in Penryn and surrounding areas, I really liked Penryn so it's definitely an option. Truro could be an option too. Never had to uproot from such a secure situation, so I'm feeling a little out of my comfort zone. Bristol is alright, and it's a safe bet, but it's kind of frustrating / repetitive sometimes.

Arrived in London in December 1990. Lived in Balham, Tufnell Park,
Kensington, Raynes Park, Forest Hill, Lower Sydenham and then Forest
Hill for the last 15 years. Commuted by bike almost all that time.

We have just sold up and are renting in Oxfordshire, and I drive 27
miles to work each day. A whole different lifestyle. We buy bog roll
in bulk, we have no neighbours and on weekday nights we can hear the
chinooks doing night flight practice. I don't know if I like it 100%
but there are many London things I don't miss at all.

hey @Ludd, how's it going now?

Similar to you I came to London in 1995 and have lived in: Holloway Rd, Hackney, Brick Lane, West Hampstead, Lewisham, Greenwich, Surbiton (OK, not London), Islington, Islington, Kilburn, Islington again, Oval and ended up buying in in Forest Hill. Spent 5 happy years there before being push/pulled out by needing baby space and the SE London bubble making selling up and moving out insanely tempting.

I still wonder if we did the right thing all the time. So much to be said for where we ended up. I love the house and the town we live in, but the quality of life trade-offs of the commute, the lack of diversity etc aren't small concessions.

Plus it turns out that both of us commuting into town just wasn't working in terms of childcare so my wife has just given notice. I'm currently sh*tting myself that my family's security is now entirely dependent on my famously terrible grasp of money management.

Life suddenly seems a whole bunch more real and scary than it ever has before. Bit of a shock to this tipsy dreamer to be honest.

Hi @Apone, interesting to hear your experience. Ours is mixed. Mrs Ludd is still teaching in the people's Democratic Republic of Croydon and lodging three nights a week with her ma in BR3, and youngest Luddlet is unexpectedly still with us. Our aim in due course is to move somewhere with a bit more going on, but I love the air, the dark, the greenery, the wildlife, the stench of kerosene...

This cheeky cockney sparrowhawk came for a dip the other morning, which was nice.

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Great pic!

Nothing's simple eh? We ended up with my wife dropping to four days a week (of which three in London) and having the in-laws staying over two nights a week to cover the days we were both in town. Baby went to nursery for two days a week while we each worked from home.

Fine in theory but there's nothing like having the MIL in your new house criticizing your every decision to take the shine off having a new home to do up.

Plus the little one never really took to nursery. By the time she's been abandoned for all of Monday and Tuesday, trying to drop her off with relative strangers on Weds and Thurs becomes painful. She wailed and sobbed for months and I couldn't get any work done for wanting to go back and scoop her up.

She was just starting to get better, but after a two week holiday where we spend every waking (and sleeping) hour together she had nuclear meltdown on the way to nursery this morning and my missus cracked and brought her home again.

feck

Sellafield

I would if I owned one.

Should rename thread, moving out of UK.

It wasn't funny then. Nor is it now.
I don't really want to go there.
It is something I'd rather forget about.

ooh do give a heads up when they're getting near renting it.

You're the one that brought it up....