House in the hills!

ognum

The post seems to be very much driving to Wales as the only possibility, are there other areas/places that would fit the bill?

AdrianC

ognum wrote: »

The post seems to be very much driving to Wales as the only possibility, are there other areas/places that would fit the bill?

Yes, huge swathes of the country.

Grumpelstiltskin

OK Is he sure he wants to be in the middle of nowhere?


Again this is on the edge of a village.


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I would suggest the Pennines as they are within relatively easy reach of civilisation.

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Not quite sure I'd agree with that.

I don't know about the School Test actually. I regularly walk past a Welsh school in this very "welsh" area and every single one of the children coming out are speaking to each other in English.

I meant listening to the parents.

Where you are, it may be as you describe, but that's urban, and there are huge pockets of retired English people, especially near the sea.

I did hear a 50:50 mix in a village about 5 miles away from you around 6 or 7 years ago. The adults were organising an event and switching back & forth between languages, as appropriate.

Go somewhere like Tregaron......I didn't hear any English!

ognum

AdrianC wrote: »

Yes, huge swathes of the country.

Thank you but where?

chris_m

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

I would suggest the Pennines as they are within relatively easy reach of civilisation.

Or, even, Yorkshire

ognum

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

OK Is he sure he wants to be in the middle of nowhere?


Again this is on the edge of a village.


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I would suggest the Pennines as they are within relatively easy reach of civilisation.

Thank you I will pass it on but my guess is it's not isolated enough.

AdrianC

ognum wrote: »

Thank you I will pass it on but my guess is it's not isolated enough.

Does this friend understand the reality of living somewhere PROPERLY isolated? Or do they just think it might be nice not to have any neighbours (in an urban sense)?

Grumpelstiltskin

AdrianC wrote: »

Does this friend understand the reality of living somewhere PROPERLY isolated? Or do they just think it might be nice not to have any neighbours (in an urban sense)?

Just what I was thinking. I remember one of these TV shows where they said their main idea was they didn't want to see any other house. They soon realised that was not what they wanted, they wanted a village close by.

moneyistooshorttomention

AdrianC wrote: »

Does this friend understand the reality of living somewhere PROPERLY isolated? Or do they just think it might be nice not to have any neighbours (in an urban sense)?

Which is also a very valid thought.....

It is more time-consuming to live somewhere more rural I feel and I live somewhere more "urban" as Dave put it. But it recently took me about 4 days worth of time in total to deal with a minor medical issue that has taken me about 3 hours before now for similar. It takes about 2 hours extra every time I go to the dentist now (I could get a nearer one - but they aren't used to patients making their own decisions for themselves - hence travelling to one who is more au fait with modern thinking).

If living more rurally still then yes....extra problems. Quoting a fellow passenger on a bus the other day - and they have to walk or drive 2 miles to get to the nearest bus stop.

The nearest shop of any description might mean leaping in a car and driving some miles to it.

Even somewhere more "urban" will mean (to someone used to more stuff around them) having to have the sort of scattered social life that comes from having to go to one place for one thing and another place for another thing and so on.