In a crazy turnaround of events, we may be moving to Plymouth. That’s miles away! It would be for a good business opportunity and we should have decided in a couple of weeks. Although the move will probably not be until September-ish. However, a large downside for me (other than the obvious being far away from friends, family etc), will be having to give up our allotment. A real shame, especially as if we move, we will only have a courtyard garden and no time to get a new allotment (although we can do container and windowbox gardening). Really quite gutted about that as I found pulling up weeds and generally sticking my hands in soil to be very calming. On the other hand, this work opportunity will help us get enough money together to buy a smallholding abroad and get us started off on the real path we want to take.
And another upside is that we will be fairly near Totnes! Which is the first transition town, and also is full of hippy wackiness which I *love*.
But yes, so I’m a bit in limbo at the moment, because we’d only just started to get settled into our new house, got used to our jobs, got the plants going now it looks like we’re going to have to pack it all up (AGAIN!) and move on. Anyone who knows us in real life will not be surprised though. My husband and I have always had itchy feet and to be honest felt that we don’t really belong here in Shepway or in fact don’t really belong in the 21st Century sometimes! (apart from the internet, I don’t think I could cope without the internet) And being in the West Country (alright, I know it’s Plymouth but it’s a darn site nicer than here where we have hypodermics strewn in the road behind our house and I have to leg it home the 200 metres after work clutching a rape alarm lest some 10 year old decides to stab me), puts us a lot closer to places we’ve always wanted to visit i.e. the Eden Project, The Centre for Alternative Technology and all that jazz.
However, before I get ahead of myself, I haven’t even viewed the place yet, my husband is there at the moment, and I’m just waiting for a phonecall from him to fill me in. He went out on the town last night with a friend of ours (who also used to work for us so she knows exactly what we’re looking for), and said that it was lovely, and he didn’t feel wary or threatened whilst out and about at all. So whilst it is looking like all is ok, nothing is set in stone yet.
To be continued………..
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