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2 Aug
9:32am, 2 Aug 2024
32,888 posts
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Johnny Blaze
I love where I live and I don't want to leave it. I take the dog out in the evenings and at the moment we are treated to Roe Deer and a Barn Owl, which is a magnificent animal.
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2 Aug
9:40am, 2 Aug 2024
32,766 posts
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Rosehip
I do appreciate where we live, having been stuck within the M25 for a few years, anywhere that isn't London is great
- but like much of the country it's semi-ruralness is being spoilt by building too many houses in the wrong places and the roads and amenities not keeping up
And it's flat.
I don't feel 'on holiday' every day - but maybe once Husband gets around to retiring that will change
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2 Aug
9:44am, 2 Aug 2024
6,046 posts
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Ally-C
I’d never move from where I live. It’s great, on the edge of the Trossachs & a nice wee village with lots of amenities.
Health Centre is about 50 seconds away.
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2 Aug
10:13am, 2 Aug 2024
28,147 posts
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TROSaracen
My retirement has been spent on the Suffolk Coast, is currently being spent in the Cotswolds and if all goes to plan will continue in Devon, on the border of Dartmoor NP.
But whilst in the throes of Ironman training none of it has felt like a perpetual holiday….
But I’ve loved every second of it, even the 4:40am alarm for swim squad.
Although the Devon move is very much a ‘where would we like to live once this Ironman stuff is in the past’ thing.
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2 Aug
10:22am, 2 Aug 2024
152,731 posts
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GregP
I love where I live as long is I can bugger off to the Mediterranean a few times a year. And I can and indeed do. So happy days.
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2 Aug
10:23am, 2 Aug 2024
6,313 posts
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TheScribbler
I have very similar feelings to HappyG around squeezing things in around work. I have a bit of flexibility around my hours, but 3 days in the office with an hour's commute each way really eats into my available time.
This week I did a 06:30 yoga session on the beach then threw my gear in the car and got to work on time. I'd have loved to have gone for a dip in the sea afterwards. It being light and nice weather at this time of year makes it easier to make the most of the mornings!
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2 Aug
10:38am, 2 Aug 2024
19,458 posts
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Mandymoo
We all know I wanted to move and part of me still does but living by the coast, and so close to France and the rest of europe has many advantages. My biggest draw for staying here is my family, and the village (the which is turning into a small town) is very friendly
I would hate the thought of having to go back to work - I enjoy doing the odd day at the wakeboard park, but I wouldn't want more than that.
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2 Aug
10:56am, 2 Aug 2024
87,359 posts
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Diogenes
We love where we live, but would like to be somewhere nearer the coast with a sunnier garden where the neighbours were fewer and further away. We'll probably end up staying where we are because our property isn't really big enough or valuable enough to make downsizing work.
Referring to what JB said, how do people feel about days when you just do nothing? I always feel a bit of guilt and regret when a day passes in nothingness.
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2 Aug
10:57am, 2 Aug 2024
2,648 posts
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Hibeedeb
I love where I live too, lots of opportunity for doing outdoor stuff - I can step out my front door and ski, skate or snowshoe in the winter, and summer here is lovely
After today I’ll be free to do whatever I want - woohoo!
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2 Aug
11:23am, 2 Aug 2024
27,379 posts
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GimmeMedals
A day of total nothingness rarely happens, Dio. I do the washing up at least once each day.
Sitting in the garden is fine by me, or watching the Olympics is also fine. As long as I keep on top of the stuff I have to do and most of what I ought to do, then the rest of the time is mine to use however I wish.
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Jigs 
Any pension experts out there?
Oct 2024
