I love isolation, my nearest neighbour is over a mile away, I have no idea who anyone is in the village, I don’t talk to anybody. My daughter says she wouldn’t live here if it was the ladtp,ace on earth, her husband says he’d move here in an instant, different people,,different ways.
When we first moved here we were invited to the village hall to protest against farmer ‘giles’ having a wind turbine on his property, I said I wouldn’t and she got a bit shirty then approached to sit on the PCC an outright no thank you. People around here probably think we are weird, we don’t care, we love the solitude and I always feel safe.
Im not unsociable, I speak to my family, I visit my daughter and son, they come here, my nearest friend is Hostafan, he’s about 16 miles from me.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Sounds rather like my situation @Lyn. My daughter went to dance school in London when she was 16 and when that finished refused to come home because "you live in a field"!
Our Belgian house was isolated from neighbours but on the road between village and small town so very open to view and yes, people knew we were foreign and looked in so we had curtains but also shutters we would close in very cold weather.
This new house has neighbours but hidden behind trees. We very rarely see them. The house has shutters which are used to keep out the cold in winter but also strong sunlight as they allow windows to be open for ventilation and they are very handy for keeping out moonlight which is very strong here too. No pollution and no street lights.
I am slowly adding curtains but more for aesthetics and acoustics than privacy. There are two skylights which have blinds for darkness, not because the space station might fly over and peak in.
If I lived in a village or a suburb or a city I would have the curtains for privacy. I don't do anything in the garden that is private and our farmer neighbour always looks in form his high tractor seat when he passes so he can wave a greeting.
Pitter-patter has it right and well put. For all sorts of personal reasons, humans don't do well in goldfish bowls - nor, I suspect, do the poor goldfish.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Nobody can see in anyway.
My daughter says she wouldn’t live here if it was the ladtp,ace on earth, her husband says he’d move here in an instant, different people,,different ways.
When we first moved here we were invited to the village hall to protest against farmer ‘giles’ having a wind turbine on his property, I said I wouldn’t and she got a bit shirty then approached to sit on the PCC an outright no thank you. People around here probably think we are weird, we don’t care, we love the solitude and I always feel safe.
Im not unsociable, I speak to my family, I visit my daughter and son, they come here, my nearest friend is Hostafan, he’s about 16 miles from me.
My son lives in a similar place to ours, they love the peace and quiet as well.
This new house has neighbours but hidden behind trees. We very rarely see them. The house has shutters which are used to keep out the cold in winter but also strong sunlight as they allow windows to be open for ventilation and they are very handy for keeping out moonlight which is very strong here too. No pollution and no street lights.
I am slowly adding curtains but more for aesthetics and acoustics than privacy.
There are two skylights which have blinds for darkness, not because the space station might fly over and peak in.
If I lived in a village or a suburb or a city I would have the curtains for privacy. I don't do anything in the garden that is private and our farmer neighbour always looks in form his high tractor seat when he passes so he can wave a greeting.
Pitter-patter has it right and well put. For all sorts of personal reasons, humans don't do well in goldfish bowls - nor, I suspect, do the poor goldfish.