You are so lucky.
Palaisglide
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A three day knees up last week at Headlam hall between Barnard Castle, Ingleton, Gainford and Staindrop, Raby Castle. We had guests from America Canada France and of course most of the UK. The comments were how did you get so lucky to live in this idyllic area. Some of the guests had made it a week and visited our moors beaches and forests. It was my Granddaughters wedding with a birthday on the 4th 5th and 6th of May plus a wedding anniversary on the 5th. We booked in and had a large family only party for the birthdays and anniversaries, the wedding was next day on the Friday which went on well into next morning (not for me I retired to my Bungalow room at eleven which believe me is very late by my standards), Grandson called me a party animal, yes son once I was just that. The sun shone all day for three days was just becoming dull as we all left the venue.
Headlam Hall is a lovely old Manor house with lovely gardens, guess where the photo's were taken, the food was very good indeed and the service superb. A couple from Belfast were sitting at my table and the were overawed by the beauty of the area, it was their first time over in this part of the UK but said they would be back.We were sitting under a Linden Tree with glasses in our hands something I have not done since visiting Berlin. It made me take stock of the place I have lived most of my life, the things you take for granted. One foot in the sea half an hour from the Moors, a bit longer to the Dales and less than two hours from the Lakes. Would I move, once tried it and came back. Have you really looked at where you live, I mean really looked.
Frank.
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Well said Frank and Pansy, it is a beautiful country, it must be, so many people want to come here to live. I have never been out of Uk, the furthest I've been is Northumberland, we've toured every road of this country in the past, never got as far as Scotland, our old camper van may have struggled with that.
There's not a day goes by when I don't look out at Dartmoor, not a house between us for miles and think how lucky and grateful I am.
Both my children live in Cornwall, we are all very lucky.
All thanks to my dad being careful all his life and being able to buy this property for his retirement.
sounds a lovely few days Frank, so pleased you all got together and enjoyed yourselves.
Sounds as though you've had a great time Frank when I saw Barnard Castle it brought memories of parking there next to a cricket field there was a match on and the car park was busy ,so off we went for a look round and got back a few hours later ,someone had hit a six and gone straight through the middle of the windscreen Of our car.Match was over but they had left details on windscreen but had to wait 2 hours for repair to come , We've been celabraiting too this weekend it was my 65 thand had a good do at The Three Mile Gosforth we were party animals lasted until after 3.30 AM as quite a few came back to ours so was a bit under par yesterday recovering . Heading for the airport shortly to Madrid see the tennis and site seeing should be a lot warmer than here
I am a transplant to West Sussex Although I have been here 19 years now.
love my small part of the world. 2 minutes to the sea and the rolling Sussex downs behind us.
The plantation woodland stretches from where I am down to the sea. The area is dominated by holm oak and sycamore but recently English oak, ash, hazel and hawthorn have been added by the local conservation group. The original avenue of oaks was planted sometime in the 19th century and even though it was damaged in the storms of 1987 and so some trees had to come down they did replace with new younger trees. Love the oaks even though they cast one half of my garden into shade
taken from my patio to the right side of my house
I have travelled, inside and outside the UK. I have to say I would be hard pushed to chose between Yorkshire and Ulster - both have some amazing scenery. The nicest people to meet anywhere are those who love where they live, wherever they live. Always wishing to be somewhere else 'someday' is a curse. So it's great that you love where you are Frank and Pansyface and Lyn and Sussexsun. I love my home too - as I have done most places I've settled for a while, even though none of them was like this or like the others.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
After we got married I persuaded hubby to apply for a job in Scotland (we were in Coventry then Colchester) I was missing the mountains, lochs and the sea. We have been back "home" for nearly 50 years and I wouldn't leave. I was brought up with the mountains and the sea and think it gets " into your blood."
Have yet to visit Co Durham, but it looks fabulous... my brother in law has family up there and they go up there quite a lot.
Still I'm quite content with Nottingham... nice array of cultural offerings and restaurants, Wollaton Hall and Nottingham Castle, very multicultural, my home county of Derbyshire just a short drive away, and we've got the tram!
It's also the gun crime capital of the UK - pew pew pew pew!
Just keep out of Hyson Green and St Annes well rd. I drive through there with my doors locked.
Hello Frank,
I'm glad you enjoyed your stay at Headlam Hall. I was brought up in Gainford and went to school in Barnard Castle. Spent a lovely children there and loved the river. Sadly since my parents are no longer here I haven't been back for years. I live in Cornwall now near Perranporth and love it here too.
I always find it funny when I hear. ' I must take a year out to find myself' you'll still be the same 'self' wherever you go.
I've lived in a few counties, I love them all, as Raisingirl says, to be content is the very best thing.