Anyone live around Hawes,Dent,Askrigg,Aysgarth,Leyburn??
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As I will be coming up to retirement age in not so many years, I have always fancied locating to this area,...God's own country...
. and maybe buying a nice country cottage with roses around the door, a nice back garden where I could spend my days quaffing wine and generally chilling out....The area is great for fellwalking and the roads are ideal for having a burn up on my Triumph Bonneville.....
What are the pros and cons.....Is the most exciting thing that goes on the local meeting at the women's institute??....
ps, Don't tell Mrs WR, she doesn't know she's moving there yet.......
As I will be coming up to retirement age in not so many years, I have always fancied locating to this area,...God's own country...
. and maybe buying a nice country cottage with roses around the door, a nice back garden where I could spend my days quaffing wine and generally chilling out....The area is great for fellwalking and the roads are ideal for having a burn up on my Triumph Bonneville.....What are the pros and cons.....Is the most exciting thing that goes on the local meeting at the women's institute??....
ps, Don't tell Mrs WR, she doesn't know she's moving there yet.......
Well have spent a bit of time there at friends.
But If you are wanting excitement, then you can't beat lambing season. That seems to be the peak.
Hooning in summer is a bit awkward as it does get a bit busy with the tourists.
Gorgeous place, most locals are friendly, good pubs, gorgeous houses.
Why the particular choice of Wensleydale?
Personally I want to go to where the love of my life is Halton Gill.
But If you are wanting excitement, then you can't beat lambing season. That seems to be the peak.
Hooning in summer is a bit awkward as it does get a bit busy with the tourists.
Gorgeous place, most locals are friendly, good pubs, gorgeous houses.
Why the particular choice of Wensleydale?
Personally I want to go to where the love of my life is Halton Gill.
I live the other side - the moors - although we looked around in that area. I have to say, the moors are a better option in terms of less tourists, better hooning roads IMHO, and a match scenery wise. Plus you get the coast and York for shopping / theatre / etc. I also reckon the pubs serve better food this side.
Having said all that, it is stunning, and there are some cracking little villages, but there is less of an eclectic mix of people in the dales - it's DEFINITELY a farming community, which can be both bad and good. You're less likely to end up debating nonsense with millionaires, minor royals, and farm hands all in the same pub.
The best tip I can offer you, is visit the area on a bank holiday to see whether you could cope - a chocolate box village can turn into a hell hole overnight
ETA when you start looking, make sure you stop for lunch at the Blacksheep brewery on your way in or out
Having said all that, it is stunning, and there are some cracking little villages, but there is less of an eclectic mix of people in the dales - it's DEFINITELY a farming community, which can be both bad and good. You're less likely to end up debating nonsense with millionaires, minor royals, and farm hands all in the same pub.
The best tip I can offer you, is visit the area on a bank holiday to see whether you could cope - a chocolate box village can turn into a hell hole overnight
ETA when you start looking, make sure you stop for lunch at the Blacksheep brewery on your way in or out
Edited by rhinochopig on Thursday 14th May 19:33
My Grandparents loved it. Their lives seemed to involve a lot of events in the literary institutes and at the WI. They seemed to fit in fairly well.
My parents loved it to but described the winter as a dire time. Miserable weather and All the tourist stuff switches off and the place reverts to a farming community.
I used to love living there but I've grown used to having the shops around the corner, easy links to major towns and not needing a one hour drive just to visit a supermarket.
Richmond or Leyburn may be the best bets for living in a compromise between town and country.
My parents loved it to but described the winter as a dire time. Miserable weather and All the tourist stuff switches off and the place reverts to a farming community.
I used to love living there but I've grown used to having the shops around the corner, easy links to major towns and not needing a one hour drive just to visit a supermarket.
Richmond or Leyburn may be the best bets for living in a compromise between town and country.
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