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Would you leave for, 'a new life in the wild'? What would be/is your perfect home?

Marianne72

I love watching Ben Fogle's, 'New Lives in the Wild.' I wouldn't have the courage to up-sticks like this, but dream of somewhere tucked-away, town or city, close to GP, interesting shops, library & hospital [signs of ageing!]. I now live in rented; a pleasant bungalow in the country, 2 fairly large gardens, but like many villages there are few resources.

What is your ideal dream home? Do you live there already? What makes it 'home' for you?

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  • I’ve sort of found my dream home, I previously lived in a village about 25 miles from London for about 25 years. I am married and we have sold up and bought a cottage in Cornwall. It is quite off grid, we have water from a borehole that is pumped to storage tanks. No mains sewage but a new septic tank system.  There is still a well in a small wooded area.
    No gas, we heat with a wood burner but will be getting oil heating. We have a phone line but still haven’t had broadband put in or a phone connected.  We have electricity and hope to get solar in the future. No neighbours and about an acre of land. I want to get back into gardening.
    We are 7 miles from the coast, it’s near enough but also far enough. I tend to stay away from the tourist areas in the summer. About 3/4 of a  mile away there is a community run Post Office and village shop. A chippy van visits the village every other week.

    I also enjoy watching the Ben Fogle program, I read that he struggles when he has to reintegrate with the world.

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  • I’ve sort of found my dream home, I previously lived in a village about 25 miles from London for about 25 years. I am married and we have sold up and bought a cottage in Cornwall. It is quite off grid, we have water from a borehole that is pumped to storage tanks. No mains sewage but a new septic tank system.  There is still a well in a small wooded area.
    No gas, we heat with a wood burner but will be getting oil heating. We have a phone line but still haven’t had broadband put in or a phone connected.  We have electricity and hope to get solar in the future. No neighbours and about an acre of land. I want to get back into gardening.
    We are 7 miles from the coast, it’s near enough but also far enough. I tend to stay away from the tourist areas in the summer. About 3/4 of a  mile away there is a community run Post Office and village shop. A chippy van visits the village every other week.

    I also enjoy watching the Ben Fogle program, I read that he struggles when he has to reintegrate with the world.

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