hjckcff 1,737 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 sounds great. you are a very lucky family. enjoy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaraCroft 863 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Sounds perfect - good on you for doing so, and good luck for the future. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,334 Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Not wishing to piss on your chips, but even though you have what sounds like an idyllic lifestyle now, it has come at a price. You have had to conform to what is classed as the norm, for the last god knows how many years to earn the right to your idyllic life. I don't wish to sound like sour grapes, because I believe your an inspiration and you show what hard work and a dream can do. Was the cost was worth it in the end? Well it does sound like it to me. TC I don't think anybody would accuse me of conforming to the norm mate but I do take your point Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greengrass 201 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Where did you move to Wilf ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,334 Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Ireland mate. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Great weather for the bog WILF. No better place to be. You will enjoy the hard work this winter. Atb j. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevo79 569 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 So, what a difference 18 months makes.......it's been absolutely glorious sunshine here, red hot. I killed the pig this week and collected over a 100lb of meat on Friday, the boy loved looking round the slaughter house (little lads love a bit of gore!) and was eating my own pork that night. I took 3 of my kids down to our other land this morning and we spent a few hours cutting out own turf into bricks......had a right laugh doing it. We sat down for a break and all of my forest canopy is out and green, everything I could see was mine. I'm sat now looking at the window at my sheep and lambs......my kids are smiling and happy playing with their horse, f***ing about with their chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, goats and rabbits. 18 months ago they would have been stuck in, breathing in petrol fumes, having a trip to the supermarket. Now they are free as birds. I'm a very lucky dude. Bit random but thought "what the f**k, let's write something cheerful for a change" Can't beat it mate I'm bringing my kids up on a smallholding. A beautiful childhood crack on? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
torchey 1,202 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Not as far as you but i moved to somerset in a little villlage about twelve yr ago pub either end post office/shop in the middle ,to be honest i,d never move back the missus struggled proper for the first 4 or 5 yr but all good now....good luck 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jessdale 416 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 It sounds great that wilf mate, good luck to you and your family. But to be honest I find the "look what I'm having for tea" or "what should I call the new pup" posts far more interesting. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Great stuff Wilf. Live the dream... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,664 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) I think its great what Wilf has done it must take some bollocks to up sticks and move somewhere so vastly different to what you know when you have the pressures that go with having a young family.....some of us dont get the mature head on till its too late but living in a far nicer place now than where i grew up im glad it happened this way round rather than growing up in the country then moving to a city.....it just all happened a bit too late for me so fair play for standing up and making yourself count when it mattered. Edited May 15, 2016 by gnasher16 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryaldinhio 4,139 Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Nice one WILF. Thats the way kids should be brought up IMO. Ive moved to sticks for the same reason. Still have a full time normal job but surrounded by fields when I come home. The dream may be getting a little closer aswell, I was talking to one of the locals on Saturday about leasing a field from him. The field is infront of my house, a couple of paddocks away but I can see it from kitchen, lounge, bedrooms etc. Plan is to get some pigs and goats...then I saw the price of goats! might just be pigs for now. Im also hoping to lease the field at the side of my house but thatll be for little un for a horse. I wont ever move over fully to smallholding/farming but can see it happening in tandem. When people come to our house they always say your lucky to live here and they always get same response...No we are not, there has been no luck about it just hard work and a vision. We have earned everythign we have got and dont expect that to change anytime soon. Makes you appreciate it more when you have had to graft for it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,212 Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 When people come to our house they always say your lucky to live here and they always get same response...No we are not, there has been no luck about it just hard work and a vision. We have earned everythign we have got and dont expect that to change anytime soon. Makes you appreciate it more when you have had to graft for it. Work will set you free, im sure ive read that somewhere before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,569 Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 Sounds like a dream big guy, chuffed to bits for you mush Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 Missed this the first time round Wilf, chuffed for you mate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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