TOMO 28,645 Posted July 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 don't worry mate you missed f**k all Derby is a shit hole...it really is 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,582 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 minute ago, WILF said: I blame all those holiday let tycoons for flooding the place out with strangers mate …….anything for a pound note with those greedy fuckers ! Lol .. you got me mate... 90% of the customers are from the South East.. all of them moan about the "little lanes"... I don't think they have used reverse before!! lol 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 49,951 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 Not having to go to Derby, bet you were devastated mate ! Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 49,951 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 minute ago, NEWKID said: .. you got me mate... 90% of the customers are from the South East.. all of them moan about the "little lanes"... I don't think they have used reverse before!! lol Silage season round here, reversing up track that are the same width as the motor with a 10 foot drop either side can get emotional ! One things for sure, the tractor towing a bailer ain’t turning round ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,582 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, Neal said: It's essential viewing in my house. Although I was born in Hampshire, all my childhood holidays were in the West Country and, when I took a Fine Art degree I chose Falmouth. Lovely place, though I've no idea if it's changed much in the intervening thirty years. As part of the course we spent a week camping and sketching in the Scilly Isles. It's an amazing place. Crystal clear water, no speed limit as there's not enough room on the roads to need one, saw a merlin and a hobby...the list goes on. I introduced my wife to the delights of Devon and Cornwall before we were married and we spent our honeymoon in Belstone (coincidentally that's near where the farmer with the kelpies lives) and go back there several times every year. We'd love to move there and almost did about three years ago but, unfortunately, something put a spanner in the works. I won't go into details as I'd hate to slag off my lovely mother in law online. One day... My house is about 25 minutes from Belstone, walk the dogs up around that bit of the moors a bit... Had wifes cousin and her husband over from Guernsey last weekend, no point taking them to a beach as they are surrounded by amazing beaches.. he likes Buckfast (Scottish heritage and part tramp I think...lol)... took them to Buckfast Abbey on Saturday (he stocked up) then up to Haytor, went in a pub I'd never been to the Rugglestone Inn (just outside of Widecombe, been going Widecombe since a kid so no idea why I've missed this pub! lol)... lovely spot, had a ploughmans and a pint then walked up the Tor... I remind the kids regulary they are lucky... it is a great place to be sometimes... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Borr 7,815 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 I prefer Devon in the winter , half the country this way in summer , expensive over priced in lots of places. But we tend to avoid it , that said last week local pub had me got kids two pints of lemonade charged me six quid. Felt robbed. House prices mental, since London descended on the south west post covid.... But I'm here and kids are settled and enjoying school ,I shall find a quiet corner and live. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 1,929 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, WILF said: I blame all those holiday let tycoons for flooding the place out with strangers mate …….anything for a pound note with those greedy fuckers ! Lol When I was there (late 80s to early 90s) I remember somebody telling me that either Helford or Helford Passage had no locals living there. The entire village was holiday lets, second homes etc. If I won the lottery I'd love to buy up a few "local" houses and rent them out to "locals" at a low rate..."We'll have no trouble here." 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 49,951 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Neal said: When I was there (late 80s to early 90s) I remember somebody telling me that either Helford or Helford Passage had no locals living there. The entire village was holiday lets, second homes etc. If I won the lottery I'd love to buy up a few "local" houses and rent them out to "locals" at a low rate..."We'll have no trouble here." I looked on Rightmove the other day and there were 15 pages of houses over a million quid in Cornwall !! Its just f***ing wrong mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,582 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, TOMO said: don't worry mate you missed f**k all Derby is a shit hole...it really is Was a 2 hour meeting and then home.... wasn't planning on hanging around! lol 5 minutes ago, WILF said: Not having to go to Derby, bet you were devastated mate ! Lol I was a bit pissed off on doing £100 on fuel, staying with a mate in Northampton who set the meeting up and doing £80 treating him to Steak dinner and a couple of pints, only to get a message this morning cancelling... hate getting f****d about.. The lad I stayed with up there is an Ex England and British Lions player called Ian Hunter, he's been helping us with a few bits... some good stories about tours, ex players etc.. even though I'm not a rugby man still interesting yap! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 49,951 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 minute ago, NEWKID said: Was a 2 hour meeting and then home.... wasn't planning on hanging around! lol I was a bit pissed off on doing £100 on fuel, staying with a mate in Northampton who set the meeting up and doing £80 treating him to Steak dinner and a couple of pints, only to get a message this morning cancelling... hate getting f****d about.. The lad I stayed with up there is an Ex England and British Lions player called Ian Hunter, he's been helping us with a few bits... some good stories about tours, ex players etc.. even though I'm not a rugby man still interesting yap! Time wasters mate, do the deal and add it on the bill 3 times over….you know the score 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,582 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Borr said: I prefer Devon in the winter , half the country this way in summer , expensive over priced in lots of places. But we tend to avoid it , that said last week local pub had me got kids two pints of lemonade charged me six quid. Felt robbed. House prices mental, since London descended on the south west post covid.... But I'm here and kids are settled and enjoying school ,I shall find a quiet corner and live. September and October are great months down here I think, still warm enough to do beach days, the sea is the warmest at that time, the droves of toursits are gone... and you can get out and about a bit more... I always recommend people coming to see us out of season.. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,582 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, Neal said: When I was there (late 80s to early 90s) I remember somebody telling me that either Helford or Helford Passage had no locals living there. The entire village was holiday lets, second homes etc. If I won the lottery I'd love to buy up a few "local" houses and rent them out to "locals" at a low rate..."We'll have no trouble here." St Ives is the same pretty much... locals just can't afford it... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,582 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 minute ago, WILF said: Time wasters mate, do the deal and add it on the bill 3 times over….you know the score Was decision day today mate, we've put together the proposal and this was a bit of a big meeting to be honest... CEO calling off ill on the morning... I was shouting a bit down the phone at anyone who'd pick up on the drive home!!! lol "we will rearrange" they said... easy eh! lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Borr 7,815 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 minute ago, NEWKID said: September and October are great months down here I think, still warm enough to do beach days, the sea is the warmest at that time, the droves of toursits are gone... and you can get out and about a bit more... I always recommend people coming to see us out of season.. Agree had best Cornish holiday in October, just got to catch the breaks in weather with young kids , got a getaway coming up with family , mum and two dogs mid season should be fun , but secretly looking forwards and can use dogs as excuse to dodge some excursions, have a pub/beach walk instead , think there doing Eden , and in this weather I'm not feeling that one lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,582 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 Anyway... home now... all aint bad! lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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