Would you leave the uk ?

[iworkwhippets 13,177]

2 hours ago, Qbgrey said:

Well my gaff is up for sale , be the first time on the market for over 50 years, not sure what I’m going to do , may build a small place on my ground , then look about abroad as a bolt hole, Penang in Malaysia is nice but Europe probably be more convenient as I can get home quickly if needed. Don’t effing know tbf, kids tie you down if not I’d of sold up and gone years ago. 

Try telling ya kids that FFS , 

[Qbgrey 4,293]

7 hours ago, Greyman said:

Take them all with you that’s what I do 

That would be great but ones just bought a house near London and earns good money . Middle ones just left uni looking for a decent job. My lad 16 yrs old is trying to get into plumbing. I’d be bankrupt with that following me ffs , they can eat some expensive food the buggers

[Greyman 32,002]

Tell me about it me and my misses cook for five most days but they do occasionally return the favour lol have two daughters two grandkids and a son complete with husbands and partners within 100 yards of me 

[WILF 50,485]

18 hours ago, Qbgrey said:

That would be great but ones just bought a house near London and earns good money . Middle ones just left uni looking for a decent job. My lad 16 yrs old is trying to get into plumbing. I’d be bankrupt with that following me ffs , they can eat some expensive food the buggers

I think that’s a conundrum many of us face when thinking about moving and it’s one I have considered a bit for a while.

The conclusion I have come to is this, I’d encourage mine to think differently about work and I’ve already chatted to my oldest boy about it because he is thinking of some type of construction apprenticeship.

What I’ve said to mine is, you just commute or find a way to work online  !……see, in Britain you have to work every hour god sends to pay every other c**t.

So for an example, you say your lad wants to be a plumber ?……he could book jobs online, have a van and tools in a lock up somewhere and just fly over, graft solid for 2 weeks and then have two weeks off with enough money to live like a king in some of these other country’s. 
There’s a lad up the road to me, he is a lagger, he gets a contract on price, flys over, knocks his pan in for however long it takes them flys home and waits for some other price job to come along. 
 

Earn good money and live a life at the same time.

It’s just ideas so I’m not being smart, it’s just how I have figured it when thinking about it mate. 

Edited Saturday at 09:18 by WILF

[Qbgrey 4,293]

2 hours ago, WILF said:

I think that’s a conundrum many of us face when thinking about moving and it’s one I have considered a bit for a while.

The conclusion I have come to is this, I’d encourage mine to think differently about work and I’ve already chatted to my oldest boy about it because he is thinking of some type of construction apprenticeship.

What I’ve said to mine is, you just commute or find a way to work online  !……see, in Britain you have to work every hour god sends to pay every other c**t.

So for an example, you say your lad wants to be a plumber ?……he could book jobs online, have a van and tools in a lock up somewhere and just fly over, graft solid for 2 weeks and then have two weeks off with enough money to live like a king in some of these other country’s. 
There’s a lad up the road to me, he is a lagger, he gets a contract on price, flys over, knocks his pan in for however long it takes them flys home and waits for some other price job to come along. 
 

Earn good money and live a life at the same time.

It’s just ideas so I’m not being smart, it’s just how I have figured it when thinking about it mate. 

Yes that’s the way forward , enjoy life a bit.i have dropped everything before , I was 22 when I left uk for Asia . Stayed 10 years then came home.i need to get rid of some shit I’ve got far too much stuff around me and need to  live a simpler life. 

[NEWKID 28,820]

16 hours ago, Greyman said:

Tell me about it me and my misses cook for five most days but they do occasionally return the favour lol have two daughters two grandkids and a son complete with husbands and partners within 100 yards of me 

Our commune is similar mate, even the lad renting a cottage off me has become a surrogate son, my Mrs can't help mothering people lol..

[iworkwhippets 13,177]

On 04/09/2025 at 08:48, Greyman said:

Going to have a look around Portugal when the dogs have gone seems nice enough and plenty of cheap property also know a few over there already but who knows quite enjoying boat life so could even take her across the channel and see were that goes 

Take her across the channel, don't make me laugh, ya can't even navigate a duck pond we put ending up in someone's garden, Get thissen and efoldi

[Seagull 838]

19 minutes ago, iworkwhippets said:

Take her across the channel, don't make me laugh, ya can't even navigate a duck pond we put ending up in someone's garden, Get thissen and efoldi

He needs to lay off the dandelion and nettle tea, heads gone. 

[Greyman 32,002]

59 minutes ago, iworkwhippets said:

Take her across the channel, don't make me laugh, ya can't even navigate a duck pond we put ending up in someone's garden, Get thissen and efoldi

Haven’t you got some underage girls to focus on in bancock you dirty old wrong un now piss off and learn to speak 

[Greyman 32,002]

On 06/09/2025 at 15:45, NEWKID said:

Our commune is similar mate, even the lad renting a cottage off me has become a surrogate son, my Mrs can't help mothering people lol..

It’s nice though Kev and although an odd day of peace is nice I miss it all if I don’t see them for a day or so 

[Moocher71 4,201]

 

Few of my mates went travelling with the sound systems around Europe early 2000s  Anyway after travelling all over Europe a few settled in Bulgaria,they chipped in and bought a farm house with land for less than 15k ,it's got out buildings, woodlands and a river running along the bottom,it needed a lot of work and it's took a few years to do but now they have a house and land you would probably pay half a million maybe more here in UK,it's got mountains,lakes ,forests ,prime hunting ,fishing ground on the doorstep.

They love it out there,they have made a business having back packers and mountain bikers etc stay in the outbuildings they turned into self contained b&b 

I'm going out to visit in November for 10 days ,who knows I may just make Bulgaria home , because England no longer feels like home .

 

[Moocher71 4,201]

28 minutes ago, Greyman said:

Haven’t you got some underage girls to focus on in bancock you dirty old wrong un now piss off and learn to speak 

I think he means have the boat lifted out the water and taken over on a truck ,I've known people that have taken narrow boats across the wash in hull and they say it's a scary journey ,I'm pretty sure some have done the channel but safer to do it by crane and truck 

Edited 8 hours ago by Moocher71
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[NEWKID 28,820]

46 minutes ago, Greyman said:

It’s nice though Kev and although an odd day of peace is nice I miss it all if I don’t see them for a day or so 

Yeah it is mate... the 3 kids all here, Fins Girlfriend around a lot, millies boyfriend basically lives here, islas mate Poppy is here more than her home, says we're here 2nd mum and dad... then the lad renting the cottage, going through a divorce, really good lad tbf.. he has dinner with us regularly, his kids are in and out, most times we go in the bar he'll come over... we've got the space so why not.. 

Edited 7 hours ago by NEWKID

[WILF 50,485]

1 hour ago, NEWKID said:

Yeah it is mate... the 3 kids all here, Fins Girlfriend around a lot, millies boyfriend basically lives here, islas mate Poppy is here more than her home, says we're here 2nd mum and dad... then the lad renting the cottage, going through a divorce, really good lad tbf.. he has dinner with us regularly, his kids are in and out, most times we go in the bar he'll come over... we've got the space so why not.. 

That’s a bit of me all that, perfect mate x

[Greyman 32,002]

3 hours ago, Moocher71 said:

I think he means have the boat lifted out the water and taken over on a truck ,I've known people that have taken narrow boats across the wash in hull and they say it's a scary journey ,I'm pretty sure some have done the channel but safer to do it by crane and truck 

No he don’t mate he’s just an annoying old prick that talks shit my boat is completely sea worthy and I would happily take it across to France be more of an adventure getting across England than the channel