Imagine you're still a while away from retiring - both in age and financial security, but you do have a lump of cash available. You have no strong ties to any particular part of the UK, your dependants are no longer dependant.
You need to live somewhere and you need to do something.
Where would you live and what would you do?
The aim would be general happiness / quality of life.
You don't have particularly expensive tastes and your bikes are all paid for.
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Yorkshire. Thread closed.
Mid Wales, thread re-opened.
Somewhere in the Cairngorm NP probably
Scotland or Wales, sea at the front for me fishing & hills at the back for biking.
Middle of my own forest, don't mind where.
Live in York, Yorkshire now but would love to live in Cornwall, somewhere near the end on the Atlantic coast.
Not in the UK : Canaries or southern Europe somewhere.
Hmmm I'm picturing lots of woods, valleys and greeness so far . . . and I do like plate sized Yorkshire Pudding. (of course greeness = rain!)
inverness seem to grab me. or keswick area.
BenHouldsworth - Member
Yorkshire. Thread closed.
+ 1
Interesting Caher - southern europe has crossed my mind. Not St Tropez of course, but there are plenty of normal places. Maybe within an hour of the pyranees or the southern end of the alps . . .
ton - what time does it get dark up there in winter though?
Somewhere in the Lakes. Probably around the Buttermere area.
Yep my buddies sent me some pictures from the Alps today and the sun was everywhere - i rode around Dorking in real gloom.
sst, early i reckon, but i love the seasons, and winter is my fave.
Why would you retire to somewhere where everyone will hate you just because you are english?
Im trying to sort out a move to Malvern, seems to tick a lot of the boxes for us with a young family
+1 Yorkshire
Oh hang on... 8) 😀
Norfolk.
Pandora, failing that, Dartmoor
lakes or west highlands for the biking, climbing and walking
[i]sst, early i reckon, but i love the seasons, and winter is my fave.[/i]
and I guess in summer they get 18 hrs of sunlight.
Inverness area for me
Close to some of the best areas to ride
Nice coastline
Like ton, I like winter
Edinburgh, probably Morningside. Nice town/city, big enough to have all you could ever really need. Cycleable to the Pentlands, not too long a drive into the Highlands.
Somewhere in the Lakes would be my choice.
Edinburgh, probably Morningside. Nice town/city, big enough to have all you could ever really need. Cycleable to the Pentlands, not too long a drive into the Highlands.
+1
near binners - not that i like binners you understand but he lives in a great area 😀
Tynemouth or Glenridding.
Stavley, Ings or the outskirts of Ambleside, Cumbria. Failing that both the wife and I have always enjoyed the fort bill area of Scotland.
Sheildag,north west Scotland...I'd fish,maybe do a bit of cooking for spends.....stunning area...and I'm fae yorkshire 😀
Wouldn't change where I lived my whole life in Llangollen N Wales, but can I move it closer to the sea? Surf in the morning and biking in the arvo!
the Solway coast
South Devon, South Hams region. Been staying down there for the last three years, made good friends down there, and I adore that stretch of coast around Start Bay, and I could happily live there. No idea what I'd do, I'm sure I could find something.
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Start Bay, from the SW Coast Path, Hallsands on the left, Start Point on the right.
Rossendale, its ace
Behind the NatWest at Swindon.... Thread Closed
North East close to the sea but near the border of Scotland ...
Neath.
Wherever my family take me.
I dread my kids living further away than I could reach within a couple of hours.
There's a house at the end of my road I quite like.
BenHouldsworth - Member
Yorkshire. Thread closed.
Shut up, only worse place in the UK is Lancashire!!
Lots of very nice places to choose from, but what to do for a bit on income?
Ice Cream man? You just need a van and some lollies!
Open a little cafe? Sausage Egg and Chips can't be that hard?
Buy a chain saw and become a tree surgeon?
Whilst there are many places one could argue are better than where we currently live I can't see us moving from Surrey. Major transport links, the coast, the Capital etc all within an hours drive and the Surrey Hills are not only beautiful but offer some pretty good riding. Once I'm retired then anything's for grabs....
Llanddewi Brefi.
Inverness you say ? that would be [url= http://search.knightfrank.com/edn090125 ]this place then[/url]
Twixt the Lakes and Dales. That would do for me.
