Aura Todd
Well-Known Member
I have just spent two weeks in Cornwall and now I am back in Salisbury feeling very low. Every year I visit Newquay, and I’m very reluctant to leave.
I can immediately see the comparisons between the two places, life is slower in Cornwall and I had a brief glimpse of the life I would love to have. Here things are a little overwhelming with people wanting things done as quickly as possible, there is too much back stabbing going on as it’s also too petrol fumy not like the clean fresh sea air you get.
I live in a council flat and I’d like to do a council swap one day to Devon which is similar to Cornwall. I’d need a car to drive around Cornwall which I don’t have, but then Cornwall isn’t far away so If something was going on I could get the bus or train.
I’ve tried talking to people about this, but I feel some of them don’t listen to me or take me all that seriously. I got annoyed with one bloke who runs a cafe who claimed ‘life must be like a holiday for you, because your on benefits’ NO IT BLOODY ISN’T!
I often get the third degree from retired people who live in Salisbury who say that ‘I think the grass is greener on the other side, I won’t know anyone, we’d all like to live near the sea, blah de bloody blah…’ Whatever! It’s alright for them, they’ve done all they want with their lives, I’m not ready for my pipe and slippers yet. One lady I know has tried making me join a walking group thinking it would encourage me to stay, I’m not really interested and infact my worst nightmare would be to still be in this city as an old woman trapped wondering what would have happened.
I’ve wielded up the pros and cons and it’s not something I’m going to rush into. My parents are still alive, once they are gone I’ll have no more family left in Salisbury. I love them dearly but I’ve had issue’s with their arguing, I have to shout when I talk to them as they are both deaf. They’ve never taken much notice of me when I was at school, even the teachers noticed how distant they were. My parents have good hearts but they are set in their ways, I cant imagine life without them.
I awoke up at 3am this morning and the first thing I noticed was the silence which was a bit unsettling. I’ve done this a couple of times in Newquay and have always heard gulls muttering, not tonight which slammed home how far away I was from the coast.
Some of the area's I'm interested in are;
Westwood Ho
Paignton
Woolacoom bay
Totness (but may be a bit in land)
Brixham
Barnastable
I’ve never liked where I am and wish to go.
Has anyone else moved, if so how did it go?
I can immediately see the comparisons between the two places, life is slower in Cornwall and I had a brief glimpse of the life I would love to have. Here things are a little overwhelming with people wanting things done as quickly as possible, there is too much back stabbing going on as it’s also too petrol fumy not like the clean fresh sea air you get.
I live in a council flat and I’d like to do a council swap one day to Devon which is similar to Cornwall. I’d need a car to drive around Cornwall which I don’t have, but then Cornwall isn’t far away so If something was going on I could get the bus or train.
I’ve tried talking to people about this, but I feel some of them don’t listen to me or take me all that seriously. I got annoyed with one bloke who runs a cafe who claimed ‘life must be like a holiday for you, because your on benefits’ NO IT BLOODY ISN’T!
I often get the third degree from retired people who live in Salisbury who say that ‘I think the grass is greener on the other side, I won’t know anyone, we’d all like to live near the sea, blah de bloody blah…’ Whatever! It’s alright for them, they’ve done all they want with their lives, I’m not ready for my pipe and slippers yet. One lady I know has tried making me join a walking group thinking it would encourage me to stay, I’m not really interested and infact my worst nightmare would be to still be in this city as an old woman trapped wondering what would have happened.
I’ve wielded up the pros and cons and it’s not something I’m going to rush into. My parents are still alive, once they are gone I’ll have no more family left in Salisbury. I love them dearly but I’ve had issue’s with their arguing, I have to shout when I talk to them as they are both deaf. They’ve never taken much notice of me when I was at school, even the teachers noticed how distant they were. My parents have good hearts but they are set in their ways, I cant imagine life without them.
I awoke up at 3am this morning and the first thing I noticed was the silence which was a bit unsettling. I’ve done this a couple of times in Newquay and have always heard gulls muttering, not tonight which slammed home how far away I was from the coast.
Some of the area's I'm interested in are;
Westwood Ho
Paignton
Woolacoom bay
Totness (but may be a bit in land)
Brixham
Barnastable
I’ve never liked where I am and wish to go.
Has anyone else moved, if so how did it go?