I'm a mum of 5, currently in the process of a Council House mutual exchange from Burnham, Bucks to Wellington, Somerset. My eldest is 18 and off to University in September so will only be home odd weekends and holidays. My other children are 3 girls aged 8,7 and 5 and 1 boy aged 3 (almost 4).
I ideally wanted a rural, village location but as I don't drive, and have always lived in a town, that seemed a little impractical. So, I've settled on Wellington as a compromise - to my way of thinking, it's a smaller town than I'm used to, still has schools/shops etc in walking distance but is also close to the rural life I crave. I'm lucky in that I work from home so don't have to worry about employment for now.
My friends are aghast at the idea of my moving my family which is making me wobble a little, to be honest. Their reasoning runs to the "but you won't KNOW anyone!" and "everything will be new!". Erm, yes...that's kind of the point. I feel like now is the time for my family but I suppose I would just like some reassurance that Wellington is a nice place to live. My children are all excited at the prospect of a move so I don't think I'm being totally selfish - one of my main reasons for wanting to move is that the primary schools in my area are ridiculously over-crowded - 720 children in the school my children currently go to, on the same site as it was when the roll was 280!
Gawd, what a ramble! Sorry about that but this is the only place I can show uncertainty...if my friends smell it, they'll be on me like a pack of wolves
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Wheresthewine36 · 23/05/2016 12:09
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