I moved here and now I love…

[Ferreting]

Well I moved here and now I love all the missing ferrets. There are two heartening sides to these tales and one is the fact that people keep ferrets (not a thing where I am from a few hours away) and the brilliant community response that invariably finds the ferret (also not mic a thing where I am from).

There is one today that escaped and is already all over local Facebook pages scurrying around. Hopefully soon to be recovered then he can join all of the found ferret stories. The best one was the primary school text asking who had forgotten their ferret and left it in the playground.

What random things do you love about where you live because it wasn’t a thing where you grew up?

I can walk to three swimming pools (free on weekend afternoons) and three libraries. And loads of amazing parks. Oh and a lido!

We have street parties, a local gardening group, and a WhatsApp group full of cats. That’s basically all I need in life.

I can also technically walk into Westminster, but it’s a bit of a schlep.

I never saw myself as a south Londoner, until I pitched up here!

Insane dawn chorus
Beautiful smelling fresh air in the morning
The sound of muntjac deer and pheasants
Lack of traffic
Cheap parking
Proximity to the river

@Turnitoffnonagain on the edge of Exeter in Devon. It IS amazing.

I haven't seen any missing ferret posts for a while, but a close by village has a feral peacock which frequently leads to posts on FB when people don't know about him. I enjoyed a long running saga of some ponies who persistently escaped.
One of my favourite random things about where I live though can be summed up by someone reporting that a tree was down partially blocking a road - but apologising that they'd only had their small chainsaw with them and wouldn't be back with the big one for a couple of hours if someone else could sort it. And they did

No neighbours. BEST. THING. EVER. And, the wildlife, which is varied and everywhere, every time I look out of a window or go outside. I bloody love it here 🥰

I love the wide vistas and gently rolling hills, the friendliness of the people, the church bells, the village events, having a cathedral that puts on both beautiful concerts and enables you to hear wonderful choral music as part of the service. And proper butchers and farm shops with really fresh foods.
But best of all no competitive undercurrent, and much, much less traffic!

I love seeing the stars at night, also the Christmas tractor run - oh and the first time I heard the sheep in the farmers field behind my house, soooo much better than hearing Police sirens!

The fox that takes a nap on my lawn. She looks up when I come outside to sit with her and then shuts her eyes again for another hour. Unless the crow annoys her of course. But he is nice to me.

This sounds like our neck of the woods up north.

@Noshadowsinthedarkness sounds like you are just as lucky as me then 😊