to hate living in the country?

[Hullygully]

IT'S SO BORING I HATE IT I HATE IT

@ cuntyside - not even a fucking carvery

That's true, Bobbly. I hear Hully likes her local carvery.

We don't have a local carvery. Or pub.

We don't even have a fucking carvery.

I love the country but only 15 mins from bath and on edge of village.

I couldn't do proper remote countryside though.

Don't start me on the carvery...that's why I did another thread, I thought it would be too much rage for just one thread

I did make it to the big smoke for last years Christmas meet up, 24 hours was enough in Londonland.

Be grateful expat, really

The local pub does a lovely carvery on a Sunday

We also have a cafe that sells cappuccino

AVOID LINCOLNSHIRE
It's where the dead go to die.

I thought I could live here for a few years, I thought I could do it, but I don't think I can

I waaant to be in the country. I am sucked off with cars thundering past my front door and 15+ people being able to see into my tiny garden. A different 15+ people can see easily into my sitting room :( Excellent schools here Hully, shall we swap?

Fucked off. Sodding autocorrect.

Lincolnshire is lovely.

I don't live in Lincolnshire but can see it from our bedroom window. In fact, you can see Lincoln Cathedral if you climb onto the roof.

YANBU at all between Oct and, say, April. YABVVVVVVVU in summer. Love it in summer. Get insanely desperately horrifically bored in my tiny village.

Grew up in the country, as did dh.

Never, never, never again

I wondered about cars sucking you off, Miss Inga,

How novel, I thought

It would pass for entertainment in these parts

We're really remote here. But I have to admit I love it. Its taken me a few years to get to love it. Quite a largeish village 900 people and we're right on the edge over hill and dale away from all the action of the village centre!

Loads of people do craft activities to pass the time. I'm so uncrafty its funny but lots are! I do enjoy it though.

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME?

I feel that I have done Margate a disservice on this thread.

It's not that bad. It has a lovely Old Town.

We are opposite loads of fields and in a very very quiet cul de sac. We have one corner shop, two pubs, a chip shop and an Indian restaurant. No carvery though. We're five minutes drive from five different beaches. So, that's nice.

But have visions of wondering through the wolds with DS carrying a little basket, telling him what the different trees are called would have to google as have no clue about trees, walking him to a tiny wee country school with thirty kids, picking blackberries in the spring/summer or whenever it is they grow. And having a kitchen with copper pans hanging from the ceiling.

If I lived in the countryside I would be rosy cheeked and I would make bread.

It is because I live in urban Kent that I am shadow-eyed and eat Kingsmill.

I'll join you in your grief. I reckon we've got at least 6 more years < keens >.

But by then we'll have been here for 16 years so will have morphed into comfy fleece-wearing pub quiz lovers.

i live i the wolds with 3 dc and am so grateful everyday. The schools are fantastic, the dc's are proper little outdoors kids that love sports, riding and good country walks. Personally I would hate to live in a city, too much dirt, people,shops etc, but everyone to their own xx

I am in the countryside too and I hate it. Even worse, I am stuck here for the foreseeable because my dc are a long way from finishing school and the schools here are lovely. At least you will be out in 3.5.

I hate that every weekend is the same and if I want to go to the cinema it's a bloody long drive to get there. I am envious of people who live near decent shops.

I grew up in SW London, loathed the suburbs and moved to near Waterloo (10 min walk). Stayed there 20 years. DH hated London so when we got married I moved in with him, which was horrible as the same as where I grew up. We Moved to the country as I thought it culdn't be as bad as the London suburbs BUT IT IS.

There is nothing to do.
There is no culture.

One woman queued overnight at Smith's to get the latest HP book JUST FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO DO. We make out own fun here. Oh yes.

I grew up in the country. Neither myself nor any of my school friends live in the country. Go figure....

The peace etc is lovely for an hour or so if its sunny in May. But even hearing the sound of church bells makes me depressed. And the dead quietness of Saturday afternoons when tumbleweed blew down deserted streets . Live on edge of small city can see the fields 5 mins bike ride to shops, restaurants, theatres, art galleries mmmm lovely

Jux