To just say F it and move to Cornwall and homeschool my Dc

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Or find a lovely little village school and spend our days living a slow, traditional life

It’s my dream

Has anyone got this, am I being realistic?

Don’t be fooled by small village schools, they have different problems, funding issues, teaching multiple years in a class and still most have 30 in a class. Oh and being a newcomer can be a problem. Not Cornwall but we had a lot of issues with the children being left out because we dared buy in the village (we moved their due to a job in the next village along). Plenty of places for a quieter life but less issues

That's just your network though, you should try another. We're on Vodafone and Lebara and have no issue with mobile signal. I think the only place I consistently get no signal is actually on the beach at Holywell Bay because of the high cliffs and when I'm there I tend to think the beauty of the beach is worth being cut off for a little while. We do have fibre broadband as well you know. People have such weird ideas about Cornwall.

Well, the financial aspect is pretty important. I run my own hospitality business in South East Cornwall.

The thing is in Cornwall it's all a bit far flung, you may not get a home school community like you would in a city unless you are maybe in Truro or Penzance, somewhere bigger. Why not just send them to school if community is important to you?

I cant imagine anything more vicious and backstabbing than a pretty English village )) You have to have a very thick skin and be a proper diplomat.

In addition to this - Cornwall is mega expensive, overrun with posh second home owners in summer and proper grim when the sun is not out.

My parents and sister say it’s ok…it’s obviously not London or Manchester but shopping isn’t everything and actually not important in our lives. We like nature and the outdoors

Which shops are exciting?

My comment was about the winter. I am northern and wouldn’t think anywhere is a walk in the park come winter in the British isles.

We moved from England to Northern Ireland but right on the border with Donegal and Leitrim. Lakes, mountains, forests and beaches within a few minutes of home. Tiny village and tiny school. Kids are kids and safe to roam. Property is so cheap we have our dream home, acres of land and private woods. So glad we did it. Kids have thrived. Lovely relaxed pace of life.

LOL, tell me you don’t live in Cornwall without telling me you don’t live in Cornwall.

Winter here is considerably different (wetter, warmer and endlessly grey) than much of the rest of the country. There’s a huge difference between west coast winters and east coast winters in the UK.

Week visits aren’t the same as living there I imagine, plus the life se want and will be able to hsve will likely be v different to my retired parents who live comfortably with no mortgage etc

Do you live there?

Go inland, away from the tourists and the tat. If you want the coast try somewhere that is near enough for a day trip but not on your doorstep.

There are so many beautiful places to live in the countryside. It sounds like you might like a small town with easy access to countryside and reasonable transport links for when your child is older.

I've lived all over the south west, know it pretty well.

I keep seeing posts like this. Where on earth did you get from my post anything about the east coast? Why have you assumed I’ve never lived in Cornwall?
I live up north now. I’ve lived all over the south west. Northern winters are tougher. I wouldn’t say anywhere in the British isles is fun in winter.

If you find a place with a small village school it will probably be a real trek to the only senior school and even further to 6th form.

Absolutely! You realise that Surfers Against Sewage is head quartered in St Agnes and was founded because of the pollution in that stretch of water?

See, living down here, I disagree entirely. If you're going to live down here then you want to live within walking distance of the coast so that you can easily visit it in the summer and actually benefit from living so close to the natural beauty and being able to enjoy it easily. The worst thing about living in Cornwall is trying to travel to the beach on the roads in the summer and then get parked. But because I live within walking distance of seven beaches, it doesn't affect me very much really. Plus you get to know where the less busy areas and free parking are.

There's no worse mistake you can make in this regard in my opinion than moving to Cornwall but just far enough away from the coast that you have all of the disadvantages of living here (lower paid work, fewer job opportunities, crowded roads and congestion in the summer and apparently lack of chain shops and restaurants) and none of the benefits that drew you here in the first place (easy access to an easy going, safe, outdoorsy, beachy lifestyle). i think it's what makes a lot of people hate it and move back. The deprivation is also worse in the inland areas generally.

I’m a teacher and have worked with homeschooling families, my only issue is how to make it work financially and how large the community would be. However, i’m happy to put Dd in a good, small school…if there are any…! I’m being put off Cornwall by this thread 😂

I don't recognise a lot of this negativity. Yes, there's poverty in Cornwall, but where I lived before in Surrey there was poverty too. Yes it rains, but it rains in Surrey too. Jobs of course there are not so many, unless you are rich already you're unlikely to get rich here.

As for no shops in Truro, there are loads. M and S, White Company, Waterstones, Lakeland. Even a Phase 8. There are lots of independent shops in touristy areas and at least if you shop there the profits are going to individual shopkeepers.

Kids do PE on Fistral Beach in Newquay. PE is surfing.

Plymouth is admittedly shit.

Hmm, sounds idyllic when the DC are little but probably pretty boring for teens and bored teens get up to mischief. Those with gumption will leave to work elsewhere and those that stay will probably struggle to find work.
I am obviously making generalisations but there is some truth to it.

I grew up rurally on the Norfolk coast. I hated it and left as soon as I turned 18.

I now live in a buzzing city. I wanted culture, museums, people, diversity.

Also bear in mind you’d be an outsider and lots of Cornwall locals (and other locals of “desirable” rural areas) are not enormously welcoming to people who move to their area, pricing out local people and taking jobs that are then not available to people who live there.

@Bulbsbulbsbulbs are you sure we have a Phase Eight and a Lakeland? I'm sure those have closed down ages ago!

Yes, I’m definitely open to a good school

I wouldn't let this put you off Cornwall, your original OP was a bit vague and 'I want to run away to the seaside' but if you have family there and have a career then it all looks more realistic and doable. If you home school though, could you not work?

I think it's a lovely childhood, I loved mine living in a seaside town, moved away eventually for work but have been back since. No regrets.

See this is why I like Newquay. It's by far the most cosmopolitan part of Cornwall so people are generally very welcoming as most are not Cornish but have moved here by choice (usually because their parents moved them down after they got the bug for it on holiday) which I think is nice.