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

[Typingonkeyboard]

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?

When you talk about moving and home schooling v the comments people have made re the costs, is it that you don’t need to work where you are/when you move as partner works and covers bills or would you need to work full time and home school? If that’s not the case, is it that you work in a profession that is well sought after in the area and would allow you the time to both afford a house and give you time to homeschool? It’s more about practically than f it IMO.

edit to add: I honestly don’t think there are any public schools in the uk that aren’t at capacity unfortunately

I would do it. But who knows, we need a sale first to this thing here

Why Cornwall? Couldn't think of many other places I would least like to live! Grim winters with nowhere open, summers with 1000s of tourists wrecking the place, and miles and miles from anywhere. Probably no work there, apart from seasonal (in the summer.)

I do love village life though. You do need to adapt and 'fit in' though. Don't expect people in any village to change for you.

My in laws lives in St Ives and Carbis bay and when I first visited ( out of school holidays ) I was very enamoured. I even got married down there. The more time I spent the more I realised my life wouldn’t fit there very well. I enjoy a lot of exhibitions and shows in London for example and can hop on a train and be there in 40 minutes but I have lovely Surrey countryside on my doorstep. I’m not a big sailor or surfer and I don’t have a big love of the water especially ( lovely to look at ). A lot of the restaurants I enjoy close for periods over the winter. The shops seem to cater to tourists more than locals so you can buy fudge but not necessarily a frying pan. My family is in the Midlands and it would take me 6 hours to get there versus 2.5 hours now. My husband would go in a heartbeat but he is happy on a beach and wouldn’t really care about anything else. We did inherit a place but for me it was too big a trade off.

Which area?

How can we know if it's realistic without more information?

Newquay.

What makes you think life will be slower and more traditional? I live in a village near the coast. I still have the same childcare and work responsibilities I'd have anywhere. It is lovely to have a walk on the beach in the autumn and winter. It's not as fun in the summer when it's packed with tourists.

So it is ok/nice to live there? Not too rough or touristy?

How do you make it work financially, is it better to rent or buy? Sorry for all the questions…!
Do you have kids & what age?

Cornwall is slower and more traditional than Manchester, it just is

What a lot of negativity.

Really appreciating the feedback from people living there-good and bad

My three biggest worries are/were lower pay/less jobs, housing and the cold winters. I did visit once at Christmas and the wind was so cold I couldn’t go out (only one winter, others were ok)

In general, children love beaches and don't hate tourists

When Claudia Schiffer agrees to marry me I'll do the same.

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We can all dream.

They don't hate tourists.

They will by the time they've spent a few years in Cornwall!

@Typingonkeyboard

Which age/subject do you teach, OP?

I assume that you would look for a suitable post and then plan around that.

Primary

Is it that hard to achieve?!

We bought a house there with the intention of moving eventually. However we now just keep it as a holiday home to use mostly in summer as my partner wasn’t keen on winters there. Our family do use it in winter as they like the quiet.

You speak for all children in cornwall? Even the ones who get seasonal work and enjoy hanging out with holiday makers? Not everyone is small minded

It might be worth keeping an eye on the Five Islands Academy, in case something suitable comes up.

https://fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/

? OP

I'm from a very rural area, like Cornwall, and have also lived in the centre of a large city, and also worked in central Manchester for quite some time.

It's a myth that the countryside is slower. If you find the scenery to be relaxing and if it helps your mood and outlook on life, that's one thing, otherwise it's only clueless or privileged people who say it's slower. The type that don't actually live in the countryside and who spend their summertimes relaxing in villages in the South of France or Spain, and they think that is basically what the countryside is. I wonder what some of the local tractor drivers would think about your opinion, the ones I see still at work when it's dark.

Like I said, I've worked and commuted into central Manchester (and London actually), and nobody has to rush anywhere. That is mostly the choosing of certain people who like to tell everybody with ears how incredibly busy and rushed off their feet they are all the time.

Most people in the countryside have normal jobs. If their work starts at 9am, they have to be there to start at 9am. If they need to catch a train home at 5pm, they can't rock up at 4.59pm and expect to find it waiting with a friendly train driver ready to wait. Unless there are delays, it will depart at 5pm.

Instead of traffic lights, you have to allow for tractors and old people who will not or cannot drive more than a top speed of 40mph, and will absolutely refuse to pull over to let the 15+ cars behind them to get on with their day.

Also I'm curious to know what traditional is. Is it that is doesn't have a transient population and that people know who their neighbours are? Usually people say traditional to mean conservative in some way or they think it's going to be like The Darling Buds of May.