DH and I have lived in West London for years and slowly but surely our friends have started to move out. I wanted to move when I had 1st DD and now am very early preg again and DH have now decided he would also like to move to get a life change. I want to give up stressful job that is in West London in HR and have convinced myself that I'll be ablr to get a 3 day a week job (either contract or perm) in the city once completed mat leave. Could be kidding myself!
So we're toying with the idea of moving out to somewhere commutable before.
We have narrowed it down to Bath/Bristol area or Herts/Cambridgeshire. We have seen Harpenden and really liked that but prefer Cambridge as a city.
But to be honest that is as far as we have got and now I am not sure how to find likely places. I can't seem to find out where has fast train services and it's hard to search places for the feel of a Harpenden or Cambridge! I love the community feel of the bigish towns with access to shops near by and a city in 30 mins. (have also seen Saffran Walden and liked that too)
I know this is one of those "only we can make the decision" situations but I'd be really grateful to hear from people who've moved out to those areas and how you managed to do your homework, how it's worked out etc etc...I know there is such a wealth of MN opinions out there and I'm really interested in what you think.