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[HereWeGoRoundTheMulberryBag]

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we are currently moving from village life into town.

There are no local activities for children so doing the constant driving.

No activities for older children so all the village kids wander streets making a nuisance of themseleves.

You forget something on your shopping and unless the village co op has it your stuffed.

All the running around is expensive with rising fuel costs.

All the village activities you remember don't happen any more. (or not here anyway)

sorry to be so negative. I wanted that dream village life but was sadly dissapointed.

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Grew up in the country but have lived in London all my adult life. I'd say it was good for small kids if you have a big garden and can do all the stuff we did ( chickens, ponies, going wild in the summer camping outside and building rafts etc) The trouble starts when they start wanting to do stuff with friends after school and at weekends. That didn't really affect me until I was about 8 or 9 as I was one of four so we amused ourselves, but teenagerhood was a nightmare. School bus to the comprehensive 11 miles away meant after school activities were a no no. My mum didn't drive until I was about 14 or 15 and my dad was v unhelpful and/or at work. I did what a lot of my friends did - got a 17 year old boyfriend with a car! Village life can be very cliquey too, and it's a pain having to drive everywhere. I left for university at 18 and have never lived more than a two minute stroll from a bus route and a corner shop ever since! Having said that my parents are still there and loving it, having originally moved in a hippyish 1970s bid for the Good Life, and two of my brothers are still very into rural life. ( My little sister is doing A-levels at the mo but seems v likely to follow me to the smoke ASAP!)

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It was really, looking back! Sounds a bit like yours. I amaze my husband sometimes by knowing the names of wild flowers and all sorts of bits of country lore I thought I'd forgotten. Not many of my friends had sheep and donkeys for pets either...

I'd go for it if it's what you want, especially as it's not a huge move geographically - my parents have certainly never regretted it. They would find it impossible to go back to suburbia now. (And, thinking about it, their move was only five or six miles from where we used to live. Probably more potential to regret it if you're uprooting schools and burning bridges socially etc - we still had family and stuff close by.)