I took this photograph on my first proper visit to Thomas Hardy country/ Wessex or even Dorset. It made me smile.
I had passed through Dorset before briefly. This time we visited Thomas Hardy's birth place and houses and even Durdle Door where a scene from Far From The Madding Crowd was filmed.
We walked miles and visited Shaftesbury where part of Jude The Oscure is set and walked up and down Gold Hill where they filmed the famous Hovis adverts.
I think I could quite possibly move to Dorset. I would need a garden or an allotment and public transport and be in walking distance of a village with a shop and a pub, preferably one that sells real ales and with Wetherspoons prices.
Although I would love a little house in the Algarve with an outside space, sun terrace or a veg plot?
I'm 61 now and time is running out.
Do you have itchy feet to move somewhere else? If only for the Winter. I know I do.
If you do buy a little cottage down in beautiful Dorset I shall pop over for a cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteI am totally contented with our little patch of heaven after 15 years of living here, we have sorted everything to our taste, not too far from daughter and her 3. We have our village centre, buses to local town and Portsmouth, so no Dave we won't be moving, Marlene, Poppypatchwork
ReplyDeleteHumble ex labourer's thatched cottages are kings ransoms these days. Ordinary people can not afford to live in them. You would be very welcome. I think it would probably have to be a retirement flat in Bournemouth.
ReplyDeleteGood to read Marlene. I have lived nearly a quarter of a century in a beautiful rural and seaside location. We don't get your great wall to wall sunshine and we lack a lot of basic amenities. My mind set changes when March is over and I get walking and gardening and carbooting again.
ReplyDeleteDorset and it's quaint cottages and good ale sounds like your sort of place but the Algarve is warm. And hot. All year round. And alcohol is cheaper!!
ReplyDeleteI don't want to move but I'd like a wee place in the mountains to chill out in July and August
You make some very good points Linda. I love old rural England but Portugal is warm and food and drink is inexpensive compared to here an England. Perhaps you could do an house swap in July and August?
ReplyDeleteI am ten years older than you Dave and so mature that I stink. For me a night in a cheap hotel or pub sandwiched between two long walks is all I need to suppress my wanderlust. I am far more settled than I used to be.
ReplyDeleteFair play to you YP. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence to me. Some people enjoy their own company when walking. I don't. I think I need to start making plans for 2025.🤔
ReplyDeleteMy mother-in-law lived in Shaftesbury for the last years of her life and eldest granddaughter was married there. Eldest daughter and her family live in Blandford. It's a lovely county.
ReplyDeleteDorset is beautiful with no motorways Jabblog. I love visiting the place.
DeleteI've never been to Dorset, so it's been lovely to see all your photographs.
ReplyDeleteI often dream of living somewhere drier and warmer, but I do love it here. I feel very fortunate.
Thanks Jules. If you like thatched cottages or Thomas Hardy novels. It's the place to visit.
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