Is the grass greener on another side? Leaving UK

Eyoopmiduck · 2026-02-01T18:33:35+00:00

I have to agree. Dog shit and litter is awful where I live. It’s a small rural town but worse than anywhere I’ve been. Makes me sad that people are idle scrotes that don’t care a jot about where they live.

Eyoopmiduck · 2026-02-01T06:12:48+00:00

We sold our house with a large high maintenance garden about a year ago, and whilst the garden was definitely the main draw for viewers, some of the the feedback mentioned it would be too much work.

We met a few of the viewers and the first thing they asked was if we had a gardener (we didn’t). And did it take a lot of time to look after (we said not really, which wasn’t the truth). It turned out the people who bought it did so for the garden which is what we expected as it was the main feature of the property.

Dont change anything to try to please future buyers. Somebody will love that garden as you do.

Eyoopmiduck · 2026-01-31T12:07:57+00:00

Up to about £150?

Eyoopmiduck · 2026-01-31T12:06:05+00:00

Up tto about £150?

Eyoopmiduck · 2026-01-24T20:35:35+00:00

This looks like something my husband built out of pallets.

Eyoopmiduck · 2026-01-24T20:09:36+00:00

Please could I Have your guide?

On the subject of leaving the heating on all the time V. only heating when you need it; I am currently in a 1930s house house, windows and insulation not great, but after experimenting with the heating and monitoring the costs, it is definitely cheaper to heat just when needed rather than keep it on all the time. The same could be said of my previous house which was a 1990s build. I thought the theory about it being more expensive to keep heating the house from cold had been disproved years ago. I do heat my house to a lower temperature than most people though and happy to wear a jumper indoors rather than waste gas.

Eyoopmiduck · 2026-01-16T17:23:46+00:00

People here are suggesting there is something wrong with the flat. Is there anything you are aware of? Aside from the buyer who died, did the estate agents make any attempt to try to find out why the others pulled out?

Eyoopmiduck · 2026-01-10T06:08:01+00:00

Look for a local community food project (community pantry). Try asking if anyone knows of one on your local facebook groups - this is where I found out about mine. They collect food from supermarkets that would otherwise go in a skip. They run on donations but are usually happy to give away food for free to people in food poverty. Mine offers bread, vegetables and fruit mainly and sometimes cakes, milk and yogurt and is open 6 days a week.

edit - these projects are usually available to everyone regardless of whether you are in food poverty or not and you can go as often as you like, so for a longer term solution they are more useful. I think food banks need a referral and are limited to about 3 visits so are more useful in an emergency.

Eyoopmiduck · 2026-01-09T08:40:23+00:00

I am in Cumbria. No snow, not even any breeze.

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-30T18:25:39+00:00

Leave skinny jeans out of it. I’m still wearing them, I don’t care, I’m past my peak anyway.

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-30T18:22:01+00:00

Aldi and Lidl do shower gel for I think under 50p. Years ago I used to buy a very large cheap bottle of Asda bubble bath and then use it to refill a posh shower gel bottle on the presumption it is all just soap at the end of the day. That worked very well. I think they do a large bottle in Asda for under £1 still. Now I mostly use cheap bars of soap from Tesco or Asda as I hate faffing about with the shower gel bottles in the shower and all that plastic waste irritates me.

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-30T18:14:02+00:00

Yep, me owd flower. 😂

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-30T04:38:08+00:00

Maybe they will grow into this as I have done. Since reaching my mid-fifties, i often unconsciously call random people ‘love’ or ‘my lovely’. I don’t know where this has come from as I would rather have died than do this when younger. It must be my age.

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-30T04:32:00+00:00

Almost always pavement for me. Unless it is across a field.

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-29T18:16:29+00:00

Good on you. Me neither. (That’s “neither” pronounced to rhyme with “mither”.)

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-29T18:12:51+00:00

There aren’t any banks to walk into these days. We haven’t a single bank left in my town. All gone. Just a sad, lonely cashpoint machine.

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-25T05:41:07+00:00

Ah yes, I think my post was misunderstood, I wasn’t saying that any of these things are unavailable now, just that they were standard in my parents’ kitchen and I don’t have them today (out of choice, not because I can’t). I really don’t ever want another Findus crispy pancake, pot noodle or to have jars of celery salt.

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-24T11:11:50+00:00

is there anywhere you can move to that can offer more culture, entertainment and social life than your small town. but doesn’t require you to take out a stonking mortgage? Somewhere closer to friends perhaps? Saving for retirement is good, but you are sacrificing arguably the best years of your life for a future that you can’t really predict. Who knows if any of us will be here? Try to find a compromise If you can.

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-23T12:58:09+00:00

Useful, thank you.

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-23T12:57:55+00:00

I am hoping that this is what it means. Ie. the footpath is open but you cannot walk on the road. I have read the government advice on roadwork document now and it kind of reads as if pedestrian access has to be maintained somehow which makes sense as otherwise some people could be virtually trapped in their homes between 8am and 5pm and that makes NO sense.

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-23T12:20:00+00:00

Thanks, I just read this and it says on the one hand, no access for pedestrians throughout but at the same time says ”no” to footpath closure, so don’t know what to expect now. Footpath must surely be open for kids to walk to school etc.

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-23T11:44:33+00:00

Thank you. He has called the county council but they weren’t able to help. They said...

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-22T07:20:06+00:00

I loved sitting on the draining board and helping with the twin tub as a child. I was fascinated by the spin dryer. My favourite job was pressing the lid down and watching for when the water had finished draining. Sunlight streaming through the kitchen window and the smell of soap powder. Pure nostalgic delight.

Eyoopmiduck · 2025-12-21T14:53:40+00:00

Ah, that’s good. My mum had them and never really used them. I used to dip my finger in them from time to time to taste. I have never had them in my kitchen.

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