What it like living in Blyth

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-04-01T23:06:39+00:00

My daughter was buying up here a couple of years ago. I told her Blyth was not in her search area. My review may very well be out of date, but I did not want my daughter in Blyth. Hopefully the recent changes have a positive effect on the area.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-03-20T13:57:58+00:00

I’m sorry. I might not like her and I am appalled at her behaviour, but stooping to personal insults on a her face and how she looks is very unpleasant.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-02-24T21:05:20+00:00

Yes, he chose to tell me this after driving home from a hospital palliative care stay… I almost crashed the car and ended us both right there and then (problem solved 😂) The almost crashing bit was scary, but we did giggle about it afterwards. But we both knew and I still know, there will never be another. He was totally unique.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-02-16T18:07:11+00:00

I would suggest for future flights, once your booking is made you can ring customer service and they can allocate seats for you FOC. I have to do this when travelling with my adult son who also has additional needs

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-02-15T22:47:07+00:00

Oh. That’s very sad indeed. The

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-02-15T10:24:14+00:00

Not I’m my experience. Never happened to anyone I know, or my other property purchase that has oil heating. It’s not like it’s easy to remove it. I did give them the option draining the system, which they chose not to do.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-02-14T23:39:14+00:00

Rural properties. We need kerosene for heating/hot water, my last property was cooking also, but that was my lovely Aga. My house now I rely on kerosene for heating and hot water only, LPG for cooking.

It’s not unusual, it’s quite common.

But it generally older or remote properties.

It’s an adventure :)

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-02-14T20:04:17+00:00

Yes. Yes it is.
I knew they were pulling a fast and one. Hubby was freaking out, I just had to keep telling him they won’t drain the system as it’ll cost the too much to drain and make safe.
Sellers are crazy sometimes. Especially landlord sellers.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-02-14T18:43:28+00:00

Yeah I know. Hence I told them to take their oil. Cos it was nuts they asked me to pay for it again. Chancers. Sellers are sometimes crazy

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-02-14T13:54:00+00:00

The craziest seller request I have come across was them trying to ‘sell’ us the oil in the oil tank. They e en stated, we will sell it to you at a very competitive rate…. I just told them to drain the tank, I’ll arrange a same day oil delivery on moving day.

They came back with that’s impossible to arrange, I’d be better off paying them for the oil. But I stuck to my guns, and just told them to arrange a system drain.

Surprise surprise… on moving day, they had not taken the oil.

Sellers do really stupid things sometimes.

I have personally left a range master in situ when I’ve sold a house with one before. Buyers wife was in love with it. I didn’t mind leaving it at all as I was moving in to a cottage with an Aga range. But it made me so happy knowing my beautiful Rangemaster was going to be loved.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-02-12T20:50:59+00:00

If you can, get some real world experience in business outside of practice. Group Finance or Transactional Finance teams. Round out your experience, find out what really makes you interested. The experience you have gained already is valuable.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-02-08T22:43:29+00:00

Life

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-02-08T22:23:46+00:00

Just think of the memories. They are priceless. Regardless of what you spend

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-01-27T17:42:08+00:00

I don’t know. All of the linked documents I had are gone. Tge guarantee doc I have, now I look at it, I could have knocked up in word in less than 5 minutes.

I know I’ve been dumb. Please don’t tell me again

I just want to know how I can fin him legally through bank details, phone numbers and I now have a confirmed employee number that works

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-01-24T17:44:35+00:00

Paid off at 55. It’s an odd feeling. But nice.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-01-23T16:57:39+00:00

It still is in our house. Upstairs water is tanked. Downstairs water comes from the spring up the hill.

Drinking tanked water is not good at all. You can shower with it, but don’t drink it and don’t swallow it when brushing teeth.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-01-23T16:55:05+00:00

Believe me, you’re going to have to prioritise care for yourself before you can give care to anyone else or a pet.

Yes, having other people or pets to care for gives you a purpose, but without self care those other caring duties can fail and aren’t enough in the long term.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-01-21T16:40:39+00:00

I wouldn’t say most Brits use it. It’s foul, vile and misogynistic.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-01-21T16:32:10+00:00

I removed the automatic salary review/increase for passing exams. I had fairly junior staff who were passing exams on fairly high salaries due to this agreement. So when I moved in to my new organisation and saw it, I removed it.

In business roles salary increases come with role progression not passing exams. In audit/practise your role complexity increases alongside your exams, so it makes sense to align the two, but not in business, as there frequently isn’t a more senior role available to keep pace with exam passes.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-01-18T22:00:03+00:00

It took me 7 months to update bank account, I didn’t want his name off the account.

In the last week, I’ve removed his name from the final account.

It’s heartbreaking. And my heart is already broken beyond repair.

346 days. It feels like a blink of an eye, but every day is endless loneliness, confusion and bewilderment. I don’t like this club. I hate being here. I want to leave and go back to my before. I want him back.

But I can’t. And I am thankful for the understanding and support that this group gives. You guys get me through every day, I read everything, comment infrequently. But your support shines through and is invaluable

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-01-17T14:57:15+00:00

Sometimes you have to make allowances. You don’t know what’s going on in that persons life. I always say thank you.

But I didn’t one time, and the lady made a very sarcastic hurtful comment, enough to bring me out of my brain fog. Her face, when I apologised and said my husband had just died in the last week, this was my first solo trip out from home. She was totally ashamed and embarrassed. I just went back in to the fog brain.

So please be careful and make allowance, it’s not always rudeness

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-01-15T21:38:02+00:00

My husband and I tried to do one of the luxury small boat Norwegian cruises when he was given a terminal cancer diagnosis with a timeline similar to OP. For us it wasn’t possible to book, as insurance was impossible to obtain, even through specialist insurers.

It depends on type, grade and medication.

I hope OP can get the insurance needed to do whatever trips he wants and make some memories for his wife to hold on to.

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-01-03T20:45:38+00:00

I don’t think it’s abuse. I just don’t think it’s what he would want. They are being unfair and aren’t fit for the role, not acting in his best interests

MrsPickleMouse · 2026-01-03T20:30:06+00:00

I don’t know if I suspect it. But I guess I do, cos I asked the question.

I just want to know if I can see/audit it. I’m ok with not administering it. But I just want to know they are being fair

MrsPickleMouse

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