Saturday 11 May 2013

Has it been this long?

I hadn't realised it had been that long since I blogged,don't time fly.Still two or three names out there I remember,so here I go.
Well since I was last here there's been a few changes,I've retired,bought a new trike,well not that new,and moved house.I'll get back to the first two another time and stick with the move today.
I've moved from the centre of England to an island just off the North Welsh coast.From a three bedroom semi to a cottage on a farm.From being woken by rush hour traffic to the morning call of pheasants,looking up into a streetlight yellow sky to a starlit one.From a ten minute walk into town to a ten minute drive to a white,sandy beach.And on a clear day,while making my morning coffee,I can look out of my window and see the mountains on the mainland. 
It has it's short comings,such as a drive to the closest shops,the thirty minutes to the nearest town,and the hour to the nearest large shopping centre.And the lack of a cinema,but the only film I've wanted to see since moving here is Quartet,and I have that on DVD.It can be a little wet and windy,but on the other hand we had snow for only one day this winter,and last week,while walking across the dunes,I noticed snow still in the shadowed parts of Snowdonia.
Balancing up the pros and cons,I don't think I'll move back to England,even if it means having to learn Welsh,at my great age.:-)