This weekend felt like a huge milestone in our Wildventure –
Our first trip down to Devon since making our decision. If you haven’t read about
our big decision, click here.
Before I tell you how amazing our weekend was, I must admit
something, promise not to judge. On Thursday evening, I got cold feet. I phoned
my dad while Matt was packing the car, sobbing and filled with nerves: “I can’t
go! I can’t move to Devon!” I got caught up in one of my usual anxiety filled ‘what
if’ thinking patterns. . . What if I don’t
like Devon? What if I ruin Matt’s dream? What if Matt doesn’t like it? Eventually
my dad convinced me to just go and see; no ties, no big decisions, just a
family camping trip to Devon.
Our first family camping trip |
Somehow, I hadn’t quite appreciated how much family we have
in Devon. As well as Matt’s cousin who we were staying with, Matt also has an
Auntie and Uncle and two other cousins and their families living down there. We
spent a lot of time with them this weekend, and we just felt so at home and
welcome. We absolutely would not be on our own, our Devon family’s doors would
always be open for us and already are, with offers of places to stay whilst
house hunting. (Blog post about how fantastic our camping weekend with family
was to follow.)
This weekend has cemented that moving to Devon is definitely
the right decision for our family and we can’t wait. In fact, we even viewed
one property whilst we were down there.
Checking out the local estate agents |
The house we viewed was an old farm workers cottage in the
middle of the countryside, the closest shop was 25 minutes away! Although the
house itself filled us with joy, with us whispering to each other “We can
actually afford a house like this?!”, the land that came with the property was
just a bit too small and oddly configured. Due to the nature of a farm cottage,
you would have to get on very well with the residents of the four other
cottages, and we just felt that was too much of a risk for such a big move.
The farm cottage we viewed was gorgeous |
We now know that although we still want to move to the
countryside, we’d like to be in a village or have a village or town close by,
rather than be completely rural and remote. We also now know that due to Matt
needing to travel back to Winchester regularly to collect Abi, we need to be
living in East or South Devon for ease of access to the M5.
Our Wildventure is certainly still on, no more cold feet, and
we have a more clear idea of what we are looking for. What a brilliant start to
our journey!
Do you live in the countryside? If so, what are the positive
and negatives that stand out to you? Let me know in the comments below.
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