tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post1851830860218678851..comments2024-03-21T23:14:27.787+00:00Comments on Middle of Nowhere: Return from DevonGretelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-85136266376729913172010-01-07T14:53:16.160+00:002010-01-07T14:53:16.160+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627907022785166294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-14391529576871600632009-06-20T15:43:44.171+01:002009-06-20T15:43:44.171+01:00Ohhhh what an amazing post!!! I looved it felt lik...Ohhhh what an amazing post!!! I looved it felt like I was there too!! I found you at Kim's..thought I would pop by, so very glad I did!!<br />SarahSarah Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03835112406617937224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-62298014869291160522009-06-16T21:42:04.376+01:002009-06-16T21:42:04.376+01:00Sounds like you had a wonderful holiday, your Both...Sounds like you had a wonderful holiday, your Bothy looks lovely. Lots of beautiful photos but the rock pool ones are particularly lovely and original too.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-47082131799910062032009-06-12T09:15:26.878+01:002009-06-12T09:15:26.878+01:00It looks as though you have returned home refreshe...It looks as though you have returned home refreshed and a little wiser. South Devon is very beautiful and I can well understand your reasons for wanting to live there. As you say, house prices are very expensive and I think that it would depress you living amongst a community based largely on second home owners.<br /><br />I do think it very sad whenever I hear about a young person being forced out by property prices. We hear of fishermen, nurses, teachers etc all having to commute miles because all the available housing has been snapped up by property investors. On the other hand I love to holiday in those self same cottages.<br /><br />Now I am off to look more closely at that barn conversion with it's four poster bed.Acornmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-12468541672239663752009-06-11T22:26:27.256+01:002009-06-11T22:26:27.256+01:00What a heavenly holiday. Thank you for showing us...What a heavenly holiday. Thank you for showing us the England that I have had too little acquaintance with and want to know is still there.<br /><br />I love the ovals of the rock pools, as if seen through a microscope, or the eyes of a Waterbaby.<br /><br />Welcome back!Frances Tyrrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300498036210195590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-39851725892871299282009-06-11T19:27:18.580+01:002009-06-11T19:27:18.580+01:00Gorgeous pics, love the way you made them oval sha...Gorgeous pics, love the way you made them oval shaped, somehow it makes them look very 1962... don't ask me how or what significance 1962 has but it's a compliment anyway! Glad you're back :-)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08563878298811062442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-46463485004138133812009-06-11T18:50:22.452+01:002009-06-11T18:50:22.452+01:00I LOVED your pictures and the detailed description...I LOVED your pictures and the detailed description of your trip. My next best thing to being there :) And I can relate all too well to the housing market and your concerns...we're in the same boat. I love the four-poster, by the way. They're an obsession of mine :) Thank your for the beautiful post! ~ER~Elizabeth Rhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910474336835656519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-12299338120662758832009-06-11T17:31:05.375+01:002009-06-11T17:31:05.375+01:00It's so cool to pop over to your blog and see ...It's so cool to pop over to your blog and see things I have never seen before. Makes me want to travel and see more! XOStephStephanie Roth Sissonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446071301465656460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-90681221902674647762009-06-11T15:00:40.468+01:002009-06-11T15:00:40.468+01:00I loved your photos! I just might up and go next....I loved your photos! I just might up and go next. Thanks.Decadent Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00263111140937921472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-39524820393703182372009-06-11T06:22:57.147+01:002009-06-11T06:22:57.147+01:00What a beautiful place to visit. Your photos are ...What a beautiful place to visit. Your photos are certainly proof of that for sure.<br />Love that bed too!! I would feel like a queeen...<br /><br />Hugs,auntpearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18200555684340717816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-4563014799611142382009-06-10T08:40:09.938+01:002009-06-10T08:40:09.938+01:00Lovely to have you back in the shire & very pl...Lovely to have you back in the shire & very pleased to hear you had a good break. <br /><br />Vikki xVikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911918873179111021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-72482400791980655662009-06-10T07:38:39.975+01:002009-06-10T07:38:39.975+01:00Like that photo of Andy swimming in the sea, just ...Like that photo of Andy swimming in the sea, just wish it was me instead, looks great, I love the sea.<br />Penny.natural attrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932782598258944332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-17106653309948429702009-06-09T14:22:53.654+01:002009-06-09T14:22:53.654+01:00Looks like you had a wonderful holiday - Devon rea...Looks like you had a wonderful holiday - Devon really is so pretty. We got lost a lot when we went there - road system is indeed quite poor, we kept wondering if we would stumble upon the wicker man round the next corner...<br />Shame you've had to shelve the idea of moving there, but most things happen for a reason - I'm sure you'll find your dream home one day.<br />Caroline (going to change my name to Spudulike!!!)Caroline Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16458832101616631036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-18849408202018252892009-06-09T12:57:01.067+01:002009-06-09T12:57:01.067+01:00Sounds like you had a delightful time as for movin...Sounds like you had a delightful time as for moving to anywhere touristy you also have the added problem of huge influxes of people during the season and traffic jams everywhere.<br />You can tell me to mind my own business if you like but I have to say that you really should not be saying you can't afford a car. I used that as an excuse not to drive for years and years even saying I would learn if I ever got a vintage Jag. Big mistake husband eventually came ome with a vintage Daimler and I was forced to take driving lessons.<br />Best skill I ever learned the freedom is amazing and somehow one does manage to afford it. Something usually comes along.carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656637287438974853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-55343879121502758192009-06-09T10:30:29.801+01:002009-06-09T10:30:29.801+01:00You look like you've had an amazing holiday. I...You look like you've had an amazing holiday. I think everyone has expressed what I wanted to - just to say that, maybe this will now lead you in a different direction, not one you expected but one which may end up being better for you. When our son was born in 2000 we were living in Brackley near the oxfordshire border, I loved it down there but we just couldn't afford to buy. We looked at property prices back up north and did some research - this really had been the last place we wanted to move to. But we found Swanland, and have lived here for nearly nine years now. I love it here and feel at home when I really didn't expect or want to, and despite what we wanted at the time, this has been the best move for us. Hope you find your place, wherever that may be.<br />Kim McB xxKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258067425531120075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-49230426649112028222009-06-09T07:18:56.843+01:002009-06-09T07:18:56.843+01:00What a wonderful week, I'm so glad you enjoyed...What a wonderful week, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Your post is filled with contentment :)<br /><br />Your reasons for not moving to Devon are similar to some that put us off when we were going. I still wish we'd taken a chance though and just done it. Your perfect place will come along, probably when you least expect it!<br /><br />Glad you're back safe and sound now and I bet the cats are pleased to have you home :)<br /><br />Kim xKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15696026498050233726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-58615193865092634792009-06-09T02:33:06.048+01:002009-06-09T02:33:06.048+01:00Good evening to you from New York, PG.
Your post ...Good evening to you from New York, PG.<br /><br />Your post is a beaut. The photographs are as magnificent and telling as we know you always give us. Your eye is so true. I'm delighted that you and Andy did have a real holiday, and switch away from your usual days and places.<br /><br />Your decision making about moving sounds very sound. All your reasons for wanting to move to Devon were strong and deep. All your reconsiderations are also strong and full of knowlege of what life demands, what life might grant, and where we fit ourselves in that mixture.<br /><br />If it were not late now in New York, I think that I could write you a very long comment about how we select our settings, and how much freedom we are given to make such a choice.<br /><br />Ah, but it is late. I welcome you back to this screen, and want you to know how much we have missed you.<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-81873232344992195642009-06-09T01:19:46.245+01:002009-06-09T01:19:46.245+01:00Oh what a marvelous sounding holiday. What's ...Oh what a marvelous sounding holiday. What's that I feel??? Hummm?? Could it be .... ENVY?! Such a perfect little cottage, worthy of Snow White. The seaside....clear blue water...and sheep...and OWLS!! I would have had to be dragged back!<br /><br />I am happy you are refreshed and have some questions answered about the move. Sometimes it takes staying in a place for a while to really get the feel of what life there would entail.<br /><br />Welcome home!Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-9409100384455023972009-06-09T00:29:15.894+01:002009-06-09T00:29:15.894+01:00What a lovely post.
I can just see some needle fel...What a lovely post.<br />I can just see some needle felted sea anemones, as well as cows backsides!Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-46790045328329652882009-06-08T20:49:14.722+01:002009-06-08T20:49:14.722+01:00What a beautiful blog. I could almost taste the sa...What a beautiful blog. I could almost taste the salt and feel the air on my face, truly "a garden hard by heaven."School on the Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646261663308402644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-20295504829992222972009-06-08T20:10:30.088+01:002009-06-08T20:10:30.088+01:00Those dark brown eggs are magnificent.
Glad you en...Those dark brown eggs are magnificent.<br />Glad you enjoyed your holiday, Shame it provided so many obstacles to moving back permanently. Perhaps an annual trip every summer would suffice. Not the same but needs must and all of that.<br />That is some four poster bed! Looks like you stayed in a beautiful cottage in a lovely area.<br />Sounds as if you're glad to be home.<br />JenJemjoophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04422932366201606648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-26773312973560497052009-06-08T19:25:17.784+01:002009-06-08T19:25:17.784+01:00Wow! I can't believe those butter carvings!Wow! I can't believe those butter carvings!Emm@https://www.blogger.com/profile/10778888925283719532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-59763863505459294302009-06-08T15:28:11.106+01:002009-06-08T15:28:11.106+01:00Looks quite a very good vacation indeed.Looks quite a very good vacation indeed.d. moll, l.ac.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16007607538375968631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-31990761168589471162009-06-08T10:34:54.596+01:002009-06-08T10:34:54.596+01:00What a pretty cottage! We've been humming and ...What a pretty cottage! We've been humming and ha-ing for years about moving to Devon and keep finding reasons why we can't. Like you, I get homesick away from home yet I'm so happy when I'm there and feel tearful when I leave. I think when the time's right things will fall into place. Or maybe I'm scared of change? Hmmm, have to think about that one!xJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593348601123003194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-51775949967224600972009-06-08T08:45:18.832+01:002009-06-08T08:45:18.832+01:00Thanks for sharing all the photos. In my visits ba...Thanks for sharing all the photos. In my visits back to UK I've never been to Devon just heard a lot about it from a fellow ex-pat. Looks like a magical place to visit - so picturesque. <br />Know what you mean about owning your own place. One day....Syrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452838521582172300noreply@blogger.com