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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Crikey I've missed a few posts here, don't know how I managed that.
Thanks to everyone for their comments; particularly to Mrs N for her kind offer of a nephew! I'm not looking for a specific date at the moment, but in the next year or two we'll perhaps need to make a few househunting trips somewhere far away.
Problem is it is shocking how little knowledge some people have of animals; some of our friends and family just don't seem to realise how easy it would be for a fox, dog or even bird to do a fair bit of damage, or how important water is. In a bigger place, we'd go for something like Judith's solution. Fresh water and protection are the topmost important things, food could be arranged easily enough with a generous supply of layers pellets of course (in the case of chickens).
The Orange, I understand exactly what you mean! We're looking for a place/way of living where our life won't be a holiday, but where the best holidays will be a day here and there to do what we want at home. In fact we already like staying at home but with the neighbours we have it's not always as pleasant as you'd like. And of course when we do get where we want to be, there's always emergencies of some sort that might draw you away; that would mean even less time to plan so it would be good to consider this kind of thing in advance. |
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