Has anyone relocated to another part of the country on their own

As you know Allsorts we relocated 6.5 years ago to move away from ES. It was the best thing we could have done but not sure I could have contemplated it without Mr. S.

I moved from London/Essex border (where I had lived since the age of 4 years old), to Somerset. Three years ago, when I was 78 years old. Okay, I did have one of my daughters living in the town I moved to, but she was busy with work and her own family

Difficult, Yes, but one of the best decisions I have ever made.

Yep - moved from Kent to Wiltshire when I was 72. Don't have any family and didn't know a soul when I got here. Can't say it was easy and there's a part of me that still longs to go back, but
not sure I've got the energy for the upheaval now.

Changed jobs (well, downsized job) and moved 150 miles a few years before I retired, because I wanted to lived near the sea again. For the first time in over 25 years, I could choose where I lived.

It was definitely a positive move.

Repeatedly, including to different countries, although not in my seventies - I’m not there yet.

One of our respected GNs has just relocated to Bristol from Kent. She posts daily on the Good Morning thread of her trials (Ikea!) tribulations and successes as she settles into her new surroundings.
Perhaps worth reading, if you are considering something similar.

Relocated from France back to UK after 44 years absence having lived all over the world. Both in our mid 70s - it was hard, very hard and we subsequently wished we hadn't. However, it was to be near family and to avoid their having to sort out complicated legalities in a foreign language after our demise. It is certainly a challenge wherever relocation is situated.

Our house is on the market and I’ll be moving over to the coast whilst my Husband stays here and just comes home at weekends. ( 2 hours away )
It’s a crazy thing to do as I’ve got family, friends and work here but I can’t ignore the strong desire to live near the sea.
Very scared but a little excited too.
I’ll have my 2 dogs for company.

Amandajs66 good luck, I shall be interested to hear how you get on, because I, too, am desperate to live near the sea, even though my head tells me it would be silly to leave all my local friends etc.

I was 65 when I moved from a small town in central Scotland to a city in the north east of Scotland. I had lived in Perthshire for almost 30 years. I moved to be nearer my younger daughter who had 1 small child at that time. I have absolutely no regrets about moving. I took a part time job, where I worked for 3 years then when I retired I did some voluntary work for a further 2 years. I have had the pleasure of rescuing 2 West Highland terriers from Westie Rescue and have had the current one for 4 years now. I've been here when required to help my daughter and she and her Husband help me too when required. The best of both worlds at 82 .

I relocated from Liverpool to Manchester (well only 50 miles) but a huge cultural difference from a "nice" leafy area to a council flat on a very tough estate. I was a mature student at the time and the council flat was all I could afford. Huge cultural difference then between the two cities. Manchester was buzzing with 4 universities. Liverpool has changed considerably since the 1980s and is now a really vibrant place.

Always considering relocating from a seaside town to somewhere quieter, but the only two friends I have live near to me, and therefore being on my own is always what holds me back.
At 65 I don't feel ready for the scrap heap yet, but it's a huge step in a very small budget.
My dream location would be a garden house on a farm, so if anybody out there knows someone who owns a farm who would be willing for me to have a garden house on it in return for the cost of the land to accommodate a garden house with utilities please let me know.
By the way living in a seaside town is not all it's made out to be, it can be extremely noisy and busy especially in school holidays and not sunny days.

I moved from Derby to South Wales by myself a few months before Covid: I knew no-one but just loved the area and my kids were constantly on the move so there was no point in trying to stay close. It was absolutely the best thing I have every done (I was 73 at the time). Now that lockdown is over, I have joined a walking group and a book club and have made individual friends from both. You have to put in the effort but in my case it was so worthwhile.

Oh we emigrated, just my husband and 2 babies, many years ago now. Left the rest of the family behind. My husband was very busy at his new job so I was pretty much alone.

What a brave lot you are, it seems that trying it comes on top rather than playing safe.

I moved to a different country where I didn’t know a word of the language.
Stayed nearly 10years and returned to England which had turned into a very different country from the one I left.

I’m about to do that move couple hundred miles away on my own but that’s nearer family having been here on my own when covid hit us i through about it but then i got rushed into hospital and it was a nightmare for my two sons to come to visit me in hospital both live in different directions with their wife’s kids I’m nearly 60 but I’m looking forward to it

Lots of the people answering are couples though. It is quite different on your own

I dream of moving to the seaside every time I go there but my practical side knows better so I shall wave bye bye to that idea. It's cold and lonely in the winter and full of old people. God's waiting room

I shall move eventually. I will be on my own but don't yet know where to.

My Spanish, Madrid Capital native husband, and I met in Southern France 32 years ago. Both of us are still employed and in our late 50s.

Well, 31 years ago, I relocated to the Madrid Capital. The rest is history and un-identical twin daughters, now both recently married and they had relocated ! One to Portugal, close to Lisbon and the other to Zürich, Switzerland.

We are all quite happy with our decisions.

Mallin

I moved to a different country where I didn’t know a word of the language.
Stayed nearly 10years and returned to England which had turned into a very different country from the one I left.

Our sympathies! You can imagine how we are feeling after 44 years.

Grammaretto

Lots of the people answering are couples though. It is quite different on your own

I dream of moving to the seaside every time I go there but my practical side knows better so I shall wave bye bye to that idea. It's cold and lonely in the winter and full of old people. God's waiting room

I shall move eventually. I will be on my own but don't yet know where to.

The winter is the best bit, walking the beach on Christmas Day is bliss. As for being full of old people, there don't seem to be many more than anywhere else I go. We do have plenty of craft groups, classes, U3A etc, things for retired folk to join, but then I don't know what other towns offer. Ditto good public transport. And the weather on the South Coast is very good too.

I guess the south coast is rather different from the wild Scottish coast I veer towards Chardy.
My in-laws lived in Southwold for several years when our DC were growing up and we loved it there at Christmas as well as the summer but it was too busy in the summer.

I moved from the very North of Scotland to Seaham (Co. Durham) at the age of 75, after separating from my husband.
I live in a quiet area, a 10 minute walk away from the sea front and love it here! I've joined the Library (and a book reading group there), and signed up for a weekly telephone chat for blind and partially sighted people (of which I am one).
Considering joining U3A.
It's not easy being alone after being in a marriage or partnership - but it's definitely better than being unhappy every day!
If you want to, or need to - take a deep breath and do it!

The wild Scottish coast does sound attractive Grammaretto. A friend moved from here to Ayrshire coast at Christmas and seems to love it. And an old school friend happily moved to Essex coast last year. We're all dog walkers, and all love the sea. But they were brought up by the sea, whereas I lived in London/Surrey border as a child.
As regards summer visitors, I walk around 9am when it's fairly quiet and not too hot.