Lincolnshire, where is nice

Freya5

Primrose53

We visited the Wolds years ago and I was pleasantly surprised. I know the Fens quite well but they are too flat and treeless for my liking.

We have friends who live a few miles from Bourne and from their garden you can see nothing for miles. Just flat fields. In the winter the wind howls across those fields.

When they moved there their kids were just into their teens and they said it was like stepping back in time. The local kids all looked at them suspiciously and all the lads had haircuts like german tin helmets. They seemed very old fashioned.

Depends what you want of course, but being mean and stereotyping the people who live there will not be conducive to having helpful neighbours.

These were just observations they made, obviously they didn’t say anything. In fact after a while they revived the village hall which was almost totally unused and brought a bit of new blood into the village. They are still there after over 30 years
so the villagers must quite like them.

Primrose53

Freya5

Primrose53

We visited the Wolds years ago and I was pleasantly surprised. I know the Fens quite well but they are too flat and treeless for my liking.

We have friends who live a few miles from Bourne and from their garden you can see nothing for miles. Just flat fields. In the winter the wind howls across those fields.

When they moved there their kids were just into their teens and they said it was like stepping back in time. The local kids all looked at them suspiciously and all the lads had haircuts like german tin helmets. They seemed very old fashioned.

Depends what you want of course, but being mean and stereotyping the people who live there will not be conducive to having helpful neighbours.

These were just observations they made, obviously they didn’t say anything. In fact after a while they revived the village hall which was almost totally unused and brought a bit of new blood into the village. They are still there after over 30 years
so the villagers must quite like them.

That's good to hear and glad they settled in, I'm Linconlshire born and bred. Although have lived and stayed in many other countries in the world, Lincolnshire is home.

Just seen your update JW1960. Have you thought of Suffolk? Pretty villages, coast within easy reach if you go more to the west and I’m sure lots of new builds hopefully meeting your wish list and price range.

freya5 - i read a very interesting book about a woman who was born and grew up in an old railway carriage in The Fens.

I will give you the name and author if you’re interested. I think you would enjoy it.

Another vote for Louth. It's a lovely town that still has a market with a weekly auction and some lovely independent shops.

Louth has a small hospital with bigger hospitals in Boston, Lincoln & Grimsby. It has an independent cinema and a thriving amateur theatre.

A few miles away is Donna Nook which is a breeding ground for seals .

Bus transport is better in Lincolnshire than many other areas. It has had a demand responsive service, Call Connect, for many years which covers most of the county.

After living in Derbyshire for many years, we decided to move down market and take funds out of our property due to hobby's occupational pension company going bush(that's another story).
Moved to a village just outside Lincoln city, good bus service 1000 friendly folk in the village and to be honest we have never looked back best thing we ever did property wise.
I did in fact take advice from collogues I worked with as they were from this area. I was told the best places to live and the areas to avoid. We are 1 hr from the coast so have the best of all worlds as it's perfect for taking the grand children to the beach in summer.

Billinghay is nice ,very quiet, easy access to Lincoln or sleaford,and hax the best doctors surgery!

Primrose53

freya5 - i read a very interesting book about a woman who was born and grew up in an old railway carriage in The Fens.

I will give you the name and author if you’re interested. I think you would enjoy it.

Thank you that would be lovely, as a avid reader. Not M Dickinson by any chance?