The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Blinkers on March 12, 2008, 08:37:59 am
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I'm just bursting to tell everyone now.....but still nervous it could fall at the last hurdle....but we have now got a buyer for our bungalow (we rent our 12 acres of land and yard 1/2 mile up the road) and are buying our dream home......14 acre Smallholding in South West Wales ;D ;D ;D ;D It overlooks the Preseli Mountains, has a holiday annex, veg garden, poly tunnel, fruit garden, hen houses, looseboxes inside one barn, plus a dutch barn, plus .......oooooohhhhh I don't know LOADs of stuff....AND a duck pond.....Oh and there's a river running along the bottom edge of the pasture and....and...and....Oh I'm just SO EXCITED. Now the nightmare begins of trying to work out how we'll get all the stock there....let alone us!!! AND........I give my notice in at work on Friday ;) ;) fantastic.
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WOW thats fantastic news! hope you all get there safe and sound! pictures will deffo be required... it sounds quite idilic! good luck! ;D
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That is so fantastic! We can feel your excitement leaping off the page!
Lots of luck and good wishes and keep us posted - I am excited for you!
Kate
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Wow lucky you, it sounds lovely. DanDans a new member here is a smallholder in Wales she is lambing at the moment but I am sure if you need any suppliers etc she will know them.
Rosey
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Thank you sooooo much and I'll be needing all the help I can get........both before and after the move. ::) ::) ::)
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Sounds fantastic, I am very pleased for you. It will keep you busy for sure. I wish you lots of luck and hope things go smoothly.
carl
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wey hey!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D wicked news for you blinkers :D Ok serious now
WHENS THE HOUSE WARMING PARTY?????
Dan
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fantastic news for you - many congrats , hope all goes well for you - good news about the work notice too , a dream come true ;)
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Really great news Blinkers,
it is fantastic when things work out right ....Another one in Wales too , the more the better. Apart from being a bit wet at times ::) ::) I am sure you will love it here .Out in the countryside it is pretty much like a time warp , the way things used to be...great. The very best of luck to you in your move, Croeso Cymru.....( welcome to Wales).
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Time warp ;Ddefo on that, want something done tomorrow, then ask 2 weeks ago ;D I think maybe daily welsh words should be sent to blinkers, to get her into the lingo ::) ::) no swear words would be posted tho promis ;D :D
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time warp : yep if you want something done ..do it yourself is best...oh and, I think I saw one of those big silver birds in the sky today !!! As for Welsh words, everyday ones or otherwise . I can't even manage English ones properly let alone Welsh ;D ;D. I used to understand most of the local Welsh , as my then brother inlaw was Welsh speaking , but then I had a car smash and it wiped out the previous 10 years or so of memory !! :(, that included all the Welsh I knew!. So I just stick to my bad English now . ;) ;) ;D
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Oh..cool..... A daily Welsh word would be great........but I'll need ONE swear word (at least) Is it really that laid-back? Its just gets better and better. ;D ;D ;D And is there really such a saying as.............."yukky dar" .........however it's spelt......or is that arabic or something :-\ :-\ :-\
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Iechyd da , I think is what you mean ? It means cheers , good health (I think ?) ::) ::)
Iechyd da
Russ
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I had to check to make sure I was right ... :D and I found this very helpful site: http://www.heart-of-wales.co.uk/welsh.htm# Thankfully I was right ...lol. Hope it helps a bit Blinkers....the audio bit is very good I thought .
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Well done Blinkers! That is fantastic news, so exciting. I hope every day that I am a day closer to packing in life in front of a laptop and desk! It keeps me going - however much I might be kidding myself. I trust you have read all of Chas Griffin's books? He offers some good experience when it comes to smallholdings in Wales and they are very amusing. Best of luck and huge congratulations. We want full details!
Sal :P
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iawn good ;D dim diolch :) no thanks. Ok whose turn next!!!! Oh yeh, loads of kites around to, (feathered ones) ;D weve got 5 or 6 over our place quite often
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time warp: got pterodactyls over my place...... ;D ;D ;D
I think they may have escaped from my wallet though !!.....
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oh yeh just been reminded, thanks rustyme, Welsh are tight to :o they're still into bartering and shielings!
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I haven't found them too tight .....but it did cost me nearly 2 groats for a loaf the other day ;D ;D
Inflation .....where will it stop ?.... ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D comes to somethink when you see them trying to swap eggs for hens! trying to convince each other that theres is worth more because it came first, and without theres then theres wouldnt be here ;)
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Wonderful news, hope it all goes well. HM
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;D Congratulations, it all sounds wonderful! Bet you can hardly contain yourself and cant wait to do the deed on Friday. Its a brilliant feeling believe me, hope you enjoy every minute!
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Did somebody say "Housewarming" :D It's gonna be on a summer's evening outside in the glorious evening ...sunshine....or in the Polytunnel if wet !!!! Iechyd da ;) ;) ;) And.........all those dogs are invited too ;D ;D Mind you......you will of course....have to earn your keep........there'll be PLENTY of jobs for everyone 8). Typed my letter of resignation today......... now trying to avoid questions from the Partners about the future of Primary CAre !!!! As if I give a stuff :P :P :P ;D
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Fabulous news, Blinkers - what a brilliant move.
If we're doing Welsh words, can we have them phonetically, please?
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What's Welsh for "is there any more?" Iechyd da ....I got the hang of that one now ;)
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Os mwy gen ti? is there any more
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Sut dych chi'n dweud...? how do you say ;D
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Sut dych chi'n dweud.......wine ;)
Sut dych chi'n dweud....."Sut dych chi'n dweud" ?
Looks like such ditch dwood???? Am I near??
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;D bore da blinkers (bora dar ) good morning blinkers.
Youl get there in the end, keep trying :D
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Good Luck with everything, it sounds absolutely fantastic. Welsh sounds just as difficult as French ??? :P
Donna
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tri cefyl ar werth :) three horses for sale, hope the packings going well :D
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bore da Dandans ;D How do I pronounce tri cefyl ar werth ? DREADING the packing :-[ :-[ Is it Red Kites that you have around in Wales?
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Tri as in tree, cefyl, kefil, ar, as in apple only with with a rolled r and werth like where with th ;D And yep they're red kites, theres loads of them about :) theres also alot of feeding centres for them in wales, all over the place.
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thats great new, hope everything goes alright :) :) :) ;D
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Handed in my resignation at work on MOnday (gulp) and then told all the staff today.....that's 2 hurdles over ::) Endless amounts of paperwork ..... and still scary :o
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you wait till you meet those welsh farmer hillibillies :-\ now thats scary ;D ;D ;D could post a few jokes bowt them n there livestock but i dont think theyd be allowed on ;D ;D
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Aw....go on ;D
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i'll sort some out and pm them if you say go for it i'll put them on
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Yeah - go for it. ;)
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will av food then sort sum ;D
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one of the top of my head. eskimo visits wales, breaks down in hes car and not sure wot to do. Welsh man comes along and asks whats rong. eskimo not being to sure what is wrong asks welshman to have a look in engine. " well well" says the welshman "youve blown a seal"!!! "so!!" says the eskimo "you sh#g sheep" ;D
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I've only just seen that... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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well seem to have gottaway with putting that on, will have to go through my jokes archive on the other comp for all the welsh ones i can find ;D bet you must be realy excited about your move, youll love it in wales once you get used to the speed things are done here. it can be a little slow to say the least. Atleast where your going to, your not to far from cardiff, will prob take about an hour or so from your part.
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Its still scary......as no signatures on dotted lines yet, but we've had surveys etc done and spoken to loads of people about different things ...like the water supply!!.....and other things we're gonna have to ask questions about. But we're just sooooo excited - it just seems its all too good to be true! The really spooky thing is that the day we went to view it (20th Feb) was the very date 11 years previous that the current owners viewed it and fell in love with it!! Gotta be a good sign. ;) Anyone out there (in Wales) who can help me continue with my sheep dog training??
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how much is your dog doing now?
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.......still packing and still no signatures on dotted lines...but all appears to still be moving in the right direction slowly but then its not possible to speed up solicitors is it. Ooops, probably someone on here is a solicitor?? All the weaners have now gone to new homes...and all really nice homes too. Even though they are going to end up in the freezer, its nice to know people are going to 'enjoy' rearing them as well as eating them! ;)
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Signed contracts yesterday ;D ;D ;D Exchange due to happen by 9th , then completion w/c 19th ....whooppee. :pig: :cat: :chook: :dog: :goat: :horse: :sheep:
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OOOO0000oooooh the relief eh?! Congrats! Everything's just logistics now. Be safe........Ree
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Thats great news
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Glad to hear it's all finalised - A great feeling, hope your having a few glasses tonight ;D[/color]
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Great news. Good luck with the move. Look forward to hearing about your activities 8)
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Not cracked open the Champagne just yet....want to make sure those contracts ARE actually exchanged by next Friday ::)...THEN we'll be celebrating...........the first celebration anyway ;). The next one will be the day we actually move in :D and then yet another one once we've got all the stock/animals there and have made our final journey back from Sussex. ;D :pig: :chook: :cat: :dog: :goat: :horse:
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And all the aniversaries need to be celebrated ;D your first day, then first week, then month, then quarter, then year ;D
Well these things have to be done you know ;D
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Stocking up on the home made wine ....in readiness ;) ;) ;) ;)
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FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY.............we exchanged contracts today and set to move to our new home on 28th........next week :o :o :o :o
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Excellent news- good luck
Carole
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Congratulations Blinkers thats fantastic News :)
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Got a beautifully boxed bottle of Moet and Chandon (2000) ready and waiting for that first evening.....down by the stream. Its all just like a dream come true. ;D
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;D massive congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And great big good luckfor the actual move!! ;D
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Thanks all.......slowly getting p****d on some Champers at the mo...... :P :P :P Will have to do some sort of 'blog' to update you all on our "antics" ;)
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Brilliant that all is sorted after what must have seemed an age!!! Hope the head ache isn't too severe, I SAID I HOPE THE HEADACHE ISN'T TOO SEVERE ::) ::)
Good luck with the move and hope it all goes smoothly.
FG
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Hair of thedog and a good greasy brekki!!!!!!!!!! ;D
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Actually...........................was as right as rain this morning ;D...........but out with the 'staff' from work tomorrow eve ;) ;)...so Thursday morning could be a different story ;D. Removals booked; livestock haulier booked; horse transporter booked............then back in 5 weeks to collect the sheep.......following their BT vacc last week....and a 60 days standstill. ??? ???
Oh......and guess what I did for the first time last Sunday ?????? Learnt to shear my sheep ;D ;D Fantastic.
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We finally, finally moved to "Glyn Elwyn" on 28th May on a rather wet day...............but had sunshine ever since...literally. It is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. Its even better than we remember and our feet aren't realy touching the ground.....until we fall into bed each night. Tons to do but loving every second of it. Pigs and Poultry arrived last Thursday and go back to collect the horses on Monday 16th. Then we return to sussex AGAIN mid July to collect sheet and LASTLY mid August to collect goats - all of which are on their 60 day standstill following Blue Tongue vaccination. We have a new website in its very early stages at the moment and I'll pass that on as soon as I'm given the 'OK' !!
Dug the vegetable patch completely now and planted all sorts. Harvesting Strawberries like they're goin' out of fashion from the poly tunnel and lettuces and broadbeans in abundance.
We're in paradise. ;D
PS - Just need some Dexters now ;) ;) ;) :cow:
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:cow: ok ok dont panic ;D
I Know just the place!! ;D
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Sounds wonderful, glad you made it.