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Title: hello
Post by: homesweethome on September 26, 2011, 02:16:04 pm

hi I am Chris (female 50 ish)
i was brought up farming , been out of it doing other things for 15 years, ( earning money!!) now desperate to get s*** on my boots.
 we (husband and I) are trying to buy a farm on pembrokeshire/camarthanshire boarder, but its been a long and stressful process. really fed up and desperate to get going, it must come together soon.
encouragement please.

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Post by: Cinderhills on September 26, 2011, 02:19:38 pm

Hi & welcome from North Yorkshire.  :wave:  Good luck with it all.  Soon you'll be looking back at this time and think it was all worth it.  :)

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Post by: homesweethome on September 26, 2011, 02:43:40 pm

thank you for that. sure it will all come together soon and then we can buy some sheep1

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Post by: Jaynebeth on September 26, 2011, 03:38:01 pm

Anything worth doing is hard work! stick with it

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Post by: Rosemary on September 26, 2011, 04:58:04 pm

Hi, Chris, and welcome from sunny Carnoustie  :wave:

There seems to be lots of property for sale so I'm sure something will turn up soon  :)

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Post by: Hazelwood Flock on September 26, 2011, 09:49:08 pm

Hi from Darzet! :wave:

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 26, 2011, 10:15:59 pm

Welcome Chris and husband  :wave:  I envy you the opportunity to buy a smal holding and can understand your frustration.  This time next year, you'll look back and wonder why you got uptight about it, as you gaze out on your veg beds and all the animals.  Good luck! :)   :goat:

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Post by: lill on September 27, 2011, 12:34:31 pm

hi and welcome to the forum  :wave:

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Post by: SallyintNorth on September 27, 2011, 01:08:54 pm

Hang on in there, Chris, you know it will be worth it in the end.  And welcome to the forum  :wave:

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Post by: melodrama on September 27, 2011, 01:52:53 pm

Hello from Forfar  :wave: stick in there - it'll all be worth it in the end x

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Post by: BacheBrook on September 27, 2011, 03:27:47 pm

hey chris!!!

it took me 5 months to find some land! so there is hope :)
im sure youll find some soon and get some s**t on your boots! ahaha

jack x

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Post by: Jimbofish67 on September 27, 2011, 08:50:32 pm

Chris

we have just got our place not far up the road, on the edge of the Brecons yes it sometimes feels that you are looking for and asking for the impossible. We were looking for 8 months before we found the right place for us.
Good luck

Jim.

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Post by: Miss Piggy on September 28, 2011, 08:00:45 am

If you are determined to you will make it. Hang on in there you know the saying, all good things are worth waiting for. We are near the Carmarthanshire/Pembrokeshire/ Ceredigion border and it is fab. Maybe just a little further west than you were contemplating but some good smallholdings around at good prices compared with other areas and tou will always be made welcome.  :thumbsup:

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Post by: dyedinthewool on September 28, 2011, 07:46:05 pm

Hi Chris  :wave:

Selling and buying is always stressfull even if it does goes  'smoothly' . Ours didn't so know what you're going through ::) ::)
  We've  now been here two years, we are  on Carmarthenshire /Pembrokeshire borders so maybe see you at our local mart at Whitland.

Hope you get your place soon.

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Post by: cherisong on October 01, 2011, 10:02:27 am

Hi Chris. I am in Ceredigion and travel across Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire for my job. It is the most beautiful place to live. There seem to be quite a few properties for sale around Ceredigion at the moment so I am sure that your perfect place will come along soon (if you havent already found it).

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Post by: plumseverywhere on October 01, 2011, 10:25:00 am

Hi Chris

I spent 8 years wishing for a smallholding and spent days with my neighbour who was a sheep farmer so I could get a feel for the life (just made me want it even more!) Finally our dream came true in 2009 and we moved to our current home, a victorian farmhouse in need of lots of TLC and renovation with about 4 acres of hilly land.  an over grown vegetable garden  and a plum tree orchard with over 70 trees.  Its been hard work and we are NOwhere near finished (nor do I think we ever will be LOL!) but there's nothing nicer than leaning over your fence watching the sheep and goats as the sunsets and drinking a glass of homemade plum wine  ;D  stick with it, you'll get there and it will be wonderful!

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Post by: faith0504 on October 04, 2011, 09:12:15 pm

hi and welcome from moray  :wave: