Thank you everyone. I have been so busy lately with packing things, have not had time to dwell on the actually "going" bit. When I close the door for the last time it will probably get to me. I have a friend in a similar situation, and she came round the other day, and instead of cheering me up, she hugged me and burst into tears. I had to send her home before she set me off
Having looked at property for sale (in other areas) I can see that there are some nice places, a lot cheaper than we would pay here. At the moment we are favouring Cumbria, or Scotland. As anyone house hunting will know, you get your hopes up, then in the property details you spot something that puts you off a bit .....like, the owner is retaining one field to put houses on, or they proudly announce the main road is only 200 yards away.
As isolated as possible would suit us, I would be quite happy living on the moors with nice scenery, and nothing to make the dogs bark (although knowing them, they would find something!!)
I will try and get on line the library, but will have to rejoin - burnt my library ticket on my infamous bonfire, when I burnt my bag and purse