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« on: May 08, 2006, 22:13 »
i have some news me and our lass have found  a place to rent 1.5 acers two out bildings and a four bedroom cottege.we move in at the end of july. :D  :D  :D

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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2006, 08:07 »
Well done both of you. Best of luck.
 Whereabouts is the holding?

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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2006, 09:27 »
Fantastic, congratulations.
Now tell us all the details :)
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2006, 18:45 »
its in north yorkshire were thay filmd heartbeat i will post some pic at the weekend .john i think you know my landlord. Hev off ACL.

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« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2006, 22:55 »
Well, I went to see the smallholding today for the first time. The place is called Goathland but most people know it as Aidensfield - the fictional town where heartbeat is filmed. Here are the pictures as promised.




Here we are, sitting on the garden wall today. The one on the far left is my other half, Hepsibah from ACL.  :D




This is the back view of the cottage.




This one shows our land. It's big enough to keep all our poultry as well as a trio of pigs and possibly a cow with a calf at foot too.



The view from our bedroom window. Behind the wall is the area where the veggie patch will be. Beats our council estate hands down!  :D

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« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2006, 23:58 »
Oh boy - I'm green with envy!!!!!!

I'm so pleased for you all - lots of work ahead but what fun as well. I've not been on ACL for a while - too busy fighting russian porno posters on here!

Goathland - sounds Nordic., the holding of Goath the strong or something :)

Imagine waking to that view - well, you don't get my cat licking your nose so I suppose you deserve some compo.

Congratulations  :D

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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2006, 08:08 »
I know it well. I come from Durham and spent many weekends on the NY moors. Long before Heartbeat came to the area.
Nice village when the tourist coaches arnt there.

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« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2006, 16:21 »
Went with family on a farm holiday very near there in early 70s, when I was about 8. Place called Glaisdale. Beautiful scenery. The family running the farm had a pet lamb called.......Pet Lamb :!:

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« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2006, 18:00 »
Quote from: "mellowmick"
Went with family on a farm holiday very near there in early 70s, when I was about 8. Place called Glaisdale. Beautiful scenery. The family running the farm had a pet lamb called.......Pet Lamb :!:

Bet they had a local shop for local people as well :)

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« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2006, 19:52 »
I looks lovely Mark.  All the best!!!

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« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2006, 08:10 »
Wow, I'm green with envy.

Good Luck with it.
Caroline

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« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2006, 13:14 »
anyone know of a b&b in south wales for sale with an acre or so of land!?

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« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2006, 23:10 »
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anyone know of a b&b in south wales for sale with an acre or so of land!?

I see we have the wealthy amongst us :)
Serious lifestyle change?

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« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2006, 06:15 »
no not wealthy, the story is my mum passsed away 10 years ago and i had to sell the house so i had money from that which i bought a small ex-council house which double in price(only by the property market doing really well about 3 years ago) then me and hubby went to our limits on a mortgage as an investment for wales so we have a bit of equity behind us, this has been an 8 year old dream, we have a savings plan that matures in 3 years then we are off!! we both work in I.T and don't enjoy the attitude that work comes first (especially in my job!)
i can't think of anything better than being at home cooking for guest's being with my hubby and my animals all day, we have friends in wales so we wouldn't be totally on our own.
we really need to take over a b&b as an on going concern so we can get a mortgage ok. (we are looking for anything up to £350.000 in brecon ideally)  :D

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« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2006, 09:01 »
Sounds like you had a good master plan and it worked :)
I have some smallholder magazines from 1955 and practical self sufficiency mags from the mid 70s. Both have adverts for property and I did a little research on inflation / earnings etc. Basically the prices have increased much faster than earnings so you played it bang on.
Isn't hindsight wonderful?
Bit of a talking point for your B&B when you offer your own free ranged eggs, homegrown tomatoes etc at breakfast (with an acre you could even have a pig)



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