Unfortunately we are moving when our lease expires in July because of circumstances beyond our control. So I thought I’d post whilst the going was good.
You’ll find a fair few photos of the countryside around where we live via my Flickr account.
Other plus points is that where we live:
- It’s not too far from Newcastle upon Tyne: about 30 mins from the Metrocentre & central Newcastle
- It’s good for mountain biking
- I can hit the country roads and green lanes from straight out the back door
- It’s closer to Kielder forest, where there is all manner of cross country mayhem courtesy of Kielder Trail Reavers
- There’s a brewery half a mile away, which we can drink at the the Black Bull
- It’s nice and quiet and it gets pretty dark in the evenings (if the light from Newcastle & Gateshead doesn’t reflect off the clouds)
- Towards the North West, the sky at night is very clear and it’s possible to see some amazing stars (and a few shooting ones)
- There is a varied slew of wildlife out and about, including:
- Deer
- Bats
- Cows / Sheep
- Kestrel
- Badgers
- Foxes
- Mice
- Song birds
- Toads
- Sundry insects
- Rats
- Feral cats
- All manner of birds
- There’s a few horses knocking about, too
There *are* downsides:
- Winter can lasts for 4-5 months, can we windy, wet & snowy; it can be expensive to run an oil-fired central heating system
- Broadband is pretty hopeless – we’re at the end of a 9km line, at the limit of usability really
- The pigs being reared next door can get a bit smelly!
UPDATE: This is new house [ok, so it’s the garden at the top-left corner, but you get the drift ;-)]