The advantages of a rural idyll
The advantages, I shall list them for ease of brainstorming:
No traffic jams
No traffic lights
No roundabouts
No 24 hour Tesco
No evil supermarkets fullstop
No traffic wardens!
No door to door salesmen
People who know each other
Waving at every car/person you see is a habit
Children who are allowed to 'go out to play'
Peace and quiet
Oh so pretty-ness of surroundings
Living by the sea
Cute baby cows
Other more surprising wildlife (seals otters and deer (and eagles))
Morning beachcombing
Not watching TV (only me, not everyone)
Having a butcher and a baker
Growing tomatos in the garden
Kindness of folk
Agricultural shows
Pubs where the barstaff get you 'the usual'
Lots of visitors
Excitement when you go 'to the mainland' (Woolworths - woo hoo!!)
Discovering that you don't necessarily miss trudging round town on a Saturday
The joys of Royal Mail - parcels - love it!!
No traffic jams
No traffic lights
No roundabouts
No 24 hour Tesco
No evil supermarkets fullstop
No traffic wardens!
No door to door salesmen
People who know each other
Waving at every car/person you see is a habit
Children who are allowed to 'go out to play'
Peace and quiet
Oh so pretty-ness of surroundings
Living by the sea
Cute baby cows
Other more surprising wildlife (seals otters and deer (and eagles))
Morning beachcombing
Not watching TV (only me, not everyone)
Having a butcher and a baker
Growing tomatos in the garden
Kindness of folk
Agricultural shows
Pubs where the barstaff get you 'the usual'
Lots of visitors
Excitement when you go 'to the mainland' (Woolworths - woo hoo!!)
Discovering that you don't necessarily miss trudging round town on a Saturday
The joys of Royal Mail - parcels - love it!!
What's not to like?
*with acknowledgements to Patrick for reminding me that life is (sometimes) good*
posted by Tarka the island otter | 7:51 PM
1 Comments:
There is something about the "scale" of communities that is lost in big urban sprawls, I am sure i read somewhere that human beings tend to naturally congegate in groups no bigger than 100. We run around trying for that larger house, bigger car, better job, newer clothes and persue a sort of indefinable success that is "sold" to us as a need. Reading your posting shows that mostly these "values" are the wrong things.
Today I was driving home and there was this lovely mist across the fields and a hunter's moon and I wondered how many people in the queue of cars had actually looked to the right and seen the fantastic scene.
Patrick
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