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[Erichalfbee]

We have a lot in common ... if there was a Uni on the Isle of Wight I would have applied there ! I was 250 miles from home but I reckon Hertfordshire to Glasgow was nearer 350 in the days before the motorways ...

Yes and I never lived with my parents ever again. I went straight into a job in a London suburb with a house thrown in with the job.

 

[pargyle]

Yes and I never lived with my parents ever again. I went straight into a job in a London suburb with a house thrown in with the job.

Oddly enough neither did I ... but my then fiance, now wife ... after she finished her teacher training went to live with my parents for a year as she got a job teaching in Mexborough and I went and lived with her parents down here for a year when I got a job with Woolworths (Nobody wanted Engineering Geologists and Geotechnicals in those days ... ) down here in Portsmouth ... we both lasted a year although I got on better with my future inlaws than I did with my Mum !

 

[BugsInABox]

A long time ago. Boyfriend and I bought a top floor flat in Maryhill for £400 and had it compulsory purchased for 5 grand five years later. We spent a lot of time loch lomond side. It’s a busy and intensive course with little time for carousing
I worked holidays on Skye before the bridge and that was a truly wonderful place then.

Ceri also had her flat at Maryhill. The only advice I've given the kids when it came to Universities was go North.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

The only advice I've given the kids when it came to Universities was go North.

Because it's cheaper, and you don't need a fridge?

 

[BugsInABox]

That and the potential for a pace of life that doesn't involve 2 hour commutes and running to stand still.

 

[BeeKeyPlayer]

A long time ago. Boyfriend and I bought a top floor flat in Maryhill for £400 and had it compulsory purchased for 5 grand five years later. We spent a lot of time loch lomond side. It’s a busy and intensive course with little time for carousing
I worked holidays on Skye before the bridge and that was a truly wonderful place then.

Maryhill to Balloch (Loch Lomond) by bike on the canal path, by any chance? A lovely ride. I left the Highlands (on the mainland opposite Skye) to go to Glasgow to study and then teach. I never could get used to the midges in the NW. Retired and moved to Kent now - but I can't get used to the near total absence of inland water. I can't figure where the bees find any.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I can't figure where the bees find any.

We have a large pond and not far away the farm has cows and cowpats

 

[BeeKeyPlayer]

We have a large pond and not far away the farm has cows and cowpats

Mmmm! Flavour... minerals...

 

[seillean mil]

Mmmm! Flavour... minerals...

I haven't taken any honey from our bees this year, but it would have been nice and tasty if I had done so. The hive is just a few metres from our neighbours' overflowing septic tank. Fortunately the tank has just been replaced in time for next year's crop of honey.

 

[Amari]

We have a large pond and not far away the farm has cows and cowpats

Your aforementioned Welsh Cowpat Honey. Did you ever manage to get it onto the shelves of F&M?

 

[HughMann]

Unbelievable - and altogether too believable.
In Mid Wales, this?

No, she lives in the Midlands. Wales seems far better organized