tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32184847.post6852557624172706879..comments2023-05-06T15:24:09.033+00:00Comments on Smallholding in Cornwall (was Somerset): Val Graingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07208039108902726094noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32184847.post-26535151092490522412008-05-21T21:34:00.000+00:002008-05-21T21:34:00.000+00:00I agree! I see so many people doing this it makes ...I agree! I see so many people doing this it makes me very sad....real local people cannot afford to live in their own communities anymore!Val Graingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208039108902726094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32184847.post-16247095208336509202008-05-21T11:48:00.000+00:002008-05-21T11:48:00.000+00:00that is so sad. I have been saving up for a farm ...that is so sad. I have been saving up for a farm since I was 17 (for over ten years now, I'm not a high flyer!). Only now that it's 'fashionable' has everything come together for me. Unfortunately the second homers and downsizers from london or wherever have meant we will never be able to own our own farm. So we decided that we would just get the land and put up with the fact we'll never have a 'home'. The land we've bought though is not the land we dreamed of, beautiful as it is. The land we dreamed of is too expensive now.<BR/><BR/>We're lumped in with the current downsizing band wagon and it drives me mad. What'll happen when 'they' all get bored or they go broke?<BR/><BR/>I just read someone on a forum saying that they have downsized from london to devon and the cottage had had a 'crotchety old woman and her family rattling around in it for generations' so they were going to have to gut the house and start again. Turns your stomach.henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14862469963939581449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32184847.post-45841686151916227962008-05-17T08:30:00.000+00:002008-05-17T08:30:00.000+00:00The farmers will only be truly appreciated once th...The farmers will only be truly appreciated once they've all gone and everything we currently eat is imported. Then watch the prices rise.Jackie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882421018698662460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32184847.post-39188866810883700322008-05-15T15:40:00.000+00:002008-05-15T15:40:00.000+00:00Why is it that everyone eats but few of us appreci...Why is it that everyone eats but few of us appreciate what it entails? Farming land is getting more and more expensive---and harder and harder to find. At least we have enough to feed ourselves and maybe a few others but....<BR/>Beautiful picture by the way---your country is so attractive. I have stacks of photos that look very similar to yours above from our trip years ago. Funny how I wouldn't dream of taking pics of houses here---but find it absolutely fascinating to drool over those of your country :-D<BR/>Anyway--no fleeces right now--but I will late this summer if you want one or some. There is also a lady in Wales that I think has some right now though:<BR/>http://www.icelandicsheepinwales.co.uk/<BR/>Have a great day Val--enjoy the rain <BR/>MonicaDancingfarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542161200214992918noreply@blogger.com