17-01-15, 03:01 PM
(17-01-15, 02:07 PM)tex link Wrote: I would go to the house during the day, and night, weekends, to check it out. Go to the local shop and ask there. And don't forget you aren't from the area, so there will be a bit of suspicion, accent etc. It can be hard to find new friends and fit in when you move so far.
A night time stroll around is a good idea. Unfortunately, I won't be there on a weekend this visit, but could probably pop up again sometime before committing to anywhere.
Yep, it's all a fresh start, so everything will be unfamiliar. Got quite a strong London accent, can't help that, but always been good at customer service, so I'll turn on the charm :lol
Hopefully, once up there, I'll be able to make new friends through my interests; biking being the obvious one, but fell walking too. I met and got chatting to lots of folks, both local and visitors, when I did my 2 month fell walking holiday in the Lakes region. One woman in a cafe in Keswick I used a lot offered me her spare bedroom as a base for finding a flat to rent :eek :b :evil :lol I'll also be looking for live music venues to go see some local bands; used to play guitar and who knows, might even get back into that a bit.