Going Home

[enitharmon]

Tomorrow morning I'm getting up very early, and I'm going to catch a train Oop North.

I'm going home for a couple of day. If all goes well, soon I'll be moving up there for good.

I say 'home' - well I left there when I was a baby and only returned for occasional visits to grandparents for the next twenty years. After that I had no grandparents left, so in thirty years I've been back no more times than I could count on the fingers of one hand.

I always felt a bit shame-faced about my home town of Barrow-in-Furness. It never sounded very prepossessing. But somehow one's opinion mellows when you recollect that here's a town on the end of a remote peninula, blessed with one of the longest, flattest and safest beaches you'd find anywhere, overlooked by the Lakeland mountains, it starts to sound attractive. A lot like the west of Ireland, in fact, without the tourists. And housing is still cheap!

I suppose it's an acknowledgement that I'm winding down to retirement, but I'm really looking forward to it now. Like a new adventure, and a new beginning full of opportunity.

Wish me bon voyage!

Comments

[scotsbookie.livejournal.com]

Hope it all goes well & you have an enjoyable time. Take Morven my springer spaniel for a virtual walk on the beach please :-)

[satsekhmet.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping the trip goes well and that you find what you need up there.

[tvor.livejournal.com]

I've seen your VT pages on it and it does look nice. Being by the sea always makes me happy. I hope it does the same for you!

[pookledo.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if you had made a decision yet. Good luck!

[zemarl.livejournal.com]

ooo bon voyage, bonne chance!

[elestr.livejournal.com]

Enjoy your trip. I do hope you find what you're looking for "back home". I know exactly what you mean about your opinion of somewhere changing as you mature. I used to think that I was stuck in a rut by staying in the same place for all of my life - but now I just feel settled.

Iris:)