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If you could live anywhere
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:08 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
Where would it be and why?
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:29 pm
by Bop
Evening CCC.
It would be Liz Hurleys house. Broadly speaking.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:30 pm
by Pstotto
I live opposite my doctor's surgery and 400 yards from Waitrose and a 5 mins walk from an Odeon cinema and the dentist. In terms of practicality, not bad.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:31 pm
by Dyched
Pioneertown ca.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:32 pm
by jdrobbo
Sunday to Friday: Lopud
Saturdays (and various other days within a nine month window): Driving distance from Turf Moor.
Failing the above: British Columbia
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:44 pm
by Vino blanco
Proudsville
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:48 pm
by RalphCoatesComb
Another shout out for Proudsville or a cottage by the sea in Cornwall with access to my own helicopter to take me t'Turf and Bury market

Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:57 pm
by tybfc
Pstotto wrote:I live opposite my doctor's surgery and 400 yards from Waitrose and a 5 mins walk from an Odeon cinema and the dentist. In terms of practicality, not bad.
I would want to live miles from my doctors who I hate seeing.
We don't have a Waitrose near here unfortunately.
If there was an Odeon cinema within a thousand miles it would be too close.
And dentists. Only wasps are worst. They should all be a million miles away.
I would live in Goa.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:58 pm
by starting_11
Jersey.
In a chateau
Nuff said
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:02 am
by RalphCoatesComb
tybfc wrote:I would live in Goa.
Do they not have land and sea snakes in Goa ?
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:04 am
by Sutton-Claret
When I was a student I used to live above a pizza shop, to the right was a chip shop and to the left was a pub....... Beat that
Only downside... It was in Bolton
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:07 am
by RalphCoatesComb
Sutton-Claret wrote:It was in Bolton
On Deane Road?
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:10 am
by troubleatmexico
Sidewalk
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:14 am
by Sutton-Claret
RalphCoatesComb wrote:On Deane Road?
Can't remember the name of the road or the pub tbh - I'll have to check. The Pizza shop was a Tex Mex - about a mile up the road from Bolton Institute.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:16 am
by tim_noone
Roystone vasey affected my two eldest so it wouldn't be there....
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:18 am
by RalphCoatesComb
Sutton-Claret wrote:Can't remember the name of the road or the pub tbh - I'll have to check. The Pizza shop was a Tex Mex - about a mile up the road from Bolton Institute.
Sounds like Deane Road, or it could be St Helens Road towards Leigh.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:19 am
by Bin Ont Turf
It's always been Tuvalu for me.
Although waste and supposed rising sea levels are mentioned as negatives these days.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:21 am
by cricketfieldclarets
tim_noone wrote:Roystone vasey affected my two eldest so it wouldn't be there....

Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:37 am
by Dazzler
Got to be within easy driving distance of the Turf and somewhere the wife is fond of...It would be a tough decision between the Fylde area and the Lune Valley as we have good friends & close relatives in both areas.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:58 am
by 50 shades of Grey
where I live now - Ribble Valley. 20 mins to Burnley, the trough of Bowland/ Yorkshire Dales/ South Lakes literally on the doorstep, more real ale and good food than even a glutton like me can manage. I'm happy enough.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:19 am
by TheOriginalLongsider
Vancouver. Went on holiday a few years ago and it’s friendly, loads of stuff to do, skiing nearby and amazing wildlife
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:23 am
by Sidney1st
If I didn't have kids and lots more money it would be abroad probably, somewhere in Europe or the US.
As it stands now I'd prefer to live in the North West, but I'm happy enough being near my kids.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:11 am
by 4:20
In an octopuses garden, in the shade.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:13 am
by Colburn_Claret
I live on the edge of the Dales, the only place I'd move is somewhere nearer the middle.
Must have a thriving pub within walking distance, the rest doesn't matter.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:16 am
by happyclaret17
anywhere really as long as I had a bstard fan on the left and a bstard fan on the right.....oh the fun I would have...utc.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:11 am
by Sutton-Claret
RalphCoatesComb wrote:Sounds like Deane Road, or it could be St Helens Road towards Leigh.
Just checked google maps - yes it was Deane road. The Tex Mex is still there..... The pub is now a gourmet diner...... and the chippy is a Tax advice shop.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:14 am
by RalphCoatesComb
Sutton-Claret wrote:Just checked google maps - yes it was Deane road
What a good guess that was ! I'd better go and put my Sky Super 6 on whilst my luck holds out

Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:38 am
by houseboy
In Italy, pretty much anywhere but preferably in the South. Great country, great food and great people who, as Europeans, are the closest to us in sense of humour. Great football as well. As Jeremy Clarkson once said, 'to be born Italian and male is like winning the lottery of life'.
Failing that Argentina, somewhere near Avellaneda in Buenos Aires so that I could watch Racing Club FC (don't ask why I just fell in love with them as a kid and look for their results even to this day).
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:15 am
by ClaretDiver
Back in Thailand......
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:25 am
by CJW
Kommetjie
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:46 am
by clarethomer
I don't know if such a place exists.....
16-20 degrees all year round. Sunny during the day and if has to rain, its quick and done with swiftly during the day or at night time.
Must have good internet so I can watch Burnley still.
If anyone can think of such a place, please let me know so I can start planning

Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:49 am
by Lancasterclaret
Where I live now to be honest, though probably with a bigger bund against the river
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:50 am
by cricketfieldclarets
clarethomer wrote:I don't know if such a place exists.....
16-20 degrees all year round. Sunny during the day and if has to rain, its quick and done with swiftly during the day or at night time.
Must have good internet so I can watch Burnley still.
If anyone can think of such a place, please let me know so I can start planning

San Diego. Bit warmer than that in summer but mornings are always cooler.
Failing that sounds like the canaries...
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:02 pm
by PWBFC
If I was to ignore the crime then I'd go for Cape Town.
Great climate, great food, lots of opportunities for outdoor activities. Love the place.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:11 pm
by NRC
I CAN live wherever i want according to my employment contract, affordability is the limiter though...... so where i am will do nicely. And when i retire the mrs and i will airbnb for periods here and there as we fancy
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:06 pm
by yorkyclaret
In a penthouse on top of the Bob Lord stand.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:16 pm
by clarethomer
cricketfieldclarets wrote:San Diego. Bit warmer than that in summer but mornings are always cooler.
Failing that sounds like the canaries...
Having done a quick google, that looks pretty much spot on from a realistic climate.
San Diego.. is my answer...
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:05 pm
by Steve1956
St.Andrew's on the East coast of Scotland,or the Greek island of Cephalonia
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:49 pm
by ClaretDiver
PWBFC wrote:If I was to ignore the crime then I'd go for Cape Town.
Great climate, great food, lots of opportunities for outdoor activities. Love the place.
My wife is from CT and we have family there. Crime is not as rife as in Joburg or Durban but it is there.
We got married there 18 months ago....awesome city but job opportunities for a white man are scarce....you would hav to have a lot of money in the bank and even then it can take years to get a visa...
Shame as we had hoped to settle there after H's stroke but it proved impossible....
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:55 pm
by Sutton-Claret
Yes it was a good guess considering the place has changed so much since I lived there in 96.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 4:06 pm
by houseboy
clarethomer wrote:I don't know if such a place exists.....
16-20 degrees all year round. Sunny during the day and if has to rain, its quick and done with swiftly during the day or at night time.
Must have good internet so I can watch Burnley still.
If anyone can think of such a place, please let me know so I can start planning

Bacup? Not sure about the internet there though but I'm told they do have a sort of telephone system.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 4:31 pm
by cutsy123
Bootleggers
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 4:54 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
clarethomer wrote:Having done a quick google, that looks pretty much spot on from a realistic climate.
San Diego.. is my answer...
Great city as well.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:22 pm
by HatfieldClaret
Would have to be Barbados. So long as I could afford a big house on the West coast and didn't have to work.
I miss the Dales too but, in reality, 30 mins to central london by train ain't too bad.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:33 pm
by Lowbankclaret
Trough of Bowland with 20-30 acres.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:40 pm
by bobinho
I like the amalfi coast.
Failing that, there’s a house on the outskirts of padiham as you drive towards read and simonstone before you get to the lights for the bypass. It’s on the right, recently sandblasted, and painted a lovely shade of green. Double garage, and decent sized from garden. I’d like to live there. If I win the lottery, I will.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:46 pm
by Claret-On-A-T-Rex
Where I live now, in Mataro, the most beautiful town on the Costa Maresme.
Here's the view from my balcony yesterday...

Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:48 pm
by TheOriginalLongsider
Claret-On-A-T-Rex wrote:Where I live now, in Mataro, the most beautiful town on the Costa Maresme.
Here's the view from my balcony yesterday...

Gorgeous!!!!!!!!
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:51 pm
by levraiclaret
RalphCoatesComb wrote:Another shout out for Proudsville or a cottage by the sea in Cornwall with access to my own helicopter to take me t'Turf and Bury market

Yeh that would do for me too.
Re: If you could live anywhere
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:55 pm
by ŽižkovClaret
Beer a quid a pint, garden on my roof insulating me nicely, and a pool next to that in summer.
Women aren't too shabby either
Heja Zizkov!