Real insights, local knowledge, and honest advice from someone making the move right now.
Why I'm Moving Here
After years of city living, we're making a major life change and moving to the North Cotswolds.
This site documents that move in real time. Every village visit, every lesson learned, every recommendation and every challenge will be shared openly to help others considering the same journey.
This isn't written by an outsider. It's being written by someone living it.
Sunny · Chief walk inspector
The Decision
After fifteen years in the world's great cities, here's the honest reasoning behind our decision to move to one very specific corner of England.
Not because we're retreating from ambition.
Not because we're slowing down.
Quite the opposite.
The questions we couldn't ignore
Area Guides
Honest, first-hand notes on the places we've walked, eaten in and seriously considered living - updated as the search continues.
A green at the heart of village life
A tucked-away mill village
The Venice of the Cotswolds
Wide, elegant and gallery-lined
The gateway to the Cotswolds
The prettiest high street in England
The liveliest market town in the hills
Hilltop views in every direction
Thatched cottages and timeless lanes
The village everyone whispers about
A tiny village with a famous opera house
Tuesday market and the mainline
A quiet hamlet off the beaten track
The most peaceful village in the Cotswolds
A quiet corner of the Cotswolds
Relocation Hub
The practical side of Cotswold life, researched as I go and written down before I forget it.
State, prep and independent - catchments and waiting lists.
Read article →What listings don't tell you about stone, damp and lanes.
Read article →Train times to Paddington, parking, and the real door-to-door.
Read article →Where fibre actually reaches, and where it doesn't.
Read article →Oil heating, council tax, and the weekly shop.
Read article →GPs, dentists, trades, vets - who has capacity.
Read article →Social media
I share the move as it happens on social media - pick a platform below and follow along.
Short films and photographs from the road - village visits, viewings, market days and the odd very good pub.
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House hunting, village walks and life as it happens
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Short films from the road - viewings, market days and the odd very good pub
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Sunrise walks above the valley
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Longer updates, village finds and photos from the week
Newsletter
Weekly insights, relocation advice, hidden gems and updates from my move to, and real life in the North Cotswolds.
