my mrs is from wokingham (near reading)
it's ok there. wokingham is horribly expensive. reading is a bit shit.

you'd be better off in the south west if you can get a job. most of the deluded idiots on here can't accept that it is better than where they live, but people like me and PhillipJoe know what we are on about.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:16, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

My boyfriend's parents are from there
Nice place. Expensive too.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:23, Reply)

*does "cuckoo" motion*
Of course it is mate. Of course it is.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:25, Reply)

your drug-addled brain will not allow you to accept the truth

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:26, Reply)

Quite fancy a move down the M5 to Bristol in the new year
I get the impression life gets more relaxed once Cheltenham's well and truly behind you, not that I know the SW too well.

The other nearby city is Birmingham (Worcester is nearer but it's not a proper city, no sir). That doesn't appeal at all.
(raymond "three griddle pans" luxury yacht lovin' the christmas action, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:26, Reply)

Somerset isn't really worth bothering with
it's like a sub-standard version of Devon.

Devon itself is awesome.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:27, Reply)

Cornwall is statistically the poorest county in the UK

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:28, Reply)

I'm promoting Devon here
Cornwall is there for when I want to visit it.

also, it's most likely poorest because there aren't big cities
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:29, Reply)

Actually I love Devon
I've holidayed in Chagford a couple of times, and stayed at Gidleigh Park for my father's 60th.

It was delightful. I whupped everyone's asses at crocquet and then threw up on the lawn.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:32, Reply)

Haha

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:33, Reply)

I'm 100% class, me.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:34, Reply)

that's what Devon is like
every day

well, not quite. But it's pretty awesome having the beach 20 minutes in one direction and Dartmoor 20 minutes in the other.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:35, Reply)

Dartmouth's a pretty little town too.
Some shockingly bad local artists there, mind you.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:36, Reply)

this is unfortunately true of a lot of the south west
don't go to Totnes whatever you do. full of fucking hippies
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:43, Reply)

I once had a terrible haircut in Totnes
"but you have a terrible haircut everywhere, Monty"...I know, I know...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:44, Reply)

I might as well not be here eh?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:57, Reply)

yeah go on, fuck off

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 15:07, Reply)

*weeps uncontrollably*

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 15:17, Reply)

*ruffles hair*
There there, just think of this as a valuable life experience...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 15:40, Reply)

Bristol ain't in Somerset, dude.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 18:56, Reply)

Generally Reading itself is a crime ridden shit hole...
But, despite the motorway built through the middle, there are some nice bits and some nice villages nearby. I'd recommend Caversham area to live in, but you need to see which side of the river you'd work on and how long it'd take to get there if you have to drive.

There are lots of nice villages just outside Reading which are really great, but again you want to check out traffic/train/bus/cycle journey to work.

Ask work if you can do a week working from the Reading office so you can have a good look round and see if you like the place?

You can do some research on what your summer will be like from the Met Office here www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/regional/

Good Luck...
( b3tz, Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:36, Reply)

Very useful
Thanks, sir.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:49, Reply)