So today after 18 and a half years I am moving house. Its only 20 minutes away from where I currently live but I still have mixed emotions.
This is the house I grew up in, I only have vague memories of where I lived before here. Even though it is a shit hole, I met some genuine people and also some people who were quite the opposite.. It was close to the town centre, the majority of people who lived around us knew of us by our dogs – especially where we frequently walked them ”Down the backs” we call it; its a bunch of country land, farmers fields and a nature reserve. It has a canal and numerous lakes as well as the River Calder running straight through it. Recently a relief road had been developed and sent a lot of traffic down that way which ruined the landscape and also brought a lot of negative attention (people fly tipping, people damaging cars passing by) as well as having loads of housing estates planning permission. Although its gone slightly downhill it’s not the specific reason we are moving, we still enjoy the walks when we go down, even when we have to be more vigilant.
I’m excited because its a fresh start in a area we know some, but not a lot about plus it has a lot of country land close for dog walking. We’re further away from shops/takeaways which is a positive for me (in the long run) but there is more pubs locally which could replace those habits! There’s a train station a few minutes walk away for easy transport into town or Leeds. Although it couldn’t be at a more inconvenient time (having recently had my shoulder done, my finger still splinted up – I’m quite useless really! I’ll try to do my bit and hopefully be settled sooner rather than later, I feel I adapt to situations/environments quickly I my dogs too because they don’t have a clue whats going on and all they’re sensing is stress – probably making them anxious.
Here’s to the future, may it help us all grow without forgetting our past.
featNaz 