Clara
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Anyone in POWYS?It's possible that we might have found somewhere in Powys to move to, is there anyone there?
What's the area like (especially round Llanidloes)?
What are job prospects like? (My OH is a tree surgeon so that usually means he needs rich country folk around!!)
What are the language politics? I'm aware that Welsh is compulsory school subject, but for example are you allowed to work for the council if you don't speak Welsh?
It looks beautiful and wedged between Snowdonia and the Brecons is wonderful for us mountain people, but don't want to end up somewhere we can't earn a living.
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Chez
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Millions of us  . Is that the one for sale near Dolwen, or the one for sale near Llanurig? 
It's a lovely area, although I suspect that the number of rich country folk is less than the number of farmers. There are one or two tree surgeons about; so there must be a demand for it.
As for the Welsh thing, yes Welsh is compulsory at school. But there are also two streams of schooling, one through the medium of Welsh and one where it's taught as a 'foreign' language. It is spoken quite a bit down near Llani and if you have young children I would recommend 'dropping them in the deep end' and sticking them in a Welsh Medium primary school. Partly because it will be better for them in the long run and partly because it will definitely help you to integrate in to the community if you are seen to be supportive of bilingualism.
You *are* allowed to work for the council if you don't speak Welsh, usually with an undertaking that you are learning the language. We have been here three years now and we are picking bits up. Various of the other Powys lot are fluent speakers or learning. It's quite a complex social thing - for example, if you are introduced to someone in English, then they will apparently talk to you in English for ever and day, even if you are a fluent Welsh speaker .
Some of us Powys lot meet quite often for a chat ... are you a cake fan?
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Clara
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Thanks for all the info, I looked up tree surgeons on yell.com and it seems there are a few firms in the area, so that is encouraging.
I'm keeping the location under my hat - but it's neither of those, be interested to see links to those properties if you have them.
Do I like cake? I am the queen of cake and right now I have a hungry 6 week old, I'm looking for those 500 extra calories - cake is the way forward!!
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Chez
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The Morris Marshall and Poole website - do an advanced search on Llanidloes and tick the 'Smallholding'.
Re cake, welcome to the club then. Oh, and the small-children-toast-stuck-to-head club
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pookie
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from Powys too it is a beautiful place and we really like cake 
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mochyn
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There a several of us here: it's like leukaemia: there are definite downsizer hot-spots and Montgomeryshire is one of them.
We love it here but the language politics thing varies greatly from village to village. It works fine for us but then I have more that 50% Welsh blood so we have a head start.
Pob lwc!
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Mary-Jane
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Dyfed-Powys here - well, Ceredigion actually. It's a lovely part of the world where we all live...and made to feel very welcome. 
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Mary-Jane
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| mochyn wrote: | | there are definite downsizer hot-spots and Montgomeryshire is one of them. |
So is Ceredigion...*she said sulkily*
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pookie
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| Mary-Jane wrote: | | mochyn wrote: | | there are definite downsizer hot-spots and Montgomeryshire is one of them. |
So is Ceredigion...*she said sulkily* |
you can be a hot spot too
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sean
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It's not really selling it though is it? Come to Ceredigion where the downsizers are a bit sulky.
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Chez
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Bye Sean. Nice knowing you .
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Clara
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well if this tongue-in-cheek abusive humour is par for the course I think we'll fit right in 
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mochyn
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| Clara wrote: | | well if this tongue-in-cheek abusive humour is par for the course I think we'll fit right in |
What's this 'tongu in cheek' thing? We're all deadly serious.
Especially M-J.
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Nick
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| mochyn wrote: | | Clara wrote: | | well if this tongue-in-cheek abusive humour is par for the course I think we'll fit right in |
What's this 'tongu in cheek' thing? We're all deadly serious.
Especially M-J. |
Apparently, it's just like leukaemia.
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Mary-Jane
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I haven't got a 'tongu' in my cheek - or anywhere else for that matter (as far as I know). But if I find one I shall be sure to insert it into Sean...
...sideways. 
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Chez
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Gervase
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Dogwalker
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I moved to near Llani in January, it's great.
I've been welcomed by both locals and MDS and it feels like I fit at last.
You have to not mind everyone knowing what you're doing before you've even thought it though. Perhaps it's I've moved to a cottage that's belonged to the same family forever but I did feel a bit under the spotlight, people know about me before we've met, so don't tell anyone anything you don't want the whole neighbourhood to know.
Debbie
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Chez
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Yes, Debbie's quite right about that.
BTW, Debbie, I've found some more bits of greenhouse - the ones that hold the roof up, which I suspect you might be needing ...
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Dogwalker
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Thanks keep them safe for me till we next meet up.
I'm doing the greenhouse when I get really fed up of being dusty doing indoors so it will probably be next year before it's up and functional.
Making slow progress.
My middle son came down from Telford to help on saturday, he's really grown up into a nice young man. Anyone having trouble with teenagers take heart , he was the worst.
Sorry getting off topic. It's beautiful here, loads of birds singing, sheep baa-ing, and as son commented 'you can't see any tarmac'.
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