Tuesday 23 July 2013

New Views

DSC_5079 lines by Lillput
DSC_5079 lines, a photo by Lillput on Flickr.
So, after several months of thinking, planning, looking, getting exasperated and nearly giving up...we finally did it.

S & I bought our house in Eastbourne. We'll both be here part of the time as we still have lives in Hitchin and Bristol, respecitively.

It'll complicate our lives a little in some senses and make them a little easier in others.

S comes from here but I've never lived anywhere but Bristol(ish) so it's quite the adventure for me.

I already have a number of friends here and lots of adopted family so I'm hardly going to be lonely when I'm here on my own...nevertheless, some days it all feels a tiny bit daunting.

Our house is on the western fringe of the town. A couple of miles on foot from the sea, but 600m or so from the South Downs which, depsite their distinctly uppiness, I'm learning to love.

I've got a number of work/community projects I'm trying to get underway but I'm going to need more than that to get to know this place.

I'm thinking the best way is to do what I like best - take photographs. I haven't decided on the rules for this new project yet but when I have, I think I'll start a new blog to house it.

After all, this blog was started and was mostly about a particular period in my life and this move to Eastbourne (albeit part time) marks the end of that time. The time started with immense sadness...but working through it all, with old friends and new ones has forged new happiness out of the sadness.

To plaigiarise...
This is not the end, nor the beginning of the end...but perhaps the end of the beginning.