You know when you live in the country when...

[boyse7en]

KrazyIvan said:

When you wake up to next doors horses in your garden again....

Its the ones that wander up the garden path and eat my flowers that annoy me.

[JakeT]

You can go for a many mile long walk and never see anybody else. Love it.

[brrapp]

When the sheep recognise the locals' cars so know when to get off the road and when to just sit there and annoy the tourists.

[mike74]

At lunchtime you'll find wellies and waterproof bottoms left at the front door (farmers will get this one)

[Mothersruin]

S11Steve said:

civicduty said:

You can actually see the stars rather than an orange haze in the night sky.

I spent a weekend in the Cairngorms earlier this year, and the sky left us both completely awestruck. The more our eyes adjusted to the dark, the more stars we could see, almost to the point the sky was grey, not black,

We have started talking about retirement plans based on that weekend.

This place is where we live https://spaceguardcentre.com

It's very nice living in a dark sky area.

[Mr Dendrite]

Live in the city - Never speak to your neighbours.
Live in the country - Can't see your neighbours, but everyone knows what everyone else is up to.

[brrapp]

You own one pair of shoes and 5 different pairs of wellies

[Adenauer]

You put a fence around the garden to keep the dogs in and the wild boar out. Then at night the deer jump over the fence and eat all of the flowers on the terrace.

[austinsmirk]

the village shop and combined post office sells quails eggs.

[brrapp]

You've a set of binoculars on the window sill to watch what the neighbours are up to.

[Stickyfinger]

Adenauer said:

You put a fence around the garden to keep the dogs in and the DINNER out. Then at night the DINNER jumps over the fence and eat all of the flowers on the terrace.

Get a licence and a chest freezer

[thebraketester]

Shakermaker said:

thebraketester said:

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Do you feed beef burgers to swans?

What's wrong with that? They're high in fat, they'll help the swans float!

• surprised face*

Really?

[Mothersruin]

Stickyfinger said:

Adenauer said:

You put a fence around the garden to keep the dogs in and the DINNER out. Then at night the DINNER jumps over the fence and eat all of the flowers on the terrace.

Get a licence and a chest freezer

Then set up a Bacon Tree to catch them.

[Electronicpants]

You take a torch to the pub with you.

[patmahe]

You stand in your kitchen with a cup of tea and admire the view of the lake and woodlands and the 2 or 3 other houses you can see dotted in the miles around you all while enjoying the blissful silence that is so lacking from the modern world

[glenrobbo]

Stickyfinger said:

When owls hoot you to sleep and your chickens wake you up, now if only could train the Cockrell to make the coffee

He could invent you a hovercraft.

[Adenauer]

Mothersruin said:

Stickyfinger said:

Adenauer said:

You put a fence around the garden to keep the dogs in and the DINNER out. Then at night the DINNER jumps over the fence and eat all of the flowers on the terrace.

Get a licence and a chest freezer

Then set up a Bacon Tree to catch them.

All it takes are some freshly planted whatever they're called flower things.

And I'm not shooting them, they're cute.

I'm not gay.

[Stickyfinger]

glenrobbo said:

He could invent you a hovercraft.

Lol

[Cold]

A simple injury means certain death because not even the Air Ambulance knows where you live.

[fido]

All your neighbours were 'Leave' voters.