G4JNw - Yorkshire, Isle of lewis, Cumbria - Where to Next?
I have always love travelling as you can see below.
We moved to Anthorn in Cumbria in 2005 from the Isle of lewis.
Anthorn is a small village which has friendly old fashioned feel, most people in the village commute to either Carlisle or Wigton for work, takes me 20 minutes by car to work in Carlisle.
People tend to move here, like we did, for a quieter life, its a good place to bring children up and is part of the cumbrian area of natural beauty.
Yet within easy travelling distance of both Carlisle and Wigton.
The next village to Anthorn (Kirkbride) houses the local doctor and shop/post office, school etc, there is a post office that travels to Anthorn and is housed in the village hall, with limited hours.
The younger children tend to go to Bowness on Solway school and a bus comes to the village to pick them up and drop them off.
Anthorn has its own little village green and a children's play area.
Being right on the Wampool estuary which leads into the Solway Firth you are 2 minutes away from lovely walks along the water side.
Take a look here for a view of Anthorn and a bit of history about the area.
Our house in Cumbria is now sold but will update my site when we have moved into our new home, it will be a few weeks as we have work to do on the house, in the meantime you can contact me via the contact page.
Its funny when we sell we have always been lucky to sell to people similar to ourselves and the people moving into our house in Anthorn are lovely and i hope they will be as happy as we were there.
We have to move on as we want to be nearer Ruths Dad who isnt in the best of health BUT we will continue to enjoy life.
A little background of who I am:
I was brought up in a place called Birkenshaw near Bradford, where I lived on Bradford road on the corner of Town St opposite the lovely Arthur Hampshire's fish and chip shop, yet to find a better fish and chips, I worked at Lion Stores on Town Street when i left school.
My whole world was Birkenshaw. My grandparents lived on Croft Street, my Aunty lived on Town Street.
I then moved to Scarborough in North Yorkshire to do my Nurse training in 1969, after I qualified in 1972
I moved to Montreal in Canada to work for a year as a nurse. Male nurses were a bit rare in 1972!
I returned after a years contract to join the ambulance service, initially for West Yorkshire Met, working at Gildersome and Dewsbury, then moving to North Yorkshire and working at Scarborough which i was in for 20 years (and loved every minute and miss it very much)
After an injury I had to retire from the ambulance service and took up a post as a Sub Postmaster, not for me but still enjoyed the job, and it was a home for our 2 children.
We then moved to the Isle of Lewis where we lived for 13 years, were i had 3 jobs at once (mostly the norm on the Islands as most survive on part time jobs) my 3 jobs were, nursing, working for the ambulance service and after training at Lewes Castle College - Weaving Harris Tweed.
The boys grew up and we followed them back to England and live were we do now in Anthorn (FOR NOW!)
Whats the future hold?
Well we are hoping to retire abroad - see retiring page for more details!!
We have 2 grown up boys one living in Australia and one living in Thailand.
We moved to Anthorn in Cumbria in 2005 from the Isle of lewis.
Anthorn is a small village which has friendly old fashioned feel, most people in the village commute to either Carlisle or Wigton for work, takes me 20 minutes by car to work in Carlisle.
People tend to move here, like we did, for a quieter life, its a good place to bring children up and is part of the cumbrian area of natural beauty.
Yet within easy travelling distance of both Carlisle and Wigton.
The next village to Anthorn (Kirkbride) houses the local doctor and shop/post office, school etc, there is a post office that travels to Anthorn and is housed in the village hall, with limited hours.
The younger children tend to go to Bowness on Solway school and a bus comes to the village to pick them up and drop them off.
Anthorn has its own little village green and a children's play area.
Being right on the Wampool estuary which leads into the Solway Firth you are 2 minutes away from lovely walks along the water side.
Take a look here for a view of Anthorn and a bit of history about the area.
Our house in Cumbria is now sold but will update my site when we have moved into our new home, it will be a few weeks as we have work to do on the house, in the meantime you can contact me via the contact page.
Its funny when we sell we have always been lucky to sell to people similar to ourselves and the people moving into our house in Anthorn are lovely and i hope they will be as happy as we were there.
We have to move on as we want to be nearer Ruths Dad who isnt in the best of health BUT we will continue to enjoy life.
A little background of who I am:
I was brought up in a place called Birkenshaw near Bradford, where I lived on Bradford road on the corner of Town St opposite the lovely Arthur Hampshire's fish and chip shop, yet to find a better fish and chips, I worked at Lion Stores on Town Street when i left school.
My whole world was Birkenshaw. My grandparents lived on Croft Street, my Aunty lived on Town Street.
I then moved to Scarborough in North Yorkshire to do my Nurse training in 1969, after I qualified in 1972
I moved to Montreal in Canada to work for a year as a nurse. Male nurses were a bit rare in 1972!
I returned after a years contract to join the ambulance service, initially for West Yorkshire Met, working at Gildersome and Dewsbury, then moving to North Yorkshire and working at Scarborough which i was in for 20 years (and loved every minute and miss it very much)
After an injury I had to retire from the ambulance service and took up a post as a Sub Postmaster, not for me but still enjoyed the job, and it was a home for our 2 children.
We then moved to the Isle of Lewis where we lived for 13 years, were i had 3 jobs at once (mostly the norm on the Islands as most survive on part time jobs) my 3 jobs were, nursing, working for the ambulance service and after training at Lewes Castle College - Weaving Harris Tweed.
The boys grew up and we followed them back to England and live were we do now in Anthorn (FOR NOW!)
Whats the future hold?
Well we are hoping to retire abroad - see retiring page for more details!!
We have 2 grown up boys one living in Australia and one living in Thailand.
The main hobby is sea fishing, I have 3 beachcasters, tripod, lug pump and all the other gear, I try to get out when I can, depending on work. I am no where the best fisherman in the world but do enjoy the fresh air and the company of my mates where we have a good laugh - If my family depended on me for fish we would all starve! BUT its a great relaxing hobby.
Our house is literally 2 minutes from the Wampool estuary where flounders can be caught, if you follow the Wampool it goes into the Solway - just along the coast - just a short drive - you come to Port Carlisle where fishing competitions are held during the year and a little further along is where the famous Haaf Netting takes place for Salmon click http://www.visitcumbria.com/haaf-netting-in-cumbria/ for more info.
There is plenty of variety in Cumbria from Flounder to my favourite Bass (a little further south)
We absolutely adore travelling and I try to take a travel rod with me if I can, have fished in many places the best and most exciting place we in Queensland, Australia where i saw schools of tuna being chased by shark plus being me I met a great local fisherman who took me to his local fishing place and heard many tales - great - just what i like.
I am always keen to meet local fishermen, wherever it maybe and see how they fish and what bait they use etc, I'm NEVER too old to learn.
I have started to take pictures of marks when I remember the camera!!
Take a look at the images here http://www.flickr.com/photos/g4jnwweeblylink_new_window
My other hobby is that Iam a radioham (G4JNW) have been a radioham for many years, my QTH is pretty poor compared to our old QTH on the isle of lewis but still I try, I mainly transmit on the Shortwave bands.
I have a page on here called Ham Radio which tells you more.
Use our contact page to get in touch
I have a youtube video channel which i update from time to time, please subscribe if your interested, it covers aspects of my hobby and videos of the Isle of Lewis, including videos of my weaving career.
I also have a blog page for discussion.
other pages of interest on my site are:
Memories a page that i should really call my working timeline
RAF museum about a day we donated my dads tools to the museum and info on my dads time in the RAF
Birkenshaw some old photos of where i was brought up as a child.
Our house is literally 2 minutes from the Wampool estuary where flounders can be caught, if you follow the Wampool it goes into the Solway - just along the coast - just a short drive - you come to Port Carlisle where fishing competitions are held during the year and a little further along is where the famous Haaf Netting takes place for Salmon click http://www.visitcumbria.com/haaf-netting-in-cumbria/ for more info.
There is plenty of variety in Cumbria from Flounder to my favourite Bass (a little further south)
We absolutely adore travelling and I try to take a travel rod with me if I can, have fished in many places the best and most exciting place we in Queensland, Australia where i saw schools of tuna being chased by shark plus being me I met a great local fisherman who took me to his local fishing place and heard many tales - great - just what i like.
I am always keen to meet local fishermen, wherever it maybe and see how they fish and what bait they use etc, I'm NEVER too old to learn.
I have started to take pictures of marks when I remember the camera!!
Take a look at the images here http://www.flickr.com/photos/g4jnwweeblylink_new_window
My other hobby is that Iam a radioham (G4JNW) have been a radioham for many years, my QTH is pretty poor compared to our old QTH on the isle of lewis but still I try, I mainly transmit on the Shortwave bands.
I have a page on here called Ham Radio which tells you more.
Use our contact page to get in touch
I have a youtube video channel which i update from time to time, please subscribe if your interested, it covers aspects of my hobby and videos of the Isle of Lewis, including videos of my weaving career.
I also have a blog page for discussion.
other pages of interest on my site are:
Memories a page that i should really call my working timeline
RAF museum about a day we donated my dads tools to the museum and info on my dads time in the RAF
Birkenshaw some old photos of where i was brought up as a child.
