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[DimPrawn]

All you lot with places non-commutable to London, give up. For what RH does, most of the wonga is in London.

WHS.

I would suggest again the only sensible options are the very top (i.e. expensive) places in Surrey. Not known as the Stock Brokers commuter belt for nothing.

[EqualOpportunities]

Leicester. It's crap and there's no work, but it's very handy for several of the best hunts in the country. The Quorn is a mere half hour's drive from the affordable housing in some of the more violent council estates.

You don't ride out do you Nick? I've never seen you there...

[NickFitz]

You don't ride out do you Nick? I've never seen you there...

No, not been on a horse since I was about thirteen, and that was just hacking around the Bedfordshire countryside - I've never followed a hunt.

[Alf W]

Leicester. It's crap and there's no work, but it's very handy for several of the best hunts in the country. The Quorn is a mere half hour's drive from the affordable housing in some of the more violent council estates.

A few years ago that might have been an attraction but the fox hunting legislation took all the fun out of 'Sab-ing'.

[Tingles]

Contract in Sunderland
B&B in the week by the north sea
House in the outskirts of Birmingham
Fiancee in South Yorks

Born darn Sarf

Also lived in Stockport, WILMSLOW, other parts of Cheshire & Staffs....

Have contract will travel....


T
Best place.... Cheshire s'nice.....South Yorks is where the heart is......

[Bagpuss]

There aren't many better places than south manchester, large houses with acres of land and easy links into the city. A bit like Surrey but without the gridlocked roads. The only place I'd consider living down south outside of London is the affluent parts of Bucks.

[realityhack]

Thanks all for the thoughtful replies. It's interesting to hear opinions first-hand about various options around the UK.

Must say I quite like the idea of the SW and being near the beach. Would have to research the market around those areas - other than doing a search in Jobswerve for the location, any recommendations/resources?

[Tingles]

Sw

Trouble is....


Devon / Cornwall a bit of a 3rd world economy.....


business = Surf shop or Fisherman

No decent fish restaurants...



T

[Lockhouse]

i went there for a meeting once, the Wetherspoons was doing a roaring trade and it was 10am. overall impression was of a town full of hillbillies and people who look a bit racist.

Racist hillbilly, yep that's me!

[DimPrawn]

Trouble is....


Devon / Cornwall a bit of a 3rd world economy.....


business = Surf shop or Fisherman

No decent fish restaurants...



T

What rubbish! There are loads of contracts in Cornwall. Well, okay, according to Jobserve there are four exactly for the whole county in total.

But, look at this one!

http://www.jobserve.com/WD5C76A31C8ACF9E0.jsjob

You must have experience of Web Standards, accessibility, cross browser and cross platform testing (Mac/PC). Attention to detail and produce clean, valid xhtml code with clear separation between markup and presentation layers. We code to the Yahoo! browser Matrix, so your work will need to be tested in IE 6 & 7, Firefox, Safari and Opera. Experience with print and mobile stylesheets is also beneficial. You will be coding up designs supplied as PSDs or PDFs, so experience working in a design agency environment or from supplied designs is preferred. You must be clean, well presented, quick at coding and able to focus on tasks as we have tight deadlines to work to. Must have commercial experience.

Required for: 2-3 weeks
Start date: 21st July (TBC)
Rate: Dependent on experience. Expected £15-£18/Hour


Perfect!