The Soil.

If you move a plant, the plant may not take to a new environment, it may wilt and die, not getting the nutrients it needs.

This applies in many other areas of life, like you Chalky if you moved to Ely would you thrive, i dont think so. It applies to Cambridge City, moving from its natural bedding, to a new soil, many many miles away, and indeed, not sporting the name of its new neighbourhood.

City represents Cambridge, its 1920 carnation, not Sawston 2024.

Has a club moved this far and survived? I cant think of one, especially one that moves somewhere completely new. Would Bromsgrove Rovers move to Stourport and still call itself Bromsgrove?

I dont know.

Cities owners think so, and deserve all the plaudits for taking this gamble, that the magic of the past can be lived again. No it cant, not the Milton Road magic, the amazing floodlights, those square ones, the atmosphere, the ground....home.

Sawston memories can be made, not Milton road ones, not like it was, thats gone forever.

All things pass. With new beginnings. Ive watched a video of the first game, and of course not being in construction, how can a main stand be that big, and have so few seats?

Any of the old city players would have made mincemeat of Tilbury, you cant teach quality. Am i living in the past?, yes. Its better.

I had the chance to move to the Isle of Wight about five years ago which I immediately regretted but i know that deep down it wouldn?t have been for me as I?m a city boy through and through,Ive lived in the same one mile radius all of my life and when my sister moved to Mansfield which is about ten miles away she was seen as the adventurer of the family

I was amazed when griff moved down to Gloucester as he had wonderful beautiful scenery on his doorstep (literally in his case) which I?m presuming must have been hard for him to turn his back on but having said that I think that he said it was to be nearer his family so blood is thicker than Lake District water I suppose

You seem to have traveled a bit in your life Frank going by past posts,have you any regrets to where you have finished up living now or would you have rather not left somewhere previously?

I was surprised Griff left cumbria at his age, he left home, i moved back, i wonder if he regrets it, i remember you moving, i thought you were joking, she didnt break your heart then.

Yes i do have regrets, i could have stayed in south yorkshire, i felt at home there, its a beautiful place with beautiful people. I have regularly thought of moving back, even had the chance before coming here.

It was a toss up, home is home, its Kansas, as per the film. If im ever free, ill spend a holiday up there, if i like it maybe one more move is in me. Maybe its too late, probably. Castleton is a special place, going there with the love of my life. Whats your special place.?

I was a home-loving boy until was 18 and moved to that London. Now it?s more wherever I lay my hat is my home. In my 70 years I?ve lived in Cumbria for only 30 of them, the rest spent in various parts of south London (city), High Wycombe (town) and the Bath/Bristol area (villages). The best place I ever lived was Gilcrux, the last village I lived in in Cumbria, and left 11 months ago. It was sublime; heaven on earth. If I could have moved the village with me I would have. Only 250 people in the whole Parish and I was proud to serve them on the Council. When my Mum died I realised that most of my close family was further south, so there was no question that we would move. It was the decision of common sense, and it was time.

Everyone?s different, with priorities that change as their lives progress, and it was no different with me. This area is different but still beautiful. Gently rolling hills with the Cotswolds and Malverns just a few miles away. No red squirrels though. I don?t regret moving because I see the kids and grandkids an awful lot more. I think that I?m the type that needs a change from time to time and a fresh start reboots me. I?m sure you?ll know of a term for my sort of personality Frank. The main thing is that I?m happy with my lot, and isn?t that the point?

Due to me not making myself clear you misunderstood what I meant Frank,I had the offer to go there but I declined and regretted it,it would never have lasted,I was punching way above my weight and she would have tired of me,did she break my heart,she ripped it out,stubbed out her cig on it before kicking into the gutter and gobbing on it in the rain,she was doing me a favour as she didn?t want me missing her but five years later I still think of her and shes a genuine free spirit

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Originally Posted by griff

. No red squirrels though. I don?t regret moving because I see the kids and grandkids an awful lot more.

The main thing is that I?m happy with my lot, and isn?t that the point?

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1. You?re not on the Cumbrian Tourist Board now griff and you can come clean about red squirrels being fictional characters to get the mugs up there

2. Seeing your family a lot more often is the only reason that you need to move,it was worth it for that reason alone so that is indeed the point

3. I didn?t realise that you had moved around so much as you have but if I lived in that village that you moved from I wouldn?t have moved for anything as it had everything I longed for but then again I?ve no kids etc

Gloucestershire is a beautiful place, all of England is until you build cities like Birmingham. Do you ever feel homesick griff, i never stopped, it was my no 1 priority to come back when i retired. Even now i hunger for something else, we must be wandering spirits, it comes quick that time is short and that wandering around cannot continue forever. Gilcrux sounds wonderful, wasnt that a family anyway?

Many years ago someone moved to Solihull to be nearer their family from Canada, she saw more of them when she lived in Canada, she moved back, i hope its better than that. Are you on your own?

Upon rising to a higher sphere i have asked the big cheese if i could explore the physical universe in its entirety, i did that when i was a child, that would be awesome, but why stop there.

Playing it safe then chalky, id have done it, if you dont gamble you dont win, she obviously wanted you, inviting someone to share a life is not a little thing. Whats better, the ups and downs of a relationship or a steady beat like you have now? As you get older, drama, arguments, conflict, who needs that.

The thing with her is that she was a free spirit,she would have got itchy feet and moved along in a few years and that wouldn?t have been for me,she was the most wonderful person that I?ve ever met though

This is absolutely true,about a month or so ago just before it got cold I was sitting by the Trent talking to a couple about Coco,they wanted to hold him so they could take a photo and out of the corner I saw somebody pass by me and sit on a nearby bench,as I looked at her as she passed I couldnt believe my eyes but it was Sue,I stood there open mouthed not saying anything as she just smiled as I stared at her,I couldnt understand why she didnt say anything to me and then casually asked how long I had had Coco,it dawned on me that it wasnt her,at least I think it wasnt,she was the absolute double of her in looks and mannerisms,I got chatting to her and the similarities was unbelievable,it was as though I was talking to her and if she had said that it was her I would have believed her,as I chatted with her I still was not convinced that it wasnt her but there was just that something that made me believe that she was somebody else,I can?t explain what it was but just that little something that was missing,after about a hour I had to go and I got in my car and passed her walking the other way she blew me a kiss and waved,she said that she comes down in summer but I?ve never seen her in the ten years that I?ve been going down there,you would think that I would know without question if it was her or not but honestly it?s 50/50,if she isnt then she?s a doppelg?nger who?s that close it?s scary and if it is why did she think that she could walk up and chat without me thinking that it wasn?t her? I?m hoping to see her again and asking to see her arm which was covered up as Sues has a scar on it,it is possibly the weirdest thing thats ever happened to me

Did she walk like Sue, talk like her, have the same mannerisms? It was her wasnt it, you got scared. I dont know what you mean by a free spirit, i think you mean she would leave you.

There it is, thats what scared you. All of life is a risk, a gamble. You blew it. He who dares wins, remember that next time, get in the ring again.

I left home at 18 Frank and didn’t stop being homesick until I got married, 6 years later. Moved out of London to Slough, then two houses in High Wycombe, then North East Somerset. Three places there, then I met the current MrsGriff and we married and moved two miles down the road. Then Cumbria now Gloucestershire. That’s on top of numerous places when I was single; the YMCA, Upper Norwood, South Coulsdon, Croydon, Thornton Heath and probably some that I’ve forgotten. And yes, leaving Gilcrux was a wrench, but mainly because we’d recently buried my mother nearby. I was in bits leaving the churchyard on the day we moved. We haven’t cut all strings to Gilcrux, we made some great friends there and are still in touch. There’s also some guilt as we were involved in the PC and the Village Hall and the latter seems to be struggling to get enough help for community events now. But we’re happy where we are, just the two of us and the cat, and MrsGriff’s Mum is moving to a bungalow here soon, now that she’s on her own. Our distances are shrinking, and it feels good to me.