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Hi All

As I am now getting towards the age where I'll have to retire, my better half has been looking at houses "nearer to her mother", and so I suppose I'd better plan ahead and ask everyone on here:

If I live in Stamford, South Lincolnshire, is there a good club for full-bore shooting nearby? My definition of "nearby" is up to an hour's drive.

TIA

Steve

Steve

Oundle Rifle And Pistol club
Www.Orpc.org.uk

Alan

Or Grove which gets you access to Barton Road and Thetford ranges if you fancy long distance plinking.

steve853 wrote:Hi All

As I am now getting towards the age where I'll have to retire, my better half has been looking at houses "nearer to her mother", and so I suppose I'd better plan ahead and ask everyone on here:

Without trying to be rude, but how old is the MiL then...!

Would it not be easier to move the MiL nearer to you for the shorter time she has left....?
Its usually the more practical option given the relative duration of time left, without wishing to be too brutal about it.

Any chance to move to Lincolnshire - take it

Christel wrote:Any chance to move to Lincolnshire - take it

I’m already in Lincolnshire, just the far north! Also a member of NCB and former member of Hemswell. My in-laws Live in St Albans, which is where my wife is from, and women in her family tend to live to 100-odd. MiL will probably out-live me!

GeeRam wrote:

steve853 wrote:Hi All

As I am now getting towards the age where I'll have to retire, my better half has been looking at houses "nearer to her mother", and so I suppose I'd better plan ahead and ask everyone on here:

Without trying to be rude, but how old is the MiL then...!

Would it not be easier to move the MiL nearer to you for the shorter time she has left....?
Its usually the more practical option given the relative duration of time left, without wishing to be too brutal about it.

Mil is in her middle 70’s, and is more active than me, she wouldn’t leave her enormous circle of friends.

I won’t tell her you mentioned that, as she would track you down...

steve853 wrote:

Christel wrote:Any chance to move to Lincolnshire - take it

I’m already in Lincolnshire, just the far north! Also a member of NCB and former member of Hemswell. My in-laws Live in St Albans, which is where my wife is from, and women in her family tend to live to 100-odd. MiL will probably out-live me!

St.Albans.....?

I thought you said you were looking at South Lincs...which is still a long way from South Herts?

I'm confused...



Oh, and I thought my Mum would live into her 90's as her Mum, her Mum's sisters, and her Grandmother all lived well into their 90's........

Sadly she didn't and only just made it into her 80's (and her 3 siblings all made it into the 90's as the rest had)

GeeRam wrote:

steve853 wrote:

Christel wrote:Any chance to move to Lincolnshire - take it

I’m already in Lincolnshire, just the far north! Also a member of NCB and former member of Hemswell. My in-laws Live in St Albans, which is where my wife is from, and women in her family tend to live to 100-odd. MiL will probably out-live me!

St.Albans.....?

I thought you said you were looking at South Lincs...which is still a long way from South Herts?

I'm confused...

Oh, and I thought my Mum would live into her 90's as her Mum, her Mum's sisters, and her Grandmother all lived well into their 90's........

Sadly she didn't and only just made it into her 80's (and her 3 siblings all made it into the 90's as the rest had)

That’s because it is confusing! We’re currently 3 hours away by car, wifey would like to be able to get there in an hour and a bit. So we’re looking at the area from Stamford across to March. Somewhere with reasonable house prices.

steve853 wrote:We’re currently 3 hours away by car, wifey would like to be able to get there in an hour and a bit. So we’re looking at the area from Stamford across to March. Somewhere with reasonable house prices.

Aah....gotcha