A bit of moxie Greg Dixon

When you announce, perhaps a little too grandly for your own good, that you’re throwing in the city for the good life in the country, the first thing people say is “how brave”. This is to be expected. You are showing off; they think you’re bonkers.

It’s quite true that, for lifelong townies, quitting the city for the backblocks of “the provinces” takes a bit of moxie. However, it’s the next thing your friends and workmates in the country?”