Laura Doling: Moving from Essex to be a postwoman in the Lake District

For those of you who have ever dreamt about moving your job and home to the countryside, this one’s for you!

My guest in this episode is Laura Doling. She’s a postwoman in the Lake District, as well as a hiker, paddle boarder and wild swimmer.

Laura used to live in a town in Essex, work in healthcare and she says she spent many of her weekends getting dressed up and going out.

But after a camping trip in the Lake District in May 2018, she made the huge decision of moving her life and job to the countryside.

Plans like these can often take years to pull off, but extraordinarily Laura managed to do it all within 2 months and by July 2018 she was working and living there!

I met Laura at her new home near the village of Wennington in Lancashire, 20 miles from the Lake District, where she is converting an old barn with her partner Chris. They are hoping to turn it into their own smallholding and complete their countryside dream.

I wanted to find out more about why Laura wanted to move from Essex to the Lake District, how she made it happen when moves like these can seem incredibly daunting, her outdoorsy life, and what it’s like doing the postal round in the Langdale Valley!

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