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Ruth Bloomfield

Leaving London: this growing family made a six-year pitstop in Surrey before heading for ‘proper countryside’

Priced out of London, Rachel and John Faulkner-Willcocks decided on a safe exit strategy, swapping a “glorified bedsit” in Clapham for a family house in Reigate, Surrey.

But six years, and two children, later the couple have realised that life in the home counties isn’t quite “real” enough for their tastes. This summer the family will be packing their bags once more, and heading off to a new life in rural Devon.

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