Yep - it happened. I made the move from Kent all the way up to the incredible city of Manchester, nestled in the North West. 
I've also had a fair few WTF am I doing moments.
So.. why'd you do it? Well, in all honesty I fancied a change from the Southern life. It's somewhere I was born & bred, therefore, I needed a new change of scenery & after living out in Valencia for almost a year, I knew I couldn't return home & try the whole 'normal' job fiasco in the same place. So, that's when I thought I'd try a new city! One that I was lucky enough to tour a few years back & instantly became smitten with. Manchester is a calmer, quirkier London & it seemed so familiar & welcoming - something a paranoid pea like me craves! 
I had known for a while that I'd wanted to try the whole city life, so uprooting during a pandemic seemed so .. logical, no?🙄 I also find myself tearing away from the comfort zone fair too often - I don't like fe…