FabSwingers.com forum: How many miles would u consider local.

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Hello I'm just wondering how many miles u would consider being local was.

Time and time again I hear people say "I'm local" then they turn out to live 40+ miles away.

I may be being silly but I'm not sure if that is " local"

Well thank u for taking the time to read/reply.

Many thanks Steve xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Siren and I lived 250 miles apart and getting together regularly involved a heck of a lot of driving.

40 miles seems like a short trip out to the supermarket for me now. Definately local lol

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By (user no longer on site)
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over a year ago

I think 30-40 miles is local

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Wow now that is far. I think I need to re think the meaning of LOCAL lol. Xx

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

If I can get there in an hour I consider it local enough.....

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By *ig badMan
over a year ago

Up North :-)

I would not travel more than 114 miles. It used to be 50 but hey im a sucker for an accent

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wow now that is far. I think I need to re think the meaning of LOCAL lol. Xx

pssst... 40 miles is close enough for a short notice shag and far away enough to keep yer non-swinging life separate.

If yer that way inclined.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more.......

Seriously though. We would consider local anywhere within a 30min drive; local-ish within 1hrs drive; long distance anything over that. That way if it's a 'hot' meet you can stretch the distance covered in the time frame by putting your foot down

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Hi honeypot that's my normal limit of up to 40 miles

I was just unsure if this was me being unrealistic or not xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I would not travel more than 114 miles. It used to be 50 but hey im a **** sucker **** for an accent

Will you PUUURLEASE stop saying THAT word. Have you not been reading the forums today?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

30-40 miles is local to me.

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

I mean an hour's drive max, but ideally within an hour's walk!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

40 miles or an hour travelling is our idea of local

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

I drive everywhere at 80 mph....so I get a bigger radius....

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By (user no longer on site)
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over a year ago

"Hi honeypot that's my normal limit of up to 40 miles

I was just unsure if this was me being unrealistic or not xx

I don't think thats being unrealistic but to us thats local,we have travelled much further than that

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By *ig badMan
over a year ago

Up North :-)

"I would not travel more than 114 miles. It used to be 50 but hey im a **** sucker **** for an accent

Will you PUUURLEASE stop saying THAT word. Have you not been reading the forums today?

You have to travel a bit though if you want suckcess

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

So I'm right in sayin the 40 ish miles is local lol

and I to have a soft well not so soft spot for an accent lol xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Live 1/2 hour north of perth, central scotland on edge of scottish highlands. Would consider travelling all way to devon as local for simply social meet first (lol) just to meet and speak with ... oh hang on, just remembered i cant name profiles on forums.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I drive everywhere at 80 mph....so I get a bigger radius....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

10 miles can be impulsive at times x

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I would speed too but sadly got 6 points for speedin on the m4 and have learned the hard way lol. But I can still drive witch is a good thing

Thank u for all your post's so far a grate help xx

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

"I would speed too but sadly got 6 points for speedin on the m4 and have learned the hard way lol. But I can still drive witch is a good thing

Thank u for all your post's so far a grate help xx

It's all fuel for the fire of debate...

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By *ig badMan
over a year ago

Up North :-)

"So I'm right in sayin the 40 ish miles is local lol

and I to have a soft well not so soft spot for an accent lol xxx

Realistically an hour each way tends to be as far as i am prepared to go. It depends upon the roads but it gives you a pretty good catchment area. What you do need to conceder is no shows. So if travelling i am looking at 2-3 phone calls min

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I have been stung by the good old no shower twice befor sadly. This is why I'm a little weary of the longer distance meets.

Don't get me wrong I will travel n do enjoy the excitement of meeting that first time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's eight miles door to door from home to work. In London traffic that can take 90 minutes: 35 walking and train. I've got to Wilmslow in less time than it took me to get from my home in south London to Euston station on north London.

So for me, less than 10 miles is local!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A couple of hundred miles is local for me, but then iam a trucker, lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

5 mile is local to us!

But then we can't drive

Tony

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

up to an hour's drive?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A couple of hundred miles is local for me, but then iam a trucker, lol.

oooh I like a good truck.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A couple of hundred miles is local for me, but then iam a trucker, lol.

oooh I like a good truck."

A mucky one? Lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

20-50 miles.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Too my front door and back to let them in is local for me also the longest distance i go as well

I lie i fetched one guy from the train station once

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By *arambarMan
over a year ago

swindon

I'd consider local as being within an hour's drive, although as Swindon is close to the M4 you can get pretty far away in an hour.

I'd be prepared to travel further - and have done so - but wouldn't describe anywhere further afield as being within an hour.

After looking at someone's profile on here after they commented on another thread, I'm currently working out how far away Folkestone is. It's not local but looks to be do-able.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

That last post made me giggle. Thank you for the input do far xxx

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

" so far" lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Too my front door and back to let them in is local for me also the longest distance i go as well

That's usually the distance I travel but my daughter usually scuppered my plans by coming home early from college, so had Plan B!

Now she's in Derby I'm back to travelling as far as my front door!

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By *stwoCouple
over a year ago

anywhere

40 miles certainly seems local to us.after all we dont want to meet our next door neighbours.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wouldn't consider 40 miles as local but is a distance I'd be happy to travel for meets

I'd say local for me is 15-20 miles

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By *andKCouple
over a year ago

Norfolk

hmmmmmmm interesting this one seeing as we live in Norfolk lol Saturday/Sunday was 197 miles eachway according to satnav (more cos we still got lost

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

"hmmmmmmm interesting this one seeing as we live in Norfolk lol Saturday/Sunday was 197 miles eachway according to satnav (more cos we still got lost

We're starting to change from "what do you consider local" to "how far would you travel to a meet", which is not quite the same thing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

we consider an hours drive local but we have been further

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By *andKCouple
over a year ago

Norfolk

"hmmmmmmm interesting this one seeing as we live in Norfolk lol Saturday/Sunday was 197 miles eachway according to satnav (more cos we still got lost

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We're starting to change from "what do you consider local" to "how far would you travel to a meet", which is not quite the same thing."

errrr far to meet would be considerably further than 197 miles eachway

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By *heWolfMan
over a year ago

warwickshire

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By *heWolfMan
over a year ago

warwickshire

Do you mean "stunk by the good old no shower"? I ALWAYS have a shower first.

Local is local, I don't get the dividers out onto the map.

"This is a LOCAL shop, for LOCAL people, there's nothing for you here!"

Hmmm, that brings back repressed memories, I think I may have met Tubbs and Edward on my travels.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"Hello I'm just wondering how many miles u would consider being local was.

Time and time again I hear people say "I'm local" then they turn out to live 40+ miles away.

I may be being silly but I'm not sure if that is " local"

Well thank u for taking the time to read/reply.

Many thanks Steve xxx

the problem with the word "local" is that it has to be defined...

because we live on such a small island... and I come from a big country we all look at it different...

for example.... as a new yorker... for me newark is local.... Atlantic city is local... Philly is local..... wouldn't thing twice about it....

look at them on a map and not that far between them

but the difference between them in miles wise.. is the same between london and Birmingham,.. or london and bristol

and because it a smaller place everything is exagerated

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

O o O oo

We don't really go by mileage but how long it would take someone to get to us or us to get to them....an hour would be as long as we would like....that way if either party don't want to go through with it they havn't wasted too much travelling time.

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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago

Livingston

"I wouldn't consider 40 miles as local but is a distance I'd be happy to travel for meets

I'd say local for me is 15-20 miles"

damn, guess I'm not local then...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hello I'm just wondering how many miles u would consider being local was.

Time and time again I hear people say "I'm local" then they turn out to live 40+ miles away.

I may be being silly but I'm not sure if that is " local"

Well thank u for taking the time to read/reply.

Many thanks Steve xxx

the problem with the word "local" is that it has to be defined...

because we live on such a small island... and I come from a big country we all look at it different...

for example.... as a new yorker... for me newark is local.... Atlantic city is local... Philly is local..... wouldn't thing twice about it....

look at them on a map and not that far between them

but the difference between them in miles wise.. is the same between london and Birmingham,.. or london and bristol

and because it a smaller place everything is exagerated

That's true if you live in a small world in your mind local is very small.

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By *urreyfun2008Man
over a year ago

East Grinstead

I vote for the definition being time to get there, which allows for the variations due to geography.

e.g. those in Swindon can get an awful long way in an hour, those in Wimbledon would take 3 hours to do a 40 mile journey at times.

Don't most swingers have an exclusion zone of a few miles around their home, and the if any other tag wearing swingers enter it the alarm goes off?

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By *zMaleMan
over a year ago

penzance

40 miles or 1 hour wouldn't get me to Bodmin

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By *ooty and suuCouple
over a year ago

barnsley

within 1 hrs drive

or about 15 to 20 miles

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

end of the street..

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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago

Livingston

"end of the street..

disnae count when you stay in a fenced-in asylum.... YOU that is, not me!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"within 1 hrs drive

or about 15 to 20 miles "

I live off the South Circular in London - so an hour's drive will take me four miles from my house!

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By *ung and readyMan
over a year ago

newcastle under lyme

"Hello I'm just wondering how many miles u would consider being local was.

Time and time again I hear people say "I'm local" then they turn out to live 40+ miles away.

I may be being silly but I'm not sure if that is " local"

Well thank u for taking the time to read/reply.

Many thanks Steve xxx

local is only used lightly, as to meet people you will have to travel.

swinging is a journey in itself .

so to get to enjoy such lovely and varied personalities, you have to set up your own limitations.

local is set only by your own preference

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By *ick and tockCouple
over a year ago

wigan

we been to spain a few times to meet a couple its only 2 hours on a plane and we allways have fun with them

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By *urreyfun2008Man
over a year ago

East Grinstead

Plus with a flight can enjoy mile high - so long as not a dinky plane.

Transatlantic first class usually has a nice comfy fold down seat to give you a bit more comfort.

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By *i 1 Get 1 FreeCouple (MM)
over a year ago

birmingham

Distance is not one of our boundaries, we've travelled around the UK for a meet, booking a hotel for the weekend combined with having a back up plan is always a good idea, should the meet cancel for any reason

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Local to us means the same district or city rather than a set distance, so when in doubt just ask

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

"end of the street..

disnae count when you stay in a fenced-in asylum.... YOU that is, not me!!

Oi I get out once a month for 3 hours..

an hour there.. an hours pumping and an hour back..

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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago

Livingston

"end of the street..

disnae count when you stay in a fenced-in asylum.... YOU that is, not me!!

Oi I get out once a month for 3 hours..

an hour there.. an hours pumping and an hour back..

leave Fugy out of this

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Local for me is near enough the whole of the provence - very small country

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Thanks for such grate info so far I'm going to go on more of a time scale now

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By *lack_BoltMan
over a year ago

oxford

I guess for me it would be anything with 1- 1.5 hour drive. However depending on the meet I also use a rough geographical area, which gives me a little flexibility.

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

I suppose 30 to 40 is local still, I once drove 200 miles for a meet!

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