Lovinglife - I feel for you.
I have lived in this village for many years, but having undertaken a massive re-hash of our gardens this yet (what I can't tell you about farmyard manure, you will never need to know!), I met a lot of locals, out walking, who would just pass comment on the latest piece of work, or whatever.
I also became aware of a village Facebook page. On that page, there were a number of folks such as yourself, who could at least reach out in a virtual way.
The village has also had a lot of initiative this year, to do things differently - oiften with the children in mind, to makr things like Halloween, and moving forward, towards Christmas.
I really don't much care for Facebook, but it has come into its own in the past few months.
Maybe there could be something locally for you?
(Apologies,
@Choosehappy for derailing a bit.)