We, that is Andy, Krysia and our two girls, have been planning our escape from Eastbourne to Calgary for a little while now. The girls are probably our major motivation for wanting to make the move, we constantly read and see on TV, murder after murder of youngsters in the UK, and we do not want our kids growing up in that sort of environment. Reading other blogs on the expat website and all the other research we have been doing has led us to believe that the way of life in Canada is a major improvement on that which we currently have, with Andy hopefully spending less time at work and more time at home!

Up to now it has been planning but next week we begin the serious stuff, the practicalities of the intended move.

As a currently serving Police officer, Andy is hoping to join the Calgary Police Service and next week he has a series of tests to complete, so this could be amongst the shortest blogs on this site!!!

(I am being told that hopefully that will not be the case.)

If all goes well we should know in 3 or 4 weeks whether this blog will end or continue!!!