Pomster

The parking got me too- every place no matter how small charges for parking.


And we went to Merlin theme parks...Alton Towers is miles from anywhere and you have to pay £6 to park in their dedicated car park. (same applies to all their theme parks, but Alton Towers could not be used for any other purpose than visiting the park, so talk about captive audience).

I also noticed litter galore and chewing gum when we first went back but after 6 months or so it becomes part of the landscape.

Interestingly we have just come back to Melb after 26 months in UK. I am overwhelmed by friendliness. My 5 year old needed the loo- we asked in a cafe and although clearly not customers, the staff were delightful. It makes a change to be somewhere where people welcome children as a delight not a pain.

commonwealth

you can't dance Gangnam Style in England

Jord w

George Elliot's just down the road from me

We will be over in Australia around Xmas though

Lois1

thats cos they are all waiting to catch the train to Uk lol

chris955

What I dont get is how can some say something like you pay for parking no matter how small a place it is ? It isnt true, its as simple as that, it isnt true. If I go to a large city then chances are I will have to pay, amazingly just the same as if I was in a large in Australia
I will no doubt being accused of arguing even though it is the truth
I can also say hand on heart I see no more litter here than in Brisbane, I dont doubt there are horrible places in the UK where litter is a problem but I wouldnt be silly enough to say it is a countrywide problem.

moneypenny20

When I was growing up I lived on a very wide, tree lined street and the last house we owned in the UK was the same. When we last went back in 08 we were completely gobsmacked as to how narrow they both looked compared to our road here. I showed the husband my childhood road the other week on Google and he didn't recognise it, it all looked so pokey. Very odd. The only other thing I really noticed was the parking spaces in multistorey carparks etc seemed very tight and I was driving a much smaller car than usual.

curly

I've never commented on any of your posts before, I'd like to ask if the UK is so perfect and you're there living on Cloud 9 why are you always on here?
I'm perfectly happy where I'm living too, yet don't feel the need to slag off anybody else's choice of home Also I don't hang around in the 'Moving back to the UK forum!'

Sorry Buzzy for hijacking your thread, enjoyed reading about your experience in the UK We've also been here 5 years, however haven't been back at all!

Sherlock Holmes

Well said.

chris955

No different to someone in the opposite situation I would assume, there are plenty of people happy with their lives in Australia that spend loads of time on here Where have I slagged off someones choice of home ?
The UK is far from perfect BUT it is perfect for us

Sherlock Holmes

And Australia is not the best place in the world but for now, it's best for me. But I don't post my opinion about it on just about every thread that crops up.

I spend time on here (partly) to help people with less experience. Even if it is to tell them, "Yes, bring the washing machine!"

I have lived in England, Wales, Scotland, Spain, the U.S.A and Australia. All perfect in their way and all with snags.

Being constructive is helpful.

Kapri

Funnily enough, I uploaded a pic to FB recently of a huge lorry transporting a yacht. I said to my OH that the road looked tiny in comparison!
I think if you're used to living in somewhere like Aus or the US, some UK roads must look unbelievably small. I don't think some people would cope on some of the country lanes around here

And you're right about the multi story spaces. My local multi story allows enough space for you to park your car, but not enough space for both driver and passenger to get out

chris955

A friend of ours came to visit years ago when we lived in the UK and she wouldnt drive here because the roads were too narrow I love the little roads and find them great fun but equally love motorways for the fact that you can get anywhere so quickly.

old.sparkles

And the motorways near here offer plenty of free parking in rush hour

chris955

Only encountered a few hold ups but having spent a long time in Brisbane I learned to avoid rush hour.

Kapri

There are no motorways in Dorset, at all. But today I nearly ran over a peahen
True story!