Originally Posted by Lorry1

We have to look into everything including tax, health implications etc, but hopefully it will work.
Hubby will contract in London for 6 months here and build up a good buffer, then hopefully do his photography for 6 months in Canada.
I will sell cruises in both lol. I am hoping to open my own shop here in the next couple of years and then have a partner to work with in Canada too.
This may only happen for a couple of years until we just buy in one place, whichever that will be.

I have said I don't want my grandchildren to grow up while I'm not there. I want to support my DD if she has kids.

We do not know what my other DD wants to do yet as she's just 14. So I may have the tough situation of one here and one there, which is why the 6 months in each may work for us initially.

It is so hard though as I really survive better here. Maybe with extended family over in Canada I will do better?

It was me who wanted to return here and hubby didn't. But now he wants to stay as the thought of another international move doesn't appeal.

Life is tough!

Originally Posted by Perth

Sounds like you have a really good short term plan. I guess you will have to wait to see how it will all work out in the long term. It is possible that extended family will fill whatever needs you may have to be happy - no matter where they are. I am beginning to think about that too. I know one thing for sure - I have a very different perspective on life since I have been back home. If I can bottle that and take it back to the US with me, it might be worth thinking about. But for now, we are here to stay.

Originally Posted by Lorry1

Husband and I have been making plans for the future as both daughters may be in NS. We are looking at spending 6 months in each for a while (England winter, Canada summer - obviously!) until both are certain of where they want to be. We will then decide upon which we will stay. So, we may return after all, but we'll see. I know, shock right! but I can actually appreciate what we had in Canada now that I am happy, and maybe it wasn't so bad.

So, that's all folks!

Originally Posted by Howefamily

Woop!!! Works for me

Originally Posted by Lorry1

see you in a couple of weeks

Originally Posted by Lorry1

Hi all, so it's our 4th Britiversary tomorrow, after spending 7 years in Nova Scotia, Canada, so I thought I would jot down a few lines; the good, the bad, and the fugly.

The good:
Driving - as soon as I returned I began to love driving again
The great British countryside
Old buildings - churches, cathedrals, Tudor house, Victorian houses, etc....
The variety in landscape
Shopping - food & clothes - the variety available and much cheaper
Booze - being able to buy at petrol stations, corner shops & supermarkets
Chocolate - no more needs to be said!
The restaurants - so much choice
Fantastic cheese, bacon, sausages & pies
The atmosphere - don't really know how to explain, I just feel alive here
Spring - arrives in February with beautiful flowers
NO SNOW - or much less of it
Cheap & easy access to Europe
Making up with my sister after 14 years and my great nephew being born

The bad:
Traffic - no surprise there
Roadworks - again, no surprise
My daughter not being here, she returned to NS last March she's doing well with a full time job, an apartment, and a boyfriend.

The fugly:
Can think of nothing

All in all I am still very happy I returned.
We are located in the sunny south, 20 minutes from Reading and an hour from London by train.
Second daughter is doing well at school & has lots of friends. She went to a party last Friday & Saturday and is doing the same this weekend. She has a better social life than me!
She MIGHT return to NS upon finishing school in 2 years, but who knows.
Husband still working in London, loves the job hates the commute.
I'm working from home selling cruises, hoping to return to the workplace after summer.

Husband and I have been making plans for the future as both daughters may be in NS. We are looking at spending 6 months in each for a while (England winter, Canada summer - obviously!) until both are certain of where they want to be. We will then decide upon which we will stay. So, we may return after all, but we'll see. I know, shock right! but I can actually appreciate what we had in Canada now that I am happy, and maybe it wasn't so bad.

So, that's all folks!

Originally Posted by matthews1969

Hello
can i ask you how you shipped your belongings back to the UK, and who you used?
thanks