Originally Posted by morayeel (Post 10669368)

thanks for your update. I hope you get someplace permanent to live very soon. Yum, a full English Breakfast and walking to the shops, luverly:) It would be hard to take such a long walk in AZ;) Take care, and wishing you all the best.

Originally Posted by Mummy in the foothills (Post 10668492)

Shame about the flat.
Make sure to mention in the pub and in the paper shop that you are looking for a house share or flat share or small place to live in. You'll find people making suggestions and letting others know.

Originally Posted by Cardienscarf (Post 10668518)

So happy to read your update but really sorry about the flat. I'm sure it will all work out though. My favourite part - "the shops". Can't remember the last time I heard someone saying they were going to the shops. Here people run errands or go grocery shopping. You can help me speak English again before I get back in a couple of months!

So happy for you :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by WhoFan63 (Post 10669409)

Ready for update number two?? Sit yourself down, make a brew and I'll start:rofl:

On my first night here I went to the Diggle Hotel for dinner as most of you know. I got to know the landlady really well and we'd chat while I ate. I went again last night and OMG the food, I had what was called Bury Chicken, which is 2 cooked chicken breasts and in between they have black pudding, cheese and bacon, and then more cheese is on top and it's all grilled. All served with a pile of chips. :)

After eating as much of it as I could (I'm ashamed to say I had to leave most of the chips because I was stuffed because of the chicken.. lol), the landlady (I'll call her Ms A) came over and we started chatting again. She asked me how I was liking the B&B and apparently she had stayed here too not too long ago, but had to move out because it was too expensive long term. I found myself telling her about the flat and how it didn't work out and then you could have knocked me over with a feather when she said ' I have a little one bedroom cottage up the road you can have if you want?' Apparently she bought the cottage after leaving the B&B and then when the pub offer came up she moved out of the cottage and now lives in the pub.

She even drove me up to take a look at it, which probably wasn't advisable because it's so darn cute! Lounge room, kitchen, bathroom and toilet downstairs and then you open a door and there is a set of stairs taking you upstairs to the bedroom. Its just up the road from the pub so still within walking distance of everything. The only drawback is the price. Apparently this is an expensive area to live (naturally..lol), so she wants £500 for the cottage and then on top of that there is all the usual bills and £125 per month Council Tax. So there's no way I could manage that. I'd be broke in 3 months ! Pity, because it's really nice !

But how nice of her to ask me! She said she wants someone there she can trust and to think she only met me 3 days ago.. :rofl: We even talked about how I can't rent a place through an agent because they'd probably ask me for 6mths rent up front as I have no UK credit history and she said 'that's rubbish'.. lol She gave me the name of an agent and said to check them out and she'd even give me a reference/recommendation as she knows them!

Nice to know I have options now ! :rofl::thumbsup:

Originally Posted by WhoFan63 (Post 10669409)

Ready for update number two?? Sit yourself down, make a brew and I'll start:rofl:

On my first night here I went to the Diggle Hotel for dinner as most of you know. I got to know the landlady really well and we'd chat while I ate. I went again last night and OMG the food, I had what was called Bury Chicken, which is 2 cooked chicken breasts and in between they have black pudding, cheese and bacon, and then more cheese is on top and it's all grilled. All served with a pile of chips. :)

After eating as much of it as I could (I'm ashamed to say I had to leave most of the chips because I was stuffed because of the chicken.. lol), the landlady (I'll call her Ms A) came over and we started chatting again. She asked me how I was liking the B&B and apparently she had stayed here too not too long ago, but had to move out because it was too expensive long term. I found myself telling her about the flat and how it didn't work out and then you could have knocked me over with a feather when she said ' I have a little one bedroom cottage up the road you can have if you want?' Apparently she bought the cottage after leaving the B&B and then when the pub offer came up she moved out of the cottage and now lives in the pub.

She even drove me up to take a look at it, which probably wasn't advisable because it's so darn cute! Lounge room, kitchen, bathroom and toilet downstairs and then you open a door and there is a set of stairs taking you upstairs to the bedroom. Its just up the road from the pub so still within walking distance of everything. The only drawback is the price. Apparently this is an expensive area to live (naturally..lol), so she wants £500 for the cottage and then on top of that there is all the usual bills and £125 per month Council Tax. So there's no way I could manage that. I'd be broke in 3 months ! Pity, because it's really nice !

But how nice of her to ask me! She said she wants someone there she can trust and to think she only met me 3 days ago.. :rofl: We even talked about how I can't rent a place through an agent because they'd probably ask me for 6mths rent up front as I have no UK credit history and she said 'that's rubbish'.. lol She gave me the name of an agent and said to check them out and she'd even give me a reference/recommendation as she knows them!

Nice to know I have options now ! :rofl::thumbsup:

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 10669920)

Great to read your updates. When you move to a new area...let alone a different country...your body comes into contact with germs it's not used to...therefore you tend to get sick easily. That together with the extreme change in climate is bound to play havoc with your body.

Stay warm and look after yourself...I look forward to reading update #4. :)

Originally Posted by WhoFan63 (Post 10669898)

Update number 3 already! As much as I loved getting soaked and walking in the rain...I'm suffering for it now..so if you don't hear from me for a few days you'll understand why. At the moment I'm curled up in bed with my laptop on my knee, the radiator is on, I'm in my jammies and fluffy socks and I still can't stop shaking. I had a bit of a cough this morning, but didn't think anything of it...but during the course of the day it got worse, and now I'm hacking up a lung..:rofl: Ick !!! I think it was a combination of both the rain and the strong COLD winds that did it !

So it's Sunday tomorrow and I'm going to just curl up in bed, rub Vicks on my chest and cough it all out!:thumbsup: I feel like death warmed up, but I'm sure with some extra sleep and plenty of fluids I'll be fine by Monday. :)

Talk about being a wuss! I've just been in Arizona for so long that my body acclimatised to the heat and the warmth, so suddenly going from that to biting cold winds, rain and colder temps my body didn't know what was going on.. lol. It was 10C both days I went walking and it's 5C right now. Definitely not Arizona weather. LOL

I'll talk to you all in a day or two, and hopefully have some updates on my time back home.:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by WhoFan63 (Post 10669412)

Funny you should say that.....if you read my earlier post on this thread you'll see what i mean. :rofl::rofl:

Originally Posted by WhoFan63 (Post 10669898)

Update number 3 already! As much as I loved getting soaked and walking in the rain...I'm suffering for it now..so if you don't hear from me for a few days you'll understand why. At the moment I'm curled up in bed with my laptop on my knee, the radiator is on, I'm in my jammies and fluffy socks and I still can't stop shaking. I had a bit of a cough this morning, but didn't think anything of it...but during the course of the day it got worse, and now I'm hacking up a lung..:rofl: Ick !!! I think it was a combination of both the rain and the strong COLD winds that did it !

So it's Sunday tomorrow and I'm going to just curl up in bed, rub Vicks on my chest and cough it all out!:thumbsup: I feel like death warmed up, but I'm sure with some extra sleep and plenty of fluids I'll be fine by Monday. :)

Talk about being a wuss! I've just been in Arizona for so long that my body acclimatised to the heat and the warmth, so suddenly going from that to biting cold winds, rain and colder temps my body didn't know what was going on.. lol. It was 10C both days I went walking and it's 5C right now. Definitely not Arizona weather. LOL

I'll talk to you all in a day or two, and hopefully have some updates on my time back home.:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by ElizabethK (Post 10670213)

What I find amazing about the UK that in 17 years I have not found here in USA, is how easy it is to strike up a conversation with people and get useful information from them.
I hope you find a lovely flat of your very own soon though and you sound as though (despite the rain, cold wind and now nasty cough) you're finally where you're supposed to be. It certainly looks beautiful there judging by the pictures you've posted :)

Originally Posted by Irish Guinness (Post 10670446)

Hope that you are on the mend soon, Love reading your posts, stay warm.
look forward to more updates. cheers I.G.

Originally Posted by Mummy in the foothills (Post 10670016)

How did I miss that update :lol: Nice so now you can go to the agents and see what they have with her as a reference.
If it is an expensive area, then have look on
http://www.spareroom.co.uk/ for someone with a bigger house maybe and theres http://www.flatshare.com/uk-flat-share/index.html and http://uk.easyroommate.com/ If your lucky someone local may have something on one of these sites and you can ask the land lady what they are like :lol: