Unless there's something specifically you can do in Canada that you want to do, that you can't do in the UK, I would say there's little point to moving. Moving is more hassle.

Isle of Wight or small northern community, neither is exactly the centre of the social world although I would have thought the Isle of Wight has more of an edge.

How north are we talking?

Its been pissing down all over the island since the the middle of may. I was there last week. Good out to the Crab and Lobster in Bembridge for lunch looking over the beach. Nice.

The situaton in Europe in the near future will determine when people who are able leave a sinking U.K.

Gigglegirl I have just, yesterday, said goodbye to my worldly goods and sent them to Canada, however I'm not sure that if I were in your position I would have done so. My husband wants to go back to Canada, mainly because he would like our son to have an education with English in it, but it's just really awkward him for him (husband) here, because we are in France,and they don't much embrace non-Europeans. I have some great mates here, but they are all unemployed too, and they are French. I've been here too long and need a new adventure, and it's the right time for our son too. Were I in a country where I was settled and had any sense of belonging and could work, I feel sure I would stay. it's a very hard balancing act, and I wish you the very best of luck.