Well am gonna start packing my boxes soon as need to get them ready to ship 2-3 months ahead of us so that the goods arrive in time.

My question is how did you manage without your kitchen stuff and bits n bobs that you use everyday if it needs to go ahead of you?

The thought of being without my essentials for 2-3

Thanks for your thoughts and tips.

Mhut

We did a combination of:

1 - Going a dollar store and getting cheap basic stuff to get us by
2 - Eating out a lot

That's what I did, then a dock strike occurred and the container arrived 2 months late. I was ensconced at the MIL's for 2 months before moving, then upon arrival begged stuff off neighbours until the dock strike ended and the container got released.

We sent a few boxes via air cargo (which was very cheap) and included a box full of kitchen stuff......it actually worked well for us.

We went to IKEA as soon as we arrived, bought some cheap cutlery, china and pans.

Where are you going to? ISn't there a risk that they arrive much sooner and you end up paying storage in Canada?

Chop sticks. Wood is readily available in Canada so you can make your own. Probably a suitable stick on the nearest lawn that one could fashion a half dozen or so out of.

Everything here is so temporary. We need to make chop sticks out of brick.

Brick doesn't go well with cheese.

We were lucky enough to be in a hotel for the first month and the container arrived a week before we moved into our rented house. The hotel suite had a fairly well equipped kitchen but we did eat out quite a bit.

If you will be without your kitchen stuff in the UK can you not just borrow a few bits off your family/friends before you go???

We didn't bring any kitchen stuff over with us beyond the cast-iron pans I had inherited from my grandma.

I couldn't see the point in bringing stuff that was easily replaceable.

So we sent over the irreplaceable stuff and the things that had sentimental attachements, and everything else we got rid of. I sold some on ebay, some stuff at carboot sales, gave away a load on freecycle, took stuff to the charity shop and on the day we moved, we took what was left the the dump.

We stayed in a holiday cottage for a few days after we sold the house before our flight out.

once we got here, went out and bought new stuff.

Thanks everyone. Am looking at it the other way round, what did you do here for the 2-3 months without your kitchen essentials.

Thanks once again

Mhut

I threw caution to the wind and packed a set of cutlery, kitchen knives and assorted sharp and pointy things in my checked suitcase.

My shoes had to be removed and checked for explosives, yet no one minded about the knives in the suitcase. Presumably because you can't stab too many passengers when your bag has been checked in.

I guess it depends on where you're staying once you've packed up. We stayed with my sister so I had use of all her stuff anyway. Mind you, I did buy a new potato peeler whilst there as couldn't get on with hers. Also, her electric mixer only had one beater so you just ended up moving cake mix from one side of the bowl to the other instead of actually mixing it!! She said it got lost when she moved house, to which I pointed out that that was 20 years ago!!

Anyway, if you stay in a suite or holiday let or something similar then I would imagine all the basics are supplied anyway.

Failing that, I would just borrow off friends and family or buy really cheap stuff that you can get by with that you can just give or throw away once you leave.

Thanks