woodmanbg

We will probably go by taxi. Couldnt stand all the tears from family and friends at the airport, but then again half the family arent speaking to me now anyway so there wouldnt be many family there (only my Mum and she is 82 and doesnt drive) and friends would probably be waving the flags to see us go - they cannt wait to visit us in Canada for their holidays

ellsie

I hope so as we need to sneak our tortoise in and hope no-one sees! Lucky it's hibernation time!

Sutherlands

Taxi for us too...

as said, I want to be happy getting on the plane with the kids ...

Will in the last week spend time, free rent of cause living at each parents house so we can say our goodbyes there, then off to the airport and our NEW LIFE.........................

ellsie

Amen to all of that! We've got bookings already! :scared:

bad.andy

Try Exchange and Mart or AutoTrader, we sold both our cars in a matter of days for only a few pounds - of course we hadn't had our visas then so ellsie wasn't too pleased, but at least we get one bus an hour here

bad.andy

bad.andy

Yeah, 'cos our tortoise is such a noisy bugger when it isn't hibernating!!

hello dear

bad.andy

Piff Poff

My Mum and StepDad drove me and daughter to the hotel at Gatwick, we had a lovely meal and said our goodbyes, StepDad whisked Mum away before we got to teary, didn't want to upset daughter too much, all in all a success!

Alberta_Rose

We hired a taxi. Best idea ever. .... except he hadn't seemed to realise we were emigrating and might have some luggage with us!!!! Just about squeezed everything in! 4 big bags and hand luggage for 4 ppl.

We "gave the car away" as part of the house deal!! Brilliant!!!!

britishvixen21

My dad took me, (i was only going travelling for 6 months ALONE) and i remember him standing near security saying to me, "now if anything happens you go straight to the embassy (he had a envelope with the address in and everything) and il come get you i promise!!" he was all bleary eyed

I remember walking through security and looking until i couldnt see him anymore, dropping my bag in middle of rush hour gatwick and thinking

"what the fudge am i doing"!!!


Get a cab trust me!!

britishvixen21

LMFAO only you DB33!!

Novocastrian

No, no. Not only him. I drove to the airport in a horse and buggy, shot the horse and squashed the buggy. (Nasty, sarcastic critter: like dbd33)

bananahammock

My Dad drove us................I'll never forget the journey ~ it was awful, we were all making small talk about bugger all & trying to be lighthearted & flippant, the nearer we got to the hotel close to Gatwick the worse I felt & to top things off my a**hole of a stepdad phoned me about 15 mins before we got there to say they were all waiting in the hotel bar (mum, him, aunt & uncle) .......it was 3pm & I'd specifically asked them to wait until after 6pm so I could spend a last couple of hours with my Dad....................anyway, Dad said it was probably a blessing in disguise as he couldn't handle long goodbyes and was going to go as soon as we checked in.......... I've never seen my Dad cry before, even at the ripe old age of 4 !!

I was gutted with the rest of my family (they live nearish to Gatwick) they sat in the bar for the next 3 hours getting pi**ed telling me how much they were going to miss me they ruined our last day in the UK (it was our 20th anniversary as well) & I've only spoken to my aunt & uncle once since then although I speak to my Mum fairly often & even 1 year & 2 weeks on it still makes me really sad/mad & upset............................................. ......................there, 54 weeks to get THAT one off my chest
for the sake of your sanity (unless you're the one with the 'normal' family)..............GET A CAB!!!!!!!!!!

scrubbedexpat074

Drove to the airport where a friend of ours who met us, took the car and sold it to a dealer for us... No family, much better that way.

Tangram

Good Grief

dbd33

No. We actually did leave the car, a Mini for which I had paid fifteen pounds, at LHR. We also really did get married in the morning and leave in the afternoon, driving from the party to the airport. It seemed as if we were going to the end of the world and might fall off.

It was another thing when my eldest daughter went from Canada to Switzerland to work her gap year. By then crossing the Atlantic had all the excitement of going to Oakville.