That's 45 years of special order London Pride!

Not quite. I prefer ESB but it's hard to find in Canada now. However, my local Albertsons supermarket in Yuma already has six dozen of them waiting for me when I get there.

Hey, I knew it was Fullers.

If I couldn't get Radio 4, especially the Today Programme and the Archers, I would be certifiably nuts by now.

I don't miss the UK per se, but I think inevitably there will be days when one hankers after the more familiar and known. Best of luck Snuggs, I've only been here a little longer than you, but I have, very recently, started to feel more settled...it's been a harder transition than I had imagined, and I really don't want the winter to come again.

Not sure that it's enough to keep me sane but Sunday's omnibus awaits! Pretty sure that Carol is not to be trusted though.....

I find reading British Expats helps a lot.

I almost always have Classic FM on in the office. Luckily I don't really have any friends so that's not a problem.

I miss everything except the UK weather. haha

I don't miss anything, except the UK weather...as soon as November hits

Another 5 friggin' months of snow and ice and salt and freezing bloody cold. If i hear one more person tell me "at least it's sunny in Alberta 99.9999999% of the time" i think i might poke them in the eye.

Give me rain and gloom in the winter, rather than 5 months of ice anytime. That's why i need to retire to Victoria right away!

What about the Chinooks?

I don't really like the UK, so I don't get homesick for it anymore. Plus I've moved around a lot so I'm probably not as attached to it anyway. However, I did find when I first moved to Canada that if I spent a lot of time talking to friends in the UK that could make me feel a bit homesick so I found the simplest solution was to visit Vancouver or Victoria because they're very British-like and it's a lot simpler and cheaper to go there. Plus it's more interesting.

Generally after a couple of days of being stuck in traffic on Hwy 1 or Hwy 99, paying higher prices, being in crowded areas, etc. I remembered why I can't stand the UK, so it got me over any feelings of homesickness without having to suffer the "full-on" shitness of it and no jet lag either. When I have to go to the UK honestly I feel like I'm going round the bend, I don't know how anyone puts up with it.

Which part of the UK are you referring to?

Feeling it after 2 months. But that's mainly down to a con artist, psycho landlady who is making life difficult for me. I just keep myself busy and book things up (holidays, getaways etc) to look forward to...however my new job has banned any vacation time from now and between at least the new year so looks like I'll have to find other ways to deal with it

I've been here 18mths too and was surprised how hard the first wee spell of homesickness was. Now I just treat myself and try not to lose perspective and it soon passes.

What, to compare to? I find Burrard St in Vancouver reminds me of a number of UK town centre-type streets, Tottenham Court Road came to mind. A drive around the suburban coast of Vancouver Island from Victoria reminds of erm... Plymouth I guess? I even had some guy drive past me in a RHD MG-A. I almost said Dawlish but it's not that bad.

I remember one place I stopped on the coast, I could have sworn I was in Douglas or possibly Brighton.