Thank you. Glad you are beginning to relax there I imagine it takes a while to lose that "Britishness" stiff upper lip and all that.

You know what? One of the really good things about this forum is the support you get when you are feeling low and missing family and stuff - yeah you quite often get a load of crap too but there is always someone that has been through it or going through it.

Karma sent sas-lou....if I could give you a hug to help you get through what you're going through, I would, but sending a big virtual hug instead

[QUOTE=caroline_nisbet;7132466]Hi
I am jsut trying to get some more information about Canada before I make a decision about leaving the UK and wondered, from those that have already moved to Canada, what everyone misses from the UK?

Thanks,

not a lot...can get most things here...have made some awesome friends who are like family...really close and awesome...the only people me and my OH miss are our two Mums...my sister and our nephew and neices......Uncle and cousins both sides..one auntie and a godfather..everyone else is dead or might as well be.....

There is very little that I miss tbh.

OK so some days I do miss things like being able to order the groceries from Tesco's and have them deliver it in the 2 hour timeslot I choose.
I occasionally miss decent back bacon or other foods
And TV without loads of adverts

But tbh most of the time I don't even think about that... I am quite happy here

I thought it was on North St opposite ish to the Hen & Chicken? ~ sorry, bit off topic!

I don't miss the UK so much as my mates/family ..... my mum had cancer last year & it was bloody awful listening to her crying down the phone 'I just want you to come home' I just felt SO guilty for bu**ering off halfway round the world! Great news for me tho ........ she has just booked a flight & is visiting in June, it will be almost 4yrs by then since we've seen each other & my kids have changed SO much ........ I can't wait!! (plus I've got a shopping list for her )

No, you're way out, wasn't the Hen & Chick in Bedminster?

That's awful about your Mum, makes your heart ache. So glad she's recovered and you'll have a great time. My mum used to have me in tears when she'd ask when am I coming home - even when I'd been here almost 30 years. So I spent a fortune going back every single year, sometimes twice. But she was worth it.

We have just joined this forum today so 'AYE UP' everyone from us ex-Yorkshire folk!

This is our 5th winter here in Canada (& bloody cold one!) but only miss a few things from the UK and they are

Family & Friends (although we get lots of visitors and use the webcam lots)
Social life is very different here (miss pub crawls!)
Closeness of everything (don't have to go far for a change of scenary)

The pro's far outweigh the con's and we would never go back to the UK

Good luck in whatever you decide to do

Julia & Co

It's going to be great (I hope) ....... my kids can't wait as they say I go from being 'in control mom' to female (& much older!!) 'kevin' when I'm around her
She walks with the aid of a stick now so getting her onto the seaplane is going to be fun!!

Years ago, after my dad died, my Mum joined a singles dancing club that used to meet at the Hen and Chick weekly. She met a really nice old fella there, who came with her to visit us here in Canada, back in the 80's. When he died, his daughters told me that his visit here was the highlight of his life and he never stopped talking about it. My kids also had the time of their lives on that visit, and great memories.

As for the seaplane, my OH also uses a cane and managed to negotiate getting on and off one of those with a little help, so I'm sure your Mum will be fine. People from Brissle is tough, anyways me babby

sounds like you live in the East Midlands!

Back Bacon, and it has taken us 3 years to get used to surfing the Cable TV 150 channels.
Family - which goes without saying
* We have more friends here than ever before
* We have more of social life here than ever before too!

Hello Mortimer Clan, welcome to BE
Terese

Greetings Mortimer clan.

I/ve bought them in Vancouver