Originally Posted by Lothianlad (Post 8147514)

It's been the wettest Novermber on record in some places, especially in the north and west, with very serious fooding in Cumbria, in particular - over 200mm of rain in less than 24 hours and a police officer was drowned trying to rescue people. Bridges were very badly damaged/destroyed in the floods.

That was the bit of this - and now in December the bit of that is frost on some mornings. The Met Office forecasters "promise" the winter in the UK will be "milder than normal" - so with their past forecasting record in mind* the best advice is to stock up on anti freeze and dig out your sledges from the back of the garage.

*In April they forecast a "barbecue summer in the UK". If you like your barbecues in pouring rain under leaden grey skies and in 12C temperatures then that would have been OK for you in June and July. But to be fair August and September were quite dry and sunny in many parts of the UK though (away from western Scotland and Northern Ireland where it continued wet and windy) but not really hot....just warm.

Originally Posted by lauralollipop (Post 8134305)

Hi LCT

Great post u sound as mixed up as me, but at least I don't have to make a decision right away. I think u should make a list for each place and see which one scores highest.

We are hopefully going back to UK in July for a couple of weeks and I will assess the situation then, I wish I could have best of both worlds - hubbys job here, weather here, houses here, Shops there, house prices there, interest rate there, and location there, family and friends - basically I just wish I could move Aus to UK and keep the climate act basically I want Aus weather and Hubbys Aus Job in Uk, cos weather is all I like about here and hubby wont move back cos of his job........

Keep us posted on what u decide - good luck:fingerscrossed:

Originally Posted by spartacus (Post 8150495)

Awful, just caught up with the floods in Cumbria while watching the news for the deaf on the BBC . . . the poor women signing . . . well, she gave up after three attempts at Cockermouth . . .

Originally Posted by shelley748 (Post 8162105)

Thats really funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:rofl::rofl::rofl::ro fl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Originally Posted by gaga (Post 8164122)

Hi LTC. Well from my experience Sydney is a fantastic city, for about 3-4 years. It is a very transiant place I think, and after a while the party crowd meet partners, settle down, and move to the outer suburbs so they can afford to buy a house. If i had a choice between Sydneys outer subs and anywhere in the UK i would take the UK.

People are more sociable in the UK so it wouldnt take you long to get your cirlce of friends back. You might have a hard time for 6months to a year but think of the cash you can save in that time! Also you can spend your holidays back in Aus or even travel europe for a fraction of the price (and 10 times the culture).
Just my thoughts as I wish I had gone home after 3 years...Ive been here 10 now and miserable!
G

Originally Posted by BAY (Post 8164192)

'People are more sociable in the UK'

thats rubbish ... people are equally sociable in the UK and Aus ... maybe people don't want to socialise with someone who's misearable ...'Ive been here 10 now and miserable! :rofl:

Originally Posted by BAY (Post 8164192)

'People are more sociable in the UK'

thats rubbish ... people are equally sociable in the UK and Aus ... maybe people don't want to socialise with someone who's misearable ...'Ive been here 10 now and miserable! :rofl: