villages in Devon for us!!!! Bless them.

They went out yesterday armed with camera and map and came back with a few shots from around the area we want to settle in, Cullompton. The villages are Sampford Peverall, Uffculme and Kentisbeare...I think, in no particular order as I got all excited and jumbled them up!!!!

And look....the sun is shining in Blighty!!

Wow, it looks gorgeous. I know you have mixed feelings about returning but I reckon you get the best of both worlds .... you've now got 18 months to cram in the rest of Aus you'd like to see and really appreciate it, combined with the excitement of planning your new life in UK. And at least you are out of limbo at last. Go for it!! I'm jealous!

Ahh Tracey - lovely piccies!!!
Hope you manage to get to Tassie b4 you head off - reckon you'll like it
!8 months'll fly so enjoy the heat

Lovely post Tracey, what great in-laws.

Tracey...you must be so excited. Your in-laws sound wonderful...so are mine. I regret what I have done to them...taken their only grandchild to live on another continent.

yeah, you and me both girl!! They idolised our two when we were in the UK. They were so hands on Granny and Granddad, they always wanted to be part of their lives. They were, and still are, so kind and thoughtful, never interfering, never judging, just amazing and I know I am lucky. So, what did we do? decide to move to the other side of the world in the vague hope of finding something 'better'!! Such idiots me and my old man!! derrr!!!

Stop it you two.....it's not 18 months anymore...it's 14 !!!!!

The piccies look lovely Tracey I bet you just can't wait now - it certainly sounds like you have made the right decision.

It's so true that we search the world looking for a "better" way of life and in most cases (not all), there just isn't anything better than what we already have.

Good luck with your last year in Oz - now you can settle down and enjoy it, safe in the knowledge that you are on your way home

Sounds all very delightful, now try to get a well paying job so you can afford to buy in Devon.

Pretty countryside, too bad it is so packed with tourists you can hardly move, and that whooshing sound, that is life passing you by on the motorway.

Doting Grand Parents are great, until they try to become doting Parents, be careful you don't get more interference than you are prepared to handle.

We were fortunate, wife put the line in the sand from day one, our kids, our way, may not be your way, in which case, there is the highway.

Good Choices

I hate the UK think its a dive !! BUT if i was made to stay and had to select where to live then DEVON Wise choice

Its still got the proper how the Uk was feel and look to it , lovely villages , nice coasts etc...
If things go wrong for me when i emigrate then a little bungalow near the sea in a small village in Devon will be next move

How nice is that.Its lovely in Devon ,Somerset also.There is so much to see,and the coastal areas ect.

And BP likes itAll joking apart it still has its charm,its a good choice.Good luck with everything.xxxxx

Don't ya just luv this guy!!!!!

a little ray of sunshine hey

Were they on a pub crawl Tracey?

What a little cracker you are. I bet you're the life and soul at parties. Don't forget to take your happy pills today.

I love Devon and Cornwall...very jealous...spend most of my summers in Cornwall as a child...family had a house and farm there...then later as a biker we were lucky enough to have a friend with land in Cornwall ...both are lovey places...I miss the area a lot....