The nice bits of England
 

Just got back from a trip to the UK and thought I'd share a few pics with you all.

Although we are not packing up in Canada and heading back just yet, we haven't exactly ruled it out long term either. As anywhere, there are pro's and con's for both places, and would like to share some of the very pretty pro's with those of you hoping to be back in the UK one day.


Tarporley High Street, Tarporley, Cheshire.
Conwy Castle
Warwick Castle

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Can't resist a few more

Ariel view from Warwick castle
Peckforton Castle
The beach at Llandudno

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Lovely! I love Warwick :thumbup:

Glad you enjoyed your trip home.

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My Mother was a Maid at Warwick Castle in the '30's.(7 days a week, 15 hours a day)

We gave thought to spending some years in the UK but cost of living is too high, so we are content to visit.

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Tarporley...I know it well. In fact I looked at a house for sale in January just off that road...behind the Rising Sun. My bessie friend lives in Tarporley...Luddington Hill, Cotebrook.

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I went to Warwick Castle too, in June this year, so here are some pics of mine.
Two from the main tower, and one from the ground looking up at the main tower.

I think I had better weather than you :D

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I can't believe I lived in London for over 30 years and never bothered to visit any of these places. Typical Londoner! ;)

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Lovely pics.

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Funny old world isn't it? We moved away and found the cost of living in relation to our wages too high so returned to the UK as we found it much more reasonable here. I guess it all depends on individual circumstances ;)

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Same here :o I'm making a point of doing just that when I get back.

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LousieD. not sure where you went, but I find what One $ CDN buys, one pound sterling buys, and wages in Canada tend to be higher than the U.K. ADJUSTED, e.g. Nurse top end makes about $76,000CDN and U.K Nurse makes about 40,000 pounds, but the Nurse in Canada can buy twice as much.

A regular car would cost about $CDN 30K, 12k Pounds.

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I wish a nurse top end earns £40k, Thats more like managers:mad:.

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Thanks so much for the pictures of Warwick. I'm moving there from the US in September to go to university, so it was lovely to see the pics. My old life was in Surrey, and we never went to the Warwick area -- can't wait!

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We went to Oz. Hubby (brickie) earns average 30K here, but there it was more like 15K. With house/food prices not much different converted it's easy to see why we are better off here.

Before we returned I put together a spreadsheet to calculate all income and expenditure for the year before we left UK and the year we were in Oz. The results were surprising even to me - for every month we stayed in Oz we were actually losing well over a thousand pounds.

I've known many other tradesmen return due to the poor wages there in comparison to the cost of living.

Like I said previously, I definately think it all depends on each individuals circumstances as to where they are better off.

I also far prefer earning the pound and taking it overseas to spend :thumbup:

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I guess it does come down to individual circumstances but I live in one of the "cheaper" parts of Canada and still spend around the same each month for a very similar lifestyle as I had back in the UK.

A lot of Canadians seem to be just scrapping by and there appears to be more poverty in this part of Canada at least than there is in the UK

Jonathan

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Wheres the pics of the nice bits then :confused:

You dont honestly think them pics are scenic and nice do you :confused:

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For gawd's sake Pete, bugger off back to the Spain forum.

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Yeah Warick castles nice place., but not every place in Uk is like this. Why not take a drive about 50 miles or so to Birmingham and take a look at the lovely places there, especially Sparkbrook, and surounding areas. I think youd have a bit of a shock. Yes we can all find some lovely places in the Uk but the reality is the Uk is not like Heartbeat as everyone who lives in America thinks so. Lets face it tourists only go to tourist places in the Uk and so get a false impression of what the Uk is like. It;s like me going to to Disney land and thinking everywhere in America is like that. Lets get a grip on reality eh?

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We're not stupid, we have lived there before!

Every country in the world has nice bits and bad bits. I don't know where you're going in Spain but they've got a ton of drossy areas. If you don't want to live in England they have a marvellous system of government that makes living there entirely optional. ;)

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FFS!! The title of the thread isn't "England is nice all over" It said "The nice bits of England" Just because we are expats, it doesn't mean we have forgotten all the shit places, or that we think it all looks like that. :mad:

Give the OP a break, all they wanted to do was share a few pics they took on holiday and I did likewise. Everytime someone posts a few nice pictures on this forum, there's always someone who's looking to leave the UK to shoot it downs in flames. :thumbdown:

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Once again cos it's not that difficult to understand, this forum is called Moving BACK to the Uk. And for your information, noone in America knows WTF Heartbeat is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Took me a while to remember what that show was!

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totally agree with you...karma on it's way :thumbup:

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I honestly had no clue, I had to look it up. FFS, the show isn't even on tv here so I don't where the OP got the idea that all Americans think England is like Heartbeat, divvy!

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hey sue-blue...do us a favour and close the door on your way out when leaving the uk ;)

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Karma on its way, :thumbsup:

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Come on please lets not argue amongst ourselves, this isn't being far to the OP who is only sharing his pics, (and very nice pictures they are too, thank you for sharing them with us)

Oh and just to play devils advocate, this pic is my local pub where I come from, and to my knowledge no tourists ever go there ;)

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Every expat I met in Spain has now moved back. Just sayin' ;)

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God, it's just like the pub in Heartbeat:D Sorry Sue. Looks absolutely gorgeous, where is it?

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i know....;)

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that's in Dursley sue isn't it coz i've been there...you and me have discussed this before methinks ;)

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Love that pub!
What a great picture
Thanks Sue for sharing

Di

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Yes it is. It's just a normal little town in Gloucestershire. Not much bigger than a village really.

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Too bad it is now under 4 feet of water.

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Beautiful pics Sue :thumbup:

Yes Howard it's so sad to see those beautiful historic towns flooded out. All those poor people too, losing everything - heartbreaking :(

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No the flood hasn't gone that far none of my family have been affected, but it is a shame to see how badly the floods have affected thousands of people.

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it is sad, very sad however they'll rally round....us brits are pretty resourceful ;)