Originally Posted by jasper123

HELLO Angie and welcome to our little thread, how long have ya been lurking on here for ---- time to come in and have a nice cup of tea and chocolate digestive biscuit with us and a nice chat,
OK lets talk turkey ----- I arrived on December 1st and gatwick was closed due to the worst snow storm in 100 years so plane was diverted to Heathrow, back home with my Mum stranded and not being able to leave the house for 6 days cause the snow was so deep up to way past your belly button
Then the sun came out and it took a day but it melted away all the snow, it got warmer but still cold, January & February was cold & windy at times, rain from time to time, around 1 to 5 degrees centigrade most days, March was cold and windy ----but then came the shocker April and may came along and most days the temps were around 75 and very sunny, but thats where I am down South in Portsmouth, people on here who returned to up north like Barb said those months were quite cold and miserable and rainy though.
Now were in June and oh boy its real cold, and rained just about every day.
Rodney.

Originally Posted by cheers

OK Rodney you want to be over here for 3 months? I'll wave to you over the pond! I'll enjoy the rain and you can come over here and enjoy the warm weather, agreed? (there is a major problem though)

To be serious, if that is possible for me, I think I will end up doing that and that is moving over to Hereford and then if I miss the states I will fly back for a month or for how ever long it would take to get it out of my system and then back to Hereford.

Is it possible that we all want to move somewhere for a fresh start?

I look at my overhead/bills and think I would not have these if I was in the UK but we all know I would just replace them with some UK style bills.

I remember being in Southend, Essex in 1962 and walking out on the beach with a friends dog and thinking this is the place but I knew I needed to get back stateside to get a higher education (oh, and a wife) which I did. My point is I loved it there. Nothing like it here. I do like being able to buy things here in the US though.

US=things-flexibility-wonderful people. UK= scenery-wonderful people

Cheers

Originally Posted by Beedubya

Just wondering what kind of things we are talking about here??

Originally Posted by Beedubya

Just wondering what kind of things we are talking about here??

Originally Posted by ANGIE1956

I hope you don't think this is a stupid question, but what average temperatures can i expect in January. Moving back after spending 23 years in florida.

Originally Posted by aries

Much like stepping off the plane into a walk-in fridge then?

It is a long time since I've spent a winter in England (though one summer wasn't too warm), so I will have to re-educate myself into knowing what to wear.

Originally Posted by bandrui

I went back one December for Christmas. I thought the climate is quite similar to the West Coast of Canada, right? Wrong! It was so damp that I had flashbacks to my teens when I would be standing at a bus stop almost in tears because the cold goes right through to your bones.

I'm not too worried about climate though. I like to experience all four seasons and I expect winter to be cold. Must have that woodstove though.

Originally Posted by bandrui

I went back one December for Christmas. I thought the climate is quite similar to the West Coast of Canada, right? Wrong! It was so damp that I had flashbacks to my teens when I would be standing at a bus stop almost in tears because the cold goes right through to your bones.

I'm not too worried about climate though. I like to experience all four seasons and I expect winter to be cold. Must have that woodstove though.

Originally Posted by aries

Before I came to Australia, I well remember a Canadian living in England saying that he felt colder than he did in Canada. He claimed it was a damper cold which exacerbated the chill factor.

Originally Posted by sallysimmons

Maybe it's related to what you're used to, but I moved from damp chilly Hull to Toronto and I thought I would die the first winter. It is WAY colder in Toronto than it ever is in the UK.

There are actually days in Toronto where you can't be outside for more than a couple of minutes without getting frostbite. And you haven't lived until you've felt all your nose hairs freeze up!

Originally Posted by Derrygal

I agree with you Sally - it is way colder here than the UK. Bitter cold - I actually think the dry air in winter makes me feel colder - and yes, I've often felt my nose hairs freeze up - when I've walked outside first thing in the morning to pick up my morning paper!!

Originally Posted by sallysimmons

I remember this one time when my car had broken down and I had to take the bus to work. The walk to my office from the bus stop was 3 minutes max. Of course my car had to break down on one of those days where they were warning people not to be outside for more than a few minutes. I thought my short walk would be fine, but I couldn't make it the whole way. Even through all my layers, my fingers, toes and cheeks were hurting so bad from the cold. I remember falling into an office building halfway there and apologizing to the receptionist. I just couldn't make it the whole 3 minutes!

Originally Posted by jasper123

Hi bandrui, Hell a couple of days ago here in Pompey we had all 4 seasons in one day it was great? I will take this sometimes warm & sunny and sometimes cold and rainy any day over the 112 degrees of heat in the cruel desert of Las Vegas where I used to live, and no rain for months on end ---- well hell it just aint natural, not if your a human, snakes seem to like it though

Originally Posted by Derrygal

I agree with you Sally - it is way colder here than the UK. Bitter cold - I actually think the dry air in winter makes me feel colder - and yes, I've often felt my nose hairs freeze up - when I've walked outside first thing in the morning to pick up my morning paper!!