Spring coming early again.
#121
Re: Spring coming early again.
Another sunny day! Didn't even wear coat out today. Note to self...must buy sunglasses!
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#124
Re: Spring coming early again.
been a lurker since 2002
i was born in wolverhampton. hated britain with a passion, hated weather, ect. wanted to move abroad to find that better life.
decided to move to southwest instead...(uk)..... damn! im 20 mins from beach, minutes from rolling countryside, minutes from wales!
loving it wouldt change a thing.
weather today for all you guys stuck in oz: 16 degrees, went to weston beach, absolutely packed, people everywhere ennjoying themselves.
dog walkers, hikers in shorts, donkey rides, kite flyers, jet skiers, candyfloss, ice cream!!!
we had chips, went to ASDA to buy salad and olives, ate on said beach.
just got back......best time ive had for YEARS. and in UK!
moral of story....ignore the miserable trolls on here, moaning about uk, when the problem isnt uk, its the individual/circumstance that they cannot deal with properly.
i love uk!!!
i was born in wolverhampton. hated britain with a passion, hated weather, ect. wanted to move abroad to find that better life.
decided to move to southwest instead...(uk)..... damn! im 20 mins from beach, minutes from rolling countryside, minutes from wales!
loving it wouldt change a thing.
weather today for all you guys stuck in oz: 16 degrees, went to weston beach, absolutely packed, people everywhere ennjoying themselves.
dog walkers, hikers in shorts, donkey rides, kite flyers, jet skiers, candyfloss, ice cream!!!
we had chips, went to ASDA to buy salad and olives, ate on said beach.
just got back......best time ive had for YEARS. and in UK!
moral of story....ignore the miserable trolls on here, moaning about uk, when the problem isnt uk, its the individual/circumstance that they cannot deal with properly.
i love uk!!!
IVE REFOUND MY PATRIOTISM, KEEP MY SPACE FOR ME!
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THANKS FOR THAT, NICE TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE NOT MAD ENOUGH TO LEAVE UK IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!! WE ARE ON OUR WAY BACK FROM ASAP!! NO GOOD HAVING ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL BEACHES WITH NOONE TO SHARE THEM WITH......WISH WE HAD ASDA OVER HERE!!!! AND ARGOS.....AND SAINSBURYS!!
IVE REFOUND MY PATRIOTISM, KEEP MY SPACE FOR ME!
IVE REFOUND MY PATRIOTISM, KEEP MY SPACE FOR ME!
I really appreciate the UK now after almost 2 years of crap in Perth, it really does make you appreciate what home has to offer
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I'd like to get the two of you together to share your views.
'Bog Rolls at Twenty Paces.'
By the way, why did you hate Perth? I loved it from the moment I got off the boat in Fremantle but I couldn't get a job so I went to Sydney.
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Talking about Argos I even miss the catalogue..................
OMG do you think I have completely mad here ?
By the way, the rain is so bad here we have had to empty our pool out physically by buckets every day (the back pump has packed up) and I have just checked and we have to do it again tomorrow. The overflow from it has killed all our grass and we had just re-seeded it (ha ha) ....... And overflowed the septic tank. Again (had it emptied 2 weeks ago !!!) :curse:
English rain ???? Bring it on !!!!!
At least we are still laughing
A xx ps how are the daffoldils coming on ???
OMG do you think I have completely mad here ?
By the way, the rain is so bad here we have had to empty our pool out physically by buckets every day (the back pump has packed up) and I have just checked and we have to do it again tomorrow. The overflow from it has killed all our grass and we had just re-seeded it (ha ha) ....... And overflowed the septic tank. Again (had it emptied 2 weeks ago !!!) :curse:
English rain ???? Bring it on !!!!!
At least we are still laughing
A xx ps how are the daffoldils coming on ???
#129
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Ironic because I took issue with someone who referred to UK as a 'toilet'.
I'd like to get the two of you together to share your views.
'Bog Rolls at Twenty Paces.'
By the way, why did you hate Perth? I loved it from the moment I got off the boat in Fremantle but I couldn't get a job so I went to Sydney.
I'd like to get the two of you together to share your views.
'Bog Rolls at Twenty Paces.'
By the way, why did you hate Perth? I loved it from the moment I got off the boat in Fremantle but I couldn't get a job so I went to Sydney.
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My love is hill running hiking for miles but the heat put paid to that and when it was not 40 + it was pissing down for days on end, I also found the place boring and isolated, I love different cultures and foods and missed my walking trips to Europe which are so cheap with the budget airlines...Oz suits some people but as a young guy it did not suit me.....plus the night clubs can be dangerous man seen more trouble in nightclubs in Perth in 2 years than I ever did back home.
There's some good bush walking in the parks around Sydney mind - Blue Mts - Royal National Park, generally lots of swimming in the rivers on the summer walks. Lots of climbing up and down stairs around Katoomba and Blackheath. I joined the Sydney Bush Walkers and they are almost identical to The Ramblers in the way that they organize walks at weekends.
#131
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This is one of the best times of the year (Feb/March) and we've just had a lovely weekend -- although mozzies are a bit of a problem already.
I think we have fewer flowers here too. When I went home last year, I saw that my mother, who lives in Devon, had probably every type of flowering plant in her garden that I have in south Texas, and more! I particularly miss the shrubs and flowers that just won't grow in the long hot summers or need a hard frost.
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Re: Spring coming early again.
Absolutely perfect day today
Blue skies and sunshine and just the right temperature for walking.
The spring flowers are well on their way and the birds are singing
I must be mad to be thinking of leaving
Forecast to continue very much the same.....enjoy.
G
Blue skies and sunshine and just the right temperature for walking.
The spring flowers are well on their way and the birds are singing
I must be mad to be thinking of leaving
Forecast to continue very much the same.....enjoy.
G
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Where you going
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I'm sure that somewhere on the internet a disillusioned immigrant to the UK is posting: "I went to England, don't know what they are going on about, Gravesend is a toilet".