Originally Posted by Caroline in Arizona (Post 12389998)

After 6 years in England and 32 years in Arizona we are returning to Scotland next year. All my immediate family live in England but it’s Scotland that I miss. I have no expectations of certain things being the same. I left Scotland as a 21 year old for my first job after University in Dunstable. It would be naive of me to think that things hadn’t changed. I believe that you absolutely can return home. For me returning home means returning to my homeland. I feel so fortunate that I have this choice.

Originally Posted by Caroline in Arizona (Post 12390384)

Still Game - and with tears rolling down my face as I read your response thank you, thank you, thank you. Yes certain things have changed but not the things that matter to me. Thank you for capturing the yearning so eloquently.

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12390028)

I guess it depends how you define home - for me it is where my friends and family are, where I enjoy to spend time, where the restaurants I enjoy are located, the shops that sell the things I need and want, and where I can relax and be myself.

It is more than just a piece of real estate for me, so, for me there is no "home" in the UK to return to, because almost all the things I listed above no longer exist as I remember them in the areas where I lived.

Originally Posted by morpeth;12390024 /QUOTE

Going back to Northumberland (except for Newcastle which has changed for the better) still home, and even more so by the sea.

Originally Posted by morpeth (Post 12391035)

Quite understand about friends and family to be sure. To me returning to Northumberland for a walk by the sea, crisp morning air for daily walk, or visiting inland, all have a charm of the past and some things that don't change. Of course not every one may appreciate the finer charms of black pudding.

Originally Posted by Moses2013 (Post 12391044)

I thought Northumberland had excellent white pudding too:lol:.

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 12391051)

... and divn't ferget the stotties.

Originally Posted by morpeth (Post 12391035)

..... Of course not everyone may appreciate the finer charms of black pudding.

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12391107)

That's one of very few things I miss, living in the US. :(

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 12391043)

Newcastle certainly has changed for the better. And it's still full of Geordies too. :thumb up:

Hyem canny hyem.

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 12391051)

... and divn't ferget the stotties.

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12391107)

That's one of very few things I miss, living in the US. :(

Originally Posted by morpeth (Post 12391158)

divn't ferget the stotties, reet champion !

Hard to find these days it seems, and only Welsh Rarebit I come across is at the bookstore in Alnwick.

Originally Posted by durham_lad (Post 12391182)

Greggs and/or Cooplands sell stotties here in N Yorkshire so I would think they would also sell them in Northumberland (There are plenty stores in Northumberland/Newcastle )