Returning to the UK after many years
Mar 4th 2021, 4:45 pm
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Re: Returning to the UK after many years
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
Totally doable, thanks. I'm not wedded to travel to Liverpool really, just looking at how to get around the country from various places if you aren't in or near London.
Mar 8th 2021, 9:46 am
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Re: Returning to the UK after many years
Originally Posted by scot47
Does Liverpool get any tourists ? Pilgrims in search of the sites of the Beatles perhaps ?
Mar 8th 2021, 11:14 am
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Re: Returning to the UK after many years
Originally Posted by scot47
Does Liverpool get any tourists ? Pilgrims in search of the sites of the Beatles perhaps ?
Mar 11th 2021, 1:37 pm
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Re: Returning to the UK after many years
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
We'll check out Norwich. The south is probably right out, in terms of budget. My sister lives in Winchester, but she organised her life differently....
Good luck
Mar 14th 2021, 1:00 am
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Re: Returning to the UK after many years
Originally Posted by Winston_the_Great_Dane
Norwich is lovely, but prices escalating. We lived in a village in between Thetford (dryest place in the UK) and Norwich. Wymondham and Attleborough offer trains to Norwich and Cambridge. Some nice cycling in Thetford forest and lots or walking too.
Good luck
Good luck
Mar 14th 2021, 1:29 am
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Re: Returning to the UK after many years
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
Thank you. I'm ready for a small town, as long as it has good transport options, but I'm nervous about village living. I'm a city kid (London born and bred, lived in the US mostly in New York and Chicago with a smattering of Boston). I love the country in general, but might find actual village living a bit claustrophobic and I don't want to be dependent on a car for everything, either.
It has a rail station, Megabus stop and National Express also stop there (not currently, due to travel restrictions) handy for the little Lion's home visits, and good A-roads to Norwich, Cambridge and Peterborough. Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham and London are all with around 2.5 to 3 hrs drive for day trips or weekends away. There's an added bonus in that it's not Norwich.
Mar 14th 2021, 4:33 pm
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Re: Returning to the UK after many years
Originally Posted by Helen1964
What’s wrong with Norwich?
I’ve never been but it generally gets a good press.
I’ve never been but it generally gets a good press.
Kings Lynn doesn't have that.
Mar 15th 2021, 10:23 pm
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Re: Returning to the UK after many years
Originally Posted by DaveLovesDee
Kings Lynn?
It has a rail station, Megabus stop and National Express also stop there (not currently, due to travel restrictions) handy for the little Lion's home visits, and good A-roads to Norwich, Cambridge and Peterborough. Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham and London are all with around 2.5 to 3 hrs drive for day trips or weekends away. There's an added bonus in that it's not Norwich.
It has a rail station, Megabus stop and National Express also stop there (not currently, due to travel restrictions) handy for the little Lion's home visits, and good A-roads to Norwich, Cambridge and Peterborough. Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham and London are all with around 2.5 to 3 hrs drive for day trips or weekends away. There's an added bonus in that it's not Norwich.
Originally Posted by Helen1964
What’s wrong with Norwich?
I’ve never been but it generally gets a good press.
I’ve never been but it generally gets a good press.
Yes, been checking out both of these. Norwich is more expensive, transport in Kings Lynn sounds decent and it also appears to have some species of cultural life. No real idea of where in the country Little Lion will end up, but any of it would be more convenient that being in Chicago. Except possibly Inverness or something.
Mar 15th 2021, 10:40 pm
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Re: Returning to the UK after many years
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
Yes, been checking out both of these. Norwich is more expensive, transport in Kings Lynn sounds decent and it also appears to have some species of cultural life. No real idea of where in the country Little Lion will end up, but any of it would be more convenient that being in Chicago. Except possibly Inverness or something.
Things to do in Kings Lynn
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Mar 16th 2021, 2:32 am
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Re: Returning to the UK after many years
Originally Posted by DaveLovesDee
Yeah, Kings Lynn is a lot closer than Norwich to anywhere except London...Where are the major employers located that Little Lion would be looking at with the qualifications he's doing?
Things to do in Kings Lynn
Things to do in Kings Lynn
He has no idea. He's just completing his second year of a BEng in Civil Engineering & Construction Management. He might then want a job, or to go for a Masters to advance himself on the road to chartered status, or who knows. He's a young man, interests really only beginning to crystalise.
There's some interesting history in that town. I don't know much about it at all.
Mar 22nd 2021, 2:25 pm
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Re: Returning to the UK after many years
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
He has no idea. He's just completing his second year of a BEng in Civil Engineering & Construction Management. He might then want a job, or to go for a Masters to advance himself on the road to chartered status, or who knows. He's a young man, interests really only beginning to crystalise.
There's some interesting history in that town. I don't know much about it at all.
There's some interesting history in that town. I don't know much about it at all.
Yeah, I know, I'm not making it easy for you
I'm sorry.
Last edited by DaveLovesDee; Mar 22nd 2021 at 2:30 pm.
