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Forum: Canada
Jan 16th 2012, 6:45 am
Replies: 125
Views: 22,575
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Moving back across the pond after a massive mistake!!!!

This is what's keeping Britain afloat at the moment. Our ability to reuse and recycle stuff. More and more people are using ebay and charity shops as a way to make ends meet. It's not a sign of...
Forum: Canada
Jan 16th 2012, 6:38 am
Replies: 125
Views: 22,575
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Moving back across the pond after a massive mistake!!!!

Not sure if Boy d was referring to the NW of England or Canada but I live back here in the NW of England and trust me, here in Cumbria life doesn't get much better.

Certainly, fewer places are...
Forum: Canada
Jan 16th 2012, 4:19 am
Replies: 5
Views: 816
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Money Transfer

We have,
We used Caxton to go the other way but they are saying we need to go into the bank to release the funds, which we obviously can't do as we are here in the UK and not in Canada.
Forum: Canada
Jan 16th 2012, 3:55 am
Replies: 5
Views: 816
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Money Transfer

Thanks for that, did this myself and sadly none of the links help unless we're able to physically go into the bank to release the funds...frustrating
Forum: Canada
Jan 16th 2012, 3:52 am
Replies: 125
Views: 22,575
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Moving back across the pond after a massive mistake!!!!

The UK really isn't in a mess in comparison to so many other places at the moment. Our make do and mend attitude is carrying us through and I have found being back here completely refreshing and much...
Forum: Canada
Jan 16th 2012, 3:44 am
Replies: 5
Views: 816
Posted By NovaBlues

Money Transfer

Does anyone know how to transfer money from a Canadian bank account to a UK bank account if you're not in Canada anymore?

We're in the UK and want to transfer our money back to the UK from our RBC...
Forum: Canada
Jan 4th 2012, 8:10 am
Replies: 16
Views: 6,806
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Canadian Police Recruitment

We scored extra points on our immigration application because my husband was a firefighter; they were desperate for firefighters in Canada at the time aparently.

The reality was that his UK...
Forum: Canada
Jan 4th 2012, 7:50 am
Replies: 138
Views: 16,476
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?

We've been back home just over a year and being in NS has really given us a new found appreciation for the UK.

Would never deter anyone from trying it but it was an expensive way to find out that...
Forum: Canada
Jan 4th 2012, 7:36 am
Replies: 138
Views: 16,476
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?

Moved back to the UK after 3 years in NS. So glad to be back in the UK.

NS was nice for a couple of years but harsh, very harsh; weather, social and economic deprivation etc. Culturally not bad...
Forum: Canada
Jan 25th 2011, 12:00 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,720
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Flights to Canada

I know they aren't dodgy. They're actually fairly good and I've travelled with them a few times.

It's just that I have always thought that the name sounds like a South American freight airline ;)...
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2011, 11:35 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 798
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: House Insurance Help

Canada, Nova Scotia. I was hoping for either Canadian companies or UK companies, which insure holiday homes.
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2011, 11:04 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,720
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Flights to Canada

Condor (dodgy name) will start flying into Halifax from May. Their flights are reasonable and they fly Heathrow but it might be worth looking into them.

http://www11.condor.com/tcf-eu/index.jsp
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2011, 10:57 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 798
Posted By NovaBlues

House Insurance Help

Can anyone recommend an insurance company who have reasonable premiums for vacant properties?

We are leaving our house for a few months (furnished) and our current company want to charge us an...
Forum: Canada
Apr 28th 2010, 5:20 am
Replies: 25
Views: 3,186
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Have you "Done" Nova Scotia?

Simon's right, employment hubs do dictate geographical areas, which are "livable", particularly in winter. Unless of course you want to go totally off grid, of which I know many people who do.
...
Forum: Canada
Apr 28th 2010, 3:12 am
Replies: 2
Views: 638
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Traveling back to the UK

Thanks el_richo
Forum: Canada
Apr 28th 2010, 3:10 am
Replies: 25
Views: 3,186
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Have you "Done" Nova Scotia?

I totally agree with everyone who said to travel around.

It's impossible to realise just how tiring driving here can be. Some of the roads are soooo long and quiet with thousands of acres of pine...
Forum: Canada
Apr 28th 2010, 2:18 am
Replies: 2
Views: 638
Posted By NovaBlues

Traveling back to the UK

My daughter is heading back to the UK in July for a month. Her passport runs out at the end of November. She was hoping to renew her passport in Liverpool while there and travel back on her new one....
Forum: Canada
Jan 30th 2010, 8:33 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,866
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Anyone in Amherst NS?

Right on...Lord Vader, your opinions don't bother me either, just like your attitude. Yes, I most certainly would know where to look for a good meal but downtown Amherst isn't to my taste for sure,...
Forum: Canada
Jan 30th 2010, 8:27 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,866
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Anyone in Amherst NS?

I'd say if there is a good chance you will find a job there then as a first step it might be good as getting a job here has its challenges. There is quite a big wealthy/poor divide and it's really...
Forum: Canada
Jan 30th 2010, 8:00 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,866
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Anyone in Amherst NS?

There are plenty of places to eat in Sackville and you can buy real food from the Farmer's Market in summer. Parrsboro has some amazing places to eat...albeit in summer only but so much better than...
Forum: Canada
Jan 30th 2010, 7:43 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,866
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Anyone in Amherst NS?

Youre funny...what do you call that completely ugly strip of homogenised shops then?
Forum: Canada
Jan 30th 2010, 7:33 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,866
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: Anyone in Amherst NS?

Don't do it! Amherst truly is grim. You're either on the right or wrong side of the tracks and there are truly more bums around in Amherst than in Halifax. There are no good shops, a huge ugly strip...
Forum: Canada
Jan 30th 2010, 7:27 am
Replies: 31
Views: 4,646
Posted By NovaBlues

Re: so did anyone move to NS and regret it?

In a word, yes.
In summer, this is a fabulous place, full of tourists, mosquitos and blackflies too mind you and everything is open. Come September and it becomes ghostly. You can't find any cafes...
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