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Forum: Canada
Sep 28th 2010, 7:22 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 945
Posted By Pamela 1

Flights to UK - pay dollars or sterling?

Recently there was a thread where some were buying air tickets by calling the airline in UK and getting it quite a bit cheaper.

Ddi you pay in dollars or sterling? I figure it would be the...
Forum: Canada
Jul 15th 2010, 1:18 am
Replies: 15
Views: 3,797
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: Buying from Brit superstore

I am in Cobourg, and it was in Metro I saw the Branston at $4.99. No Frills don't carry it any more and they were a bit cheaper.
Forum: Canada
Jul 15th 2010, 12:44 am
Replies: 15
Views: 3,797
Posted By Pamela 1

Buying from Brit superstore

Has anyone bought food items from Brit Superstore in Dover? If so did you have to pay customs on your goodies.
I want to order some Colmans mustard which I can't find here and Branston Pickle, the...
Forum: Canada
Jun 24th 2010, 2:48 pm
Replies: 97
Views: 15,041
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: english back bacon

I have found the Wiltshire bacon on Loblaws Superstore but have not bought any yet as it is smoked and we don't like smoked meats. I will look for it in No Frills and who knows I might cave in and...
Forum: Canada
Apr 18th 2010, 2:27 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,660
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: air travel

I just posted on another thread that we are Brits who are supposed to be flying back to Toronto having spent all winter here. We go on April 28th but way things are going doesn't look like it unless...
Forum: Canada
Apr 18th 2010, 2:17 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 951
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: Week Today

We are due to fly out to Toronto on 28th April having had all winter here in Dorset. The way things are going it does not look like happening unless there is change in wind direction by the weekend....
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 14th 2010, 9:04 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,788
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: Can't sell car - leave in 2 weeks

Thanks for replies. We accept we will have to lose on it but it will still work out cheaper than renting a car 6 months while in UK.

We will probably end up with a dealer or the unwanted car...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 13th 2010, 7:50 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,788
Posted By Pamela 1

Can't sell car - leave in 2 weeks

We have been here all winter and now returning to Canada but we can't sell our Mazda automatic car. Has anyone else had this problem?
Forum: USA
Jan 12th 2010, 4:16 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 402
Posted By Pamela 1

Using Fedex/UPS to ship case to Canada

We are sending a few things back to Canada in a very large suitcase and maybe a box as well.
Has anybody used Fedex or UPS to send stuff over. It takes 5 days to arrive door to door. For a small...
Forum: Canada
Jan 12th 2010, 4:03 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 24,334
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: British Bacon - where to get TO area

Thanks for the replies. I have made a note of Butchers and not sure they do back bacon but their sausages are really interesting on their website though all organic which is great but more...
Forum: Canada
Jan 3rd 2010, 4:02 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 24,334
Posted By Pamela 1

British Bacon - where to get TO area

We are in UK at the moment and enjoying the usual back bacon but when we get back to Ontario that will be end of bacon for who knows when we'll be back in UK.

I know it is expensive and would only...
Forum: Canada
Dec 3rd 2009, 3:59 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,928
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: GP question

We have had our doctor for over 15 years and can never get an appointment for at least 10 weeks in Cobourg. Fortunately we are rarely sick but have to use the walk-in if we needed to.

I was sick...
Forum: Canada
Nov 20th 2009, 7:21 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,280
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: Air Canada weigh hand luggage

There were scales clearly marked Hand Luggage before we got to the check in counter. I looked at it in amazement and put one bag on but didn't think too much of it. Then when cases had gone through...
Forum: Canada
Nov 19th 2009, 7:06 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,280
Posted By Pamela 1

Air Canada weigh hand luggage

We flew Air Canada to Heathrow last week and for the first time with them they weighed hand luggage. They weighed our cases first and then asked for hand luggage. We both had black nylon bags which...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 19th 2009, 12:54 am
Replies: 3
Views: 685
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: Hoilday Caravan Rentals?

Can't help with the finding of any holiday caravan parks in Brighton area but it sounds as though it would be a bit cold for that even for a month. (not called trailers in UK!) If you don't have...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 9th 2009, 12:08 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,158
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: Moving back to UK as a pensioner

Relocateme,. You are right about warmer winters in the south. When UK had snow in February last we had no more than an inch which was gone by lunchtime, though it did hang around a bit in...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 6th 2009, 12:15 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,158
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: Moving back to UK as a pensioner

aes1 - We stay in Southbourne which is 3 miles from Bournemouth. Boscombe is in between if you know the area, but not an ideal place to live/rent. Boscombe has become run down a bit, though they...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 4th 2009, 11:53 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 3,158
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: Moving back to UK as a pensioner

We are retired and last November we went back to UK for the winter to a totally different area from where we come from. We stayed near Bournemouth which many retirees go to because of the milder...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Sep 8th 2009, 7:56 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 450
Posted By Pamela 1

Pension Credits for seniors

For those in their 60's and 70's who are thinking of moving back and wondering if they can manage, take a look at the Pension Credits form which you can fill in with your information and it will...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 5th 2009, 1:59 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 2,620
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: Norfolk Broads/Gt. Yarmouth

OK guys, thanks a lot, we have got the message we are going to Norwich for 3 nights, the first night will be on arrival from our flight. We have Elm Hill on the list to see plus the Broads etc. If...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 31st 2009, 8:27 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 2,620
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: Norfolk Broads/Gt. Yarmouth

Thanks everybody looks like we'll head to Norwich for a couple of days.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 31st 2009, 12:08 am
Replies: 33
Views: 2,620
Posted By Pamela 1

Norfolk Broads/Gt. Yarmouth

We are thinking of visiting Norfolk Broads and Gt. Yarmouth mid November and wondered if we should stay 1 or 2 nights.

I realise it is a winter month but we are doing a drive around east coast...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 22nd 2009, 1:12 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,113
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: Has anyone does a temporary return to the UK to give it a go?

Dunroving, We live in a park model cottage on a Park which closed for winter and most of the residents who make that their home go to Florida as we used to. Now we are going to UK instead. The...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 20th 2009, 8:13 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,113
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: Has anyone does a temporary return to the UK to give it a go?

We went back last winter for 6 months to see what we thought of the place. We are now retired so we are not in the working mode. We rented a very nice vacation flat in Dorset right by the ocean.
...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 20th 2009, 8:01 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,075
Posted By Pamela 1

Re: After all this time

If life is all OK with you then do a trip back for however long you are able to go with your wife. You have by the sound of it some more talking through together.
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