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Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 28th 2013, 12:26 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

I think that I could add Woodbridge in Suffolk to this list.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/nov/07/lets-move-to-woodbridge-suffolk

Couple of comments ref article:

Better value seems to...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 28th 2013, 12:19 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

Hi perth,

Looks like about 1,500 so one would need to be on the lookout for any rental supply.

http://www.bridgevillage.org.uk/jcwebfiles/bridgevillage/pages/introduction.htm
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 27th 2013, 11:54 am
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

There has been a lot of chat on here recently about Canterbury and there have been problems for returnees because the property and rent prices in the city are perceived high now that there is High...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 27th 2013, 10:19 am
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

FYI sile, I've picked Bradford-on-Avon from other feedback on here and a bit of my own research as being nice plus close to the City of Bath without having to pay Bath's fairly expensive prices....
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 24th 2013, 2:18 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

Go find four really British looking places in what looks like being the area that meets the OP's prerequisite:

1. Mild/dry
2. On the edge of Urban
3. Likely to be sociable crowd
4. Access to...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 24th 2013, 11:49 am
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

I don't think anybody would be expecting Sterling to rise meaningfully against the dollar anytime soon. Sterling is THE most shorted currency out there meaning that George Soros look-alikes are...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 24th 2013, 11:07 am
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

It isn't the migrants column that matters, it's the non-migrants. It just happens that I used migrant data to provide the evidence because that is where I had seen it.

It's not rocket science -...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 10:43 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

I was prepared to go with the Report from Select Committee of the House of Lords which was anti-migration but read of the fiscal impact that the curbs to migration was to have on the Uk when it came...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 9:26 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

Winter heating allowance is governed by age and ordinary residence during a particular week and you must then claim, unless you are receiving a state pension in which case you get it automatically....
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 8:39 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

For the rail card, it seems the driving licence or passport is simply to prove your ID and age if buying online. If you are buying at a ticket office you can use your birth certificate to prove your...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 5:43 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

Was just looking at the small mileage difference between the heavy rainfall in North Ayrshire and Greenock area and Glasgow, I guess, and the dryness of the area around North Berwick/Gullane east of...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 5:20 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

It's interesting that the areas in the south-west in dark blue are mostly the higher ground of Bodmin Moor, Dartmoor and Exmoor which the rainfall can get off, while the brownish areas around Exeter...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 5:11 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

Sorry to anticipate your seniority wrongly!

Not a problem, those dogs:

www.takeyourpet.co.uk/12/infoguides/Pets+and+Trains/

Just no livestock :).
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 5:04 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

Doesn't meet your mild weather prerequisite though either as you are in the more decidedly chilly North, though Edinburgh is dryer than Glasgow, being further east.
...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 2:55 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

Certainly didn't consider myself chewed. Anyway, that little bit of extra research inures to the benefit of me as much as those who read the posts.

BTW, for those that are unfamiliar, traveling...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 2:03 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

O..........K, I'll do it for you. ;)

Many of them depend upon where you live, such as:

PEMBROKE, HIGHLAND, DALES, CHILTERN etc. and these are usually open to anyone, for a fee.
TWO TOGETHER no...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 1:56 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

Indeed! As per sile's post #152, it would be well for her to be very clear as to what her household budget would be in terms of, but not limited to, RENT and tenant's obligations, council tax, heat &...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 1:43 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

Rail Card is at age 60 so is not tied to any pension age and is presumably agreed upon by a collective of the rail franchises (Network Rail) from time to time as is the annual charge. In due course...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 1:36 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

Of course not, but there is a lot of water under the bridge since this article was published only three weeks ago in relation to currency wars and the UK's economic malaise and the US's economic...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 12:41 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

Well indeed, but one probably has to consider sile's source of income and if that is US dollars it can make better sense, for her, to think in USD. Of course the way Sterling is sinking, and is...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 23rd 2013, 11:07 am
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

If you are over 60, you are eligible for a senior rail card (costs 28 pounds a year):

http://www.senior-railcard.co.uk/

which gives you a third off on off-peak rail travel, such that:
...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 22nd 2013, 5:26 pm
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

The countryside around Penzance, Paul, Mousehole and Newlyn in West Cornwall is lovely, as is it around Dale and heading north towards Letterston and St David's in Pembrokeshire and if you are...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 20th 2013, 11:23 am
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

This gives you an impression of what the character of Britain's towns is up against:
...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 20th 2013, 10:52 am
Replies: 239
Views: 13,153
Posted By Pistolpete2

Re: American again, requesting relo ideas

An old report but I don't sense that that much has changed:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2379743.stm

When there I also visited Seahouses and Craster, known for good fresh fish and...
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