Thank you for that pjj,I totally agree with you.You never know how it will all turn out until you try and we fully intend to give it a go.Yes jobs are hard to find everywhere but we have never been out of work.There are jobs anywhere for those that wish to find them.

Thank you Rixxy,I think what you've done is amazing.To have the courage with children to just totally uproot and move to another country and it sounds like you did the right thing.Did you do it alone or did you have support from a partner/husband?

Where do you live now sonnyc?

one more from leicester , but now skegness ,sister still in leicester, cant wait for move to spain ,

Hi there mitzyboy,we have taken alot of what various people have said into account and we are fully prepared for all the red tape and the paperwork but we intend to take enough money with us to cover this initial period during which time we will have plenty of time to stand around waiting for things to be done and also do some sight seeing at the same time.Then when we have our NIE etc,we will then look for work as I know we can't work without it.I also know you can pay people to take you to the police station and get it with you if you're not fluent in Spanish but like I said we fully intend to learn the language so that eventually things won't be so difficult for us.Until then we will most likely be in the expat area.We are considering Benalmadena.

Nice 1 angie,so are you planning to get out of here too?Maybe we should reply to the previous posts and tell them how bad the crime is in good ol Leicester,what do ya reckon?

Hi Lezz so where abouts in Skeggy are you atm?We had a caravan at Peacehaven there but we lived in Sandbeck Avenue.So where in Spain would you like to go to and are you planning to work there or are you retiring?Do you know Spanish?We can't wait either but unfortunately loads of money to save and plans to be made.

near wainfleet on a52. we are retiring. going to look at granada area, we have the m/home so dogs and macaw go with us, lezz12

I agree Rixxy, I never had a problem when I came here either, in fact I had companies begging me to work for them after they saw my CV and I didn't speak Spanish. Spain also opened an other area of opportunity which I hadn't thought of before coming here, so it gave an idea and career change and it's paying dividends now. Although I have the company based in Uk which I set up only a couple of years ago, more because of convenience as my business partner is there, but I still work here in Spain and chose how much time I spend here so I've made that happen to get the life I want. But we are looking at doing more work here as there are plenty of opportunites here as well for us.

So as you said there are opportunities here if people look and I've also integrated with the Spanish and don't have problems with them. My Spanish was non existent when I came here and I didn't know anyone. But I've managed to buy a house in Spanish and live amongst Spanish who don't speak a word of English and deal with workmen etc and just learn the spanish I need to sort out the problems that I encounter.

There are many people who have made a success of Spain and doing very well and from different countries.

Nice 1.When u planning on moving?

end of summer its taken 4year of planning, how long it will take to find 3/4 bed place with garden , need one for dogs /veg/ granchildren they have booked xmas in spain so need to get moving, lezz12

Always glad to be of assistance and may i commend your intent ,and i hope everthing works out for everone in this forum ,but as we've seen in recent posts things in Spain aren't allways what there made out to be and all responders to posts are only trying to give the bennefit of their experiance so that the new members can learn the easy way.

I have now stepped back from "Living on the Edge" as I've spent most my life there ,taking Financal and Phyiscal risk ,so now i can afford as much room as i want

My wife is from Leicester, and I'm from Lincolnshire, near Market Rasen. We have son and grandchildren living in Desford and my wife has brothers in Loughborough. Know all about crime in Leicester, in fact just after we met she was mugged on her way home from shopping.

That's excellent then.So all your hard work is paying off.We're planning on it being years til we get there as well,boo hoo but anything worth doing is worth doing right

I'm really sorry to hear that.That's what I mean though,there is a high volume of crime here as it is a big city.Not to mention all the stabbings we had last year alone.