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We are having our first visit back to the Uk in 1.5 years.The first since we moved here.

What was it like for others on here who went for their first visit back.

On our list of things to do apart from family is charity shops and car boot sales, lots of cheap clothes shopping, food food and food.

What do you do apart from see family?

The weather had better be dry:fingerscrossed::fingerscrossed:

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I ALWAYS have an indian takeaway (IMO they're so much cheaper and nicer in the UK)!!!! I usually go to tescos, sainsburys and our local seafront just to take a look to compare, I go clothes shopping, go out with friends for drinks or a meal and thats about it apart from seeing family! After a day or two, I'm counting the days til I come back to Spain.

Jo xxx

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Don't know, haven't been back yet :p but I should imagine charity shops would be right up there. If you want a decent Indian, check our www.spicentice.com and you'll never have another takeaway again. :thumbup:

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If you're coming back Plymouth way..... I'd say probably not.

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I go to the cinema having prestocked up on jelly babies, fruit pastilles, american hard gums etc.

Regardless of the film I then scoff the lot & make myself v ill with the sugar rush.

Oh, chazzer missions, tescos, m&s reduced stuff, cases of discounted beers & those big bags of assorted McCoys do it for me.

I just got my visa bill for a month UK stay over christmas, it was v expensive.

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my first visit back I stocked up on clothes & underwear for me & the kids



then didn't go back for 7 more years.................

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Stock up on tea bags to take back?

You've avoided the cold weather we had in December, but be warned it's very windy and changeable at the moment. Not really seen any sun for a week now, but maybe you'll bring the sun with you!:thumbup:

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Oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ummmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Dartmoor has had rain for a few days unbroken now and its pretty miserable.

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It's got to be a proper English Chippy first stop from the airport. Next day Tesco's and Asda, Pork pie as a snack then later an Indian takeaway.

Great Food is all I miss from the Uk.

Really, What else do they have that's good?

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You see, you type stuff like that, someone jumps on it and you end up running away crying victimization.

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Charity shops and decent car boot sales.

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Me too, usually the first day back.

I bring back Twinings Lemon & Ginger teabags and I also look for trousers that I don't have to take 20-30cm off before wearing.

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Most of the food I would miss is available from here without much hassle. We went back a week ago. The weather was shit, the roads like something out of Wacky Races, and way too many people for my liking. Tesco's was good tho.

Oh yeah. Did I mention? The weather was shit.

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:rofl::rofl:

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Well it was. I know it can rain biblically in Spain, but that's it. Wallop! and it's over. The whole week we were in the UK, there was dribs and drabs and it was wet all the time.

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i dont think so bill, remember Spain is not the costa del sol.
What you are describing with the dribs and drabs all day is Galicia much of the time.
Most of Spanish population do not live in the sunny south.

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I'm not running away, it's only my opinion, I know it's different from yours, No sweat.

Do a google on Britains lost identity or read what David Cameron said yesterday.

I'm not alone.

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And the sunny south is not always so either. Posted last March, four moths after the rains started. ;)

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I don't need to love, I live here and compared to a great many countries the UK is a paradise, it may not have the heat that Spain has but it does have nice long drawn out evenings in the summer, something you don't get in Spain.


To claim that the UK has nothing good is absolutely ridiculous and shows us more than we need to know about the way you view the world.

Oh and DC made comments about militant Islam, if you need me to explain the difference between that and the myth of Britains "lost identity" let me know eh?

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I know as I am most of the time in Alicante, and sometimes it is cold enough to freeze the balls off a Brass...

Bedstead.:D

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Aint that the truth...........:thumbup:

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Try to avoid going to the pub for a drink - I always felt I was being robbed openly when I returned to the UK from Spain. Still do - I don't mind paying more than £3 for a beer or wine, but feel the Spanish way of offering free tapas is far more welcoming than having to pay 80p for a poor quality packet of Walkers' crisps. Apart from that, the thing I feel the UK excels in is their parks and country houses. Within a short time the bulbs should be in flower, so try and go for a walk in a local park.

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Well, I'm not on the CdS either. C de la Luz, me. True, I can only comment on my bit, as I have had no experience of the north of Spain. From the sound of it, I wouldn't like it so much......

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Well, we still get the light till pretty late, and we get longer days in the winter, getting on for 10 -11 hours. Beats those short winter days.

Agree that the UK is better than a lot of countries, but look how bad some of those are!!

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Quote from David Camerons speech

At a security conference in Munich, he argued the UK needed a stronger national identity to prevent people turning to all kinds of extremism.

That surely means it's weak?

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Nothing much wrong with the UK's national identity. We drive to work in a German car (or German train carriage), use a PC with American software, drink Australian or Danish lager, keep our money in a Spanish owned bank, wear clothes made in China or Thailand, and go for an Indian or Chinese as a treat.

Can't be long before everyone catches up! :thumbup:

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No, it just means it isn't so defined. The English don't usually make a lot of fuss about their identity, presumably thru self confidence. The more insecure jingoistic types go in for a lot of flag waving.

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No, it means he is trying to say that the fault lays at the feet of the extreme muslims and partly at the feet of the moderate ones, Pakistani (they tend to be the most disaffected and disenfranchised muslims in the UK because of cultural reasons) communities are closed societies and insular so no amount of outward pressure will ever help the situation, but because of cultural sensitivities he can't openly say it, so in diplomatic speech he lays half of the blame squarely on the UK as a whole.... that way people don't feel like they are victimised.

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Cough... America.... cough.....

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It's interesting to read the Spanish take on UK, some good, some bad, but most that I read don't seem that worried about the weather, and comment that people always ask them why they come to UK, given the weather in Spain. (a job, obviously!)They seem to have problems with that. The Spanish don't even seem to have a problem moving to Scandinavia, they are going there in increasing numbers. I was recently reading a recommendation on places to visit in a London forum, and St Paul's always comes out on top, followed by all the other top tourist traps there. They seem to love London parks! Some of them, like this lady, even loves the food here!
And someone that has just lost her job, was given the following advice,
They're loving it! ;)

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In my experience this is very rare; in fact most foreigners have a very poor opinion of British food, especially if they're based in London. A shame really as decent home cooked fare is to die for, but all they experience is microwaved pub grub and various high street chicken and kebab type take-aways.

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And why not there is a lot to love.

If there is one thing I cant stand it the Brits that have moved on and do nothing but slag off the UK, I rekon they must have lived in some god awful places.
Isnt it strange most people in the world would rather live in a country where they have social benefits and a comparitively crap climate, than stick it out in their hot and sunny country where such luxuries as care for the havenots does not exist.

I admit I would rather have a nice warm climate, that is one of the reasons I came back, but not at the expense of being without any protection in time of need.

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Well, my quote said "comida casera".

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I know it did, and I was making the point that a lot of foreigners, especially in London, never get to sample it. To be honest probably a lot of UK internal tourists don't either! I live in London, and I wouldn't know where to point people if they wanted good British home cooking. Now Portuguese - yes I know some good places here!

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Anyway Mohamed Rugbymatt Ali, I agree with your points, by the way how is your camel breeding business going?
Camels R US isnt it?:rofl:

Shalom

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I hear this said about Spain. Yet there are news stories (I posted this earlier today) about major social security fraud. The two positions contradict each other :confused:

http://www.thereader.es/en/spain-new...ontent=Twitter

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But that is true where ever you travel, do you think you get home cooked food when you go for a week in Manhattan, most meals are eaten in Fridays eateries, with plastic knives and forks.

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Ain't that the truth! I've said many times, if I lived in some of those places, I'd have emigrated as well mind. ;)