How often do you visit the U.K
Jan 5th 2014, 2:24 pm
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Re: How often do you visit the U.K
http://www.waitrose.com/home/mywaitr...or_coffee.html
Before that I have no idea what happened.....I have only been shopping at Waitrose since I moved down to this area as Waitrose stores appear to be more common down here in southern England than they are back home in Scotland which is a pity as most Scots would love a free tea or coffee as you can imagine....a free anything in fact.
But before you can have that free hot drink you have to produce that card to the assistant in the store restaurant.
The weather here is still absolutely crappy - still gloomy and very, very soggy underfoot and very damp elsewhere but on top of that it is getting colder as well.
Don't bother to come "home" until the weather gets better..if it ever does.....there is now talk of snow and icy roads on the distant horizon.....now it's twenty past three on a Sunday afternoon and the sky is the colour of lead and all the lights are on all around. But it isn't deterring the local Morris dancers with blackened faces and bells on their socks and flowers in their top hats braving the conditions outside one of the pubs in a local village as tomorrow, 06 January, is Plough Monday, whatever that is.
Jan 5th 2014, 4:22 pm
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Re: How often do you visit the U.K
We're getting a Waitrose this year, just a couple of miles from me ... 
Jan 5th 2014, 5:23 pm
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Re: How often do you visit the U.K
The weather here is still absolutely crappy - still gloomy and very, very soggy underfoot and very damp elsewhere but on top of that it is getting colder as well.
Don't bother to come "home" until the weather gets better..if it ever does.....there is now talk of snow and icy roads on the distant horizon.....now it's twenty past three on a Sunday afternoon and the sky is the colour of lead and all the lights are on all around. But it isn't deterring the local Morris dancers with blackened faces and bells on their socks and flowers in their top hats braving the conditions outside one of the pubs in a local village as tomorrow, 06 January, is Plough Monday, whatever that is.
Jan 5th 2014, 5:59 pm
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Re: How often do you visit the U.K
I suppose it's as new as the "my Waitrose" card has been in existence..
http://www.waitrose.com/home/mywaitr...or_coffee.html
Before that I have no idea what happened.....I have only been shopping at Waitrose since I moved down to this area as Waitrose stores appear to be more common down here in southern England than they are back home in Scotland which is a pity as most Scots would love a free tea or coffee as you can imagine....a free anything in fact.
But before you can have that free hot drink you have to produce that card to the assistant in the store restaurant.
The weather here is still absolutely crappy - still gloomy and very, very soggy underfoot and very damp elsewhere but on top of that it is getting colder as well.
Don't bother to come "home" until the weather gets better..if it ever does.....there is now talk of snow and icy roads on the distant horizon.....now it's twenty past three on a Sunday afternoon and the sky is the colour of lead and all the lights are on all around. But it isn't deterring the local Morris dancers with blackened faces and bells on their socks and flowers in their top hats braving the conditions outside one of the pubs in a local village as tomorrow, 06 January, is Plough Monday, whatever that is.
http://www.waitrose.com/home/mywaitr...or_coffee.html
Before that I have no idea what happened.....I have only been shopping at Waitrose since I moved down to this area as Waitrose stores appear to be more common down here in southern England than they are back home in Scotland which is a pity as most Scots would love a free tea or coffee as you can imagine....a free anything in fact.
But before you can have that free hot drink you have to produce that card to the assistant in the store restaurant.
The weather here is still absolutely crappy - still gloomy and very, very soggy underfoot and very damp elsewhere but on top of that it is getting colder as well.
Don't bother to come "home" until the weather gets better..if it ever does.....there is now talk of snow and icy roads on the distant horizon.....now it's twenty past three on a Sunday afternoon and the sky is the colour of lead and all the lights are on all around. But it isn't deterring the local Morris dancers with blackened faces and bells on their socks and flowers in their top hats braving the conditions outside one of the pubs in a local village as tomorrow, 06 January, is Plough Monday, whatever that is.
So when are you actually going to get around to emigrating?
Jan 5th 2014, 6:30 pm
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Re: How often do you visit the U.K
Maybe they could set up an exchange for the two of you? Kind of like The Spy Who Came In From The Cold except you both survive?
Jan 5th 2014, 9:51 pm
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Re: How often do you visit the U.K
Jan 5th 2014, 10:01 pm
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Re: How often do you visit the U.K
I'll be coming over later this week, got a short term rental in Norfolk for three months. I'm looking forward to the weather actually. It'll probably be 30 or 40 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it is over here in the US northeast, and less precipitation. Last but not least, you have a reasonably reliable electrical supply setup in the UK. Lengthy power outages when the temperature is fifty or sixty degrees below freezing are no fun.
Jan 5th 2014, 10:29 pm
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Re: How often do you visit the U.K
You obviously missed the "UK is full of immigrants" thread.
Jan 5th 2014, 11:24 pm
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Re: How often do you visit the U.K
As has already been stated in another posting in this thread - I already have emigrated and I think that Cheltenham is a really lovely town, the local people are nice (for the most part) and and the surrounding Cotswolds/Malvern Hills/Vale of Evesham countryside is straight out of a perfect picture postcard in a very English way, the people here are nice (for the most part) and the local beer is nae sae bad either...I have jumped the gun of what might happen back home in Scotland come September and I will probably apply for English citizenship anyway..if they will have me that is.
Anyway, my civil partner is English (from Norfolk).
Anyway, my civil partner is English (from Norfolk).
Jan 6th 2014, 3:46 am
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Jan 6th 2014, 9:30 am
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Re: How often do you visit the U.K
As has already been stated in another posting in this thread - I already have emigrated and I think that Cheltenham is a really lovely town, the local people are nice (for the most part) and and the surrounding Cotswolds/Malvern Hills/Vale of Evesham countryside is straight out of a perfect picture postcard in a very English way, the people here are nice (for the most part) and the local beer is nae sae bad either...I have jumped the gun of what might happen back home in Scotland come September and I will probably apply for English citizenship anyway..if they will have me that is.
Anyway, my civil partner is English (from Norfolk).
Anyway, my civil partner is English (from Norfolk).
Sorry, taking the thread off-topic a bit.