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Originally Posted by katex
Not arguing on this point at all... have stated my feelings.
Would not leave my children (whilst they are still here) to live in a hot/sweaty climate to start with ..and they are doing extremely well in their careers due to the facilities of education I have been able to afford them.
Ok Royboy, just listening, coincidentally, to Century FM re. the situation of the state forcing you to sell your home for long term care... so what ? My kids would not expect a legacy of any sorts, and if it can be used to help me when steering a zimmer frame .. so be it.
I have friends who now live in Spain, (and visit them regularly) and they are extremely happy .. so be it, but so am I, living in the country I was born in, so please do not label me blinkered for not understanding what retirement in Spain is about. Never been nissed on the beach .. just in the restaurants ... LOL.
sorry Bagpuss .. thread wander.
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As you know my closest friends live in Gran Canaria and Milan, and it's fun going over there a couple of times per winter, but I could never happily live abroad full time.
I love our seasons. The feeling you have on a warm sunny morning, after a cold winter, fills you with as much joy as hearing the new born birds singing.
I love the green and varied landscape of these islands, much on our own doorstep here in Hyndburn.
I love the people, who are generally generous of spirit, and with a unique sense of humour.
I've been lucky to have been to most parts of this world we call Earth, but to me Britain is by far the best place to live.
Foreign climes, nice to visit, but nicer still is to return to good old Blighty.
(Cue Land of Hope and Glory.)
We'll both end up in the dock now for thread wandering...except I mentioned dock, so we're back on track.