w1johnston Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I was wondering if any of you had a list of things you'd like to do before you leave the UK or for those coming the other way what is/was your list of things to do in Aus before coming back to the UK? We started the process of getting our Visa last April, I knew the process would be long (I hadnt realised it would be this long though!) and I still felt I had unfinished buisness here so to speak, so I had 2 things I really wanted to do before we leave. First was to visit London. I have travelled a lot, but never spent any time in our Capital City. So in June last year that is exactly what we did. We went on the London Eye, a cruise on the Thames and we went to a live show of The Million Pound Drop. Second was to drive to France. This is something I have always wanted to do and in July last year we did it. I thoroughly enjoyed it and ive driven there another 2 times since then. I Love driving in France, well on the motorways at least. The French have far better road etiquette than us Britts! Mrs W1 really wanted to have another baby before Aus (I didnt mind if it was before or after). Fortunately she was already a couple of months pregnant by the time we started the process and our son was born in November last year. I feel that I could move now without any regrets of things I hadn't done here. Please share your experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I wanted to go to Alton Towers. Having made the move a few years ago, I think the most important thing to do is to visit family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 To leave as many debts as i can,so i can start a thread on here about leaving debts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyboo Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Call me sad but i would just have to finish the work contracts we have and leave on a good note just in-case it doesn't work out in oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zk2102 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I wanted to go to Alton Towers. Having made the move a few years ago, I think the most important thing to do is to visit family. We're off to Alton Towers for a couple of days on Tuesday. Celebrating my birthday and DS coming of height! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zk2102 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 We went to visit Ypres in Feb. Wanted the kids to visit Flanders Fields and the Menin Gate. Very moving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjn87 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 ooo good one, im not sure i havent really thought about this one. i guess i should go visit alton towers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1johnston Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 ooo good one, im not sure i havent really thought about this one.i guess i should go visit alton towers Ha ha, Alton towers is good, but it is a fair old distance from Bangkok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellers and Whitehead Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Maybe get all the family together and get a professional photographer to take some family shots!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1johnston Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 I wanted to go to Alton Towers. Having made the move a few years ago, I think the most important thing to do is to visit family. Fortunately for us all our family are close by, apart from my dad who used to live up in Edinburgh but not long after announcing our intentions he decided to move back down to Newcastle so he's been around loads lately and been a great baby sitter. We do see the rest of the famly, perhaps not as often as we could but thats life. we will make more of an effort before we go though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1johnston Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Maybe get all the family together and get a professional photographer to take some family shots!? We did that last year for my dad, but your post has made me think, we could do that for my mam this year. Another xmas present to cross off the list lol thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshpen321 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 To leave as many debts as i can,so i can start a thread on here about leaving debts :biglaugh: :biglaugh::biglaugh::wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickandange Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 We want to go bouldering in Fontainebleau on the way to see the old dears, Alton Towers for Rick's birthday, and then I want to do Striding Edge and Jakes Rake too. Oh, and go to Yorkshire Fisheries in Blackpool again for haddock and chips :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisleylass Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I wanted to go to Blackpool for old times sake! But watching What's Your Emergency recently made me glad we didn't bother!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the bottler Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I visited my father's grave in Normandy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolvesaussie Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 My girlfriend had always wanted to go to Italy so we squeezed in two trips in a month 2 days in rome and a day in Pompeii and then Venice, Florance and Pisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeybee Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Visit the Manchester Xmas markets for the last time. Go walking in the Peak District Visit Edinburgh and Cardiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Personally I couldn't wait to get out of the place so-nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatpack Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 To leave as many debts as i can,so i can start a thread on here about leaving debts haha you and me both Pablo, I like to think of it as getting my own back on the banks that have ripped us off for years!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Lol,well i actually havent tbh,but i can see why people say "balls to it,everyone else is on the fiddle",so i dont judge them tbh FP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatpack Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I haven't either (yet) but I don't see why working class folk (or the have nots) are conditioned in their thinking to believe that everything they owe must be paid, when in reality there are no laws in place to back this up. At the same time, the corporations and individuals with vast amounts of wealth pay very little of what they should! When I leave the UK I will not need any of the financial institutions of the UK again so I don't care what they put on my credit file, I'll be in sunny Oz playing the game of paying what I owe when I owe it. If for any reason I leave Oz, I'll do exactly the same again. Just like the banks and large businesses do all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I haven't either (yet) but I don't see why working class folk (or the have nots) are conditioned in their thinking to believe that everything they owe must be paid, when in reality there are no laws in place to back this up. At the same time, the corporations and individuals with vast amounts of wealth pay very little of what they should! When I leave the UK I will not need any of the financial institutions of the UK again so I don't care what they put on my credit file, I'll be in sunny Oz playing the game of paying what I owe when I owe it. If for any reason I leave Oz, I'll do exactly the same again. Just like the banks and large businesses do all the time. Did you post that on the wrong thread? This one is about things to do before departing UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metoo Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Next thing on our list is to visit the German Christmas markets. We went a couple of years ago to the one in Dortmund but this year we were thinking of Dusseldorf. It really gets you into the Christmas spirit x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toodolou Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 im doing all london sights , and ' the shard' as i dont plan on coming back , kids want to do this too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatpack Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 After taking up running this year (at 41 years old) I did the Great North Run in September. I wanted to run a marathon next year, now we have our visas, we have a planned date to leave the UK and this week I offered a charity place for the London Marathon. The OH wants to go to New York, that's gonna cost me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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