General Chat

Wise child and Florence,

Your kind words have made me think again so I will post on here at least twice a week even if it becomes a chat room for a while.,

Also we have been thinking about moving back to the UK, to somewhere in or around Attleborough in Norfolk in about 18 to 24 months time.

Perhaps anyone knowing the area have some comments about the pros and cons

Bridget

evening peeps. have just read over this thread to see if anything new but alas no. i dont have anyone else that i know of who left togo abroad, so unfortunately have nothing new to add. if i did i would indeed carry on as its interesting hearing about other peoples stories.

Thanks bridget for starting this thread, i did enjoy all the stories so far. maybe someone else will come back at some stage to add so will have to be patient for a while i think.

take care
florence
in the hebrides

Bridget.
I posted an answer about 10 minutes ago which has disappeared.
Maybe all the ongoing problems with the site have put people off.
Hopefully if we can keep it going, some will come back as the winter progresses. It would be good to exchange Christmas customs from the various parts of the world.

Marian,

It certainly looks as if interest has gone into hiding which is why I stopped adding anything. I began to feel that I was talking to myself. !!
So a very big thank you for asking the question!

Any suggestions as how we resurrect or do we simply say bye bye
:-0 :-( :-0

Bridget

Everybody lost interest?
Marion

If you could visit just one country in the world, all costs met for six months, where would you go and why?

Bridget :-D

Oh my goodness Marian, Have you decided how you are going to manage this wonderful wind fall!?

Which investment organisation do you trust??

Personally I believe that you should re invest the money for the third win..which just may be the Jackpot!!

The sun is shining, our visitors are packing their cases ready to go to the airport this afternoon. They have said they feel much more relaxed now, and look forward to seeing us in the UK hopefully in October.

I will not be going to the airport as I shall be getting ready for Army son and his wife arrive tomorrow, I am rather excited about seeing them especially as my DIL is expecting their first child in February....

I have been wondering how eldest son and his partner are getting along in India digging new wells for people who currently have no access to clean water.
He will be 40 on the 20th of this month soi wonder if he will have time to celebrate. I understand that he has a blog on FBbut I could not find it so will ask my son to show meow I access it.might let him have one day here first!

The sky is a pale blue, the trees are very still and the feeling of peace and quiet is quite delightful. Even Jet and Joe are laying in tne shade to laid back to chase the ball etc.

It will soon be time for breakfast so I must set the table etc so will have to say goodbye until my oh takes them to tne airport this afternoon.
I do hope that others find time to write on here sometime today.

Best wishes to you all

Bridget

We have won €8 on the Primitiva 2 weeks running.
We´re trying not to let the unaccustomed wealth go to our heads.
Marion

So sorry Wisechild,
I meant to write a comment this morning but the time flew bye. Then I had to check the general knowledge questions and answers for my OH as we were going to a big party inland. OH always dose a session for these events.

Th party was in a really beautiful house owned by some Dutch friends, but it is in the middle of the Country side and the flies were a real nuisance.

We arrived home about an hour ago and learnt that we have won three items from the raffle including a bottle of wine that we provided.!!

The food was very good and our friends had a great time. We are now home where the temp is 34 outside so trying hard to cool down.

Time for a dip in the pool so bye bye for now

Bridget

I will write one more family story about moving abroad during the weekend...I also hope someone comes back on the three or someone new joins us.

Bridget

Yoo Hoo!!!!
Anybody out there, or have you all succumbed to the heat.
Or am I just talking to myself??? It´s a bad habit of mine.

Hi Bridget.
It´s been very hot here too, but has now settled to a more comfortable 28c. On the downside, it´s triggered a few thunderstorms.
We have fiestas at the various towns & villages all through the summer, but the main one is San Juan on June 24th. San Juan is the patron saint of the island and also of Ciutadella so it´s a double celebration which gets bigger every year. People come from all over the islands & from the mainland. There are of course the religious celebrations, but also parades through the streets of the most beautiful & well trained horses I have ever seen. Then on the last night of the fiesta, there is jousting (& a lot of drunkenness & accidents, some quite serious). In spite of everything I have so far never seen a horse get injured. As far as I´m concerned it´s up to the humans to take care of themselves.
Tourist wise it has seemed busier than the last couple of years, mainly with French & Italians. It´s starting to tail off now & we are getting older English couples coming over for a quiet couple of weeks before winter sets in.
My previously unknown cousin left for England this morning, but it was so nice to talk to someone about the family without their eyes glazing over with boredom.
Marion

WiseChild,
You have made my day...you have posted a message.
What is going on in menorca at the moment, do you celebrate all the saints days, have parades, etc. It would be interesting to learn about the activities and the weather! It is very hot here I have just noted that it is 32c here and not even midday yet!
going out soon so have to say bye bye for now

Bridget

Have had a busy weekend exchanging info with a 3rd cousin who is over here in Menorca for a few days.
She has recently retired & decided to treat herself to a short break. As luck would have it, she loves Menorca so took the opportunity to meet.
For those who doubt the usefulness of Hot Matches, that is how we originally discovered each other´s existence.

I could write some more about places my family have moved to and why. However it seems pointless at the moment as I am tho only one posting, maybe people will come back,

I hope sO

BRIDGET

Nudge

Continuation of above.

Having rediscovered my cousin it was fascinating to talk to him about religions and the meaning of life along with his wife. Their faith was strong but they did feel that traditional faiths had become complex, whilst to them religion was about loving they neighbour , doing good whenever you could, helping anyone as much as possible and try to bring people together.

After many months they decided to go to Papua New Guinnie and off they went as missionaries. I must say that I both admired them and wS afraid for them, the church fully supported them with guidance on how to great the various groups and tribes with bibles, prayers etc but fundamentally they were on their own. The children were very excited, educational books were gathered, and we all recognised that it would be some time before we heard from them. However we all felt that this was what they had discussed for so long that it was inevitable and so we wished them well.

My cousins' belief never failed him and in the first few months were learnt a great deal about how people had greater them, how they were feeling accepted and delighted to have taken the risk, and so my Priest cousin had at last found his real p,ace on this world.

Then came even better news, Horney were expecting a child and have been involved with many births they had decided to stay there and the new child would be proof that they believed that the local community were trusted and learning about God and his way of life.

Then came the news that no one had anticipated. A shocking message which was hard to understand. The twins were successfully born with help from the local women.....but.....when the second child was born this was considered to be the Devil!! All belief from the past rushed back to the tribe and the second child as killed.

One can only imagine the terrible consequences for the family...all that hard work, all the effort all the belief of there own....was strongly tried.

They did return to the UK , they did remain believers in Christianity but they did not return to the orthodox church...they felt betrayed by the church, lacked real support from the hierarchy and found life very difficult.

Eventually they moved to a new part of the UK, they started life again, their faith wavered but never left them and my admiration for them could not be higher.

A true Apostle for the world, in my view.

This may not have been what you expected, and if anyone objects to this true, sad and inspiring story I will delete it.

Now I really do believe that it is time for someone else to add to this thread.

Look back on you trees, see if any one went to live somewhere else even if only for a short time, what about people who went to war and stayed in for example, France, Belgium, Germany. Etc.

Who has moved abroad for work etc etc.

Bye for now


Bridget

My relative Tne Priest.

I have finally got the time, the detail and the inclination to write about my cousin The Priest.
I hope that this will inspire others to add to this thread, if not then I think the time will come to stop posting.
I will wait until the end of October to decide what to do as I shall be in the UK from the end of September.

My cousin is somewhat older than me.
His mother is one of my mothers sisters. For the sake of this story I am going to call him Joshua, not his real name but a name I particularly like.

Joshua was born about 1935 and his father was in the Army. He was a very handsome man and was chosen to be painted astride a horse to represent his regiment in the Army. My aunt was also a very attractive young girl when she met this chap at an Army ball. They married and quickly had a boy and a girl.
As my aunt came from an army background she fully understood the way the army worked.

Sadly my uncle was killed in 1950 whilst serving in Malay which must have been very traumatic for everyone concerned. The children were already at Army schools and they were allowed to stay.
The first time I recall seeing my cousin Jay ( not his real name) I would have been about 8 or 9 years old. I was playing outside our house and the neighbour called me a (mare) to which my cousin replied " madam. A re Mare is a female horse and my cousin is most definitely not a horse!) I immediately loved him.
Some years later I learnt that he wS in the Army and started to have contact with him. He also served in the Royal Air Force. Several years passed , I married and then out of the blue heard that he and his wife, a school teacher were going abroad as missionaries and taking their two children with them.
We quickly got in touch and went to visit them before the left. This was the first time that I learnt just how religious these two people were. I found it fascinating that a young man baptised into the Church of England had become a priest whilst in the Army and tried to continue this faith whilst in civilian life. I remember having a conversation about the differences between the various religions he had become interested in
. He asked me why my mother was a convert to Catholicism, did I believe in a given religion etc....

( oops someone at tne door, will be back very soon.)

OK, give up!

I will write about the the priest because I think you will enjoy it and I always feel a little humble when I read it.

I will be changing names although I will keep the first letter of each name the existing first letter of each person.

I have to tidy up first and do a bit of cleaning, but iteill be on here later.

Bridget

nudge

I have discovered only in the last 48 hours that my grandfathers brother went to Australia in 1934. He went on a boat that was only for people from Prison. I was delighted and excited to receive this info as it confirmed the spoken words from my grandfather which was immediately denied by by my grandma. I now need help in finding his hearing in court which I think will prove that he did kill someone in City Road London and was convicted for manslaughter,

Not the best few days for me but will be back asap

Bridget