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Wow... ambitious!!! I've never been to India but I would imagine the Tajmahal is the last word in luxurious inside. It's indeed a beautiful sight from the outside.

Thank you for your response, Accent, and Brightest Blessings.

Oh yes, Lakota. I like to visit other countries as well. You'll have to try to get here for the little garden party we're trying to cook up. It will be nice if it does come off and a whole group of us get together!

Southern Ireland is a lovely place, green and lush and the people are quite friendly. I'm sure you would like it there.

It's great that you want to stay right where you've been for the past eight years. This means you've found happiness. Brightest Blessings and thank you for your response.

That's just fantastic Anon. I find that Londoners do stick together on the whole and it's a fine place to live, with everything on your doorstep. I admire your love of the place. A trip around the World is sufficient to give you an insight into how other cultures live and to see the wondrous sights within them, but it's sure good to come back to your roots.

Thank you for your response, for which I'm awarding a + rating, as I have most, lol.

Brightest Blessings.

Well, if you do move next year, it won't be far and the countryside will be much the same, Gabs. I don't know if you could get such a nice flat as you have now though. I love your big kitchen.

Thank you for your response my dear friend. Love and hugggs.

Firstly, you're quite welcome to the back-up... you don't need to thank me; you did nothing wrong.

Secondly, I've never been to Scotland but it certainly looks to be a beautiful place. I know you have extremes in weather too, but I guess that's one of those things you get used to as something which is indicative of "home". I have the church bells ringing all the time, and the clock thereupon striking every quarter hour, but it doesn't keep me awake at night, because it's just another "homey" thing, which I've gotten used to.

Thank you for your response, Brightest Blessings and I will support you wherever I see the need. Thanks my friend. x

Isn't it funny how you get used to things , we have a chiming clock but we never hear it and yet visitors comment on it and we are in the same room lol , thanks for accepting me as a friend xxx

No problem with the acceptance. Yes, it's been the same here... people often comment on how loud the bells are, but then they're either visitors or people who haven't lived in the village long.

In Australia we don't have Church bells ringing. I'd totally forgotten about that sound, but thinking about it that's something I really miss from living in the UK. We lived in a very small village, in a 400 year old house - one of those wattle & daub ones made out of dung!, it was near a church and to hear the bells was indeed very homey!

There is a church at the back of us ( not the one I attend ) I love to hear the bells ring on a Sunday morning , xx

There's bell ringing practice at ours on Friday nights, from 8pm until 9pm, which gets me down a bit because it drowns out my radio, especially in the warmer months because I have my windows all open.

On Sunday mornings, they start at 9.30 and practice for half an hour, then again at 10.15 to call people to church for 10.30, and again, at 11.30, end of service. lol. We get our fair share! lol

Lol I like them but that might just be a we bit too much even for me xx

lol... yup, the bellringers need the practice though! ha ha ha

you can send them here once a week then but i am not paying the petrol lol xx

Lol... they can pay their own petrol for the honour!

It's only about 800 miles!!! ha ha ha

if theres not too many of them I can make a coffee lol xx

There's eight bells in the church tower, being the reason the pub is named The Eight Bells. So, I would assume there are eight of them. Do you have enough cups? lol

If not, I'll tell them to bring their own. he he he

I have 6 lovely cups and saucers but loads of mugs , the toffs can have the cups and saucers and you and me the mugs :) :) :) xx

Ha ha ha ha ha... they're nobs alright!!! Good idea about the mugs... we'll get more than them! :-)

Hmmmmmmm, yes, I was in Oregon for the Fall, in 2004. When it rained, it sure as heck, rained. lol.

I have a couple of friends in Arizona, and they're always telling me how hot it is. I don't know whether I could take the heat but if you were born and raised there, then you'll be used to it.

I'm quite accustomed to the rain, living in England and I even quite like it. I find it refreshing and invigorating. In fact I started a discussion on dancing in the rain. :-)

Each to his own, huh. Arizona is a very nice looking place too, with its national parks and such interesting mountains and such.

Thank you for your response. I hope you manage to get back next Fall.

I don't think I could stand the heat either, Cloud. I wouldn't last 2 minutes in a hot country. However, it's good that you're happy living where you are. Travelling is fun, even if it takes a long time to get from A-B.

The added glory of a garden party in England is that, it would be in our summer and your winter which isn't a lot different, I know, but would make the travelling more enjoyable.

Thank you for your response, Cloud and Brightest Blessings.

I'm a firm believer that things happen for a reason, Feral, and there was a reason for you ending up in Melbourne rather than Sydney. That might not be apparent to you yet, but there IS a reason.

It seems as though you are settled there now for life, and very happy. It's great to hear such a wonderful story.

Thank you for your response Feral, and may your life in Melbourne be a long and happy one. Brightest Blessings my friend.

Awwww, that's nice that you enjoy living in Australia so much.

You'll have to arrange, if you come to England, to travel with Cloudwatcher and whoever else is coming from Australia for this garden party get-together. I'm sure it will happen now Cloud has the bit between her teeth. :-)

Thank you for your response, Kayrod and Brightest Blessings.

Very true... there is no place like home. It really doesn't matter too much about the economy as long as you have the wherewithall to survive and be happy with your life and surroundings. I don't know that I could survive your heat for too long but you certainly have a beautiful country there. I wouldn't have any qualms about visiting there, that's for sure.

Thank you for your response Diesel, and Brightest Blessings.