Time to go

There have been a mixture of emotions over the last few days, we are of course very excited to be starting our new adventure but we are also a little sad about leaving behind such good friends and family. I have been doing so well in controlling the tears but have lost it over the last two days

Last night was quite difficult for Lee, he said goodbye to our closest friends ready for his flight today, I have that to come next week :'-(





Mick Naz took us to the airport this morning so Lee could ctch his lunchtime flight. Right now he is halfway there.... inhindsight I wish that we had travelled together, would have made it easier for both of us

Documents have arrived

Got back from Meadowhall today and the courier had been with Lee's LMO and all the documents he needs to gain his work permit when he arrives in Canada next Friday.

I will need to have photo copies of all of his documents and ID so that when I follow him on June 20Th I can obtain an open work permit when I arrive

the goodbyes begin

We had the first of many goodbye evenings this week. We met up with our old friends Tony & Wendy, we decided to keep it low key and went out for a lovely meal together.
It was really weird saying goodbye to them at the end of the evening, will have to really make an effort to keep in touch with people back home, it would be a shame for friendships to drift apart when we move

I'm now organising a farewell night with the girls, now this night could get messy ;-)
I will already be emotional as Lee flies to Canada on the same day and I'm crap at goodbyes even if it is only for 10 days & these are my girls and although we might not always see each other all of the time but would always be there if one of us needed anything. It will be great to see everyone, I'm sure there will be tears at the end of the night but it will be a fantastic night all the same

nearly time

Lee has received an e-mail today with his flight details, he flies from Manchester on June 11Th, we've just rung up and upgraded him also for the extra baggage allowance, he was lucky and got the last seat in premium !! yey !!

Lee has also been and picked up our boxes to pack and send over the rest of our clothes and bits and pieces that wont be in the luggage that we take on our initial flight. Will be very strange packing up our stuff for the last time, but cant wait to get there now.

Flight Booked

We received an e-mail from Eugenie this week to say Lee's flights will definitely be the 10Th or 11Th of June - yippee

So I have booked my follow on flight, a little earlier than planned. I am booked on a direct flight from Manchester to Calgary on the 20Th of June, I'm a little apprehensive about flying on my own but I have upgraded to premium to make it a little more bearable. I have to say it was worth it for the extra 10kg of luggage allowance it gives you. I booked through Canadian Affair, but I did notice that the prices have started to rise from the 27Th of June.



4 weeks today and I'll be on my way !!!

Big Decisions

I have decided to bite the bullet and come out to Lethbridge earlier than I planned.
Lee is due to fly on either the 10Th or 11Th of June and I had planned to wait until he had completed all of his training before joining him.
We have talked about this non stop as I have just started work for a new client in my job and I'm worried about starting things I wont be here to finish,..... so today I have handed in my 4 weeks notice and now plan to join Lee on the 20Th of June :-D

Newquay

Last Sunday we headed to Newquay for a last trip away with our good friends Deb n Mick. We had a 5.5 hour drive down there so upon arriving at our hotel we felt it necessary to sample the local cider "rattler", just so we were in with the locals you understand ;-)

Monday we decided to head to Port Isaac, the home of Doc Martin




A really stunning place, but a struggle to get to as really steep hills and very little room to pass if you were unlucky enough to meet someone coming the other way!!

Our next stop was Polzeath beach



Then onto Padstow, we were really disappointed with it here as everyone raved about it and it gets loads of publicity with being the home of "Rick Stein", whilst it was a lovely place it just didn't live up to the hype. And it had the worst fish and chips EVER!!



We decided to head nearer to Newquay for the rest of the afternoon and parked up in Newquay town and walked to little Fistral beach



We then walked along the cliff tops to Fistral beach. The views up there are stunning and the beach is beautiful and it's famous for its surf tournaments.







We sat and had a beer watching the guys surfing.

The next day we decide that Lands End was a must, and we were not disappointed, the views are amazing from there.... look for yourself.







Next stop, Marazion to see Saint Michael's Mount, this is an island that houses a medieval castle and can be accessed by foot at low tide




Not wanting to miss anything out on our short stay we decided to head to Carbis Bay, this is a really small bay but is one of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen in the UK. From here we decided to drive to St Ives for the afternoon. We had a traditional cornish pasty for lunch and cornish icecream for dessert, mmmmmmmmm





Saint Ives was our favourite place throughout our visit and we would stay here if we ever venture this way again.
On the drive back to Newquay we decided to stop off at the Cider Farm to do some shopping for essentials after tasting them all that is ;-D MMMMMMMMMM scrumpy was my favourite. To work up an appetite for tea we decided to walk around Newquay and headed to the beach just below our hotel where they were running surf lessons.






On our last morning we just had time to visit the Blue Reef Aquarium where we saw all manor of aquatic creatures.... we did some last minute prezzie shopping for the parents who are looking after us so well whist we wait to move. At lunch time the long journey home began.....

We had a lovely time with good friends