After being Scottish, English & Welsh...

[andym]

.... I'm going home.

So I'm not going to sit her and waffle after I've had too much to drink.... but I left Glasgow 13 years ago for a woman..... I lost almost everything when we split up.

After a year I found someone else that I married.... unfortunately she was worse than the first and managed to turn most of my family & friends against me then took everything (almost including my life), and threw me out weeks after major surgery, (I'm sure a couple of people on here may remember my tales of woe).

Even though 'the powers that be' have been against me every step of the way. I've decided that I would rather live on the streets near my real family and friends than live a life of solitude and fear because of my ex, her family and her friends down here

Damn I'm waffling... and sobering.... 11 days from now, I will be back to being officially Scottish *hic*

[Visitor Q]

Is it karma for the terrifying clown avatar?

As for 'living on the streets', I'm sure it won't come to that. Just look forward to the haggis pizza and deep fried lettuce.


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[andym]

I'm definitely looking forward to deep fried everything.

As for Chuckles, he related most to me at the time of choosing....

Anyway.... why am I replying to this? I was sound asleep 10 minutes ago, I've woke up more pissed than I went to sleep

[Asharin]

On the plus side, at least you'll have free prescriptions again!
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[instigator]

That's the only thing I look forward to when going back to Scotland. The food. Good luck to you, you couldn't pay me £50k to move back there.

[dodsi]

Would you pay 50k to loose the accent?

[Rogerborg]

[noobRider]

Was that the deal AndyM: we got MiniMarm back but you had to go up in his place? Good luck up there.
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[stevo as b4]

Andy, you have gotta do what is right for you. I've only been to Scotland 4times, and never on a bike, but I expect that it's a quieter land and has a lot of roads with a high level of awesomeness for biking. I have no idea what the police stance is like up there, but it can never be as bad as the North Wales division who are the most anti biking bunch of wanker's I've ever seen.

I expect that being able to get to different coasts and oceans within easy riding distance is a great benefit too, and I'd much rarther be in Scotland than in one of the extortionate London suburbs where the only quickly accessible coast is Brighton, Southend or Hastings and the chances of a quite country lane ride is non existant. I always think people go to London to earn the money or work in careers where they can't do so really in any other part of the country. Why else would you live there?

I suppose Scotland has it's share of problems like anywhere, and you hear things about parts of Glasgow for example about being a bit shit, but even though I've never lived in either city, I would much rather live in Glasgow than any part of Manchester for example.

I also think you have to go past a lot of complete shithole northern England towns and City's to get to Scotland, but I bet it feels like a breath of fresh air when you get there!

Enjoy your new location and being back home, and most of all enjoy the scenery and those roads too!

[Easter Bunny]

I'd love to move to Scotland, where half my family live however work would I'm sure be an issue
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[Tracey Suntan-King]

Good luck Andy! I suppose the BBQ 2014 will be too far away for you now.
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[andym]

I still haven't completely sobered up, but I'm trying to figure out why I posted this in the aunty bcf section rather than the random banter section

Thanks for all the luck comments

Asharin, I'd get free prescriptions (for heart stuff anyway).

instigator, I always thought I would be down south for life (which I guess technically I have done a life sentence down here)

dodsi, I had to dull my accent a lot so the Southerners could understand me, the last time I was in Glasgow I was accused of not being Glaswegian

Roger, only thing I've found wrong up there is they stop selling alcohol at 10pm... mind you, with the exception of this week (and last night especially), I don't really drink much any more

noobRider, I'm afraid so.... it was a fair trade though

Stevo, I was up there for 6 weeks before and had a lot of bike problems so didn't really get a chance to do much touring, that and the roads in Glasgow are a bit shit from what I found last time (1 pothole almost threw me off the bike).

Easter Bunny, going back up there is partly to make another fresh start, I know it'll be tough for the first couple of months... but hopefully it should all sort itself out

Tracey, even if the bbq was in some distant country I'd still make an attempt to be there.

[metalangel]

Since you've been EWS now it's time to be DB Schenker and go German!

Buy ein glasskaffeetisch and find a husky-voiced Teutonic bird!

Best wishes to you: I fully understand how going home after bad experiences like this can be of great comfort and give you a big first step towards getting going again.
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[Boris the spider]

I wish you all the best in the choice to come up here. I have been in the same place on the west of Edinburgh all my life.

It is home and I suits me. I'd imagine the grass is always greener somewhere else, wherever you are.

It is what you make it.

Roads up here are good for me.

And as for the plod ? Well lets say they are a lot more biker friendly than other places I have been.

At least I am
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You're a decent enough bloke....you won't last 2 minutes.

The best of luck Andy.
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[BravoCharlie]

Best of luck coming up mate, hope it gives you the chance you are looking for

there's bad area's everywhere you go i suppose, but Glasgow just always has that sort of "oh, Glasgow? bit rough up there, isn't it?" approach.

i almost moved to manchester earlier this year with work and now im glad i didn't, i would have missed Glasgow too much!

good luck again with the move
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[pepperami]

Hope Glasgow gives you a better time than you got down south.
Onwards to a new life
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[hellkat]

I hope things work out for you back up there, Andy.
I like Scotland, the few times I have been there its been really nice and feels like a good place to be.

I guess we helped somewhat to push you just enough to get out of that shitty relationship you were in, I was really pleased for you when you said you had moved out of that toxic mess and into your own place, no matter how humble, hopefully you reckon it was the best thing for you was well.

Feeling as though you are "going home" can be very satisfying: I hope you manage to slot yourself back in comfortably as you can and enjoy life much more than down here.


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[Saltire]

Glad to have ye back!

[kerr]

Wegie meet in the spring anyone?
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[andym]

Just a quick update here... I just got off the phone with the Glasgow housing office
























































My application has been accepted for a flat
My face is starting to hurt I'm grinning so much....

[P.addy]

Fix it so Irn Bru comes out of the taps and I'll be there in a jiffy.

[andym]