[Lara Croft]

I've started thinking about all the people / places that I must see again before we move, on the premise that we might not be coming back to the UK... At the moment we are hoping to migrate early next year, so with everything else to do, it doesn't leave much time! However, I wondered if anyone else had thought about this, and what / where you will go?

For me:
- Anglesey - I holidayed there almost every year as a child, and still love to visit for the day (only 2 hours from home) - some of my favourite places to say goodbye to

- Scotland - if we get time I'd like to go back to Arran and Islay (all that malt... mmmm...) - spent several wonderful holidays there

- catch up with the far flung rellies darn sarfff (well, south of Watford!) - or maybe just have a huge party and invite them all to that?

- the Imperial War Museum at Duxford - never been, it's a must-see for me!

- London - my little'un (nearly 8) has never been; I'd like him to experience: the Tube, Trafalgar Square, Science Museum at least once as a child...

What about everyone else?

Jane

[Jo Jo]

I walked through Trafalgar Square this morning just to say goodbye to it!

[NZ Hopeful]

I was thinking about that too just the other day!

We are planning to spend a few days in Liverpool (where I grew up) Manchester (where my OH grew up) and we also decided on a few days in London for the same reasons as you, take the children to the Palace etc...

I get quite choked up just thinking about it, god help me when the time comes!

[Helsandfamily]

London
We took the kids earlier this year (To hand in ITA ) and spent the day there and there is still so much that I would like them to experience - the Tower of London is one. They had such a nice time but their favourite thing was the tube!

another place that I want to go to before we move is Longleat safari park (For the kids .... of course;) )

hels

[lockstock]

I went to France for the weekend a couple of weeks ago and found myself saying goodbye to the beautiful lifesize bronze statues of the mare and foal on the Brittany Ferries' 'Normandie'. It was weird because little over a month ago I was meeting the mare and foal statues in Cambridge for the first time.

[Myrkk]

mainly Scotland 'cause there is a lot of it I haven't seen. Funnily enough I was listening to a song on the way home by nelly furtado and it got me thinking about exactly the same thing. I think Edinburgh will always be my home and I will miss it wherever I live.

Orkney and the Shetland Isles

Madam Tussauds. I've never been and would love to go.

I suppose we are lucky in that we have moved around a lot and seen a lot of the UK.

[wiki]

The inlaws in Birmingham were the main people goodbyes.

But for places, we did the abbeys stretch across Yorkshire, because they are our favourite places: Fountains Abbey near Ripon, then up Whitestonecliff to Byland, a wave to Ampleforth, and over to Rievaulx. From there we drove the undulating straight past Castle Howard to Kirkham.

We visited all of those abbeys hundreds of times and taken so many visitors for days out... they really are special. We've celebrated birthdays, anniversaries and all sorts there in sun and rain and snow. Saying goodbye to my abbeys made it all so final...

Tomorrow is my last day at work - that's really going to feel strange.

[thezorbster]

Strumble Head area of Pembrokeshire. Wild coast, unspoilt, very few people and a little bay we called Seal Bay where we have in the past sat for hours and hours to unwind when we were really stressed. We hadn't been since having our little girl as to get to seal bay it is quite a trek along the coastal path but it is somewhere I had told her about and always promised her we'd take her to see the seals. So we did! She managed really well along the coast path bless her, with the promise of chocolate when we got to the seals. She was then really thrilled with the seals which pop up and watch you so it was well worth it.

That was the one place we really had to go and it was very emotional leaving it and knowing I may never see it again. Filling up now actually.:wah

[victoria]

Definately London a unique city with it's own pulse. Coming from Kent though, we walked along the Saxon way along the white cliffs from Dover to Deal. The latter being a quirky seaside town that holds onto a time when things were more relaxed. Went to Canterbury & walked everywhere,the river with resplendent banks of spring flowers, the best fish & chip shop in Kent & going into the hardly known Greyfriars (considered the spot where Canterbury grew from) a beautiful place of peace. The tiny monastery that was a base for the Greyfriar monks. Oh darn it .... don't get me started!

[Tia Maria]

Although we lived in North London we decided to spend a few nights centrally. This is quite a good value hotel for families, nothing fancy but a fantastic location:

County Hall Premier Travel Inn

www.londoneye.com/CorporateEvents.aspx?id=51&sec=ce

Its very close to the London Eye, which we took the kids on (book tickets in advance to avoid a very long queue!). Also the Aquarium, South Bank, Houses of Parliament etc etc. We also hopped on a tube and visted the museums.

It was Christmas time when we were saying goodbye so we watched them turn the Oxford Street lights on and visited Hamleys, it was a really magical experience for the kids and a great last trip for us. :nice1

Cheers

Tia