As you know Steve,we cut our UK ties when I was 44 years old...

The ties we did not cut away from were my family ties in the UK.. We are in contact with them all the time and we have had 6 visits from them.. My mother came over for 4 months and although she is 72 years old,she did not want to leave!!..

In 2 months time we will be digging the foundations for her new house and now my sister is asking us to help her build hers!

I have friends arriving today and some more in July..

I can honestly say that it was our work commitments that prevented us seeing more of them in the U.K.

No regrets..

On the contrary..cutting our U.K "ties" was the best thing we ever did.