Moving to Norfolk

[Guest]

..... these days with Skype etc it is not the same as in days gone by........

 

Absolutely right, an incredible, virtually free "videophone" system that lets families keep in daily touch anywhere in the world.

 

I wish it had been available when my parents were still alive, and living 300 miles away.

 

The ability to talk to and see your family, for as long and as often as you like, with no additional cost above your standard broadband connection, regardless of who your ISP is.

[kadensa]

I suppose it very much depends on what you're used to.  We spent the majority of our adult life 6,000 miles from family, brought our children up and then returned to the UK. At first we settled in our home area, but moved away after two years, leaving our children behind.  Needless to say, that didn't last long and we now have three of them living locally (not with us , thank goodness!)  To me, having been used to much vaster distances, everywhere in the UK is 'close', but I have a  friend who bemoans the fact that her family lives so far away and they are only on the other side of the city..