We spent the day on buses and trains, it seemed. We decided to look for somewhere to live so 
spent some time on the Internet before changing tack and heading off to see some areas in person. It took 1 1/2 hours to get from Streatham to Richmond on the bus, but we passed through some nice areas, including Wimbledon where we saw the outside of the famous tennis Club. It was reasonably obvious that these areas were going to be more than we could afford, and we moved on to Twickenham to view a flat there. It was very nice, but at L900 per month, we can't really afford it. Add to that the 6 weeks bond, reference checking fees and agency fees and we'll be forking over around L2000 just to move into a place!
It was quite interesting on the bus to see how the ethnic mix changed in the various areas. Streatham and Tooting were very black English and Eastern European, then we had a small patch of Asians, then many European English. Wimbledon, Sheen and Richmond reminded me of Fendalton or Merivale.
We are now on the horns of a dilemma. We need to balance rental costs with the probability of finding work and the pay for that work in any given area. We need work to pay for our rental, but need to know where we are living to find work! We've decided to head over to Bristol on Sunday to see the place, and catch up with M&C. We'll talk to the work and letting agencies and M&C as well to see if it's a goer. Otherwise it'll be back to expensive London.
The weather is forecast to be 23-25 degrees this weekend, so we are going to just relax a little tomorrow. I still haven't quite shaken off the jet-lag, but nearly so.
I forgot to mention in earlier posts that the customs officer let us know we'd lost the cricket. Not really a surprise, but I still don't know any details. Anyone care to comment?
Our first curry for dinner, and I haven't even had a beer! (They send me to sleep...)
spent some time on the Internet before changing tack and heading off to see some areas in person. It took 1 1/2 hours to get from Streatham to Richmond on the bus, but we passed through some nice areas, including Wimbledon where we saw the outside of the famous tennis Club. It was reasonably obvious that these areas were going to be more than we could afford, and we moved on to Twickenham to view a flat there. It was very nice, but at L900 per month, we can't really afford it. Add to that the 6 weeks bond, reference checking fees and agency fees and we'll be forking over around L2000 just to move into a place!It was quite interesting on the bus to see how the ethnic mix changed in the various areas. Streatham and Tooting were very black English and Eastern European, then we had a small patch of Asians, then many European English. Wimbledon, Sheen and Richmond reminded me of Fendalton or Merivale.
We are now on the horns of a dilemma. We need to balance rental costs with the probability of finding work and the pay for that work in any given area. We need work to pay for our rental, but need to know where we are living to find work! We've decided to head over to Bristol on Sunday to see the place, and catch up with M&C. We'll talk to the work and letting agencies and M&C as well to see if it's a goer. Otherwise it'll be back to expensive London.
The weather is forecast to be 23-25 degrees this weekend, so we are going to just relax a little tomorrow. I still haven't quite shaken off the jet-lag, but nearly so.
I forgot to mention in earlier posts that the customs officer let us know we'd lost the cricket. Not really a surprise, but I still don't know any details. Anyone care to comment?
Our first curry for dinner, and I haven't even had a beer! (They send me to sleep...)
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we got thrashed in the cricket. They scored 289 and we were all out for 208. I got up at 2am to watch a load of crap from NZ. Never again.
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