where would you choose to return

Wherever I go I don't want to go back

Corsets, ice on the inside of windows, chilblains, pea-soupers, no antibiotics, no washing machines - no thanks

The farm where I spent my very early years. It isn't a farm now, some is preserved as a heritage site, some new housing, some used for music. I visited it four years ago and had such a strong sense of connection in an empty barn where I know I spent much time as a baby and toddler. I would love to experience that feeling again.

Southern Italy please. Ravello would suit me fine

Really good thread overthehill - I am enjoying reading all the replies. Wow Badenkate New Mexico sounds amazing - it would be so interesting to read all about your life there. Care to tell us a little more?

Rome or Lake Garda. Been to both these places many times but I can no longer face flying so just have my memories.

Sydney Australia for me please!

Devon! Or Cornwall. I was born right on the border.
Lovely counties, both of them.

Isle of Wight. Countryside and seaside. Perfect!

We often have this conversation - would you go back in time or forward. My husband is definitely for going forward to see what the world is like but for me it would be back - probably to the same town I live in today as I've seen so many photos of what it used to be like which it would be great to experience what life was like. Also to my birth town up north to the 20's when my grandmother who died before I was born was alive. Definitely wouldn't want the dental and health issues from back then though!

They say 'never go back' don't they, presumably because it destroys the magical memories ( when confronted with the here and now.)
It would be Devon for me though, the rural areas don't change much, second choice the Lakes, somewhere near Ambleside.
If choosing to time travel, then I would like to visit the Thames Valley round about 1400to 1500.

Nice choice for a thread overthehill

if I was time-travelling it would be to the beginning of the 1900s to north Staffordshire, if I could choose where to go in the modern day I would like to come back as a kiwi, I love NZ and its people.

Being happy where I am I only feel glad I don't have to go anywhere else and definitely not back to Sheffield!

If Brexit meant I had to return then North Yorkshire would be my choice

I'm for the coast - preferably in Northern England - I love the sea.
As John Masefield said & we schoolgirls adapted:
"I must go down to the seas again
To the lonely sea and the sky,
I hung my knickers there last night
I wonder if they're dry?"

The Isle of Wight. I wish I'd never left.

I'm happy where I am now, except I miss the sea, always having lived on the coast before.

However come the melting of the polar ice caps, we may have a sea view once again

I agree MaggieMay60. New Zealand is a fantastic place. I love Yorkshire too, of course - maybe I could flit between the two! (Money being no object of course )

dbDB77 -

England still for me, and I've missed living by the sea. Despite the cold, I'd probably just buy a few more warm clothes and head right back up to the NE coast.

rosesarered & DanniRae thank you both for your kind words.
Very interesting to read all the different posts.

Anya
I am not coming back to where I am at present then!

* WHITEWAVE * dont know where in Scotland your friend returned to but its daylight until nearly midnight for months of the year and even now its daylight from 6.30am until around 7pm .When we were in Cornwall on holiday in July we were surprised how early it got dark .The weather down south isn't that much better either ,I've holidayed in Cornwall several times and the rain has pelted down for days on end and when I said it must be unusual as I'd heard they had fab weather the barmen siad sadly not ...it always raind here

Yes, paddyann I have to agree about your experience with Cornwall. It's a long journey to get there for us and though it's beautiful it rained hard for 12 out of the 14 days we were there several years ago now. It was August, too, so we were looking forward to some sunshine

What a shame. We had nothing but lovely weather on our two summer visits to Cornwall.

The West coast of the country is always wet, so it does depend on where you are, but from Cornwall up through Wales, Lancashire and up to Scotland, it's always going to be wetter than the centre or the East.
British weather is unpredictable though ( that's why we love it!) and you can get soaked anywhere.