Guest Post: Why I love living in Britain
Bev Cross was born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1952 and has lived
in Britain since 1968. Now a retired
charity lawyer active in the Green Party and as a trustee of a restorative
justice charity. Lives in Yorkshire and
has a son soon to be married to (another!) British/Canadian lawyer. Loves cats, country walks, writing, swimming
and enjoying good meals with friends and family.
At the end of his book The Road to Little Dribbling, Bill Bryson gives five reasons why he prefers living in Britain to just about anywhere else including America, his native land. I was born and raised in Canada and people sometimes ask me why I could possibly prefer to live here than there. My reasons are a little similar to Bill’s. Admittedly, I haven’t (unlike Bill) gone back to live in Canada since I left it in 1968, but I have visited it, and the States, since.
And you can find out so much of what is going on in a country these days from the internet.
I first visited Britain as a tourist with my parents i…
At the end of his book The Road to Little Dribbling, Bill Bryson gives five reasons why he prefers living in Britain to just about anywhere else including America, his native land. I was born and raised in Canada and people sometimes ask me why I could possibly prefer to live here than there. My reasons are a little similar to Bill’s. Admittedly, I haven’t (unlike Bill) gone back to live in Canada since I left it in 1968, but I have visited it, and the States, since.
And you can find out so much of what is going on in a country these days from the internet.
I first visited Britain as a tourist with my parents i…
