Have you been able to "see the sights"?

I've been around quite a bit of this area, plus seen some things in London (Westminster Abbey, The Tower, etc.) and in Edinburgh and outside of there and a bit of the Lakes District. We aren't made of money, but I think I have seen a considerable bit of the country here, though not nearly as much as I would like, of course! I really hope to see Stonehenge one day, even though it holds no interest for DH whatsoever (he says "its a pile of rocks" lol) but you know, it's so ancient! Plus, I'd like to try spotting the Loch Ness Monster. 

Oh!  I feel a new idea for a thread coming on...

I just love being your inspiration. 

Oops, that would be because it's Rough Tor. I've had too much coffee today.

We haven't made it there yet, but there are BILLIONS of similar sites all over Cornwall. We've been to Lanyon Quoit, Men-an-tol, The Merry Maidens, Chun Castle and loads of others!

If you like that sort of thing (we do!), there's enough to keep you busy around here for weeks! 

you should come over to the Isle of Man as well!!

Peel Castle is claimed to have been Avalon...or so we have been lead to believe....

it is really easy for life to take over. I saw more 'sites' when I was here 10 years ago for 2 weeks than I have since I moved. ..... Its likely that if you only have a set length of time you will make more of an effort to see the things you want to see. 

That is so true! When I moved to the UK my DH kept saying "Oh we'll go see this..." and "I'll take you there" but more often than not it didn't happen. 
There was so much I didn't get to see that I wanted to. So, on our trip back this past fall I made a priority of us seeing some sites.

I guess it's different when the person you are with is from the UK, since they seem a bit hesitant to be "tourists" in their own country. But nontheless, hubby and his parents had a great time doing all the touristy stuff in the Yorkshire countryside.

I'm definitely making a list for when we move back so that I get to see everything I want!

I try to go abroad once a year, even if only for a weekend (I exclude Canada and the UK in this) and I try and make it a different country each time. We also do UK based breaks every year, usually a long weekend to a week, and the obligatory Canada / US for me every 2 years and for Mr MLG every 4 years.

We haven't made it there yet, but there are BILLIONS of similar sites all over Cornwall. We've been to Lanyon Quoit, Men-an-tol, The Merry Maidens, Chun Castle and loads of others!

If you like that sort of thing (we do!), there's enough to keep you busy around here for weeks! 

Chary, if I ever get down to Cornwall we can go together!  These sites are my all-time faves (plus others in the area), and I'm frutstrated I haven't been down there once since I've been living here (almost three years).  I've been loads of times before though before I met my hubby.

Chary, if I ever get down to Cornwall we can go together!  These sites are my all-time faves (plus others in the area), and I'm frutstrated I haven't been down there once since I've been living here (almost three years).  I've been loads of times before though before I met my hubby.

It's a date! 

We haven't made it there yet, but there are BILLIONS of similar sites all over Cornwall. We've been to Lanyon Quoit, Men-an-tol, The Merry Maidens, Chun Castle and loads of others!

If you like that sort of thing (we do!), there's enough to keep you busy around here for weeks! 

I love that sort of thing. Hopefully the ILs will take our toddler for a long weekend or two so we can really explore.  I can't wait.

you should come over to the Isle of Man as well!!

Peel Castle is claimed to have been Avalon...or so we have been lead to believe....

I love their flag! The list is getting longer...

If you like castles, you need to get yourself to Northumberland (near the Scottish border area) - more castles than you can imagine within a very close proximity to each other! 

That's true...we were all castled out when we went!

If you like castles, go to Wales! When I lived in Pembrokeshire, I had one within walking distance and three more within a 10 minute drive! Seriously - there's a castle on every corner! 

It's a date! 

Yay! 

I went to see quite a few places while I was visiting hubby...but since we've actually moved here, we haven't been out too much.  Mostly because I'm pregnant and we had to deal with morning sickness/general yuckiness for months and also didn't feel like battling the harsh winter.  Now that the weather has gotten warmer, I imagine we will do a lot more sight-seeing.  My hubby commented on the fact that he has lived here his entire life but hasn't seen much of the UK because whenever they would go on vacation, they would be off to another country.

Personally, I like to see all the world famous things (Big Ben, famous castles, etc) but I also like "discovering" the little things that are not-so-well-known.  We went for a walk awhile back and came across a church (still in use) that is over 800 years old.  I think that kinda thing is pretty cool...and you avoid tourist crowds and lines.

I think a lot of times it depends on where you live.

I lived in [southwest] London in 2003 for 1.5 years and, at the time, did not work. My [British] husband worked for the local council and was about a 15-minute drive from our house. He was home from work by 4:15 every day which, coupled with week-ends, bank holidays, and his superb holiday leave benefits, meant we had a lot of time to do things.

I spent the majority of my time [online] reading and researching places and things for us to do (it helps that I'm an Britophile who LOVES England) with a concentration on those that were FREE which, fortunately, ended up being the majority of things.

We were fortunate in that my husband never minded driving in London (with me as navigator, of course  , but we were also near a tube station (Piccadilly Line) which made getting in and out of London relatively easy.

Another thing I did was enter online CONTESTS, through places like ClassicFM, etc. I won tickets to a Rugby match at Twickenham; classical music concert tickets at St. Johns Smith Square; and more.

My husband had some kind of map thing on his computer and we would mark with virtual push-pins all the places in London (and beyond - 4 of his adult children lived in Plymouth so we spent a good bit of time in Devon) where we had been. We LOVE looking at it now and are amazed at how much we did and saw during my time there. He still is appreciative of my efforts to get us "out and about" and besides the big things, we also discovered so many unique, out-of-the-way places on our journey.

We're moving back in July and can't wait. We've already promised ourselves reciprocal National Trust memberships for Christmas.