Trading sunshine for Rain - again

I previously had a blog on here which was called "Trading Sunshine for Rain" - the aim of which was to chronicle our move from South Africa to the UK.  This is did - with varying success and with irregular updates. The last post in that blog mentioned our return to South Africa in 2010. It was a very sad post. For me at least.

We have lived in Cape Town since December 2010 and all the reasons for our return have changed or have not come to fruition.

1. Kim's ME/CFS - We had hoped that a change of climate would positively influence Kim's health and that she would be better in South Africa. This did not happen.
2. We had hoped that family would assist and help and be more present with Kim's illness. Of course what we didn't factor in is that they have their own lives and things going on which have made this impossible.  Nothing much has changed as far as family support is concerned from living in the UK and living in South Africa.  At least in the UK there is more access to help and less reliance on transport and distance for the day to day elements of living.
3. Our daughter is due to start studying in 2017/2018. She wants to study astrophysics.  The courses are much better in the UK for this and access to quality tertiary education is a problem in South Africa.

All the above, coupled with the fact that I quite enjoyed and preferred living in the UK has led to this decision.

I will try and give a more detailed and more regular report on this blog of where we are in this entire process.