Being in China for quite a few years, last year I was ever so happy when I found Branston Pickle… and now…
I've found Fig Rolls…. I'm so happy (simple things please me)

What would you miss?

Civil Rights 🙂

*snort*

Lol 🙂

Food wise, when I lived in Finland I had people bring over salt and vinegar crisps, tetley tea and malt vinegar. I really missed Indian food too.

While I'm away for months on end I mainly miss my wife 😥

Cheers, Rich

From travels in the US, I'd say decent beer and Marmite.

(not together)

turbo hope she feels the same but she has never said anything to me 😉

turbo hope she feels the same but she has never said anything to me

She did but you were too busy filming remember? 🙂

Yorkshire tea.

I reckon after a while in China, I'd just get fully hacked off with eating Chinese food.

Where I am I miss:

Politeness.
Lemon curd.
Hills.
People who don't drive like a sociopath late for a meeting.

Proper beer

Narrowing it down a bit – Bathams.

I chuckled at MTB-Rossi

Politeness and just being Civil is not something I miss, the lack of it here just makes me so angry 👿
A good natter with friends with a good beer is always missed

Proper beer

You live in Germany then? 😉

Bacon
Proper chips
Close family & friends

Having spent much time away in various places

Scots Porridge Oats
Proper milk
Green grass
Four distinct seasons
Safety (my girlfriend has been kidnapped at gunpoint in what was a normal taxi in Rio de Janeiro)
Mates obviously
Carrot cake
Steak and ale pie
A decent pub
30 mile an hour speed limits in cities (Belo Horizonte is like some mental combination of Monaco and Super MArio Kart

How could I forget pies? Have just brought 15 tins of Fray Bentos back from my trip home to UK last week.

UK humor/banter/sarcasm

water/Tea/milk (one of them is normally not the same abroad)

Junk, glad to know someone's looking after her 😆

Cheers, Rich

Oh yeah, water you can drink from the tap – forgot that one!

I've been in Ethiopia for 6 months now, and I don't miss a lot of things like food- I can either do without or find alternatives.

A trip to Addis can get me mexican/chinese/indian food when it takes my fancy.

But, I'm not here for the luxuries!

I do miss riding- its not the same here, though I do have my bike. The level of hassle you get out on the bike can be frustrating.

And I miss my pals…

Not much we can´t get here in Spain except Real Ale (it doesn´t travel well) and decent theatre.

Real Beer
Worcester Sauce Crisps
Driving on the left
Full British Isles breakfast
TV

At the moment I have been wanting a Cadbury's caramel for about a month – I think right now I would pay about €50 for a bar. Although when I'm back in the UK in September I bet I'll forget about it totally…

I do miss riding- its not the same here, though I do have my bike. The level of hassle you get out on the bike can be frustrating.

What kind of hassle?

Get off the road you cyclist type hassle, or some other kind of hassle?

some mental combination of Monaco and Super MArio Kart

Lol!

I miss quite a bit about Finland tho too…

tayto cheese and onion crisps

Have just brought 15 tins of Fray Bentos back from my trip home to UK last week.

Gawd you must of been desperate! 😯

The level of hassle you get out on the bike can be frustrating.

well i can relate to that as in Brazil you have to go out in a group otherwise you're going to come home without your bike, so I am told. And don't get me started on their 50% VAT taxes!!!

after being in new york and still having close family there

proper beer
proper chocolate
tetley or pg tea
tunnocks caramel waffers
A decent curry

having only been in eg for 2 days – freedom to do what i want when i want without needing a driver

Having a portable fridge/freezer and a Landy to put it in means that I can keep stocked up with lots of things between trips back to the UK ( 3 – 4 times a year ).

This time I emptied the local M&S of smoky bacon and sausages. Crunchy nut cornflakes/various flavours of squash/Tizer/Vimto and half a year's supply of homemade jam also made the trip back to Holland with me. I would normally bring back beer, but I've still got a fridge full from my trip back in May.

Simon, in the year I was in Brazil, 6 months of which was in Rio, I never had any problems, and I rode my bike everywhere, through favellas etc.

Did almost get stabbed in a tunnel though when on foot, and our site doctor was shot in a bar just outside work for her car…

Cheers, Rich

Monteiths
Pineapple Lumps
Whittakers Peanut Slab
Fejoa's

& my mum and dad

I forgot one really important thing- I really miss anonymity. I am stared at almost all the time I'm outside- a "faranj" is an unusual sight in my town…

You do get used to it, but I realised its very wearing when I was back in the UK…

Simon- I tend to go out very early in the morning to avoid the attention. And the heat!

A previous volunteer had someone attempt to steal her bike when she was out for a ride, and that was a sh*tty Ethiopian one…

Safety (my girlfriend has been kidnapped at gunpoint in what was a normal taxi in Rio de Janeiro)

Hope you get her back safely… 😆

Generally don't miss anything, sometimes miss take out food, the chippy or Chinese takeaway. When I think about it it's probably the convenience rather tan quality nosh.
Most things you can find here or find an equivalent or a substitute which is better.

Cooked breakfast with HP sauce and a proper Sunday dinner….
Shepherds pie, apple pie, chocolate cake, toast, sausage and mash, mince and dumplings, chocolate sponge and custard, chips, hog roast with apple sauce, lamb chops, chicken and leek pie, roast chicken dinner with lashings of gravy….

omg when England tastes so good , what possesses you to leave ??

p.s written on an empty stomach 😯

The pub
Our funny ways
The few friends I've made
The rolling hills and woods and all their secrets

Monteiths
Pineapple Lumps
Whittakers Peanut Slab
Fejoa's

you are a kiwi then – the monteiths and the whittakers gave it away !

i miss L&P and fejoa and kiwi juice !