Just over a year ago we decided that we had seen and done pretty much all we wanted to do as expats living in Turkey and that we wanted to return to the UK - well, now we have. We told a handful of our trusted friends (there aren't many there) and started our plans. Today is our first day back in the UK, and I can honestly say that even with the -1C temperature, we are as excited to be here as we were the first day we arrived in Calis
I just wanted to say, with the exception of a couple of individuals with mental health problems or personality disorders, our association with Calis and Fethiye has allowed us the pleasure of meeting literally hundreds of great people we would never have possibly met. Sometimes it's easy to forget that it was Calis that introduced us to certain people, it seems like we have known them for decades.
I'm also posting to preempt the rumours that our every turn has generated (I've been deported 5 times that I've heard of
) - so, as I look forward very much to hearing the soap opera as a viewer rather than a character, I thought I could be useful by offering a list of possible reasons for going, take your pick:
1. I was bankrupt and had to leave.
2. I upset the wrong people and had to go.
3. I was deported for selling illegal properties
4. I owed all the bars huge bills, and I couldn't pay.
5. I was the subject of an alien abduction in Scarlett Bar
6. I am Lord Lucan
7. The mafia are after us
Good luck with that.
To the many superb people we met, see you soon (we're already planning our next visit). I hope with CBF and the charity things over the years that I made a small difference. If you don't think that, I couldn't give a toss anyway
To the minority who tried to spoil our lives and the lives of our kids with their incessant rumourmongering and smearing of us to anyone who would listen, I have a small message...
HAHAHAHA You didn't, we had a ball 
See you all soon I hope
