thank you for that reply. I don't feel happy where we are and have become very depressed. I miss my old London life but the children were 11 and under when we were there and I know it would not be the same. Moving back may not be the answer.
We left London - Balham - 10 years ago and moved west. Four children now range from university down to 13 years - boys and girls. They want to be in London a lot and feel it would be good to have a family base there for them. Younger three are at boarding school so sort of have friends all over but ...