We Prepared for the UK Heatwave... Just Not Everything Else

In this episode, we reflect on what it was like experiencing a record-setting heat wave (our second since moving to England) and how it revealed some larger truths about ourselves—and what it really takes to build a new life abroad. As featured on BBC Points West, we’re a British-American couple sharing our experience of leaving the USA and moving to the UK with our two little girls and two rescue pups while celebrating everyday British life. Get your own HGiB Mug! ☕ www.HowGreatisBritain.com 📄 Download our US → UK relocation checklist: https://howgreatisbritain.com/resources 🛍️ Products that helped: https://howgreatisbritain.com/recomme... 🌍 Website: www.HowGreatisBritain.com 📱 Follow us: Instagram: @howgreatisbritain.gb TikTok: @howgreatisbritain Location: When Stourhead first opened in the 1740s, a magazine described it as ‘a living work of art’. The world-famous landscape garden has at its centrepiece a magnificent lake reflecting classical temples, mystical grottoes, and rare and exotic trees, and offers a day of fresh air and discovery. Intro and Title Card Sequences - Dave Weisser (   / @daveweisser  ) End Music - "Lemonade Stand" by alanajordan https://pixabay.com/music/cartoons-le... #britishculture #UKSummer #uklife #UKHeatwave #americaninuk #movingtouk #lifeintheuk #culturaldifferences #expatlife #livingintheuk #ukculture #britishhumour