Then my mother came to the rescue telling me her best friend in school and I had always known her as Aunt Carol, now lived in Bristol and maybe she would ask around for me and she said I will give her a call its about time we spoke its been a few years. After a few days of trawling the rental sites I was starting to think going to a big city was maybe a mistake. I went online and checked out the flats for rent but the price was very restrictive and I did not want to spend all my meagre salary on rent.
Living in North Wales meant we where about 3 hours away from my new post and I needed to find somewhere to live and not knowing Bristol I wasn't sure where to start. Having just completed my degree I now had a 1 year work placement with an electronics company in Bristol before finishing my M.