Wee Birdy

Oh no! I feel as though I’ve only just ‘met’ you and now you’re leaving!
I’m really, really glad to hear that Wee Birdy will continue, as it’s absolutely brilliant and an inspiration! It’ll be great to read some Australian birdy stuff as well, though. (I don’t think this bird will ever make that 24 hour flight!)
Best of luck with your decision.
Cx

Oh, Top Bird, call me an emotional fool but reading your “Good Byes” made my eyes well. Bah!
I’ve not experienced London but I can just imagine missing all of that.
But UK’s loss is my gain. Woohoo! See you in Sydney soon, my oldest bloggy pal! xx

aw!!! I know it was a hard decision, but am very excited for your new chapter in life.
I have to admit, your goodbye list made me cry. So many things I miss about Londontown too……
hug!

p.s. “Goodbye some of the shittiest customer service I’ve ever experienced in my life”
I have to say San Francisco holds the title to shitty customer service, its SO awful here!

Thank you for sharing your love of this wonderful city. And looking forward to wee finds from around the world.

Best of luck in Sydney! I enjoy your blog and your lovely finds. Look forward to seeing more of them from Sydney!

Rebecca! such sad news! i wish i could’ve met you in real life, i supose i still can if i ever make that epic trip, but i’m very glad that it doesn’t spell the end for wee birdy. that really would be mournful news.
aw, and did you ever made it down to Cornwall on your du maurier pilgrimage?
safe and happy travels friend XX

I’m so excited for you….. new adventures new treasures…and better weather….I can’t wait to read about your secret finds in Sidney…it will serve as an excuse to go on holiday soon!!!

Oh, ch-ch-ch-changes! Just read that Mieke’s shop is closing and now you’re leaving for Sydney. Glad to hear that you’ll be blogging about Australia though. So, fly away sweet birdy …I wish you luck – hope the move goes well (think of the sun!!!) and I’m so looking forward to the next chapter of Wee Birdy.

Oh god! I have a tear in my eye, i remember leaving London the first time, I’m afraid i was back within 3 months, it just lived in me. Say hello to calling ABC – BBC, to doonas being duvets, wondering why you can’t find your fav biscuit on the supermarket shelf, that the Aussie accent is really strong, thinking Australian traffic is light, oh i could go on and on…
It’s 4 years now I have been back in Oz from the UK and I miss it everyday. Your blog let me feel like I was back. Have a great trip home and I look forward to reading about my old stomping ground Sydney now1 Best of luck!

I am sure it’s not easy moving out of somewhere you like..
Introduced WeeBirdy to a friend of mine before she went to Paris and she was so glad she read your post before going! Same with my London trip! coincidentally I’m probably heading to Sydney this July, I’ll continue to read WeeBirdy for more Sydney gems and treasures!
All the best!

Wishing you all the best settling back in Australia. Have really enjoyed reading all your fab post from London and your travels.Looking forward to your stories from down under!

Oh no! I’ll miss you so!
Good luck in Sydney. I look forward to reading all about your finds in The Land Down Under.

So sorry to hear you’re going, Top Bird. Your posts are always so informative, helpful and well-photographed — I must admit to being selfishly pleased that there are still a couple of London posts up your sleeve! I am also pleased we got to meet a couple of times and I hope in the future we may do so again. Good luck with the move to Sydney and I wish you the very best for your life there!

The Menders salute you! But this is a global sort of time and be assured we’ll do alot of riding on buses for you and eating of cream teas until you return!! We’ll let you know how the classes go too!
make do mend
Bee & Claire

Top Bird I am so sad to hear you are flying the London nest but will really look forward to your posts from Sydney- it seems like a very exciting fashion and style city and I would love to know more and trust you to bring us lovely finds.
Also your goodbyes to London brought a little tear to my eye
Have a great last few days, do all your favourite things and have a wonderful trip back- xxx

Wow, I feel like this is the end of an era!! I am also an antipodean living in London, and I have really loved your site!!
But I totally understand the pull of home, family, old friends, sandy beaches, sunshine, eskies, swimming pools and needing air conditioning.
Thanks for all the great times in London!!

Oh Birdy!
Such exciting times! So many brand new hellos to be had in Oz and so many reunions too! And it’s true, you’re a global birdy at heart – I for one can’t wait to watch WB take on the world! Yay!
PS: I hope that this “auspicious day” for you was also very happy in a cake-eating kinda way!!!!

Argh! I’m happy for you, but oh so sad. Also, I’m going to have to print this post off as it’s a lovely trip to londontown and will help perk me up when i’m feeling low. there are loads of wonderful things here.
good luck on your new (warm) adventure. enjoy the trip back home…

You know what, I guessed you were leaving! I haven’t been hanging around wee birdy as much as usual lately (it’s a time issue), and today I had a bit of a catch up read. I saw that you’d been doing lots of great trips lately and thought to myself ‘this looks like the cramming we Aussies do before we leave London!’.
Fly safely Top Bird, and I’ll look forward to fab local content when you’re back home.

Oh, it’s so sad to leave good ol’ London and I just loved your list. Ahhh…so many fond memories of London. But so excited you’re coming back home to Sydney. Us Aussie birdie fans need someone fab to guide us from store to store!
P.s My in-laws are going to be glad I’ll stop asking them to send me things I’ve seen on WB!

Sad to hear your leaving London, but I’m also excited to hear all about your fab Birdy finds in Sydney.

Wow, I live in London and I think you pretty much just summed it all up with all those goodbyes!
Aww it must be so sad! But I’m sure you’ll be back!
xx

Aww your goodbye list is brilliant… I’ve never lived in London but I’m down at least a couple of times a year and I can so identify with almost all your list!
Best of luck with the move – in some ways it seems v sad but in other ways brill as then I’ll get to know more about Australia (me and the OH are considering going there next year as part of our honeymoon so we’ll need your tips!)
Anyway, looking forward to the next phase of wee birdy (And surely saying goodbye to dark at 4pm is a good thing?!) xx

Oh, this is sad but also exciting!
Good luck, will miss the London posts but I am also looking forward to discovering Sydney!
x

The end of an era! But I will really be looking forward to the Sydney posts both from nostalgia and to stay right up to date on the home country. The very best of British luck to you!

Very sad to hear you are back to the land of Oz. I have really enjoyed your blog and I look forward to reading about your finds in Sydney. The weather is better over there anyway. Goodbye Top Bird.

Good bye dear friend – will miss you and our one and only good customer experience evening in COS! I’ll tweet pic you photos of COS just in case too xxx

I love how you wrote this post with all the goodbyes. Saying goodbye is always hard, but it’s nice to go back home too. I wish you all the best in your travels and the excitement that lies ahead. I look forward to visiting lots of great new places with you on your blog.
-FringeGirl

awww…sad to see you go…but looking forward to lots of juicy posts from over the other side.
after being here my entire adult life i am thinking i’ve almost had enough of London myself (there are just toooo many people, and not enough trains, and we need to make room for the new people coming in!) and a house by the seaside is tempting me…but the list is making me have second thoughts!
good luck!
sam

Oh dear, oh dear, my mornings will be bereft of Wee Birdy updates….how will I ever feel connected to London from the safety of my armchair!
This bird is feeling blue.
Me aside, looking forward to discovering Sydney and don’t be a stranger.
Kate x

I hated living in London yet I still feel really emotional at your list. London’s loss will be Sydney’s gain and I can’t wait to read all about your finds in Oz. And, by the way, Roger Tilling is the loveliest man you could hope to meet (I used to work on University Challenge). Bon voyage!

Good luck with the next stage of Wee Birdy, I’m sure Australia will be happy to have you home.Say hi to Wollongong for me if you pass through! xx

Oh so sad but think of the excitement!
Those thoughts do make me realise I take little ol’ london for granted. Oh I recall the days of se trains! I love living by the tube now!
Au revoir LONDON Wee Birdy! Oh Mr Tilling!

I’ve enjoyed all your posts about London, Rebecca, and it’s helped me to discover new shops and sites to visit whenever I can travel across the pond.
It’ll be a little sad to see you saying farewell to such a great city but I’m looking forward to seeing what delights you’ll bring us from Sydney. And as you said, there will be the occasional holiday back to London!

Oh no, I feel like I’ve only just discovered you and your wonderful site. It’s been a true inspiration for my blog x x x

Awww, WeeBirdy! It’s really sad that you’re going but great to know you’ll still be around elsewhere. It was great to meet you and I hope we meet again someday.
All the best for your trip home

Good Luck, TB. I’m so sorry that this seems to have been a decision that was not one of those no-brainers. I hope you’re OK & I do look forward to your posts from Sydney.
xoxo

Take care & All the best!!!

Oh crikey! not sure what to say. I am happy for you and so glad that you are going to continue with wee birdy.Having some extra Sydney stuff thrown in will be a great treat for all of us.
I left London 8 years ago for Vancouver and I know being from London originally doesn’t help, but I miss dear old London badly. My friends from there tell me it’s not the same, but the things you have said above really tear at my heart strings.
You are actually going back to your roots so that is really great for you. I wish you the best of British and thanks for being the best blog!!

What a beautiful piece.

Such a shame. You were pretty much the inspiration for my blog and I loved reading about a London I had no idea about.
I now crave a 2am Brick Lane Bagel.
Good luck and hope to hear from you soon.

How exciting!
Have I ever mentioned that Sydney is my hometown? I was born there and lived there until my family moved away when I was 13. As you know, I’m a Londoner now, and it excites me to know that going back and forth is a possibility.
I wish you the best of the best!

ta ta love
thanks for reminding me why I so love this goddamn city
sure cant be any better

London is going to be a little bit less fabulous now.
Good luck with the move home.
Sian and The Domestic Sluts
xxxxxx

Ahh Wee Birdy, London won’t be the same without you – but it’s Sydney’s gain. Bon Voyage. Looking forward to further posts.

It’s so hard when you have one foot each in two different places and tough to make a decision. When we’re in London we miss Australia and vice versa. The best of luck with your decision exciting times! I’m so glad your blog will be continuing because I love it! I’m looking forward to your continued inspiration from Sydney, and will be no doubt making a big list of all the places to visit when we are next back.

You must be so excited to move back home! I look forward to seeing your favourite Oz shops and hang-outs Goodluck with your move, I’m sure London will miss you!

If you ever fly through LA on your way to London let me know – would love to have a drink. What a beautiful time of year to return to Sydney. I’m sure it must be hard for you and will take time to settle but I think the answer is to travel as much as possible (when financially possible). Safe travels – will be back to read about your Sydney favs.

Oh no! How sad!
We will miss you so much here at Tatty. Thank you for all your lovely work with us and all your support. We love your blog and all the nice things you have written about us on here and in Time Out. Your photo with Charlie will always be present in our Brick Lane shop!
Please stay in touch and if there is anything we can do let us know!
Best of Luck,
Love Amy D and all the Tatty Devine crew x

Noooooooooooo! I’m a born and bred London girl who has learnt more about the city through your reviews than through actually living here! Spent seven joyous months in Sydney though and can totally see why you’d head back there. We will miss you, but hopefully Aus will realise our loss is their gain xxx

Well, I am a newbie here at Wee Bird but thoroughly smitten from the get go (yeah, I can be something of an Anglophile). But, hey, birds fly don’t they? So while it is clear you’ll be missed in this London nest you’ve built, I, for one, will look forward to your splendid sensibilities shining a light on Sydney!
Thanks for all the swooning and inspiration!

It is always difficult to make a decision to move especially if you still like the place you are living. However these days the world does seem a much smaller place and of course with blogs, you could be anywhere.
I hope everything goes smoothly in the move and wish you all the best.

Oh, I am so sad to hear you are leaving London – I have loved all your posts about the city – but I am also very excited for you to be starting out on a new chapter of your life. I wish you the very best and look forward to hearing about your Sydney adventures.

I’m another blubberer over your last post – Thank you for covering my hometown with such style over these past years. You’ve been a fabulous read. I must admit though that I can’t wait to read about your new finds and discoveries in Sydney as I lived there for a year and miss the easy going charm of the design scene there.
So i hope that you enjoy swapping the tea and cakes of Columbia Rd market for the Snags and Ginger beer at Paddo Market! All the best and safe travels!

This sounds rather as though I’m glad you’re leaving, but I think that this might be one of my favourite posts from Wee Birdy! London sounds so wonderful that I’m starting to wonder why I want to leave myself!

Awww! Your post makes me feel a little melancholy…All those sweet goodbyes. Well, on the bright side Sydney is pretty wonderful – not in the way London is but in a different way as I’m sure you already know. Welcome home!

Noooooo, don’t leave us. I’m looking forward to blogs about Sydney though, I’ve heard it’s pretty cool there too.
p.s. You were the first blog I ever encountered.
WEM xx

I’ve been a big fan of your blog for a long time but don’t often stop to comment. I’m forever bookmarking your posts and stockpiling lists of places to go when I’m in London so I’m going to miss you dearly.
Best of luck in Sydney!

Thank you, you have done more than you know.
I’m a Londoner (who also isn’t tired of London) living in Louisiana, you have kept me connected to home in a wonderful way. I will miss you for that.. looking forward to the Aussie blogs (half Australian too)

Aw, so sad! (But had to laugh about the ‘shitty customer service’ – so very true! 10 years on living here I NEVER get used to that!). Thanks for being so kind to The Make Lounge during your stay here and best of luck in Sydney, will still read your blog religiously!

Top Bird…. What can I say? The most beautiful post – thank you for reminding me why I continue to live in London! I will miss you so much, and all the wonderful things you said about London. Thank you so much for your wonderful contributions to London’s blogging scene. I felt quite tearful reading that list, so I can’t imagine how you feel. Wishing you everything you wish for yourself… goodbye and good luck dear friend. Mxxx

Oh I’ll miss the trip down memory lane with your incredible posts (I moved back to Sydney from London 6 years ago) but can’t wait for your observations of Sydney. Safe travels!

Hiya Birdy,
Wow, that is a big decision… I miss London too but I’m loving being downunder as well. You know, it’s never really really goodbye to London because you can always go back, and there’ll be lots of things to remind you of your London life including your beautiful blog! All the best for your homecoming to Sydney. xxxs from New Zealand!
Char

Hi everyone – thank you so much for your lovely, lovely comments. I’ve been reading them all (with a big lump in my throat) as I wait at Singapore Airport for the flight to Sydney. This moving countries caper is an emotional business!
Talk to you all soon from Sydney – wow! xx

Oh Top Birdy, what a lovely, poignant post.
When I first moved to the UK from Australia a year ago, your site was the first I visited and ever since it has been one of my daily must haves – helping me feel at home, giving my ideas on where to visit for treasures and experiences, and your adorable birdy finds (I too have a thing for birds).
I’ve just started a blog and hope to pick up a little where you left off (not that I would ever dare to copy you! You’re irreplaceable), but I do look forward to reading about all your new adventures.
Best of luck!
Miss B xx
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oh SIGH I feel very sad you are going home – which of course is bonkers but even so. Good luck with the move, enjoy the weather, and I wish you the most lovely, lovely things in your warm and sunny future. LondonLand is a little richer for having had you here. x

Top Bird, thank you for sharing all your fantastic London (and beyond) finds with another expat. Best wishes with the return to Sydney! x

Sorry to hear you’re going, but I’m sure you’ll settle in and have a fabulous time in Sydney. Look forward to seeing what Wee Birdy has to offer from Australia. Have very much enjoyed your London posts.

Oh Top Bird how exciting to have some new adventures in your hometown. I wish you all the best… and I am excited to read all about your Sydney finds!

Actually, selfishly Im really glad you’ve returned to Sydney! Im a London girl recently moved to Sydney and looking forward to you showing your best bits to make me miss home a little bit less! Thank you!

Welcome Back!!!