Mike H Hi Samantha - If you are still looking to travel round all parts of the UK - my nearest city is Birmingham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham) and I live in a countryside town called Cleobury Mortimer (http://www.cleoburycountry.com/) I'd be happy to show you around if you still have trouble finding people to travel with - and we have a spare room that you could take advantage of if you liked. (couldn't put you up for like a whole week but a few days would be ok) and in return - Toronto is somewhere i've always wanted to see so maybe in the future you could give me a guided tour! let me know :)