Hmmn, now that was a good question. Had it been terrible? It depends on one's definition of terrible, he thinks.

On one hand, he did have a decent life. Much like it had been before the Doctor had taken him away. Less threat of him being shipped off in a boat to be a slave somewhere, though the aftermath of that battle was not exactly something Jamie approved of. He was, however, in the process of wooing a bonnie lass, so there was that.

On the other hand, he wasn't traveling with the Doctor.

"It's been sufferable," he admits. "Would have been better if ye had been here."