OP
OP
- Location
- London
doesn't hampshire get a look in?
(I kipped there between lockdowns in a bivi - wasn't attacked despite being in pretty clear sight of a cycling route)
Things you rather like about this country
- Thread starter Blue Hills
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(I kipped there between lockdowns in a bivi - wasn't attacked despite being in pretty clear sight of a cycling route)
Punkawallah
Über Member
The incredible variety found between Cornwall and the Shetlands - places, people, pubs. I’ve been around a bit, and it never ceases to amaze me.
I’ll stop before I get something in my eye :-)
I’ll stop before I get something in my eye :-)
HMS_Dave
Grand Old Lady
That'll be the midges.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
It feels safe, secure and stable.
OP
OP
- Location
- London
folks from an asian/eastern background (though the vast majority if not pretty much all surely born here) talking with a broad lancashire/yorkshire accent.
and kinda opposite in a way:
west indian women of a certain age talking in that sing sing voice - am always puzzled as to how they have retained it.
and kinda opposite in a way:
west indian women of a certain age talking in that sing sing voice - am always puzzled as to how they have retained it.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Tweeds! I don't think any other country in the world accepts eccentric tweed wearers like we do here!🧐
No other country can carry it off like we do either!🧐
No other country can carry it off like we do either!🧐
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
It's lovely and GREEN !
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Then of course there's!!! 🧐
It has interesting and varied geography, and is a melting pot incorporating the dozens of cultures who have variously settled, migrated, and conquered the islands over the millennia - the history is a lot more interesting than the stuff taught in school or that Mel Gibson would lead us to believe.
The nation itself was actually a force for unalloyed good at one point, albeit briefly, and recalled with too much misty-eyed nostalgia. Despite its involvement being driven by self-interest, there was much legitimate humanitarianism and altruism involved.
The RNLI stuff recently shows that many people openly reject the trajectory some would have us go down, which is heartening.
The nation itself was actually a force for unalloyed good at one point, albeit briefly, and recalled with too much misty-eyed nostalgia. Despite its involvement being driven by self-interest, there was much legitimate humanitarianism and altruism involved.
The RNLI stuff recently shows that many people openly reject the trajectory some would have us go down, which is heartening.
PaulSB
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I was 19 when I left. I've been back to the south-east and London many times for a variety of reasons. I've no wish to upset people but I cannot think of a single reason why I would want to return.
Last time I went to York I was riding the Way of the Roses. My overnight stop was York. I cycled up Bootham, straight to the Minster, parked my bike and kissed the stone.
Nothing in the south makes me feel as I do about Lancashire and Yorkshire. People don't find it strange when you speak to them.
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Your post comes through your door and more often than not the day after it was posted.
OP
OP
- Location
- London
+1 to this.
At the risk of a divert and the NACAs jumping in, I presume you mean WW2.
mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
Beautiful countryside
The NHS
Beer
The NHS
Beer
OP
OP
- Location
- London
there's bits of Bowland where on my bike I've uttered appreciative obscenities to the skies - though didn't really value until fairly old.
