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In article , Davey scribeth thus

Haven't been there for years now but must 'ere long:)..

Sweet;!, hope they get planning permission for their building bloody councils:(..

Yes I did wonder if that was true .. or not;!..

Lovely little town like Wells in Norfolk.. who needs to go further afield:?>..

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tony sayer
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If so I'm glad to say there seems not to be much enforcement of that in London. Chippies round here ain't online but posher places even have it on menus online eg

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Robin

Yes - their coffee is not very nice at all. IMHO. Might be better with milk of some sort but I always drink black coffee these days.

Does that set them apart from the others? Well I hate the crockery but at a services I'd rather have a Costa - always seems to be a high caffeine brew (which is good). Elsewhere I'd rather have a cup from Caffè Nero.

Reply to
polygonum

My mother always said 'If you are from North of the River you can never be happy south of it. It's true, I get lost south of the river. I once drove from Greenwich intenting to go over London Bridge, I ended up in Wandsworth and finally reached civilised parts via Putney bridge.

Reply to
djc

Sounds like you were following the South Circular - never a good idea. ;-)

Reply to
Dave Plowman (News)

Or 'Huss'?

Reply to
The Medway Handyman

London was built north of the river. In the mental map of anybody born in North London, north of Watford and south of the river are marked 'here be dragons'.

Colin Bignell

Reply to
Nightjar

Are Highgate and Islington (and other areas full of socialists) north of the river? That might explain a lot.

Reply to
Tim Streater

Yes.

Places you may have hear d of south of the driver would be Peckham..Battersea..Dulwich..kent..;-)

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

I doubt you will find many socialists as members of the Highgate Golf Club. Mind you, I see that Highgate School has stopped taking boarders.

Colin Bignell

Reply to
Nightjar

There is, of course, this Old Boy:

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Reply to
Davey

Don't think so, but then how would I know! I think the trouble is somewhere on the approach to the bridges there are signs to various northerly destinations and I follow whichever one seems to offer the most direct route back to safe ground; which seems to result in following a daisy chain of bridge approaches. I have similar problems whenever I drive back from Dover, outgoing I get to the Blackwall Tunnel and follow the signs to Dover, returning I get to the M25 and thereafter it's rather random whether end up crossing anywhere between there and Waterloo bridge

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Reply to
djc

how very true.

In my case I think anywhere N. of Euston Road is foreign territory.

Reply to
djc

Be great in this computer age if someone invented a small device that would fit in a car and navigate for you. ;-)

Reply to
Dave Plowman (News)

"Nothing good will ever come of such a thing". Besides, it would bankrupt map-makers.

Reply to
Davey

"Take 4th exit" means nothing on some of those Kent roundabouts. Often you can't see anything at all apart from the trucks on either side

Reply to
stuart noble

So how do you know which exit to take if you can't see it - even without a satnav? ;-)

Reply to
Dave Plowman (News)

Russian roulette. Trouble is, you could end up in Sheppey

Reply to
stuart noble

The bullet might be better....

Reply to
Davey

Whilst you are in the Smoke, I would recommend buying a ticket for Jeeves and Wooster(farce, bit like UKdiy!) at the Duke of York theatre. We went today and thought that performances from all the actors was better than anything we've seen for a great many years. Laughed for 2 hours!

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Capitol

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