See I think the transport links are great and one of the plus points for me, I just hate the constant hustle and bustle.
Not what it used to be mate - 15-20 years ago. Back then it was only open Tuesday and Friday. Used to go over Friday lunchtime, shop all kinds of great meats from one or two farmers. Same with the veg. Have a decent lunch nearby, and if it was a quiet market, **** off home afterwards. Now it’s a tourist trap. Full of mostly crappy fast food and other stuff aimed at ripping the tourists. Still one or two decent farm shops there though. So I still visit when I’m over.
Same here I like the old parks, grew up near Greenwich Park so spent a lot of my youth in there. Hamstead heath (I used to go out with a posh girl from North London, before it turned into knifey central). Also love the less well known parks, there are some pieces of ancient woodland left in London that have been protected, and lost elsewhere in the country. One near where I lived called Oxleas woods is an 8000 year old wood. London is actually a pretty green city overall. Love all the old Victorian and Edwardian buildings, especially in Kensington. Natural History museum, Science museum and the V&A. And like you say all the old pubs in the city, tucked away between big banks and financial buildings. Love the river and all the history associated with it.
I remember when I went to London after years and as an adult back in the 90’s. My only memory is me thinking the fresh air in Yorkshire is beautiful
We were in Manchester a few years back and my missus commented "everyone is so nice". I told her that they were just being normal and she was too used to the every day ****ery of people in the South East and London in particular.
I sit there in quiet rage when we are visiting family as the conversation goes... "So if we take the Jubilee Line and then the Bakerloo it's just a bus to go the rest of the way?" "But if we take the Circle line it'll just be 2 buses?" Arse!
My Grandad was a Yorkshire man, so we used to go on holiday and visit the family up there. Stayed in a little village near Scarborough and after a mammoth 12 hour journey (back in the 70's and early 80's) we'd arrive and be struck with how clean the air was. Remember being awestruck at the night skies up there. I'd never seen so many stars before. Same with Cornwall now, but London will always be home, it's where I was born and raised. There's something very familiar with the noise, hustle and bustle, the vibe and excitement of the city. There's a particular smell that is very specific to London, a mixture of car fumes, oil and grease, fast food, baked pavement. I wouldn't call it unpleasant, it's just familiar ...
Yeah I know what you mean about familiar smells...you just described any road with a row of Curry shops on it. Yorkshire skies are not too clear but you’re not far from open land away from the concrete jungles. Cornwall skies at night are next level.
Blessed to be living here now. I sometimes go out at night on my bike, cycle up onto the moors, switch the lights off and just look at the majesty of the Milky way up overhead. This is why I don't have a TV.
I have two TV's. One in the bairns bedroom. One in the living room. The latter is pretty much there for show, sometimes it doesn't get switched on for months. It's very rare I'll watch TV.
