Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Rue or rues

I'm doing the " what do you miss " for the UK.
1.  No, I'm not running through a late go at lost youth. The BMW, I'll probably, not drive one again. It was fun but economical ( see not rash youth, sober practicality ). The sucker could really go.
I did take out the extra rider on the deductible, lowering the minimum from 600 to 100 Pd. The host at Moyness House who drove a Mercedes recalled the salesperson telling him to protect the wing mirrors. Each mirror was 600 Pd for parts. 

2.In all three places we stayed in London, Edinburgh and Inverness, we could walk 4 minutes and reach a  Co-op store ( a branch of a food retailer ) or the chippie or a bakery.  I'm not sure I could find a similar bakery w/in a 5 minute drive here in T.O.. And a pub, bless the pubs. A little expensive what w/ the exchange on the dollar, very handy tho'.

3. Alright the scenery was very good in Edinburgh,Inverness, Norfolk and Whitby in Scarborough ( English one ) . Edinburgh was old and set in the hills. Inverness was wild and raw. Norfolk was English rural. Whitby was the ports of old, based on whaling and sea trade.

4. London was big, in a hurry and complicated. Parts with great history and parts spanking brand new . Got to see Billy Elliott in the Victoria Palace Theatre.
See old and new , side by side. Probably rode the oldest subway system or the oldest complex of subways in the world. The Brits hunkered down in the " tube " for the Blitz of WW II.

The song goes " there'll always be an England " maybe / maybe not.

So says the " Maestro of the round-a-bout " thats what my plaque says, anyway.

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