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Post by Humph on Jul 26, 2024 12:54:26 GMT
I suppose everywhere has its more challenging areas if you think about it. Edinburgh is a bit unique in that you can enter and leave it by the main arterial routes and could be convinced that there were no dodgy parts. Of course there are, some of them dodgier than Dodge City, but you have to make a slight effort to pass through them.
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Post by WDB on Jul 26, 2024 13:15:42 GMT
…whereas in Reading, you can drive through and get the impression it’s nothing but appalling, benighted wasteland. It’s only when you venture off the main roads and look around a bit that you find some of it is really much worse.
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Post by Humph on Jul 26, 2024 13:27:19 GMT
The thought hasn’t escaped me that having spent most of my adult life having to travel to or through numerous places both in this country and further afield, that I’m suddenly in a position to choose where and when I want to go and indeed where and when I don’t. I remember, about a year ago now, peering out of a window as my ferry was leaving Belfast with the gradually reducing vista of the Harland and Wolff cranes and pondering that I most probably would never be back. Not that I’ve anything against Ireland, but I’ve been there so often for so long that it would be way down my list of things to do again.
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Post by Alanović on Jul 26, 2024 14:00:54 GMT
Why did I encourage him.
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Post by WDB on Jul 26, 2024 14:04:49 GMT
Think of it as a public service, Vić. Humph is retired now, so he appreciates a chance to reminisce. 😛
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Post by Alanović on Jul 26, 2024 14:09:10 GMT
I meant you, not him.
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Post by Humph on Jul 26, 2024 15:39:50 GMT
Well then, here’s another observational reminiscence, most places are way less exciting than Michael Palin or Simon Reeve would have you believe. The cold places are mainly just cold, the hot places are mainly just hot, the cities are mainly just crowded and smelly and the remote places are usually empty because there’s not much there.
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Post by Alanović on Jul 26, 2024 15:43:53 GMT
Aye, yer no rang. But I bet the episode Reeve made in El Salvador was a tad exciting.
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Post by EspadaIII on Jul 26, 2024 17:43:46 GMT
If Manchester remained the city it was before the IRA bomb it may not have the attractions it has now. But almost 30 years later and together with the music scene created by Tony Wilson (Factory Records and The Hacienda), the growth of Premier League football and the investment into ManCity mean that is it now an international city and this has its benefits and disadvantages that such cities experience. I shudder to think what the city would be like without that.
I am pleased it is my home town and take pride in replying to the question 'Where are you from?' with the answer 'Manchester' and not England, Britain or the UK. I take it as read that people have heard of us Mancunians, either as Reds or Blues.
Anyway Young Humph will have a great time; Son#2 is thinking of moving into the area, but the delights of home cooking and saving several £100s per month on rent and bills is a strong reason to stay at home...
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