Doing London things you've never done

[Magnus McGinty]

I haven’t spotted Boris cycling and called him a wanker.

I haven’t done this although I did shout out wanker to Branson jogging along Oxford Street with the Olympic torch.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I'm surprised that there isn't some sort of borough race to get round all 32 in a day. They have it for tube lines and stations.

hmm. possible future urban outing (although might take a while if it involves a pub stop in each borough...)

 

[not henry]

hmm. possible future urban outing (although might take a while if it involves a pub stop in each borough...)

There are 32 nips in a bottle of spirits so if you had a whisky in every borough, you would have drank a whole bottle by the end of the day.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

It would be more doable to choose one side of the river or the other.

 

[Spymaster]

Saw the Crown Jewels for the first time last summer. Never been on the London Eye.

 

[clicker]

Saw the Crown Jewels for the first time last summer. Never been on the London Eye.

God no. I put the London Eye in the same category as Lion King. Over my dead body.

 

[marty21]

I've never been in Harrods, seen The Trooping of the Colour or eaten pie and mash.
And so it shall remain.

I have been to Harrods & eaten pie & mash (I'm an eastender bruv) never been interested in seeing The Trooping of the Colour.

I've also never been to Buckingham Palace (have walked past it tbf , but I have seen The Crown Jewels & the ravens at The Tower of London.

 

[8ball]

Never been to any of the Primarks

 

[Pickman's model]

Saw the Crown Jewels for the first time last summer. Never been on the London Eye.

Is it true you can trace one branch of your family back to the famous colonel blood?

 

[marty21]

Saw the Crown Jewels for the first time last summer. Never been on the London Eye.

I've never been on the London Eye , or on that cable car thingy.

 

[ouirdeaux]

Who has?

 

[marty21]

Who has?

I guess some have , it seems pointless to me tbh

 

[Pickman's model]

I've never been on the London Eye , or on that cable car thingy.

I've been on both, once

 

[WhyLikeThis]

I've never been on the London Eye , or on that cable car thingy.

You’re not missing owt.

 

[Pickman's model]

There are 32 nips in a bottle of spirits so if you had a whisky in every borough, you would have drank a whole bottle by the end of the day.

25ml in a single measure. 700ml in a bottle of spirits. 7x4=28

 

[friedaweed]

Never had a handjob in a Soho alley. This is on my list.

That was the first thing that happen to me when I first went to London as a young lad. Brian said he needed a light but that was just to ensure that both my hands were distracted when he went for my flies. Dirteh old man.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Never been to any of the Primarks

i've got a primark jumper that's old enough to have a 'made in england' label (it's only been fit for gardening for the last 20+ years and with a garden as tiny as mine, i don't do a lot of gardening) - think woolwich was one of the first primark branches to open...

 

[Guineveretoo]

I haven't been to Buckingham Palace, have no desire to go. Haven't seen The Mousetrap either , not arsed about that either . Never been to Madam Toussards either , again , not arsed about that either.

me too - all three of those

 

[spitfire]

I have done cable car and London Eye. Mini Fire loved the cable car and keeps asking to go back.

Also done Trooping the color (after being up all night...), Shard, river trip (Horrible Histories), Battersea Power Station, Buckingham Palace (from the outside). Been up Tower Bridge, in the Tower of London and down to Churchill's bunker. * Sailed * in HMS Belfast, eaten in Borough Market. Also been up Monument, in the Greenwich Planetarium, crossed the timeline and explored the Cutty Sark. I've done some other stuff and will do more.

But I've never been to you.

 

[spitfire]

Fuck Madame Tussauds from a great height.

 

[friedaweed]

To be fair I've done more stuff in three nights out in London with Spymaster than I did whilst living there for 3 years. It's all a bit bland by comparison even though I did a lot of London things when I lived there.

Fulham's the only ground I've not been to but then there's not much atmos there so it'll not make the bucket list. A pint with Badgers has escaped me.

Maybe some mud-larking on teh Thames. I've still got my eye on making it to a London urban event down the smoke. It would be nice to meet a few more of the cheeky Cocken-eyes

 

[8ball]

Fuck Madame Tussauds from a great height.

Is that a popular London activity?

 

[spitfire]

Is that a popular London activity?

I reckon a lot of Londoners drive past, see the queue and say "fuck that".

 

[friedaweed]

I reckon a lot of Londoners drive past, see the queue and say "fuck that".

Fuck Madame Tussaud from a great height.

That would be a bit messy. She died in 1850.

 

[spitfire]

That would be a bit messy. She died in 1850.

I am not travelling any further down this avenue you ruffian.

 

[marty21]

I reckon a lot of Londoners drive past, see the queue and say "fuck that".

I have done that many times

 

[Puddy_Tat]

to add to my list...

i've also not done the shard or battersea power station

i have done bankside power station (tat modern) because someone i was having a day out with wanted to. i did have an unseemly fit of laughter at some of the stuff in there, but the cafe + view was quite good.

i've also not been up the monument and not sure i'd be up to that many stairs now. i did go up the tower at the salvation army place at denmark hill a couple of years back over open house weekend, and fortunately there was somewhere i could stop for a rest half way up. and the weather was shit



think i've done most of the stuff at greenwich (cutty sark might have been a day out from primary school but greenwich park was a pretty cheap day out when i was little, as it was not far on the 75 bus to the blackheath end.)

Maybe some mud-larking on teh Thames.

i think you need some sort of permit to do that.

I've still got my eye on making it to a London urban event down the smoke.

keep a watch on the 'community' thread - there's been a bit more activity this year

 

[friedaweed]

i think you need some sort of permit to do that.

That's what my mum said when I went window cleaning at 16. When I brought a joint of beef home for Sunday dinner she allowed me to skip the rules thereafter

 

[Callie]

I haven’t been rubbed down by a rotund hairy bloke in a Turkish hammam.

Smooth was he?

 

[bluescreen]

This doesn't really count but I lived in Beaufort St in the 70s and walked down from the tube every night always meaning to go to the Rocky Horror Show but never did.

(Never went into Westwood's shop either)