Why I love London

[hash tag]

On way to meet other half yesterday; I checked out Goya in the National, bought some CD's from record Store
Walked past this is Harley St

Walked past this on Marylebone Rd

Bumped into Michael Portillo somewhere along the way
then had a pint of decent ale in the Euston Tap.
Where else but London

 

[bi0boy]

Walked along the South Bank and Nine Elms Road to Battersea Park yesterday. The air, noise and traffic pollution from all the new luxury flats going up along there was quite marvelous.

 

[dessiato]

If it was less cold and damp it would be the perfect place. My students are often dismissive, until they go. Then they realise what a truly unique and fabulous place it is.

 

[Orang Utan]

It's not cold! Well it rarely is. And it ain't that damp either. Rain is a relative rarity (spoken) from individual anecdotal experience)

 

[5t3IIa]

Got slightly irritated outside the Shangri-La negotiating a crowd of over excited people with their phones out trying to take a pic of someone I've never heard of*.








* It was a racing driver

 

[hash tag]

Walked along the South Bank and Nine Elms Road Battersea Park yesterday. The air, noise and traffic pollution from all the new luxury flats going up along there was quite marvelous.

Yesterday was an exceptionally bad day

The biggest issue with Nine Elms is a particular embassy that is moving there, still, the well healed in Grovesnor Square must be well chuffed.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

lol seymour

That's brightened up the usual spam trawl. Would have been even funnier if it had been his picture too.

 

[dessiato]

It's not cold! Well it rarely is. And it ain't that damp either. Rain is a relative rarity (spoken) from individual anecdotal experience)

You are right, it isn't too bad but I guess that the years I've lived in hotter, drier climes has spoiled me from ever going back.

 

[Epona]

Sorry to say I can't really get excited about the place - moved here because my ex decided we were moving here, tried to get out once we split up but it fell through, now feel completely and utterly trapped here.

It's lovely for a short break, just not enough trees for me.

 

[dessiato]

Sorry to say I can't really get excited about the place - moved here because my ex decided we were moving here, tried to get out once we split up but it fell through, now feel completely and utterly trapped here.

It's lovely for a short break, just not enough trees for me.

Im sorry it didnt work out for you, I'm sure that would make me dislike a place too. Is there a possibility of moving to an area in London that would help erase the feelings associated with where you are?

 

[Steel Icarus]

London is a city of contrasts

 

[Epona]

Im sorry it didnt work out for you, I'm sure that would make me dislike a place too. Is there a possibility of moving to an area in London that would help erase the feelings associated with where you are?

No, already in the cheapest part of London, my home needs a lot of work doing to it that I can't afford to do, when my husband moved in he had a ton of boxes of stuff that got dumped all over the place and in the 12 years he has been here never bothered to unpack or tidy anything away, pretty much stuck here in a decaying dungpile of rubble and hoarded shit that I can't tackle. I never even wanted to be here in the first place.

Yes I am having a bad day.

 

[DrRingDing]

Sorry to say I can't really get excited about the place - moved here because my ex decided we were moving here, tried to get out once we split up but it fell through, now feel completely and utterly trapped here.

It's lovely for a short break, just not enough trees for me.

Ever considered living on a narrow boat in town? You can be very central and still feel like you're in the sticks. You can even have a beak by chugging out of town for a bit.

 

[hash tag]

Sorry it's not working out Epona, but in fairness that could happen anywhere in the world. London can
be the lonliest place in the world and very isolating BUT it's full of all sorts of weird and wonderful groups
that could help lift you, Im sure.

 

[DotCommunist]

London is a city of contrasts

its also quite confusing

 

[Epona]

Ever considered living on a narrow boat in town? You can be very central and still feel like you're in the sticks. You can even have a beak by chugging out of town for a bit.

No, I need a good wired internet connection for my hobbies (gaming, online gaming, more gaming), however lovely a narrow boat sounds it would not be compatible with what I want

 

[Orang Utan]

its also quite confusing

How?

 

[DotCommunist]

How?

navigational issues. I'm sure everyone else gets on fine but I find navigating a confusing and sometimes fruitless task

 

[Orang Utan]

navigational issues. I'm sure everyone else gets on fine but I find navigating a confusing and sometimes fruitless task

I think you're just confused

 

[hash tag]

If you don't have an electronic device with navigational aids I would recomend a copy of Phyllis's finest

 

[DrRingDing]

If you don't have an electronic device with navigational aids I would recomend a copy of Phyllis's finest

Yep, that in yer back pocket and a compass.

 

[dessiato]

No, already in the cheapest part of London, my home needs a lot of work doing to it that I can't afford to do, when my husband moved in he had a ton of boxes of stuff that got dumped all over the place and in the 12 years he has been here never bothered to unpack or tidy anything away, pretty much stuck here in a decaying dungpile of rubble and hoarded shit that I can't tackle. I never even wanted to be here in the first place.

Yes I am having a bad day.

It sounds as if you have been pushed into something that only makes you unhappy. Unless that can be changed it's never going to really work for you. So sorry.

 

[Epona]

It sounds as if you have been pushed into something that only makes you unhappy. Unless that can be changed it's never going to really work for you. So sorry.

It's not that bad, I just need a skip or 8 and the courage to throw out all the hoarded crap. I always thought I was a bad hoarder until I met my husband. I love him, but my god it's a job in itself to get him to agree to throw away shoes with holes in the soles that have been sat unworn for 5 years.

I am hoping for retirement somewhere more rural.

 

[Wilf]

There are regular trains back up north

Was just about to post that exact sentence!

 

[Wilf]

I like the idea of London, how it's described in novels, the idea of a living city, migration keeping the process of change moving etc. If I could walk better I'd love to do long walks, to get a real sense of place, all that malarky. When you come as a visitor though, all that gets taken over by how much of a pain in the arse the place is for getting round. Always a bit of a relief to collapse (pissed) back on the train at Kings X.

 

[toblerone3]

A thread dedicated to one line observations on day to day occurences that make London Special

a starter

two foxes scrapping in the middle of a Peckham street this evening over a used nappy

and a partridge in putney high street

"On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me.
Two foxes scrapping
over used Peckham nappy....
and a partridge in Putney High Street."

 

[komodo]

Went for a long run today, when running back over Albert Bridge, knackered, by chance, Jimmy Cliff's 'Many Rivers to Cross' started on my I-pod, lovely moment...

 

[Chick Webb]

It's not as good as it used to be when you're trying to get around the place with a buggy.

 

[Rik]

London is jam packed with amazing breweries.. And is getting better year on year.

 

[ViolentPanda]

London has jam packed with amazing breweries.. And is getting better year on year.

It was fucking shit in the '70s and '80s, though. The only halfway-decent London brewers were Youngs and Fullers. Micro-breweries as such didn't really exist, and brew-pubs were pretty much confined to the Firkin chain.