I talked to Sabre a bit about it, but if you have anything more to add, that'd be appreciated.
I'm planning on taking a trip to the UK within the next two years. If I enjoy it like I think I will, I plan on moving over there, when money allows it. I'd also like Klarth's opinion; do you like living where you do, your favourite places/cities/counties/etc. weather, and other tidbits you'd like to share.
Well, we just had our first case of bird flu. Some mute swan. Not sure how that would effect anything, but yar.
I'd advise definitely taking a trip through the countryside. I'm in a really nice place, as on one side of me there's all the urban stuff and the conveniences of town, but on the other side there's just rows of hills. Very pleasant to just take a walk up every now and then... which I haven't done in way too long. Maybe I should take the digital camera.
Weather's not as bad as people make it out. It's very unpredictable (and it's been getting even moreso lately), but that's part of its charm. It's not always raining, like people tend to think. Well, unless you live in Manchester, but who lives in Manchester. :(
lol
Definitely take the digicam. I'd love to see more pictures.
I wouldn't want to live in a town/city, but close enough to one so it's convenient. I love living in the country, and I wish to always live in it.
Are you in Gloucester? What can the temperature get up to there? And what can it drop down to?
Bird flu is eventually going to spread nearly everywhere, most likely. I just hope that a ban for importing won't be put into effect.
It's always pretty mild. A couple of degrees C below 0 is the lowest, and 20s or more are rare even in the summer.
Canterbury kicks an extraordinary amount of ***, but London more so. :O
Kent is the fruitbasket of Kent - Loads of apple orchards, breweries, etc etc etc. Best countryside around, **** what Sabreydoo says.
London is one of the most convenient cities on Earth, thanks to the not-a-hundred-percent-reliable-but-still-bloody-fast Tube network. However, if you want to live "close enough to London for it to be convenient" or whatever, forget it. Getting in is a nightmare. An utter nightmare. Stay or don't go. Or only go maybe once a week or something.
But yeah, Britland's a fabulous place. Makes me feel homesick thinking about it. *sniff*
US >
COME JOIN ME IN FAGGOT LAND.
Yeah, faggot land is the place to be.
ENGLAND > FAGGOT LAND.
WE SPEAK THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH.
AND WE INVENTED THE CAT.
AND WE'RE LINKED BY TUNNEL TO PERU.
[quote=Sabreydoo]It's always pretty mild. A couple of degrees C below 0 is the lowest, and 20s or more are rare even in the summer.
I can say, I definitely would not miss -40 to -50 weather. I like summers to be hot, but 20 isn't too bad.
... visit?!
The UK is a silly place. Where did these aspirations come from, Angel? Finland or Norway or Iceland is where you want to be.
True, those places can get incredibly cold. I am attracted to coldness, though, so they seem like ideal places for me.
Just out of curiosity, why don't you care to move to America?
California has everything! If you go east, you get the snowy mountains, go south, you get hills, more south, you get Death Valley Desert, even more south you get the tropical feel of Mexika! :( And, of course, if you go west you get beautiful surs and forests. It's the place of your dreams!
Listen to Xenos.
America is the land of opportunity! There's so much wildlife here In Oregon, it seems like the ideal place for furries and environmentalist. We're strongly fighting against vivisection, seemingly more so than anywhere else that I've looked into.
emerika iz where its at
Ontario: It's like an amalgamation of England and America... BUT IN CANADA. It's like the best of all three worlds. Plus, where I live is one of the warmest places in Canada (since it's basically in the states), with it usually being sunny - Since, most storms tend to pass right over us, which can either be good or bad. Though I probably won't be living here for too long, so a large factor of why anyone would want to build a life here will be completely gone.
*oscar*
↑best place to be↑
SHUT UP AND DIE.
After I finish school I'm planning on taking a round-the-world-trip over the course of two months. Places planned are Norway, Sweden, Ireland, California, Australia, Canada, Russia and Japan (not in that order). I'll need to start fundraisers soon, though.
Angelwangz: Oh, the congestion charge. Yeah, during certain times of day in certain parts of central London, you have to pay around five quid to drive your car in any area with a huge red C on the ground. Only morons drive in London, anyway. TUBE FOR THE ****ING WIN.
Pff, Ireland all the way despite not being United with the Great Kingdom.
Wales also kicks a significant amount of arse. Conwy Castle forever!
I've been to 'em all but Northern Ireland.
****ing IRA. ****ING IRA.
greedy british truds. They should have just let ireland have northern ireland...but I guess it's valuable land to them or something.
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeer.
Evil comes in the most seductive of forms.
Is that some of that famous british wit I've heard so much about?
I think I like Angelwing's yellow font color more than Sabredog's yellow font colour.
Mine's more of a midpoint between yellow and green.
As long as you noticed my Norwegian wit in there, then I'll allow it. If not, then mixing yellow and green is totally unacceptable. :)
[QUOTE=Sabredog]I don't know in which cities it operates (I know there's a few), but in Gloucester there's a service called the megabus. If you book in advance you can get onto it for only about
YOU'RE ALL SINNERS.
London rules. ESPECIALLY FULHAM/PUTNEY. ESPECIALLY.
This is famous British wit. I can tell because of some of the words and seeing a lot of British wit in my time.
[quote]That isn't too bad. Do you know approximately how long it would take to rise from Gloucester to London (Victoria...)? Just out of curiousity.Two hours or so. Three hours tops.
1st time was a question. 2nd time though, I knew for sure. :) I'm done now.
Is this the famous American slow-wittedness I've heard so much about?
Of course.
My lot? Like my garden? It's pretty big. Wider than the house itself. I'll take some photos or something tomorrow, when it's not night. Other gardens on the same street are a bit smaller (we got lucky being on a corner), but they're still decent.
Where I live is generally pretty scattered, though. The close I'm in is totally different to another given region of the village, and then if you went a bit further up the road you'd find another different style.
I think you'd probably enjoy a homestead somewhere or other in England. There are a couple around here and they're really nice, I've love to live in them. They're scattered all over the countryside all over the country, usually on hillsides. It's great if you can get one in a convenient place.
And of course, Yorkshire's a really nice area from what I hear of it, and deserves a mention. Never been, but I've seen pictures and it seems nice. Bit far up north, but still well worth checking into. On Friday, Bryan Josh was saying how he likes it up there. :)
Your lot, as in your property/yard/you know...
Your garden sounds nice, and I'd love to see pictures.
I can't wait to go. :cool:
heh, is Bryan Josh from Mostly Autumn, by any chance?
Oh, like the whole property. Mine's pretty big. I don't know the exact dimensions, but it's decently above average without being huge. I'll see if I can look it up or something.
And yeah, he is. I'm still on a high from that. :)
You'll never see them again. Get high now, mother****er.
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So, I know there are lots of tourists in the summer, but I plan on going a few months earlier. Say, March-ish. It won't be very cold in most parts, will it? Moreso mild, I assume. Do you happen to know which hotels are cheapest? And just how cheap they are?
Haha, never really had to stay in a hotel around here, except once in London... and I don't remember the price of that.
And yeah, it's usually mild in march. Sometimes it can get a bit chilly, but in general.
Good stuff.
I suppose there's always living on the street. :cool2: But I'm sure there's gotta be something decent in most areas.
How's the dog grooming business? Is it nuts like it is over here? It's extremely good money, and I'm thinking about doing it for a few years, at least. Then I could come sooner. :cool:
Using the magic that is the internet. The average price for a cheap hotel is 50-100 or so pounds a night in London.
Londonish hotels are ****ing expensive unless you want to go stay at an airport Holiday Inn. Heathrow is just a tube journey away from the city, and the hotel there isn't that expensive (or expansive)!
As for dog-grooming, the ****ing stereotypical Aristo-Brits all take their darling pedigree mutts to Crufts, so you might as well bug them or something.