My eldest son lives in Sheffield (he's a downhill MB nut) so my ears prick up whenever UK items appear on the news here.
I visited Denis in London in '06. Was my first time in the UK. He lived in Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill.Beside Brockwell Park. Great little brasserie at the 5-ways: Cafe Provencal. Coffee there every morning.
Wore out lots of shoe leather around London.
Spent a month getting about from Cornwall (Fowey) to Edinburgh (North Queensferry). In his Saxo 1.5L non-turbo diesel... Denis knew a lot of good off-the-track stuff to do - like the last round of the BSBK c'ships at Brands.
It was October, so we got the end of the Indian Summer of that year.
Britain absolutely knocked my socks off. Wow.
Came home jibbering about moving to Cornwall if I won The Pools. Each of the kids (they've all worked there) advised I should live there for a winter before making up my mind.
I've been busting to get back and it looks like I might make it this year. Want to include some time at Nurburgring.
While not travelling I lived the everyday life at his flat (including doing a spot of handyman stuff), so got to know abt Tescos & Sainsbury's, B&H, Curry's, A to Z, the local hardware shop under the arch, offy's, double yellow lines, cameras watching bus lanes, Gatso's.
His g/f's family live in Wansford so I saw a bit of the Stamford-Peterborough area also.
So I take an interest in the conversations here as they often mention something I can relate to while I was there.
Cheers
John C.
My first view of the UK (as he stumbed out of the jetlag):
