Moving to Brighton - Finally.
Discussion
I was brought up in Brighton, but moved east ten years ago. Pubs and night-life are still great and the only thing I still visit for.
Shopping for me is a waste of time as I nearly always come back empty-handed.
I really resent the mess the councils (esp the current one) have made of the road network in the last 20 years - buses-only streets (Western Road and North Street), the 20mph zone and now the bus lane corridors on the coast road and Preston Road. Lewes Road is a b*****y mess now, looks like something a idiot has come up with - a right hash.
I catch the train in for drinks in the evening with friends, but I will never return there to live.
Shopping for me is a waste of time as I nearly always come back empty-handed.
I really resent the mess the councils (esp the current one) have made of the road network in the last 20 years - buses-only streets (Western Road and North Street), the 20mph zone and now the bus lane corridors on the coast road and Preston Road. Lewes Road is a b*****y mess now, looks like something a idiot has come up with - a right hash.
I catch the train in for drinks in the evening with friends, but I will never return there to live.
HT281 said:
I really resent the mess the councils (esp the current one) have made of the road network in the last 20 years - buses-only streets (Western Road and North Street), the 20mph zone and now the bus lane corridors on the coast road and Preston Road. Lewes Road is a b*****y mess now, looks like something a idiot has come up with - a right hash.
I catch the train in for drinks in the evening with friends, but I will never return there to live.
I know what you mean about the council, a bunch of left wing anarchists hell bent on banning the motor car.I catch the train in for drinks in the evening with friends, but I will never return there to live.
Welcome! You'll be very close to us, and another PHer who I haven't met but know lives round the corner (not a stalker - saw pics he posted and got chatting and worked it out!)
I love it here. Moved from London 13 years ago now and have never tired of it. It's the sort of place people just 'end up' and stay because they love it
I find it interesting as it's always evolving, and I find the community of people very friendly and open minded (except the sodding car hating Green tossers, but you can't have everything!).You can have a really nice quality of life here. It's only an hour from London (which is also a bonus) but so very far removed. Going for a mid week sunset beer on the beach in summer is the ultimate in feeling like you gotten away from it all.
Sounds like you know the place pretty well already, but if you need anything or want local info just yell. Other PHers here will confirm I'm not a completely raving weirdo, I think
Shnozz said:
Stedman said:
Hello,Some cracking roads here!
OP, head west towards Petworth, Midhurst and Goodwood (my favourite from East Lavant to South Harting B2141 northbound), or head east towards Lewes, Blackboys, Heathfield and beyond (my favourite B2096 near Battle then head west towards Heathfield).
Or staying local and head to A23 BP garage then Mill Road then Devil’s Dyke. Again, one would have to get up early cos there is hardly any overtaking opportunity there.
BrotherMouzone said:
Sadly too much traffic most of the time, though nothing stops you getting up at 4am to explore.
OP, head west towards Petworth, Midhurst and Goodwood (my favourite from East Lavant to South Harting B2141 northbound), or head east towards Lewes, Blackboys, Heathfield and beyond (my favourite B2096 near Battle then head west towards Heathfield).
Or staying local and head to A23 BP garage then Mill Road then Devil’s Dyke. Again, one would have to get up early cos there is hardly any overtaking opportunity there.
Exactly. Or getting in at 3am and going out too! "The hills are allllllive with the sound of......pops and bangs" OP, head west towards Petworth, Midhurst and Goodwood (my favourite from East Lavant to South Harting B2141 northbound), or head east towards Lewes, Blackboys, Heathfield and beyond (my favourite B2096 near Battle then head west towards Heathfield).
Or staying local and head to A23 BP garage then Mill Road then Devil’s Dyke. Again, one would have to get up early cos there is hardly any overtaking opportunity there.
Stedman said:
Exactly. Or getting in at 3am and going out too! "The hills are allllllive with the sound of......pops and bangs"
Which irritates the s
t out of me late at night. Generally it's the beany hatted wkers in their battered scoobie inchavzas. You're not one of them please tell me?BrotherMouzone said:
Shnozz said:
Stedman said:
Hello,Some cracking roads here!
OP, head west towards Petworth, Midhurst and Goodwood (my favourite from East Lavant to South Harting B2141 northbound), or head east towards Lewes, Blackboys, Heathfield and beyond (my favourite B2096 near Battle then head west towards Heathfield).
Or staying local and head to A23 BP garage then Mill Road then Devil’s Dyke. Again, one would have to get up early cos there is hardly any overtaking opportunity there.
As a thoroughbred Southerner who has lived in the Midlands and the North, the roads aren't something I would be wax lyrical about down South (nor the mountain biking by comparison either). Yes, the Brighton culture, the watersports, the accessibility to London, the ease of getting to the continent and, beyond all else, the marvellous weather which is akin to emigration to foreign lands.....but the roads are congested, generally craply surfaced and not all that great in general. The very fact we can name the "cracking" roads and as PHers all nod in universal agreement indicates that they are few and far between.
One "attribute" I wouldn't sell the South on is fun roads for petrolheads.
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