Things that are great about Britain

[TimJMS]

I quite forgot - another great thing about the UK. Beach huts. Where else, other than Wells can you pay £75k for a few pieces of plywood?

Edited by TimJMS on Monday 15th February 10:50

[Morningside]

TimJMS said:

I quite forgot - another great thing about the UK. Beach huts. Where else, other than Wells can you pat £75k for a few pieces of plywood?

Thats way too tidy! How about this at 'only' £40k at Southwold.


http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx...

[Hooty]

TimJMS said:

I quite forgot - another great thing about the UK. Beach huts. Where else, other than Wells can you pay £75k for a few pieces of plywood?

Edited by TimJMS on Monday 15th February 10:50

£75k pah! £140k at Hengistbury Head in Dorset.

[TimJMS]

Awe inspiring.

While we are on, let's not forget Sunday shopping. I'm sure Catholic - led Italy as it is now called, does not permit that?

Oh and car boot sales. Delightful, very English and increasingly something of a national sport.

[Morningside]

This

or this

And being Cornwall its not too cold.

Edited by Morningside on Monday 15th February 11:11

[Marquis_Rex]

Victorian, Georgian and Edwardian arChitechture, cottages in the country.
English tolerance and open mindedness. Love of cars, as a nation, not all coutries love cars- look at France for instance.
Civilisation being quite close even out in the sticks.
Doctor Who
Peep Show

[TimJMS]

I take your Cornwall, and raise you our ruins:
Rievaulx :



Fountains:


Bylands :

[A911DOM]

Personal space! - these foreigners dont seem to understand the concept at all!

[Bing o]

A911DOM said:

Personal space! - these foreigners dont seem to understand the concept at all!

Says someone who's never been on the Waterloo and City line...

[snotrag]

North Yorkshire, on the whole

National parks

Sports. And actually being damn good at an awful lot of sports.

Motor racing.

B-roads.

Freedom of speech. You dont get the Chinese discussing what they do and dont like about their country, do you...?

[GetCarter]

[crofty1984]

GetCarter said:

Where the giddy fk is that?
Aside from currently being added to my "Reasons to drive round the country in an MX 5" list.

[GetCarter]

www.Torridon.org

[TimJMS]

Thats Scroteland. (Lovely BTW and well done you, for getting out.)

Britain means Hingerrrrland.

[A911DOM]

Bing o said:

A911DOM said:

Personal space! - these foreigners dont seem to understand the concept at all!

Says someone who's never been on the Waterloo and City line...

How very dare you sir, I work in Waterloo Belgium.

But you're right, I will do my level best to avoid public trampsport wherever humanly possible!

[Mr Scruff]

Music festivals on summer days (thinking the smaller ones..) Beech woods, real ale. Music music music, tele which we might think is dire but so much better than the rest of the world, personal space/peace (as said before). Corn fields, garden centres, b-roads, the Highlands.

That'll do for now

[HereBeMonsters]

Jesus TF Christ said:

pablo said:

the fact that you are almost always less than 100 miles from the seaside

70 miles.

Is that really true? What about somewhere like Aylesbury? That has to be around 100, surely?

[aclivity]

HereBeMonsters said:

Jesus TF Christ said:

pablo said:

the fact that you are almost always less than 100 miles from the seaside

70 miles.

Is that really true? What about somewhere like Aylesbury? That has to be around 100, surely?

70 Miles; Ordnance Survey

Edited by aclivity on Monday 15th February 13:46

[TimJMS]

Belton House on a summer's eve with a Spitfire overhead. fking NOTHING beats an evening singing your heart out on a beautifully cropped lawn, in front of a splendid English country house. That st is what our grandparents fought for.

[ErnestM]

Things that are great about Britain

The people. End of.

The British people are, as a whole, the most fantastic in the world. Whether discussing "the old days" with a pensioner or sharing a pint in a pub with somebody you just met (thanks Dazren), you simply cannot find better in the world.

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Having a walk through living history is quite nice as well. It's like walking through time.