First trip back to the UK in nine years, any changes?

[caziques]

Twelve hours before I set off back to the UK for the first time since 2001.

A day in Singapore, then the Club Triumph Round Britain Run this weekend.

Monday - Pick up a Vauxhall Corsa from Heathrow (it's cheap) - south London - Bicester, Cheltenham, Birmingham, North Wales, Birmingham, Coventry, Dumfries, St Andrews, Nottingham, Bedford - and two twelve hour flights back to earthquake ridden Christchurch.

If it all goes according to plan all done and dusted in three weeks.

So what's happened during the Tony Blair years? Didn't he say something like "things can only get better"?

I gave Gordon Brown a two finger salute when I originally left four days after the new millenium.

[NDA]

"First trip back to the UK in nine years, any changes?"

Yes. We're closed.

Stay put.

(Bl00dy immigrants)

[Petrol Only]

Make sure you go to ASDA to see the finest people this country has to offer.

Edited by Petrol Only on Monday 27th September 11:34

[thinfourth2]

Traffic is much much slower and worse

[PHmember]

Did you know that is now a requirement by law for everybody to wear a Burka whilst going through customs?

Other notable changes are:

• We all drive on the right now.

• Traffic lights & posted speed limits are now only advisory.

• Car horns have been banned, you now have to throw Redbull cans.

• Any issues with family/friends must be sorted by email only.

• Oh & something about ordering a sub & then asking for it to be cut in half, can't remember the details.

[planetdave]

Shops are open at times you might want to use them, you can get drinkable coffee on most high streets, the place has been flooded with eastern europeans, LOTS of building has been done, people are driving slower (and it's not just because the roads are more crowded) and the number of speed cameras has ballooned - buy a cheap sat nav.

[anonymous-user]

Yep, two changes
1)Gordon brown finally finished his and tony's masterpiece and completely fked the country

2) Nick and david are going to sort it out jolly quickly

I lied, there are three changes

3)the immigrants,dole spongers and general dross are now effectively in control of this country

[Matt UK]

The Chavs have taken the place over.

[paprika]

PHmember said:

• Oh & something about ordering a sub & then asking for it to be cut in half, can't remember the details.

Order to 6" subs, both with different ingredients and then expect it to be the price of a foot long.

...

???

attempted profit?

[Adenauer]

paprika said:

Order to 6" subs

This^^ is what's wrong with the UK

[PHmember]

paprika said:

PHmember said:

• Oh & something about ordering a sub & then asking for it to be cut in half, can't remember the details.

Order to 6" subs, both with different ingredients and then expect it to be the price of a foot long.

...

???

attempted profit?

That'll be it, cheers.

[Goochie]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

I think it will be interesting for YOU to tell US what you think once you have been !

Me too.

In the same way that you dont notice how fat your dog has become because you live with it every day, you quickly notice how these things change after some time apart.

[ewenm]

Adenauer said:

paprika said:

Order to 6" subs

This^^ is what's wrong with the UK

The crappy American food or the poor spelling or both?

[paulshears]

Corsa's are still rubbish

[boomboompow]

Bring a chair; there's a shortage of chairs.

[smith_oli]

Cast your mind back nine years, and envisage the British Isles that you left behind in all its, well, floaty-ness I suppose. Now just imagine everything as being slightly worse. Not Third World worse or anything like that, but the adverts are louder, the roads have more pot-holes and the children are uglier.

Job done. Hope you enjoy your stay!

Cheers
Oli

[TVR1]

caziques said:

Twelve hours before I set off back to the UK for the first time since 2001.

A day in Singapore, then the Club Triumph Round Britain Run this weekend.

Monday - Pick up a Vauxhall Corsa from Heathrow (it's cheap) - south London - Bicester, Cheltenham, Birmingham, North Wales, Birmingham, Coventry, Dumfries, St Andrews, Nottingham, Bedford - and two twelve hour flights back to earthquake ridden Christchurch.

If it all goes according to plan all done and dusted in three weeks.

So what's happened during the Tony Blair years? Didn't he say something like "things can only get better"?



I gave Gordon Brown a two finger salute when I originally left four days after the new millenium.

Bring a gun, preferably a large one (we can't have anything more than a sharp crayon here anymore) and hunt down the fker who turned the 3rd lane of the eastbound M4 into a bus lane.....that was my first thought when I came back in 2003.......and will be my last thought when I go back to Oz at the end of the year.

You will be surprised at the sense of aggression that hangs in the air in London now, no smiles, no 'hello, how are you today?' but you will get used to it very quickly. However, it is still a wonderfull, cosmopolitan, crowded, hilarious city Oh, and have beer as soon as the pubs open....it helps!

ETA....Monday for the hire car? I think you will have missed the pickup...unless you are flying Concorde.

Edited by TVR1 on Monday 27th September 13:19

[TotalControl]

If he leaves on a Monday at midday (e.g) in a Concorde (if they were still around), and flew straight here, would he have moved back in time?

The county's st btw.

[Neil H]

Following the Canine Uprising of 2004, the country is now under control of the Canine Revolutionary Party who rule the place with an iron fist. Humans are made to wear collars, walk on all fours and perform menial tasks such as fetching the post every morning. The President of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Canine Republic is a Rottweiler named Toby. The Royal Family was assassinated by a pack of angry Corgis. Things are looking grim, the food is especially terrible, but on the upside there's plenty of belly rubs to go around.

[thinfourth2]

paulshears said:

Corsa's are still rubbish

But are now about 20foot long and way 4 tons