What would your priorities be (after the family stuff?)
I am gagging for a decent curry, a proper pub, a Pret sandwich & an away trip to Selhurst Park.
What else should I be adding to my list of things to do before heading back to the deep freeze?
What will i notice has changed?
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The next thing is you'll wonder if you will ever come "home" again.
Except Da9's wallet speed, I've never bought him a drink either. ;-)
Chunes has hit the nail on the head -
Spend all the time in the pub mate - we both know there is no such thing as a pub in North America.
Where in Kent are you? I can recommend a few curry houses if you let me know your vicinity.
The Sportsman...great food of course, amongst the finest to be had anywhere in Kent, its more of a restaurant than a pub these days....you may bump into Bob Geldof from time to time...its a regular haunt of his.
On the expensive side of course but go on treat yourself.
I can recommend The Shipwrights Arms in Faversham too (not too far from Seasalter)....quite hard to find(even the locals have trouble directing you!) but its another great spot for food and a great selection of wines and beers.
Come on Charlie London is the best city in the world - 2nd is Vancouver FACT ;o)
I'm also in Victoria/Vancouver for the best part of a week when i get back - Oct15th - 20th.
i'm not all that keen on T Wells - last time i was there it had gone super chavvy
Welcome to the whole of Kent mate!
and the bacon...
ha ha - you're using super like a proper Canadian mate..........
The Swan at West Peckham is a good country pub and the Chaser in Shipbourne isn't bad either - They're not too far from Tunbridge Wells.
I'm in Victoria for a conference on the weekend of the 18th so if you're around we should head for beers
A decent fry up.
Real Ale.
A trip to the Valley, mid winter, evening kick off.
Bacon (although I was suprised to find a shop in the middle of Fukuoka that sold excellent bacon, it just wasn't quite the same).
You do end up missing the strangest things.. I had such a massive craving for pork scratchings that when my girlfriend came to visit me in Japan she smuggled them over for me. I took the to my local bar and the Japs loved them!
This thread is officially making me homesick...
amongst others
Why come back your mad
London is the best city in the world, it's just "SOME" of the scum in it spoiling it for the rest of us.
- Personally i'd miss the buildings, proper 100 year old tall buildings with character, just look around you in the city take it all in, fabulous.
- The boozers, proper boozers with exposed beams and open fires.
- The food, more michelin stars than any other city on the planet... if you don't fancy fine dining and feel free to call me a neaderthal, but i much prefer curries of the UK over those i've eaten in India, you also can't miss the the institution that is the greasy spoon, kebab shop & Pie and Mash
- Grab an expresso in Cafe Italia and watch some of the sights of Soho wander past
- Go along and wander around Harrods food hall and marvel as the rediculousness of a £100,000 dog kennel in the pet section
- Take a walk around the Street Markets of Camden, Greenwich & Notting Hill
- Stroll around the Tate, the Natural History Museum, Visit the South Bank, the London Dungeon, take a stroll over London Bridge
- Take a walk round one of the Royal parks
- Take afternoon tea at the Ritz
- See a gig at the O2
- take in the best view in London on the train going over the blackfriers bridge
- And Charlton there is always Charlton
There's loads of good bits of London - old cliche, it's not so much a City but a collection of towns and villages.
Love the art/culture, old architecture, Soho and the as yet unspoiled backwaters that seem to be forgotten - but which those that live there want to keep secret.
But perhaps it's the West End that I like really.
:-)