Alternatives to royal wedding and football

[Robert Poste's Child]

If you're not planning to be glued to either or both of the wedding and football, what are you planning instead? I'm thinking about getting the train somewhere with a quiet beach or good walking, not sure exactly where yet. Roads and I guess shops will be nice and quiet.

[Louisa]

I would recommend High Elms Country Park within the M25 and near the village of Downe. Some beautiful walks, always quiet, nice pubs for lunch dotted around the area. Well worth a visit.

Louisa.

[siousxiesue]

I'm happily working right through it!

[JohnL]

Netflix and Chill(ed) Malbec

Don't judge my taste :)

[Robert Poste's Child]

You know 'Netflix and chill's code, don't you, JohnL?

[Robert Poste's Child]

Not that there's anything wrong with that, either!

[dbboy]

Hornimans Gardens

[Loz]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> Not that there's anything wrong with that, either!

There is if there's only you and a wine bottle involved.

[rendelharris]

Hopefully halfway up Leith Hill on the Surrey Loop, but generally, in the words of Michelle Shocked, "Anywhere but here" - here being within range of any television showing the sycophancyfest.

[Quia Differt]

Louisa Wrote:

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> I would recommend High Elms Country Park within

> the M25 and near the village of Downe. Some

> beautiful walks, always quiet, nice pubs for lunch

> dotted around the area. Well worth a visit.

>

> Louisa.

Seconded.

Also Footscray Meadows,Sidcup. Voted " Best Country Park In London" recently or have a relaxing time in Whitstable ( The Final Frontier )...

[robbin]

rendelharris Wrote:

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> Hopefully halfway up Leith Hill on the Surrey

> Loop, but generally, in the words of Michelle

> Shocked, "Anywhere but here" - here being within

> range of any television showing the

> sycophancyfest.

In my experience, half way down Leith Hill is preferable to being half way up!

[Robert Poste's Child]

It's a funny thing about cycling, after a while you do enjoy the uphills more than the downs. Don't know Leith Hill though.

[robbin]

It's the one that's down the road from Box Hill. Box Hill is a fair bit easier, I have found. Leith Hill is not by any means the hardest climb in the SE, but it is reasonably challenging for those like me who are not exactly what you would call hill climbers!

I know what you mean about the masochism involved with cycling and hills though! It does tend to kick in after a while.

[niall]

i'll be holding a lone street party which will involve drinking in the middle of the road, stopping traffic and shouting congratulations at the sky.

[rendelharris]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> It's a funny thing about cycling, after a while

> you do enjoy the uphills more than the downs.

> Don't know Leith Hill though.

Definitely, when I was twenty I hated climbing, now I'm nearly fifty I'll go miles out of my way for a good hill (in two weeks time we're making a 600 mile round trip to climb five miles of road - Great Dun Fell in Cumbria, the highest paved road in the UK). Leith Hill is about seven miles from Box Hill to the southwest, it's about 30% higher and 30% steeper than Box Hill. Usually do Leith first and Box on the way home, Box feels like a pimple after Leith!

[robbin]

RH - Watch out for sheep on the way back down the hill... they like to share the road!

[Quia Differt]

A 2 Billion Worldwide, not including me, admittedly, and all extolling the virtues of what a jolly good show The Brits can put on....that is NEVER going to go down well in these here parts "............:)

[rendelharris]

robbin Wrote:

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> RH - Watch out for sheep on the way back down the

> hill... they like to share the road!

Thanks, yes so I've read! Have you done it? Is it as hard as it looks?

[Sue]

We were walking in Dorset and missed it all :)

[Robert Poste's Child]

That sounds nice, Sue. Whereabouts did you go? That reminds me I need to find a new group or partner for walking.

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Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> That sounds nice, Sue. Whereabouts did you go?

> That reminds me I need to find a new group or

> partner for walking.

I'l walk with you RPC and we can discuss HonaloochieB's greatest comments on here !

I will have Max ( x 2 ) Buddy,Oscar,Honey,Oliver,Tilly,Nellie and Ells with me and all 9 Dogs

have agreed to be Members of The HonaloochieB Appreciation Society that we could start the process of forming :)

Whaddya reckon ?