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The Night's Are Drawing In, Rain..., what do you miss from the UK winter? |
 2009-11-02 12:43:33
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Mistress Whiplash  Group: Admin Posts: 25,524 Joined: 2003-09-26 From: Koh Phangan Member No.: 4,641  |
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2009-11-02 12:50:26
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Senior Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 554 Joined: 2008-10-31 From: Ban Chang Member No.: 70,456 |
QUOTE (Rinrada @ 2009-11-02 09:21:08)  Actually I rather like it.  Down the old super this morning and got 4 pints of milk for 99p..500 grams of Chedder for £1-60 and 3 Bottles of not bad plonk (red of course -politics init) ..for £8 quid. Our local Boozer...big real fire does Carling /Cali/Heine @ around £2 a pint..real ale £1-80 and had not a bad brown eyed girl/Vera Lynn singalong band included. Landlady sometimes does a load of roast pots and a few plates of greasy pork sausages for TIT locals .......fodder food ...yeah its realy miserable in Blighty at the Mo ...roll on Xmas ..T-land can wait... Actually ..got a do at the Embassy week after next so that will do for this year ....HE the Ambass...is a bit of a lad...but that Thai wine he keeps on forcing me tae drink...luva a duck...which reminds me....  Are you trying to convince us or yourself?? You can keep your miserable weather and miserable people. Cheap cheese is not enough to convince me to go back! |
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2009-11-02 12:50:45
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Member Group: Validating Posts: 29 Joined: 2009-06-08 From: the barbarian hordes Member No.: 84,641 |
Nothing.
Advent/christmas in the snowy Alps would be nice too. |
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2009-11-03 08:40:04
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 2009-11-02 From: Warsaw Member No.: 94,553 |
QUOTE (sanook2me @ 2009-11-02 03:46:24) I've been to Warsaw in Novemeber.... twas a little cold..didn't like your national dish of soggy dumplings and weak gravy/soup.... Loved watching people queue up at 7 am to eat kebabs for breakfast before work.... very weird..... nice kebabs..... Now we have November and the average temperature is about 5-7 °C. I watched my scooter's dashboard thermometer on my way home from work tonight and it was only 2 °C.  It's high time to look for an air ticket to the only possible destination. I bet it was the famous kebab shop close to Świętokrzyska subway station. 
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2009-11-03 19:53:54
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Wiley Coyote Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,363 Joined: 2007-05-18 From: Chiang Rai Member No.: 46,356 |
Full buses,that pass you by,shouting too full ,until after 6 ,one stops ,and you stand for 45 mins with sardined annoyed by the delay grimacers amongst other wet ,spluttering people standing & shaking drips on your paper,book or crossword The darkness when you alight,the skidding ,jarring almost slip of icy pavements ,unsanded & unkempt 4 seasons ,you can keep this one .....Winter |
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 2009-11-03 21:41:44
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ORSM MEMBER Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,304 Joined: 2005-09-14 From: SURIN (ex Salf London) Member No.: 22,156 |
QUOTE (QED @ 2009-11-02 12:50:26) QUOTE (Rinrada @ 2009-11-02 09:21:08) Actually I rather like it. Down the old super this morning and got 4 pints of milk for 99p..500 grams of Chedder for £1-60 and 3 Bottles of not bad plonk (red of course -politics init) ..for £8 quid. Our local Boozer...big real fire does Carling /Cali/Heine @ around £2 a pint..real ale £1-80 and had not a bad brown eyed girl/Vera Lynn singalong band included. Landlady sometimes does a load of roast pots and a few plates of greasy pork sausages for TIT locals .......fodder food ...yeah its realy miserable in Blighty at the Mo ...roll on Xmas ..T-land can wait... Actually ..got a do at the Embassy week after next so that will do for this year ....HE the Ambass...is a bit of a lad...but that Thai wine he keeps on forcing me tae drink...luva a duck...which reminds me.... Are you trying to convince us or yourself?? You can keep your miserable weather and miserable people. Cheap cheese is not enough to convince me to go back! I agree and those are certainly not London prices from a decent pub. Must be OAP/Builders venue with Weatherspoons prices, me thinks. Weather is here, wish you were lovely Dave |
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2009-11-04 04:44:28
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Titanium Member Group: Honorary Members Posts: 5,650 Joined: 2002-11-29 From: in the smoke Member No.: 13 |
QUOTE (Dave the Dude @ 2009-11-03 08:41:44) QUOTE (QED @ 2009-11-02 12:50:26) QUOTE (Rinrada @ 2009-11-02 09:21:08) Actually I rather like it. Down the old super this morning and got 4 pints of milk for 99p..500 grams of Chedder for £1-60 and 3 Bottles of not bad plonk (red of course -politics init) ..for £8 quid. Our local Boozer...big real fire does Carling /Cali/Heine @ around £2 a pint..real ale £1-80 and had not a bad brown eyed girl/Vera Lynn singalong band included. Landlady sometimes does a load of roast pots and a few plates of greasy pork sausages for TIT locals .......fodder food ...yeah its realy miserable in Blighty at the Mo ...roll on Xmas ..T-land can wait... Actually ..got a do at the Embassy week after next so that will do for this year ....HE the Ambass...is a bit of a lad...but that Thai wine he keeps on forcing me tae drink...luva a duck...which reminds me.... Are you trying to convince us or yourself?? You can keep your miserable weather and miserable people. Cheap cheese is not enough to convince me to go back! I agree and those are certainly not London prices from a decent pub. Must be OAP/Builders venue with Weatherspoons prices, me thinks. Weather is here, wish you were lovely Dave London prices...old Chap...UK is now cheap to live in... me old local boozers are mostly in Enfied Narth L but loads of other good pubs with similar prices all over the West End...Holborn,London Bridge,the City and a couple of my real favs are just behind the Chinese Embassy in Portland Place..not far from Asia House and near Aunti..and .....they are NOT Weatherforks. on the second night we would probably go to..........  # |
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2009-11-04 07:32:18
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ORSM MEMBER Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,304 Joined: 2005-09-14 From: SURIN (ex Salf London) Member No.: 22,156 |
Now i miss Real Ale even more, thanks Rinrada
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2009-11-04 11:16:32
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: 2008-02-14 Member No.: 58,133 |
For me it's the afternoons on the Portobello Road wrapped in a scarf looking around the market.
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2009-11-07 06:20:03
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 473 Joined: 2005-12-18 From: Preston, Lancashire. UK Member No.: 25,117 |
I guess lots of people (not those on this forum) have never spent winters, or part of, away from the uk in warmer climes, so just accept it.
I hate it. As others others have said Spring, Summer, and even early Autumn come to that, can be very nice in the UK. Once the clocks go back towards end of October, i think its time be gone elsewhere. For the last 5 out of 6 years i've managed usually something over a month in LOS Jan/Feb/March time. This time funds are a bit tight, but wishing so much i could go for 4/5/6 months 
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2009-11-07 08:37:22
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Senior Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 555 Joined: 2009-01-06 From: Kantaralak, Isaan Member No.: 74,421 |
Running with friends on a Sunday morning in the hills of Yorkshire or Dorset when the air is crisp, the sky blue, the ground firm underfoot and there's a frost in the air painting the trees hedges and fields a virgin white. The village far below looks cosy and inviting as the smoke curls up from the wood fires and the smell of freshness is all around. The warm welcome when we all poor into the local pub and quaff a few real ales in front of the log fire.
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