Originally Posted by Herpes Simplex (Post 9470396)

Don't forget that suddenly every inch of pavement wherever you go will be spattered in dog shit. It almost seems as if the local council has hired a man to wander the night chucking it all over the place.

Originally Posted by N1cky (Post 9471265)

After spending the last 2 years on BE I was all set for this on our recent trip back to England, first time we had been back since leaving nearly 4 years ago.

I didn't see any dog poop on the streets or in the parks we visited and there were plenty of dogs around.

I didn't see any gum on the floor, althouh my husband did step in some on the shopping trip to the posh outdoor mall at Stanford we visited prior to our trip

Traffic was heavy, but not as aggresive as I remembered

Shop assistants were really lovely everywhere I went, customer service has definately picked up but hasn't got to the stupid American stage of hovering on your shoulder.

Every meal we had was good, inluding the pub food althouh I did get stung for paying for breakfast in the hotel when I thought it was free:frown: Sausages were lovely though, and HP on the table:)

I was also expecting loads of graffiti, broken glass, drunks in town on a night, teenage gangs. I witnessed none of this and our home city where we were staying is a fairly common place, certainly on the lower end of the posh meter.

Originally Posted by lisa67 (Post 9471048)

Things that drove me completely insane on my most recent trip back to the UK:
Dog poop
Gum on pavement
Traffic, traffic and more traffic
The smell of pee when walking past bus shelters etc.
The rain (it rained for 12 days out of 14)
The miserable faces on the shop assistants
Crap hotel/pub food
Having to pay to park everywhere you go

I think that's about it...rant over;)

Originally Posted by EnglishTeaDuck (Post 9476337)

Wow, its bizarre to me that anyone would dread a trip, I would give anything to go home! Those negative things people have listed are all the things I hate about the town I live in here in America....lol....
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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 9476381)

Popping into Boston, and just realised how many smokers there were too, so weird as you hardly ever see fag butts around where I am, nor where we were living.

Originally Posted by CAdreaming (Post 9479813)

Just to follow on from my original post :rofl: I saw the rag n bone man today - where was his horse and cart!!!! He arrived in what looked like a spanking new pick up truck and turned his nose up at the tele we had left outside for him and drove of without it!!!! :blink:

Originally Posted by coastieexpat (Post 9480136)

Do you still get free balloons ? We used to up north :)

Originally Posted by CAdreaming (Post 9480484)

Free balloons - off the Rag n bone man? :eek:

Originally Posted by Bob (Post 9476381)

Popping into Boston, and just realised how many smokers there were too, so weird as you hardly ever see fag butts around where I am, nor where we were living.

Originally Posted by CAdreaming (Post 9480484)

Free balloons - off the Rag n bone man? :eek:

Originally Posted by Daverburgess (Post 9481994)

... and I do miss meeting other people who know the difference between a cask beer and a Miller/Bud and especially not walking into a bar in town and feeling naked as I'm the only one not wearing a baseball cap.

Originally Posted by Bob (Post 9482183)

You'd like my local then, they've got between 6-10 casks at any one time and 80 odd draft beers on tap...and it's not a sports bar :D