ohh yeah it's sooo pretty..we love shere, abinger and live pretty close by there

Far enough away from Crawley - that's the main thing!

you got it

Funnily enough, you're handed those very same glasses on leaving the US.....

kingston is a shitter anyway unless you like the mall, or into rowing, have quite a decent boat house for it....should have gone down to Egham and co for a lovely part of surrey, and then gone to staines to off set it again

I have been to some of the smaller villages, will have to get out the map and look. The weather doesn't make or break a place but it might make or break a person..... I feel horrible if I don't see the sun for days. That's because I grew up in a place where it's sunny 300+ days of the year. It actually depresses me, and the cold damp hurts my joints. Hard to enjoy that! I freckle and don't tan and don't give a sh*t about designer sunglasses, so it's not that I worship the sun, it's just that it energises me.

Nothing more beautiful than England in the sunshine -- I grant that -- and driving around on B roads or roads that aren't even on the map! Houston is an eyesore and I wouldn't live there, but if I mention that Austin is better one more time... (coats being hurled at me)

I actually filmed the rock walls covered in moss in Derbyshire. We were in little villages on roads with no numbers, only signposts, and that was wonderful.

Sun and warmth *can* make or break a place -- Ronnie Lane from Little Faces had to leave the UK for Austin due to his health (multiple sclerosis).

Did go to Egham but did NOT have any desire to go to Staines!

Easy now....

Well fancy expecting a "summery wonderland" and finding it to be miserable wet and cold....it was February FFS.

I didn't expect a summery wonderland. I knew it was going to be cold and rainy, which is why I didn't want to go to Europe at that time of the year and only USCIS cattle-prodded me into it.

As I said -- a beautiful place when it's not cold and wet and dark. The weak sun shining on the Kent coast and Canterbury cathedral lifted my spirits immensely.

FWIW cold and damp kicks in my asthma and joint pain .... makes me feel about 100 years old. Ask Professional Princess -- we wheezed together. If someone didn't have those problems, then they well might come away with a more favourable opinion.

[QUOTE=TruBrit]hey guess what... the weather does not make or break a place it's the people and give me the brits any day

Yes I do miss the brits and their sense of humour. How is your pussy by the way? Sorry I meant pussies.

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tks for asking jersey...not good news i'm afraid ...millie only went in for a tooth to be removed and the dr (lol) damaged millie's windpipe when she put the tube (don't know the name) down millie's throat to enable millie to have gas for the surgery. i brought millie home thurs afternoon and was back at the vets 7am next day...when the dr saw millie she was amazed she had survived the night and the dr who performed the tooth extraction felt so bad.. the xrays confirmed the damage the dr had done. millie had to have further emergency surgery yesterday after spending a day in an oxygen tent in a fancy vetinary hospital to sew up the hole in her windpipe and has staples in her throat and side (inbetween her ribs)....and we are now faced with huge bills...half of which we had to pay up front...although millie is 10 she is a strong little cat and so we have our fingers crossed. she may be home wed or thurs.

[QUOTE=TruBrit] I'm so sorry to hear about Millie is she tiny? Surely the vet should cover all your expenses including the initial surgery, even if he is not legally responsible surely he should be morally. I don't think vets here are anythying like as caring as the ones in the UK. Its so heartbreaking when our pets are sick, I know I've had my heartbroken many times over the the last 30 yrs.
I hope Millie makes a speedy recovery TruBrit, all the best.

You get a chance to see the RAF memorial just past the old Brunel-runneymede campus? cracking view over the thames...and the barley mow across the green...use to be my old stomping ground

[QUOTE=TruBrit] OMG this really sucks!

First of all I hope Millie makes a full recovery.

Secondly, surely, in view of the cock-up you shouldn't have to pay the full bill?