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Sparrow
Veteran
We've had a Bill of Rights for over 300 years ... last amendment was in the mid 1990's
tbhv55
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No... not even as far as that...
Cpitch
Established
Hi JayC, I have read lots of the above comments about MY city, London has always
been and remains one of the great cities of the world, its heritage and history are second to
none, its an all weather city with plenty to visit any time of the year night and day.
London is the most cosmopolitan city in the world with a huge choice for food and entertainment
for all ages and budgets, and of course photographically stunning.
I have personally travelled and stayed in over forty countries with my wife and London still remains up there with
all the great world cities . I have been a Licence London Taxi Driver for forty five years
and have been told by our tourist and business travellers of there continued repeat visits to our great city.
You can expect a great time in my city (your son will love it).
Regards Chris
been and remains one of the great cities of the world, its heritage and history are second to
none, its an all weather city with plenty to visit any time of the year night and day.
London is the most cosmopolitan city in the world with a huge choice for food and entertainment
for all ages and budgets, and of course photographically stunning.
I have personally travelled and stayed in over forty countries with my wife and London still remains up there with
all the great world cities . I have been a Licence London Taxi Driver for forty five years
and have been told by our tourist and business travellers of there continued repeat visits to our great city.
You can expect a great time in my city (your son will love it).
Regards Chris
JayC
5 kids,3 dogs,only 1 wife
This is tons of useful info for me. Thanks. I will be compiling it all into a mini RFF tour pamphlet to take with me.
My son turns 18 just prior to our trip which is mid July.
Yes, we will be seeing York, I just put the cities we are over-nighting in.
My son turns 18 just prior to our trip which is mid July.
Yes, we will be seeing York, I just put the cities we are over-nighting in.
Black
Photographer.
At 18, your son will be able to legally ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶k̶e̶r̶e̶d̶ drink. Lots of nice pubs for him to effectively pop his legal cherry.
ronnies
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Plenty photo opportunities in Edinburgh's Old Town! The New Towns pretty good too and all within a fairly compact city centre. Easy to walk round too.
Ronnie
Ronnie
StefanJozef
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Good advice Ronnie.
JayC
5 kids,3 dogs,only 1 wife
I've done my share if drinking but made a choice not to do it in high school. I was the designated driver for my underage drinking friends.
I have been weighing if I will offer it up to my son mostly for the hope that when he gets to college he won't decide to become a binge drinker his first week of independence. My freshman year had a few instances where it could have turned out very badly for me.
Brian Atherton
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If you have spare time, given all of the other excellent suggestions, check out the Photographers’ Gallery:
http://www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk
Apart from the ever-changing exhibitions, there is a great coffee bar area, and downstairs an impressively stocked bookshop devoted to photography and photographers. They also sell film and a selection of cameras.
One other suggestion, currently on until 1 June 2014 is the David Bailey Stardust exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery:
http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bailey/exhibition.php
Having been and thoroughly enjoyed it – I didn’t think I would as he isn’t a favourite of mine – I recommend it highly. Although there is plenty of space (the whole ground being used) it was quite busy when I went, so pre-booking is recommended.
http://www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk
Apart from the ever-changing exhibitions, there is a great coffee bar area, and downstairs an impressively stocked bookshop devoted to photography and photographers. They also sell film and a selection of cameras.
One other suggestion, currently on until 1 June 2014 is the David Bailey Stardust exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery:
http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bailey/exhibition.php
Having been and thoroughly enjoyed it – I didn’t think I would as he isn’t a favourite of mine – I recommend it highly. Although there is plenty of space (the whole ground being used) it was quite busy when I went, so pre-booking is recommended.
OurManInTangier
An Undesirable
The Martin Amis view of the British with alcohol 😀 Though I think he contends we use it to help get over the loss of Empire🙄 Personally, I've always thought it was because everyone loves to wake up to the taste of sick and distant Bacardi Breezer...
Dralowid
Michael
Stop going on about drink. Focus on cheese, far more important.
I reckon we do cheese better.
As far as I can tell, cheese in the US comes out of a bottle.
Mind you, it goes well with warm beer.
(I was in a bar in Chicago last month and asked for a Sam Adams. The 'keep' brought out an iced glass. 'No' says I, 'put it under the warm tap (faucet) for a moment or two...'
Unfortunately we have discovered ice. It is becoming increasing difficult to prevent ice ending up in whisky. Bah!
Grumpy old rant over, have a fantastic time. Just sorry that I doubt the hospitality over here will be up to the standards that I have experienced in the US...despite the cheese.
Oh and yes, you can buy Fuji 200 ASA C41 film in Tesco.
Michael
(who has NEVER had a bad experience in the US)
I reckon we do cheese better.
As far as I can tell, cheese in the US comes out of a bottle.
Mind you, it goes well with warm beer.
(I was in a bar in Chicago last month and asked for a Sam Adams. The 'keep' brought out an iced glass. 'No' says I, 'put it under the warm tap (faucet) for a moment or two...'
Unfortunately we have discovered ice. It is becoming increasing difficult to prevent ice ending up in whisky. Bah!
Grumpy old rant over, have a fantastic time. Just sorry that I doubt the hospitality over here will be up to the standards that I have experienced in the US...despite the cheese.
Oh and yes, you can buy Fuji 200 ASA C41 film in Tesco.
Michael
(who has NEVER had a bad experience in the US)
Black
Photographer.
David Hughes
David Hughes
Hi,
What's your secret JayC?
Any one else would get the scenic tour mode on RFF but we seem to be arranging the pub crawl to end pub crawls...
Regards, David
What's your secret JayC?
Any one else would get the scenic tour mode on RFF but we seem to be arranging the pub crawl to end pub crawls...
Regards, David
Sparrow
Veteran
It's just like eskimos and words for snow ... we only have a few words for snow, but many, many for stages of inebriation
rumbliegeos
Well-known
As an American who has spent a lot of time in Britain, I think taking a tour for an introductory survey is a great idea. Renting a car and making your own itinerary is a great experience for meeting people and getting a "sense of place", but remember that last year only 6.5% of the cars sold in the US had manual transmissions, many US states may not have round-abouts in their highways and streets, there will be the abrupt transition to left-side-of-the-road driving, and finally, the meanings of a certain proportion of British traffic signs will be cryptic, at best, to American drivers. Getting some experience driving in a rural area is definitely the way to be introduced to UK driving, versus a trip from the airport into central London.
David Hughes
David Hughes
Hi,
I thought a little about York might help. I guess you are going to York from Leeds and then on to London, so will want to make the most of the time you have there. It's a superb and beautiful City, by the way.
What you need to know is that it's crowning glory is the Minster and that they will probably take you there first. Have a look around and marvel at how it was built using just manpower and a treadmill for the version of the crane they used then.
York is also a walled city and the walls etc are more or less intact. The Minster is not in the centre of the old walled site but up in a corner. The city walls will be very obvious and you can do a very pleasant walk to take you around the Minster on the walls. Very easy and safe, nowadays. There's a good PDF guide on the web here;
http://yorkwalls.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/FOYW-Walls-Map-and-Leaflet.pdf
After the walls have a look for The Shambles which is a street dating back to the 1300's and jammed with tourists. You can't miss it. Just wander around and take photo's. If you are lucky it will be cloudy. Bright sun means the narrows streets of that part of the world will be half in deep shadow and half in bright sun light.
And that's it in a nutshell. York is a small neat City. Easy to walk around in and marvel at. There's also a river and boat trips and so on. There's a theatre near the Minster with a very nice cafe open, I'll recommend that for snacks, meals etc. I hope it's still there, it was a year or so ago.
I could write pages about London for the tourist but, although I spent almost my entire working life in the City, I retired 22 years ago and am probably well out of date.
Anyway, enjoy your trip.
Regards, David
I thought a little about York might help. I guess you are going to York from Leeds and then on to London, so will want to make the most of the time you have there. It's a superb and beautiful City, by the way.
What you need to know is that it's crowning glory is the Minster and that they will probably take you there first. Have a look around and marvel at how it was built using just manpower and a treadmill for the version of the crane they used then.
York is also a walled city and the walls etc are more or less intact. The Minster is not in the centre of the old walled site but up in a corner. The city walls will be very obvious and you can do a very pleasant walk to take you around the Minster on the walls. Very easy and safe, nowadays. There's a good PDF guide on the web here;
http://yorkwalls.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/FOYW-Walls-Map-and-Leaflet.pdf
After the walls have a look for The Shambles which is a street dating back to the 1300's and jammed with tourists. You can't miss it. Just wander around and take photo's. If you are lucky it will be cloudy. Bright sun means the narrows streets of that part of the world will be half in deep shadow and half in bright sun light.
And that's it in a nutshell. York is a small neat City. Easy to walk around in and marvel at. There's also a river and boat trips and so on. There's a theatre near the Minster with a very nice cafe open, I'll recommend that for snacks, meals etc. I hope it's still there, it was a year or so ago.
I could write pages about London for the tourist but, although I spent almost my entire working life in the City, I retired 22 years ago and am probably well out of date.
Anyway, enjoy your trip.
Regards, David
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