Places You Wouldn't Want To Live in The U.K.
When most people imagine the United Kingdom, they think of London, wry humor and polite people. It might seem unthinkable that Great Britain has some real dung piles among its treasures but these 5 cities will have you wondering why there is a “Great” in front of “Britain”.
At number 5. Sandwell
The available jobs in this West Midlands town are so poorly paid that the average resident has zero disposable income. The good news for locals is that Sandwell has a pretty high mortality rate, so they don’t have to suffer for very long.
At Number 4. Gwent Valleys
No matter which metric you choose to measure Gwent Valleys scores poorly. Crime? Check. Poor healthcare? Check. A-hole teenagers all around? Oh yeah. In a country that’s filled with coastline and rolling hills, Gwent Valleys has none of that. It’s just the worst.
At Number 3. High Wycombe
Petty crime and drug use are present; as is a low employment rate. The little money High Wycombe does have it spends on the schools which is great. Of course, that doesn’t do the average tourist any good.
At Number 2. Southampton
Southampton is simply filled with half-destroyed buildings blotting the landscape. To be fair, the place was bombed in World War II. That is a pretty solid excuse, but on the other hand, they’ve had the better part of eighty years to get the place back in order …
And at number 1. Morecambe
In the 1930s, luminaries like Coco Chanel used to hang out in Morecambe These days, Morecambe is more known for its dilapidation. The coastline outside the city is stunning, but if you’re being completely honest, coasts aren’t exactly a point of pride, and neither is Morecambe.
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UNTOUCHED ABANDONED MANSION, ENGLAND
Eyup eyup, this week we're at an amazing almost untouched abandoned mansion in the rolling hills of England. Usually these places get pretty trashed pretty quick but this one was in amazing condition.
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A Minute's Peace - River Test, Hampshire, UK
Does what it says on the tin.
Location - Horsebridge, on Test Way cycle path, South of Stockbridge. Route featured in the ultimate humorous UK cycling travelogue - 'Stair-Rods and Stars.' Download from Amazon, iBooks and many other sites. Physical copies available on Amazon or by order from all good bookshops.
Day 6 to 9 Through The Chilterns and a real problem with the crank
There is a lot of noise coming from the crank between the pedals, and after arriving in Wallingford, the guy at the bike shop there stripped it out and put it back together clean and tight, but after just 3 miles the next day, it was doing it again. Round things have a habit of turning oval if you carry on wearing on them, so I can't just ignore this.
I spoke with my dealer on Tuesday, who said it might just be a bit of crap got in, and to just check things are tight, and maybe that's still the case and every things just keeps getting lose. But yesterday I spoke with the London KOGA dealer who was really nice and helpful, and said she had never heard of anything like this from a brand new bike, and that it may not have been adjusted right when first put together, and hopefully the bottom bracket hasn't suffered.
She advised the same thing really, to find more bike shops on route and get them to look at it. Otherwise my cycle trip ends temporarily at Portsmouth, unable to cross into France with this issue unresolved.
I'm stopping a bike shop called Cycle On near Tadley today, just 12 miles away, and hoping they can have a look at it. Shouldn't be happening with this bike right now.
Shepton Mallet Antique & Collectors Fair
Shepton Mallet Antique & Collectors Fair is the biggest antique event in the West Contry! the event takes place 6 times a year at th 'Bath & West Showground'.
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Wrap Up Trident
Encircling the MOD earlier today to protest the proposed £100 billion replacement of Trident. People are holding sections of the seven mile long peace scarf which was knitted by hundreds of people to connect the AWE sites at Aldermaston and Burghfield.
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designed kiosk (one of pair) and Portland stone pillar (one of pair) at
the Egham village end of Runnymede meadow. View from Egham Village end
of Runnymede of part of the 182 acres of woodland and water-meadow
given the National Trust by Lady Fairhaven and her sons to commerorate
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Forces Memorial. The popular Tearoom at Runnymede, serving within a
Lutyens-designed lodge (one of a pair) commemorating Urban H.
Broughton, commissioned by Lady Fairhaven and installed on land at
Runnymede donated by her to the National Trust. The pillar (one of a
pair) is Portland Stone. The Jamestown Virginia tree at Runnymede.
Enlarge for description. JFK Memorial designed by Geoffrey Jellico.
Entrance from Windsor with road bisecting the water meadow and passing
between Lutyens designed lodges.