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[greenmark]

There is a great documentary on iPlayer called the Bronte Business. It was made in the 1970's and is worth a watch, especially if you like flares.

It is a lamentation on how the world has changed & businesses have invaded a quiet sleepy hollow in Yorkshire. There is even some guy with the obligatory cigarette saying life was much better 30years ago...

Pretty sure his definition of "English way of life" is completely different from yours .

I've even heard some muppets claiming life was better in Victorian times, when the average age of death was 28 in said sleepy hollow...

Anyhow, its worth a watch )

I've seen this in the Lakes. Spring or Autumn are good times to go. Summer? Forget it. Really! Forget it. It's a flipping nightmare. You go there for space and to enjoy the scenery, but the roads, towns and hills are clogged.
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If it were me I'd get the train there:

Out
05:31 ( London Euston) - 08:42 Oxenholme Lake District

Back
20:43 Oxenholme - 01:17 London Euston

"Let The Train Take The Strain"

https://www.jamesmforrest.co.uk/post/la ... t-by-train

I couldn't imagine being in the Lakes for a weeks holiday without a car. I always liked to base myself where I can walk every day from the door. That means isolation. You'd run out of food etc without a car. OR yould stay at the Wasdale Inn ans scoff restaurant food every night. They used to do packed lunces for walkers too.
The beauty of the place is you head out and be up high most of the day then stumble down, knackered and fall into the bar and quaff a well-earned beer in the beer garden surrounded by beautiful hills.

[Derek27]

How the fuck does an image of a beetle depict "sources"?

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[Kai]

So Derek's feeling his old self again already

[sniffer66]

So Derek's feeling his old self again already

Are you implying Derek has onanistic tendencies ?

[Kai]

So Derek's feeling his old self again already

Are you implying Derek has onanistic tendencies ?

Not heard that term before

Interesting history behind it, the mass pamphlet printing 300 years ago is hilarious. Learn something new every day!

[Derek27]

Received two emails from Amazon regarding packages to be delivered, and Moronsoft decided to create appointments in my calendar. So I can't even choose what events appear in my calendar, Moronsoft has taken full control! Absolute arseholes!!

[Emmson]

I don't like this assumption that when you take an eye test from an optician that you will also be buying glasses from them afterwards. This has happened more than once to me

[Derek27]

I don't like this assumption that when you take an eye test from an optician that you will also be buying glasses from them afterwards. This has happened more than once to me

Talking of assumptions, I'm sick and tired of my online pharmacist sending me reminders to reorder a prescription, as if, in this day and age with all the modern gadgets and task lists, the average person is still unable to carry out essential tasks on time. Can't switch it off so I switched it to every six months. Now I get an email from them, concerned that I'm not being reminded at the right time.

[Derek27]

Just backed up my system volume. The backup size has almost doubled since installing Microsoft Visual Studio and C++.

[greenmark]

I don't like this assumption that when you take an eye test from an optician that you will also be buying glasses from them afterwards. This has happened more than once to me

I take the test, check their product. If I like, I buy. If I don't i walk about on the endless trail of something I like and is a good price.
C'est la vie.