Re: London Advice : Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:16 pm  

Horatio Yed wrote:

f you're staying in one of the hotels just off the A1 then you're actually in Borehamwood, yet the hotels call the area Elstree because of the studios and snobbishness.

With good reason! Borehamwood can be dog rough. I recall when Titan used to play kids football and we'd go there for an away match. The talk on the touchline was about the shooting the night before. Got the impression that half the parents were involved!

Re: London Advice : Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:27 pm  

It's no rougher than Widnes/Wigan/Warrington

Not that that is a glowing endorsement of the area, yet all the places surrounding it are really nice (Elstree, Shenley, Barnet, Mill Hill)

Re: London Advice : Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:03 pm  

Horatio Yed wrote:

It's no rougher than Widnes/Wigan/Warrington

Not that that is a glowing endorsement of the area, yet all the places surrounding it are really nice (Elstree, Shenley, Barnet, Mill Hill)

Radlett is upmarket.

Re: London Advice : Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:17 pm  

Dally wrote:

Radlett is upmarket.

Radlett's ok, just a small street and a station, and full of those horrible forward facing speed cameras

Re: London Advice : Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:32 pm  

Dally wrote:

With good reason! Borehamwood can be dog rough. I recall when Titan used to play kids football and we'd go there for an away match. The talk on the touchline was about the shooting the night before. Got the impression that half the parents were involved!

Im an Hull lad, i think i'll survive

Re: London Advice : Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:03 pm  

Hutchie wrote:

Im an Hull lad, i think i'll survive

Will you have time to look round the locality over the weekend? If so, you probably ought to visit St Albans - cathedral, surrounding park, lots of pubs. If you heading back up the M1 you could drive up from St Albans to Harpenden for a walk round the Common and Rothamsted. In fact the farmer's market will be on on Sunday 25th on the High Street. In other directions there's Hatfield House and then there's the dreaded Harry Potter Tour if you have kids with you (expensive though).

Re: London Advice : Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:14 pm  

If you don't have kids St Albans is great for a Saturday night out.

Re: London Advice : Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:05 am  

£5.50 to go one stop (Kingsbury to Wembley) on the Jubilee line? Frig that Boris, I think I'll walk ta

Re: London Advice : Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:03 am  

catch the bus, 79, 204

Re: London Advice : Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:38 pm  

I went to London at the weekend and found the bus much more enjoyable to use than the tube, loads more to see as you pass through the streets.

I think I've come a cropper on the Congestion charge though, I thought they would send you a bill if you went through the charging zone I didn't know you had to pre-pay or pay the day later. My fault for not checking before I went and I'll just have to wait to see if I get a fine through the post.