Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 8/28/01 3:20 AM, Gwpics@aol.com at Gwpics@aol.com wrote: > We were met with poor rooms (permanent damp patch on floor, windows so rotted > we were afraid to open them, bath too dangerously positioned for my wife to > use), high prices and surly service where ever we went. It is no wonder > tourists stay away. The weekend was expensive and very disappointing, and we > stayed in a very quiet area. I dread to think what it is like in the true > tourist spots. hey you were lucky there are still good things about England but you have to look harder and harder - -- humour - -- non-theme pubs - -- countryside - -- broadsheet newspapers - -- BBC radio 4 - -- sharpness of wits unfortunately the list of bad things is so long it makes your heart sink. I used to mentally enumerate them under a heading "Why I'm leaving England". - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com ICQ: 109343205