Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
How lucky you are
I am an ex-Harringay resident who now lives in Cornwall. Yes it is very nice to live down here even in sad weather (like now), but, although we do have fund raising and carnivals, they do not seem anything like as good and organized as yours.
Also this web site to me is a marvel. So well run and easy to navigate.
If anyone is thinking of moving away from central London, think twice, yes we have a few advantages, but on the balance I think you win.
Happy weekend and enjoy the sight of the hidden river.
Roy Bowker
Ex...64 Kimberley Gardens.
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Permalink Reply by ROY BOWKER on
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Yes Maggie, go for it.
I like such a wide range of music and theatre, so my missing London I think is magnified.
These brief postings we have had, has made me think along the lines of "make the most of what you have". So I am off to Fowey (15 minute drive) this evening to watch the cutting of the pasty.
Have a good weekend Maggie.
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Permalink Reply by Madeline on
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I've just come back from the Isle of Wight and thoroughly enjoyed exploring the countryside and coastline. But if I lived there I would soon find that I knew every tree and blade of grass, every field and river, so that in the end I would find it pointless to go anywhere as I'd already seen it all. (and yes, I'm aware of the changes of weather and seasons that alter what you can see but I would hate to ride some of those roads in the winter.)
I'm too old to change now. Health wise I need to be near those facilities and to have access to the wide selection of travel options that we have.
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Yes I totally agree with you Madeline about the I.of W. I have been on holiday there twice and think that is enough. Have visited ALL the villages, so where doe's one go after that?
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Permalink Reply by Robert Pike on
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I grew up in Plymouth, and also went to the School of Architecture in the city. For someone interested in the built environment and wider culture there is no comparison between London and Plymouth. This city that I now call home has opened my eyes to so much and brought me in to contact with experts in the field, that I felt was somewhat lacking in the Westcountry.
London's public transport is space age and cheap! There is more than 1 bus an hour on a Sunday.
But...London doesn't have Dartmoor and beaches like Sennen Cove on the tip of Cornwall. If it did it might be the perfect place to live! So enjoy the great outdoors (if it is not raining and blowing up off the Atlantic)!
I am curious to know if all Londoners long to get out and live a quiet life...but then get bored of the quiet?
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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I think the ideal is that you have your cake and eat it and in London you can do that if you have a nice quiet garden. Today I was swinging in the hammock reading shantaram and hanging out with local small bird population until sunset and happily listening to folk music on spotify. But tomorrow ill be back in the thick of it amusing myself at all the weird and wonderful experiences central London has to offer and will get their by bike. Also if I feel the need to explore further, I can get out to places all over the world quite quickly because London is a central transport hub.
Maybe I'm biased though, London's always been the place i call home and its where most of my friends and family are which, as the yanks say, is the biggest draw card of them all.
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Well you guys have certainly got this 75 year old Londoner's (still think of myself as such) head in a whirl. Too true, you do not have Sennen, St. Ives, or the moors Robert. However if you can put yourself in the garden and do your thing, it helps the balance of life. Looking out the window at St. Austell bay now with the sun trying to break through, I suppose I can always put on a Tubby Hays at Ronnie Scott's and should be satisfied with what I have.??
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