doorjamb Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 yeah I don't recall it as being all that exciting, but that's where my fam lives, so... All my previous visits have involved the Clacton pier, and I'm hoping to find some slightly more stimulating activities this trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Clacton Pier? Your nearest sausage roll vendor is 1.3 miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Should Americans still say they are Canadians? Cause I hear people over there are quite shitty to us out of principle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Masonic Boom Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I hear tell that there are pretty parts, very far to the North and East, by the sea. But for the most part, Essex is the British equivalent of New Jersey. Avoid, avoid! Get that London train as quick as you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorjamb Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 thanks Rambo though when it comes to pastry-sausage combinations I must say I prefer a good toad-in-the-hole w/ brown gravy to any sort of sausage roll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stoppit Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Croydon used to have great record shops but they all seem to be closing down. :-( I used to buy loads of secondhand vinyl from Beanos when I was a kid... that's gone now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essines Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 so rambo when i get to london can you take me out for a night on the 'roll, as i've heard they call it? do sausage rolls come with alcohol and condoms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 you, me and a packet* of three, essines. All the way. *condoms/saausage rolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pennywise Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 you'll spend a lot of money if you enjoy yourself in london Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 check out timeout london and plan your clubbing calendar wisely. You can also do loads of other cultural shit in london like buckingham palace, tower bridge, V&A, science museum, Tate etc... Or get on a bus for a day from Victoria and visit Oxford, tis a nice part of the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 don't go to the natural history museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest -Ad- Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Go to Modern Pantry in Clerkenwell for breakfast Get lost wandering around Soho Hit up Spitalfields market on a Sunday Go to bars/ clubs in Shoreditch and laugh at all the trendies Go to Broadway market in Hackney and laugh at all the trendies (and buy some nice food) Go for a walk around Regents Park Go to Camden market for a couple of hours and then get out because it's too stressful Go and watch parliament in session at the House of Commons Go for afternoon tea at the Langley Visit the Hayward gallery on Southbank Get a Thames Clipper boat from Waterloo to the O2 arena and/ or get a speedboat ride down the Thames to the Thames Barrier Get to a decent Gastropub; I recommend The Eagle, The Coach and Horses, The Peasant in Clerkenwell and The Bear in Highgate Shop in Selfridges and Liberty's in the West End And if you're travelling through Essex, consider a stop in Epping Forest for a walk in London's biggest forest. I grew up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 don't go to the un-natural history museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 you, me and a packet* of three, essines. All the way. *condoms/saausage rolls lmao @ your interests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Also, go to Borough Market and buy a hot pork/apple roll from the spit roast, and also get some fresh cider / wine (dont know which they will have this time of year). Borough market is great. While your at Camden Market, go to Cyberdog for a laugh and listen to the banging psy-trance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 While your at Camden Market, go to Cyberdog for a laugh and listen to the banging psy-trance. i know someone who works there lol sounds hilarious but not been. not been to camden market itself either, actually. i'm probably missing out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Here's what it's got to offer you: Miserable weather, chavs, bad drivers, bad breath, bad attitudes, hooligans, chinese guys selling pirated dvds, unreliable public transport, awful reality TV, womans magazines, fast food. I literally can't think of anything to recommend. If you get lucky a serial killer will be on the loose nearby when you arrive, so at least something interesting will be going on. Not a serial killer, but there's a dangerous plane-robber on the loose. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8522316.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Take loads of cocaine until you almost die. Thats what most of the people I know do (I never would do such a thing!). There's shed loads of the stuff over here. Failing that go to the British Museum. Might sound a bit gay but I think its a pretty cool place. Oh yeah bring a waterproof, wellies and an umbrella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 And of course our world famous food. Savaloys (sausage made from pigs brains), tripe (edible gunk from a farm animals stomach), donor kebabs from a germ infested van and last but not least bread and dripping http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dripping. Mmmmmm. On the positive side the beer is excellent (which what really matters), a lot of pubs serve generic fizz but try proper ale. Stella Artois is good pint of lager if no ale is about. Also go for a slap-up Indian curry. Say lurvly jubbly a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 camden market is brilliant if you've never been before. in fact i still like it now and i go up to camden all the time....i recommend going into the "Amsterdam of London" shop and discretely asking for some "mushroom chocolate" (i'm serious, mushroom fucking chocolate). this is obviously a chocolate bar with magic mushrooms in it - looks like a normal bar of solid chocolate, tastes like a bar of normal chocolate but will make you trip your bollocks off. don't eat a whole one to yourself under any circumstances. *orders taxi to camden* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 lol yes go to britain for the stella artois! are mushrooms legal in uk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 only fly agaric now - hence why you have to be discrete when asking for the chocolate as it contains mexican mushrooms i think.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essines Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 i hate when americans say they are canadian. you're making us look bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 i hate when americans say they are canadian. you're making us look bad. i'd heard rumours of yanks pretending to be canucks so they can get into places that hate yanks (=75% of the world) do they actually do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 i can tell the difference in accent anyway usually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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