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Ahem....... Milton Keynes is technically in Bucks too (though it's a unitary authority and often referred to rather disdainfully by the rest of the county as "the republic of Milton Keynes"). Anyway, we like it

Jo wrote:Ahem....... Milton Keynes is technically in Bucks too (though it's a unitary authority and often referred to rather disdainfully by the rest of the county as "the republic of Milton Keynes"). Anyway, we like it

Apologies for not including you too!

One of my former contemporaries in Maine A lives in Milton Keynes and is a top man (if not the top man) in the Town Planning department.

I'm not sure whether the concrete cows are down to him, they might be before his time!

Mid A 15 wrote:

Jo wrote:Ahem....... Milton Keynes is technically in Bucks too (though it's a unitary authority and often referred to rather disdainfully by the rest of the county as "the republic of Milton Keynes"). Anyway, we like it

Apologies for not including you too!

One of my former contemporaries in Maine A lives in Milton Keynes and is a top man (if not the top man) in the Town Planning department.

I'm not sure whether the concrete cows are down to him, they might be before his time!

He'll be a busy man then, MK is still expanding all over the place

Nice to know I can do something right

Chiltern District (where I live, and rohan and spoonbill) is usually in the top 3. My sister lives in Hart distirct (in Hampshire) which is also consistently in the top 10, though Hampshire itself comes somewhat lower.

At least Leafy Surrey came second !

I'm afraid I have to challenge!

I found a different article about the same thing:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/news_feature ... best.shtml

Admittedly it is from a while ago and I am biased as I live in the "best county in which to live" according to the article. Nevertheless it's still fun to boast about it, regardless of whether or not it is true or up-to-date!

Wuppertal wrote:I'm afraid I have to challenge!

I found a different article about the same thing:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/news_feature ... best.shtml

Admittedly it is from a while ago and I am biased as I live in the "best county in which to live" according to the article. Nevertheless it's still fun to boast about it, regardless of whether or not it is true or up-to-date!

Unfortunately he has it all wrong; the sunniest place perhaps but with well over 100 inches of rain a year and snow drifts 5 feet high!
Tranquility? again a big query. Impossible to get from home top the ferry top town for bl***y tourists - and that was 1950's (oh and they used to come in the garden to do number twos as well!) All the roads were almost one car width wide - with passing places every mile or so. Of course the grockles couldn't reverse except the cows who could and refused to do so because the locals were worthless peasants and therefore should give way.
Pubs - yes there were a few but the ferry stopped at 5 pm** and by road it was 15 miles to the nearest one. ** quite often stopped by bad weather.
Wildlife - certainly - hundreds (literally) of adders in the garden
Beautiful coastline - the biggest turnoff because it attracted the tourists
Historic buildings? the oldest pone around was perhaps 50 years old

Brian Greenslade needs to get out and see the county.

FWIW I lived a long time in a place called East Portlemouth - which is why I had trouble with masters speaking queer at CH

I strongly suspect that is south Devon...and after a Google Maps search it indeed is I live on the rugged, isolated north coast near the northernmost border of Cornwall. Due to my village being on two coasts (facing north and west, right on the point where the coast changes direction) there is snow perhaps a couple of times a decade, no more. I wholeheartedly agree on the state of the small roads though! There are some beaches that are crowded with grockles, but the majority near me are seldom frequented by them due to them not having adequate footwear to climb down the 250ft cliffs. There is a Roman fort here too, I think it's quite historic!

Maybe even within Devon then there is a slight north-south divide. The north has a rugged and often inaccessible coastline wheras the south has long streches of sandy beaches perfect for tourists. The north is also much more rural, sparsely populated and more isolated with less large roads to reach it, while the south has the M5 then A38 (and A380 straight to the riviera). The only ferry that exists on the north coast is the Oldenburg which goes to Lundy Island once daily in the summer, carrying a few hundred people at the most and is strictly passengers only due to Lundy Island having a completely no-car policy.

Further to David's remarks, Greenslade should get out, full stop. Has anyone been to North Devon to see what is lovingly known as Greenslade's Folly? A large awkward roundabout with a number of unsightly metal rings supporting(?) lumps of slate. I was told last week that the slate is already beginning to fall apart.

midget wrote:Further to David's remarks, Greenslade should get out, full stop. Has anyone been to North Devon to see what is lovingly known as Greenslade's Folly? A large awkward roundabout with a number of unsightly metal rings supporting(?) lumps of slate. I was told last week that the slate is already beginning to fall apart.

While the new road itself, in my experience, has made a journey to Ilfracome from the Bideford direction a lot quicker and avoids the busy centre of Barnstaple, I agree that Greenslade's Folly is rather ugly and quite difficult to navigate if you are not local, and would be better off as a normal roundabout, not the staggered traffic-lighted square weird thingy that it is. I have seen two accidents there since it opened a year ago.