Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Too hot to walk but I do


High Street

Meaningless birdy road name (unless it's meant as the corruption of cuckold?)

The old pier head

9 comments:

Perfect Virgo said...

Sometimes it's only the little details that are so different between our two countries. I'm sure that's what makes the other's environment so fascinating.

I have taken my holiday in America for the last 4 years and I love the driving experience (more so outside the big cities.) I know you good people find our roudabouts a little worrying but they're fine really. Just treat them like a racing circuit, that seems to work!

More photos soon...

Perfect Virgo said...

You really are getting into the spirit of visiting the UK! You're talking like a local!!

You know how it mostly rains here? Well this week has been summery - sunny and 75F most days. As I'm not at work for a few days I've turned brown-ish.

{illyria} said...

birdy road name. i like that.

Perfect Virgo said...

Me too. Makes me chuckle every time I wander by.

Perfect Virgo said...

Bearing in mind my former relationship with the bottle, I know all the British slang for getting drunk, here's a few:
Hammered, levered, wrecked, slammed, plastered, bladdered.

They always say England and America are seperated only by a common language.

Perfect Virgo said...

Good point. You know the slang for a cigarette in the UK is fag?

I don't think I would ask for one in an American tobacconist though!!

Language is beautiful and slightly dangerous too..

Perfect Virgo said...

Thanks for that little story, language can be so dangerous in the wrong hands! No wonder he said "Blimey!" He picked the wrong man to use that word to...

Just as well I gave up smoking, I'm sure I would have got myself into trouble too!

Ingrid C. said...

you have a beautiful city.

Perfect Virgo said...

Mussolini - a salty seaport washed by warm south westerly winds. It'd be even better without people!

I live on the outer-most outskirts which are quiet and balmy.