02-03-2007, 11:14 AM
Great to hear the updates Disting :thumbs:
Didn't catch much of the news on the A1 GP other than on IOL.za
Am living in Amersham, county Buckinghamshire. Beautiful quaint village in the Chiltern Hills and where they filmed a great portion of Four Weddings and a Funeral.
The history, village atmosphere, accessibility to central London (only 30min to Baker Street), the countryside and the scenery make it a great place to live in.
Its close to Windsor, Marlow and a wide variety of villages with their own part in the history of England: eg. 10 minutes drive into a small village adjoining Beaconsfield, is the Royal Standard of England - a pub that dates back more than 950 years and is still functioning! Wonderful!
Its also the home of the English language; the food scene here is exciting, frenetic and ever-changing.
If there is one thing I do miss occasionally, its the sound of the waves crashing at night - I grew up 5 minutes walk from the beach. in Hout Bay.
A real quaint thing is the emergency services only use their flashing lights at night (seldom do we hear the sirens going at 3am) whilst during the day they use their full blues and two's . Weird, I agree, but it's something I think is remarkable and reassuring. They don't need to go blaring around at all hours - maybe its a village bylaw or something - I have no idea.
Didn't catch much of the news on the A1 GP other than on IOL.za
Am living in Amersham, county Buckinghamshire. Beautiful quaint village in the Chiltern Hills and where they filmed a great portion of Four Weddings and a Funeral.
The history, village atmosphere, accessibility to central London (only 30min to Baker Street), the countryside and the scenery make it a great place to live in.
Its close to Windsor, Marlow and a wide variety of villages with their own part in the history of England: eg. 10 minutes drive into a small village adjoining Beaconsfield, is the Royal Standard of England - a pub that dates back more than 950 years and is still functioning! Wonderful!
Its also the home of the English language; the food scene here is exciting, frenetic and ever-changing.
If there is one thing I do miss occasionally, its the sound of the waves crashing at night - I grew up 5 minutes walk from the beach. in Hout Bay.
A real quaint thing is the emergency services only use their flashing lights at night (seldom do we hear the sirens going at 3am) whilst during the day they use their full blues and two's . Weird, I agree, but it's something I think is remarkable and reassuring. They don't need to go blaring around at all hours - maybe its a village bylaw or something - I have no idea.