Today it may well be - Spot the thin zero hour contract worker who has to use a food-bank ! FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

"If you are coming through the Blackwall tunnel I pity you, it is bad enough getting to and from Canary Wharf from the north."


Agree. After I retired I was offered a very lucrative temp job north of the river, theoretically 20 minutes drive away, but it would have taken over an hour to get there in rush hour and I couldn't face it. That was ten years ago and it's got worse. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

I get to the tunnel at just before 6am or 6pm depending upon whether I'm on an early or night shift. Either way it's moving slowly. Would move quicker if there wasn't the constant lane hopping

I have a 27 mile commute to work, all rural A and B roads, light traffic, no hold ups - bliss
Driving in London would fracture me. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

why anyone would ever want to live their beggars belief ! " London as a whole has many dangerous areas but the crime rate here is extremely high."

Read more at http://www.dailyfeed.co.uk/2018/07/the-top...mfKcorT.99

In the Top 30 worst towns to live in , in the UK London features top !

Plaistow, Newham, Barking, London, Croydon, Toxteth,Hackney, Harlesden,

& kent " The garden of England " well "
Number 1. Dover
Located in Kent in the Southeast, Dover has climbed it’s way to fame at number one worst place to live in England! Jaguar x-type sport gone
Jaguar x-type 2.2d sport one of my best cars ever sadly gone
Freelander 2 GS auto 2008 most unreliable ever ! gladly gone
Freelander 2 GS manual 2013 only time will tell !

Toxteth is Liverpool
Dover, once upon a time, wasn't so bad; I think it's deteriorated with the influx of migrants through the port, legally or otherwise.
No disputing the London crime rate; pretty much every 'ne'er do well' carries a knife and has no qualms about using it.

Don't forget that London is very large and very varied. Most people tend to get to know their area and feel pretty safe. I had no problem walking around SE London, including some of the dodgier bits, but was less confident in areas I didn't know. A lot of the crime is against people who aren't street wise (walking along staring at their phone, or reading a map - might as well shout "I am a tourist") or is contained within small sections of the community. On the whole the kids won't knife you unless you're an obvious potential muggee. They're far more interested in knifing each other. And they generally only shoot each other too, although they are so bad at it they nail the occasional passer-by as well.
As someone who works in London hosting conferences mainly for "out-of-townies", it's amusing (and exasperating) that people object to a venue in some of the gentrified up and coming areas, but are quite happy to go to places that they've heard of, which were posh twenty years ago but now are distinctly seedy.
What I miss is the friendly feeling of knowing most of your neighbours and having decent shops nearby and all-night buses (or indeed ANY buses). What I don't miss is the terrible air pollution - out here in the Fens I really am much healthier.
Oh, and driving in London may be a pain, but as far as cycling goes it's far far safer than out here in the country, with the narrow roads, very fast traffic and not many quiet side-roads to use as alternative routes. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Just remember all you Southerners ........ it's grim up north !!

Just in case you're fleeing and looking for somewhere nice to stay.  FL2 now gone and have a couple of items left for sale:-

Brodit active iPhone holder + Brodit dash clip,
Bluetooth Music Streaming Module.

Plenty of new houses getting built round us RonP, maybe their forgetting just how grim it is. At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

Too many CG and all big detached with no real gardens and limited parking. The local services wont' be able to cope in North Yorkshire at this rate. The developers are not interested in build homes for the youngsters looking for a first home near work. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Yep loads of new builds around me too, I've already got the For Sale sign up, reckon after 30 years I'm too far south now. FL2 now gone and have a couple of items left for sale:-

Brodit active iPhone holder + Brodit dash clip,
Bluetooth Music Streaming Module.

Near us in our village an application was put in for 5,000 house ! All Green Belt and high visual amenity listed The village will become a massive rat run

A public enquiry has just finished and depending on that will determine our final home, had thoughts of North of Harrogate but Harrogate is now gridlocked most of the day and all these new 5 bedroomed boxes being built within 10 miles is going to hit the hospitals and other services.

Scotland has an attraction but average rain is much higher than East of Lancashire. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Its the same everywhere - from Nuneaton to Skipton - houses going up on crowded sites - no attention paid to the impact on traffic congestion, schools, GP surgeries etc
And not a first time buyers house in amongst as far as I can see. Affordable housing - my arse

its all about the profit (and back handers to the planning committee) Jules

Our village needs more houses or the primary school will close, but then it becomes an addiction as the school needs to get bigger every year. At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race