I went around the UK today for a short spin to see what I could find. My wife and I went to Salisbury and that was pretty nice looking with some lovely historical buildings. There were a few kids trying to act hard but coming from London, they wouldn't last a second.
We turned around to Southampton and discovered it really sucks! Talk about thoroughly lame! Driving around and getting held up by the hundreds of traffic lights and interlinking roads we ended up looking at the marina and it was almost like nearly every other one... utterly pointless expensive development surrounding a haven for boats. I couldn't possibly imagine anyone really looking at the shallow and heartless developments and thinking "I really want to live here!" it missed every part of what makes a house a home. I'm sure there's someone who'll love something that serves a purpose but the song "Little Boxes" lept to mind.
Eventually getting free of that awful location (via the rugby and cricket ground - which equally are located in bizarre locations), we ended up heading towards Midhurst but sadly there was a massive accident and we had to turn around and made our way to London instead. Devil's Punchbowl is a nice place and the forest surrounding it is so cool.
The heavens opened up as per usual with a British Summer. We got to see a variety of wild animals too today including a Fox, Badger, Eagle, around a hundred Magpies, a Rabbit and a Squirrel. Sadly all but the birds and rabbit were squished road-kill! Not a pheasant in sight though... blasted birds - they really are suicidal I swear!
You should have got out of the car and walked the walls as we call them here, visit the aviation and titanic museums, had a bit of lunch down espresso city cafe, its down east street on the left, brilliant food, brilliant people. Or you could have done some shopping in the West Quay, had a coffee, visited the Tudor House museum, gone to see a movie at the cinema down Ocean Village. Loads to do really.
ReplyDeletePlus I agree about the cricket ground, we live in the village and nobody here wanted the darned thing!
Thanks Dazza, your advice is very valuable and I will aim to visit again soon and will follow your tips as I'm sure it's not bad when you know where to go.
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