Jon ConnortonJan 22, 2023
One of the nicest things about Hampshire/Surrey/Sussex border is the fact you’re so close to London, Guildford, and Portsmouth, but that you also have huge tracts of relative wilderness to run or hike through.
Show threadComusBassingtonJan 22, 2023
@jonconnorton I spent some fairly dismal holidays in Portsmouth (great aunt), but enjoyed my three years in Southampton, complete with weekend trips to London. As it transpired, except for an occasional work visit to Weymouth, life has not taken me back to such parts.
Herself conveys her magisterial regards to her distant counterpart.
Show threadJon ConnortonJan 22, 2023
@Comus Shiv is a Southampton girl. But the South Downs is lovely. Petworth, Petersfield, Midhurst all nice, as is Farnham and Haslemere. Well, as long as you like hills, fir trees, and moorland.
Show threadComusBassingtonJan 22, 2023
@jonconnorton I know. She was about 6 when I left. The year they won the cup.
There are many worse places to live. I miss Wales quite terribly though.
Show threadShiv5468Jan 22, 2023

@jonconnorton @Comus I quite liked soton. I went to uni there as well.

The sea, the new forest… I should potter down this summer for a weekend in the country.

Show threadJon ConnortonJan 22, 2023
@Comus @Shiv5468 I really should check out New Forest, but we have similar Inclosures around here. Also, I can never get beyond the Meon Valley, because it is also lovely.
Show threadShiv5468Jan 22, 2023

@Comus @jonconnorton it does get overrun with tourists but you can get the train to the middle of it and potter round. Also cream teas.

It’s the sea I miss. I need to go to the sea. Hear seagulls. And waves. And eat chips

Show threadJon ConnortonJan 22, 2023

@Comus @Shiv5468 No, moorland and forests for me. I miss Dartmoor a lot, but the South Downs is the nicest place I’ve ever lived.

I would be quite happy being somewhere remote in Scotland, but Janna likes living close to civilisation

Show threadComusBassingtonJan 23, 2023
@jonconnorton @Shiv5468 Were I a Scot I should take umbrage, but I'm not, so have at it.
Show threadJon ConnortonJan 23, 2023
@Comus @Shiv5468 I think even Scottish people would admit that Harris or Cape Wrath are a long way from anything.
Show threadComusBassingtonJan 23, 2023

@jonconnorton @Shiv5468 And all the better for it I don't doubt.

In a surprising turn of events I see that Shiv is apparently the person to ask for a cut and shut or a knock-off warch.

Show threadShiv5468Jan 23, 2023
@jonconnorton @Comus what?
Show threadJon Connorton
@Comus @Shiv5468 what have you been up to, Shiv?
Jan 23, 2023 at 1:32pmWeb