What I miss about England...

Race day at Newbury, fresh bakeries, gold top delivered to my door, Jaffa cakes, all McVities varieties, Kenco coffee, shopping in London, my MkII 240G, My P reg Granny Coupe', taking the bus everywhere, walking to Victoria Park, Donnington Castle, my house overlooking Stroud green, carolers at Christmas, bonfire night, Waitrose, Camp Hopson's, M&S, my local, everyone's local, good Guiness, Cornish pasties, pub grub, Branston Pickle, Daddy's Sauce, evening walks downtown, doner kebabs, fresh trout, antiques, chalk horses, Avebury, Bath, Little Rissington, Bourton on the Water, and too many other towns to mention. But more than anything...the people.

 Cheers,

Bob

What I miss about England? Where to start....

I miss trees with leaves and without, grass, rain, rivers with water in them, good dark brown mud. Blue Tit's, Great Tit's, Nuthatches and Tree Creepers oh and the Common Jay and the Robin and Blackbird (better stop there).

I miss Bert, my friends Jackie, Caroline, Patsi, Judi and cousins Brian and Sue. Pauline, Sue and Chris. Mavis up at the Mill and Trish.

I miss going up the road and down the lane and across the field.

I miss the wonderful programs about nature on the telly.

I miss being home.

The quality of light in the British Isles; the greenness and pleasantness; the amazing public transportation system; Salisbury Cathedral; York Minster; driving on the left of the road from the drivers seat on the right; dew; York City Wall; pub grub; mushy peas; Remembrance Day poppies; the beauty of the ruins of the Dissolution; the wind in Whitby; the rain in Skipton; the blue sky in Helmsley; the sunlight on the North Sea; every square inch of North Yorkshire that I either tread upon, rode past, or gazed at; the sheep; the stone walls; the British Museum, the teensy little London hotel rooms; our great flat in Fulford; the cool and exotic groceries in Sainsbury’s; moors, dales, fens, fells, the Vale of York; the whole atmosphere of just being in England.

Like Sue, where to start....

waitroses, excellent transportation system (even in villages!), NHS (sometimes), the countryside, quaint pubs, decent fish and chips, excellent PC magazines and photography magazines, cheese scones, castles/ruins, narrowboats, proximity to Europe!

As a Brit, here are a few of the things I would definitely miss:- the smell of cut grass, the sound of a skylark spiralling upward in the sky, the sound of the sea on a shingle beach, exploring country lanes, especially in Summer, a good pint of bitter, woodland walks and rivers with their associated wildlife and wild flowers.

LOL @ Patrick! I guess that's something you don't miss, Patrick? LOL!

Where to begin...York, York Minster, the Jorvik Viking Center, York City Walls, James Herriott country, Oxford, C.S. Lewis house, Leeds Castle, London, Harrods, Tea at Browns Hotel, Royalty and all it's pomp and circumstance, fish and chips served in news paper, the Routemaster Red Double Decker Busses, Pub grub....