I'm just back from a week in county Durham, Weardale to be bit more precise and I'm smitten. :smile: The roads are beautiful and sparsely populated, living in the SE I'd forgotten what road riding can be. Unfortunately I was in the car but even that was great fun. Overtaking is so seldom possible on B roads in the south that it took a while to get used to. Add to this the genuine friendliness of most of the people we met (it took me 2 days to stop being suspicious of this) and the consideration drivers give to bikers. So no, it was bloody lovely up North. Mind you, it never got above 5 degrees. :tongue:
The roads are empty cos no one wants to live up there, LOL... and the weather is pants. (before I'm flamed - just kidding. I'm from a Staffordshire family, born in Paisley)
Shhhhhhh.................Don't talk too loudly or they will all want to be up there ruining our experience!!
Yep ,well kept secret, spent a few days on the bike up in Northumberland, great roads,scenery and quiet.
I did try to tell you all, it ain't that bad way up here.....it does have it's benefits. It's always quite quiet up here cause a lot of the people up here have joined the rat race and have to contend with the hustle and bustle of working down south.
The accent was pretty strong, I had been listening to a German family for a couple of minutes and noting that my O' Level German had failed me, then it clicked, they were speaking VERY strong Geordie.
They live on deep fried whippet and pigeon curry up north, y'know. And they're rude. Ooh, they're so rude. If you're walking along with your head down trying not to make eye contact, they come up and start talking to you. What the hell's that all about? I've spent twenty years working in London, and no-one's had the affrontery to talk to me yet. And they drink warm, flat beer
Ah thowt waarm flat beer wor wha` use southern shandy sup`ers necked :wink: Here`s a famous northener and Hartlepool resident, is that you Anth?
Op`n thy ears then lad! :biggrin: Try this translator Fig, it does northern monkey, southern fairy and jolly well spoken :wink: :smile:. t'whoohoo.co.uk Oup Norf Translator!
no, that doesn't work. I asked it 'how are you?' and it said: our translation is: 'a's teur bin? I never mentioned bins. What's that all about??
I have no idea what you just said, but the 'Jolly well spoken' translator works perfectly. Your translation is: Hoh aaare you, one's old bean, todeay? Heavens above! How smashing! See, perfect.
You lot can take the piss as much as you want. I have clear open roads to hoon around on and lovely scenery to blast through. You can keep your jellied eels and watery beer. LOL
I have a theory that all the rain we've been suffering in the tropical south is what the northerners have brought with them to make them feel at home while they're working in London. Thank god the welsh don't travel so well, otherwise I'd need gills...
