Aviemore: we are made to feel as welcome as a Christian in Saudi Arabia

Living in Aviemore, Scotland

My bonnie wee lassie and I have stayed in Aviemore on several occasions when visiting the Highlands. Considering the local countryside is among the most pristine in Europe, it is strange that Aviemore was not designed to be even slightly sympathetic to its surroundings. As human beings we have been blessed, by whatever created us, […]

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Ilfracombe – The Dump in North Devon

Living in Ilfracombe, Devon

Ilfracombe, population about 12,000 (OS grid reference SS516474) is a dump in North Devon, England. It is one part ****, one part decent, and one part alcoholic holidaymakers in Wetherspoons during the holidays. If you want a southwest England holiday and to see genuine Devonians in this town once second only to Brighton in its […]

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Looe and the whole of frigging Cornwall is a ****** hole

Moving to Cornwall

Maybe it’s me remembering a peaceful place for family holidays when I was a kid in the ’70s, maybe it’s because my ancestry goes back to the late 17th century in and around St Ives (no, chavsters, I’m not posh, it’s just that someone has researched it and put it on the net), maybe it’s that […]

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Cromer, supposedly known as ‘Gem of the North Norfolk coast’ – why?

Roughest areas in Cromer, Norfolk

Cromer, supposedly known as ‘Gem of the North Norfolk coast’ – why? Oh, yet another town in amongst the peaceful wilderness of North Norfolk has been taken over by ‘*****’! These malicious-looking creatures, lurk close by to the arcades wallowing in the joyful sounds of the music they bring, to attract more and more of the […]

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