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cellardoor
04/24/09

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This is one amazing place. I went for a few days as part of a longer trip, and ended up staying for weeks. The hostels were filled with people of all ages -- I loved hanging out with British moms on vaca there together to "ramble" in the mountains and drink beer at night. People hiked no matter the weather. I got lost one day and met the groundskeeper for Wimbeldon, who hiked with me through moors and valleys - we ended up at a pub in the middle of (seemingly nowhere). Plaid wool blazers, pipes, dogs at the hearth, meat pie. All the stereotypes are true, and it's just goddamn lovely.
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happymisanthrope
04/24/09

@cellardoor: and thus, I have once again been inspired to go to the Peak District for vacation. What a view.

And where are the sheep?
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NinaHagen
04/24/09

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God - that is so Fellini....

"Gradisca..."
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iplaudius
04/23/09

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Someone once described picnics in northern Britain as the triumph of hope over experience.

On a related or unrelated note, and I hope this is not too insidery (though how could it be, as I am no insider), or too presumptuous, lately the author of this post seems increasingly British, possibly in spite of himself. Is it his deep knowledge and love of the theatre? His developing suspicion of emotional displays? The witty, self-deprecating allusions to a preference for clean-limbed youths? His endless linguistic inventiveness? Or maybe he has been British, all along, right under my nose, and I am not enough an insider to have known it.
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MrInBetween
04/23/09

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"Hurry up and finish your dessert. Our 600 head of sheep will be here any minute, and they're hungry."
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HiredGoons
04/23/09

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'The vegetables are grown locally... actually, right over there.'
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TedSez
04/23/09

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"More salt?! But Madam... *sigh*... Of course, Madam. I'll put on my hiking boots."
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cupcakes
04/23/09

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This photo gives me chills.
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Banjo-Sea Kitten
04/23/09

@cupcakes: I just want a sweater and chapstick.
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Mary Mouse
04/23/09

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Welcome to the First Annual Jack Vettriano Fetishists Convention!
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Banjo-Sea Kitten
04/23/09

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"The Hills Are Alive!... With The Sound of Chewing."
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Disco-Johnson
04/23/09

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That's some English chivalry there, what with the chef using the umbrella for himself.
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RollsRoyceRevenge
04/23/09

@Disco-Johnson: Umbrella? That's the main course--rack of million year old petrified pterodactyl.

Chipped weevils on peat to follow and a lovely bog pudding for afters.
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RollsRoyceRevenge
04/23/09

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"We'll have the roof with a side order of walls."
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92BuickLeSabre
04/23/09

@RollsRoyceRevenge: Simple, yet effective.
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