Quote: Ben @ 10th April 2016, 9:11 AM BSTBen drove round London for the first time yesterday. And it wasn't anywhere near as stressful as he thought it would be.
Granted, it's very different mid-morning at a weekend compared to, say, rush hour during the week, but it's still a league above my usual small town/city driving.
The absolute dearth of parking in central London is frustrating though. I was bursting for the toilet, but couldn't pull over anywhere to nip into a toilet.
And I drove straight past Borough market which I would have loved to quickly nip into, but had to keep driving instead.
The reason for my trip was that I was meeting someone in Elephant and Castle at West Square. It's a lovely little garden tucked away which contains several mulberry trees which are particularly curious beasts.
Someone wrote a blog about it a while back and put up some pictures here: https://londondiaryblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/west-square-bradshaws-hand-book-no-93-2/
It looks lovely Ben. When we started driving in London regularly we got fined for stopping across a junction which we had no choice about at the the time and for a parking offence which we disputed but lost. My OH has been driving for over 40 years and that's the first time.
It's a different kind of driving, it seems you have to be quite aggressive to get anywhere. I've only ever been a passenger and I find it quite frightening.
We found quite a few leafy lanes, tucked away parks, play areas and lots of roadside parking almost by accident.
Quote: Strumpet @ 10th April 2016, 4:42 AM BSTI like Vegas tacky capital of the world, my eldest son took his first steps there so remember it well. I remember when Excalibur and Luxor were first built.
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My son went for the first time in February. He said he could take it or leave it. He has no desire to go back.