So I'm in London tomorrow

tgotb

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Didn't make it That chest thing completely laid me up. I got as far as the train station and when I realised I could barely walk for the pain I figured it was not a wise move. Don't know what I've got but when the Doctor pressed on my ribs yesterday it didn't hurt, now it's flaming agony.

Sounds like a bad case of enochlophobia to me...

Kieran_Burns

TGOTB wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Didn't make it That chest thing completely laid me up. I got as far as the train station and when I realised I could barely walk for the pain I figured it was not a wise move. Don't know what I've got but when the Doctor pressed on my ribs yesterday it didn't hurt, now it's flaming agony.

Sounds like a bad case of enochlophobia to me...

Well yes :P The times I've walked 'round London have always struck at how busy everything is. I prefer village life myself.

(panicked moment last night when I woke up and couldn't breathe, the near panic attack didn't help and I had to "talk myself down" to control my breathing. Not nice)

EKE_38BPM

One of my cousins has just moved from a tiny village in Yorkshire (so small that the local bus only comes on Tuesday) to Tottenham. She's been to London a few times before but the noise, crowds and general busyness of it is a bit of a shock to her, but not as much as the lack of stars visible at night. That is really freaking her out.

notsoblue

EKE_38BPM wrote:

But not as much as the lack of stars visible at night. That is really freaking her out.

Yeah, but we have roads, signposts and street names down south, so she doesn't have to rely on the stars for navigation.

tgotb

notsoblue wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

But not as much as the lack of stars visible at night. That is really freaking her out.

Yeah, but we have roads, signposts and street names down south, so she doesn't have to rely on the stars for navigation.

And roofs, which may be what's causing the problem...

Applespider

EKE_38BPM wrote:

One of my cousins has just moved from a tiny village in Yorkshire (so small that the local bus only comes on Tuesday) to Tottenham. She's been to London a few times before but the noise, crowds and general busyness of it is a bit of a shock to her, but not as much as the lack of stars visible at night. That is really freaking her out.

I spent a week in Lapland recently. The 'village' where we were staying had 45 people in its boundaries which stretched over several square miles. After 4 days of not seeing more than 5 people gathered together, it was a shock when we went to the local town to visit a museum and seeing groups of 50. Getting to Ivalo airport and meeting a coachload from the local ski resort was mind-boggling.

Fortunately the effect had worn off after a G&T on the plane so Heathrow felt normal again.

roger_merriman

Applespider wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

One of my cousins has just moved from a tiny village in Yorkshire (so small that the local bus only comes on Tuesday) to Tottenham. She's been to London a few times before but the noise, crowds and general busyness of it is a bit of a shock to her, but not as much as the lack of stars visible at night. That is really freaking her out.

I spent a week in Lapland recently. The 'village' where we were staying had 45 people in its boundaries which stretched over several square miles. After 4 days of not seeing more than 5 people gathered together, it was a shock when we went to the local town to visit a museum and seeing groups of 50. Getting to Ivalo airport and meeting a coachload from the local ski resort was mind-boggling.

Fortunately the effect had worn off after a G&T on the plane so Heathrow felt normal again.

When I've looked after my folks place and had kids to stay, they do get puzzled by the no street lights, or any buses/trains and no delivery food. And remarkably few channels on tv, their is literally a mountain in the way....