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This is the horror that the Blackburn Morrisons inflicts on customers as they leave. (infosec.pub)

submitted 6 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

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The monkey rings that bell, but the times it rings it don't seem to be associated with the clock.

The building used do be a church, so maybe this is payback from Satan?

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[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I guess the equivalent to Blackburn in the south would be somewhere like Stevenage, or Staines, maybe.
Liverpool town centre was a UNESCO heritage site. The Angel of the North, Durham cathedral, etc etc etc. Don't pretend the south is prettier than the north. The weather's mildly better and there's more money to be made, I'll give you that. But it costs hugely more, and people are a lot less friendly in my experience (and all the polling I've seen on the matter)

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[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There are some lovely hills down south! The Chilterns and the Cotswolds are gorgeous. I used to live in Hertfordshire though, definitely a contender for the most uninspiring landscape in the country.

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[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I remember thinking that living in the Cotswolds might be a bit stifling. Can you easily get to the forest of Dean from where you are? I've spent a few days exploring that and I'm sure I remember that some of that is primeval. I thought it was absolutely glorious anyway and I'm going again this year. I guess the nearest proper mountains to you are the Brecon beacons? Nothing you can just pop to though for sure. I'm in Liverpool, so it's an hour or so for me to get to the Dee valley and Snowdonia, for which I am very lucky.

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[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

That's annoyingly slightly out of reach for such a cool place. Sounds like it's just far away enough to rule out for a relaxed day trip. These others all sound really nice actually, I've never heard of the Wychwood, I'm gonna research it.
Has Snowdonia changed its name? I went last year yet still missed that memo.

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago

Wychwood is lovely (and has a great brewery nearby in Witney) - well worth a look in if you're in the area.

Snowdonia and the Brecons have been re-Cymraegified FWIW; though I doubt the new names will become part of the national consciousness for a while...