Motoring Discussion > Very good driving conditions in Surrey and Sussex Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Armel Coussine Replies: 8
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New Thu 23 Dec 10 00:14 
 Very good driving conditions in Surrey and Sussex - Armel Coussine
Earlier tonight I mean. Coming from Islington to Sussex starting around six, and despite the ghastly task of finding my way to a shop in Leatherhead, a frightful place for finding anything. But the roads even in London were fairly clear without any delays, and on the road apart from the detour everything fine, dry and 2 or 3 degrees. The A29 was a joy with hardly a mimser and traffic light and nearly all decently brisk, and I mean decently, often a whisker over the way I like it.

Tomorrow though I have to go back to London in a hired Transit diesel and return in the evening in an unfamiliar car, a Honda CRV I think. Might be less fun then, who knows? Just as well I like driving because I'm getting a bit old for the blue-bottomed fly thing.
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New Thu 23 Dec 10 00:22 
 Very good driving conditions in Surrey and Sussex - rtj70
>> the ghastly task of finding my way to a shop in Leatherhead

I remember getting the train there in a Sherlock Holmes game on the ZX Spectrum in the 80s.... is this the wrong thread? Is Lestrade going to get me into trouble? ;-) A clue I never fathomed was from Coleridge and was the one about 'In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree'...

Well I thought we liked thread drift here.
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New Thu 23 Dec 10 00:28 
 Very good driving conditions in Surrey and Sussex - rtj70
The first time I ever missed a train was in this game. The train line to my hometown was not restored until the 90s.... Beeching to thank for that.
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New Thu 23 Dec 10 09:10 
 Very good driving conditions in Surrey and Sussex - Boxsterboy
>> Leatherhead, a frightful place for
>> finding anything. >>

It's deliberate. It keeps you Londoners out of our green and pleasant land.
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New Thu 23 Dec 10 09:24 
 Very good driving conditions in Surrey and Sussex - Zero
Leatherhead! Yes! strange place! The locals wont let you get anywhere near it in a car. Its strange really because they wont go anywhere near it either.
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New Thu 23 Dec 10 18:13 
 Very good driving conditions in Surrey and Sussex - Buddy
dreadful, cold, soul-less place indeed is Leatherhead - nearby Dorking much more welcoming, bags of character and atmosphere plus plenty of shops
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New Thu 23 Dec 10 18:22 
 Very good driving conditions in Surrey and Sussex - Zero
Thanks Buddy.

How is the Dorking chamber of commerce doing these days? ;)


Tis true tho, and they have better pubs and coffee shops, and they have the Denbies (www.denbies.co.uk/) Vineyard just outside the town.


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New Fri 24 Dec 10 07:08 
 Very good driving conditions in Surrey and Sussex - Roger.
...........but surely Dorking is full of dorks?
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New Fri 24 Dec 10 09:08 
 Very good driving conditions in Surrey and Sussex - Old Navy
That journey must be one of the great expeditions of all time, it must be almost 20 miles, and hardly in a remote area.
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