Originally Posted by Lee (Post 963028)

My girlfriend Kelly is a freelance writer and recently wrote a short piece on Accrington and the UK. She loved her time living in Acrington and I thought I would share her thoughts on why we should love where we are from.

Travel Resource | Why The United Kingdom is Not a S#!thole
(warning: there is a couple of mild swearwords in the article)

Lee :)

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 963038)

Well looks like yeh landed a gem yon,Lee.;)

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 963054)

I notice she didn't list her time working behind the counter in the Stanley merchandise shop as one of her enjoyable experiences! ;)

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 963063)

I think it is a case of familiarity breeding contempt.....the fact that we do not value our own surroundings.
It is a very good piece.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 963063)

I think it is a case of familiarity breeding contempt.....the fact that we do not value our own surroundings.
It is a very good piece.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 963119)

The only thing I didn't agree with was the negativity.

People asking her why she was here, because the place was rubbish.

We do moan about it, but we love it to.

Mind you, we do the same thing, when talking about our nearest and dearest.

It's tradition.

:D

Originally Posted by ToffeeGuy (Post 963365)

Nice article. But I have to disagree about the affordability of train travel. We have the highest fares in Europe and they have just got higher.

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 963369)

The comparison was against trains in Canada though, not the rest of Europe :).

Originally Posted by Lee (Post 963466)

Thank you everyone for your comments. Kelly was contacted by Radio Lancashire and had a brief interview on the breakfast show this morning. I have been teasing her because she mainly used to the opportunity to talk about pies, I think she was hungry.

You can listen here (skip to 1hr 55min)
BBC iPlayer - Graham Liver: 19/01/2012

Also having just completed a cross Canada trip by land (Victoria, BC - St John's Newfoundland) over 3 months, I can tell you, the trains are not cheap nor convinient. Its more to do with the geography of the huge country. Our 38 hour train journey from Winnipeg to Toronto was the same distance from Accrington to Warsaw, you just cant hop around Canada that easily. :)

Originally Posted by Lee (Post 963466)

Thank you everyone for your comments. Kelly was contacted by Radio Lancashire and had a brief interview on the breakfast show this morning. I have been teasing her because she mainly used to the opportunity to talk about pies, I think she was hungry.

You can listen here (skip to 1hr 55min)
BBC iPlayer - Graham Liver: 19/01/2012

Also having just completed a cross Canada trip by land (Victoria, BC - St John's Newfoundland) over 3 months, I can tell you, the trains are not cheap nor convinient. Its more to do with the geography of the huge country. Our 38 hour train journey from Winnipeg to Toronto was the same distance from Accrington to Warsaw, you just cant hop around Canada that easily. :)

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 963531)

Have just listened, I think you are right about the pies, its probably withdrawal symptoms.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 963533)

I still have them.:mad: I wonder why meat pies have never caught on over here.:confused: The only province I'm aware of that has them in abundance is Quebec. Their tourtiere ain't all that bad ...

French Canadian Tourtiere Recipe - Allrecipes.com

but the ones I ate as a kid, hot and juicy on a cold damp nite at Peel Park :alright:

Originally Posted by Lee (Post 963799)

Tourtiere is nice, Them French Canadians have more in common with us northerners than you may think. Take Poutine, where else could chips, cheese and gravy be a delicacy?

Originally Posted by ossy kid (Post 964170)

Had to look what poutine is, blimey it,s just chips and gravy with some cheese on. Why not call it chips and gravy with cheese on? Funny lot these frogs and they can,t even talk right.!!!

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 964026)

Where else? In Kingston, ON. There's nothing like poutine when you are walking home with a load on:D Stagger out of Rhea's, hit Bubbas, grab a mess of poutine, and head home. It's not quite as good as walking (or wobbling) home to Clayton from Accy munching on fish and six:) ... but it comes pretty goddamn close:alright:And it does come from Quebec: Vive le Quebec, vive la belle province:theband: Oh, and the Montreal Candiens too.;)

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 965088)

Fish and six, Eric? Now that is going back a bit - but I can remember that you could get fourpennorth of chips too... nowadays it's more likely to cost about 1.50 for the chips and the portions are usually huge - don't know why though.