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    #392
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,019 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    LadyMayBelle wrote: »
    How are the suntans working out folks? :)

    I have to admit I have been finding it funny seeing all these people flock to the parks in bikinis (women) and shirts off (men). Being a Galway girl and living by the sea the only time you ever did this was when you went to the seaside.. Juts find it funny considering there's no beach in sight. Odd little things, Im sure it's the same everywhere there isnt a beach, but still.

    You're not the only one, I grew up by the sea and still find it kind of weird to see people sunbathing at the park. It just seems wrong somehow...
    LadyMayBelle wrote: »
    London's parks are goregous though, without a doubt. Victoria Park last Saturday was packed but beautiful. Where'd ya all go?

    Kilburn Grange for me over the weekend - great weather and there was a centenary festival on over the weekend with live music and food. A great day out was had by all :)


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    #393
    enda1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,166 ✭✭✭enda1


    Regent's Park yesterday to the David O'Doherty open air gig. Was fantastic as was the weather of course. What a great venue that is.


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    #394
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users Posts: 7,936 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    enda1 wrote: »
    Regent's Park yesterday to the David O'Doherty open air gig. Was fantastic as was the weather of course. What a great venue that is.

    saw him in hever castle on thursday. probably the most spectacular comedy gig i was ever at. did he play the grand designs song yesterday??


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    #395
    enda1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,166 ✭✭✭enda1


    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    saw him in hever castle on thursday. probably the most spectacular comedy gig i was ever at. did he play the grand designs song yesterday??

    Yeah that was the highlight of the show! Fantastic piece.


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    #396
    Reekwind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭Reekwind


    LadyMayBelle wrote: »
    How are the suntans working out folks? :)
    Slightly singed

    But yes, the parks are the best thing about London. I was down in Burgess Park, chilling with the Ecuadorians


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    #397
    Scarinae
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 11,362 ✭✭✭✭Scarinae


    Last week I was sitting on a patch of grass during my lunch break, enjoying the sun, and the two girls sitting behind me took their tops off. Now maybe I'm just a massive prude but there's no way I'd sit in my bra in the middle of the City, sunshine or no sunshine!


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    #398
    rainbow kirby
    Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 26,928 Mod ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    Still pale and freckled, just slightly more freckles! Headed out to Southend with the OH at the weekend and had a lovely day out there.

    Have been swimming in the lido on Hampstead Heath a bit too, but have started work now so not as easy to fit it in!


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    #399
    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users Posts: 5,095 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    I really want to lido swim but reckon the one near me (London Fields) is jammers all the time!


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    #400
    frag420
    Registered Users Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    Where in London fields can one float in unless you mean the Canal??


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    #401
    enda1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,166 ✭✭✭enda1


    frag420 wrote: »
    Where in London fields can one float in unless you mean the Canal??

    The (heated) Lido


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    #402
    biZrb
    Registered Users Posts: 617 ✭✭✭biZrb


    LadyMayBelle wrote: »
    How are the suntans working out folks? :)
    ?

    I wouldn't so far as to call it a suntan, but with the colour I am now, I'd be less inclined to get a 'you're looking very pale' comment from my mammy!

    London Fields Lido is jammers all the time, my friends who live near there only ever go first thing in the morning, any other time and its just too busy.


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    #403
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users Posts: 7,936 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    i'm driving to dublin thursday and back saturday. anyone want some genuine monster munch??!!


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    #404
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,019 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    i'm driving to dublin thursday and back saturday. anyone want some genuine monster munch??!!

    I think you can get them here, but they sold the rights to the name so Mighty Munch is what you want to look for.


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    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    I cycle past the Strata tower in El and Castle errrr day - does anyone know why the turbines never move? Are they just a ridiculous gimmick?


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    #406
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users Posts: 7,936 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    Fysh wrote: »
    I think you can get them here, but they sold the rights to the name so Mighty Munch is what you want to look for.

    yeah but walkers dicked around with the flavours when they bought the name. the original stuff made by tayto is miles better.

    must stop gazing out the window nostalgically!!


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    #407
    Marcusm
    Registered Users Posts: 10,220 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    I cycle past the Strata tower in El and Castle errrr day - does anyone know why the turbines never move? Are they just a ridiculous gimmick?

    Check out the SE1 discussion forum for a long discussion on this from when it was opened. Undoubtedly a feature to promote acceptance of the planning scheme and some green washing. I've worked and/or lived in SE1 since 1996 and I still can't comprehend how they managed to sell Stata as a premium development. A poor location even within E&C, weird footplates for many of the flats, no outside space (communal or private) and features like the turbines which have the prospect of being costly (rather than generating power, they may simply have to be maintained).

    http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/page=1

    http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/168930/page=1


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    #408
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,019 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    yeah but walkers dicked around with the flavours when they bought the name. the original stuff made by tayto is miles better.

    must stop gazing out the window nostalgically!!

    I've seen the actual Mighty Munch stuff in at least a couple of shops here, but it may be the same as proper Tayto ie bloody hard to find :(


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    #409
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    Marcusm wrote: »
    Check out the SE1 discussion forum for a long discussion on this from when it was opened. Undoubtedly a feature to promote acceptance of the planning scheme and some green washing. I've worked and/or lived in SE1 since 1996 and I still can't comprehend how they managed to sell Stata as a premium development. A poor location even within E&C, weird footplates for many of the flats, no outside space (communal or private) and features like the turbines which have the prospect of being costly (rather than generating power, they may simply have to be maintained).

    http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/page=1

    http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/168930/page=1

    Thanks! What is it they're building next to it? What will they do with that horrible old estate opposite it? I'm just up the road in Camberwell now :)


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    #410
    Reekwind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭Reekwind


    Marcusm wrote: »
    I still can't comprehend how they managed to sell Stata as a premium development
    It's a fancy tower 15min by train from the city


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    #411
    biZrb
    Registered Users Posts: 617 ✭✭✭biZrb


    Marcusm wrote: »
    weird footplates for many of the flats

    Thats a residential building? I always thought it was an office block!


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