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If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by JERRY User icon on August 26, 2026, 11:54 am

The oldest rocker in town!

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by the old one User icon on August 26, 2026, 3:44 pm, in reply to "If your coming to Londonstan."

had me worried then Jerry , I had to double check,

tommorrow I am turning into a grockle and visiting amonst other places Brixham

just realised Brixham is not brixton , in londonia

huge sigh of relief

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by Tonupdave User icon on August 26, 2026, 6:37 pm, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

Watch out the weather is going to be crap
Forcast rain been reasonable today overcast in the morning sun in afternoon temp 21c

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by the old one User icon on August 26, 2026, 7:00 pm, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

I think the weather might be crap all over the UK , not much we can do.

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by Lannis User icon on August 26, 2026, 9:06 pm, in reply to "If your coming to Londonstan."

My son is in Derby this week, on work at Rolls Royce, brought his wife with him, they're having a marvelous time, enjoying the food and the sights.

I spent a week in Two Dales, Tadcaster and Ullaskep once, on the bike. Now I'm jealous....

Lannis

No Matter how Kind you are, German Kids are Kinder.

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by geoff the bonnie User icon on August 26, 2026, 9:54 pm, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

Brixham is a pretty safe place to be unlike Torquay or Plymouth. Have a great day and look at the tiny Golden hind replica if its still in the harbour

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by the old one User icon on August 26, 2026, 10:11 pm, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

excursion to Buckfastleigh on the edge of the Dartmoor National Park and a scenic rail journey to Totnes and back. later a visit to Buckfast Abbey, home to a community of Benedictine Monks

then the next day brixham

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by geoff the bonnie User icon on August 26, 2026, 10:53 pm, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

The Buckfast steam train is good. Never been to Buckfast abbey but it is supposed to be impressive. Has a bee colony there that was run by Father Adam but i expect he is long gone now

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by nek User icon on August 27, 2026, 5:08 pm, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

Buckfast is great mixed with Red bull,or Meths.

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by JERRY User icon on August 26, 2026, 10:21 pm, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

I have worked in Brixham for Decca/Racal. We also had our training school there. Happy Daze.

The oldest rocker in town!

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by Lannis User icon on August 27, 2026, 3:18 am, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

My son is a 6'3" 16 stone Marine Corps infantryman (ret.). I don't think that anything in Torquay or Plymouth is going to worry him! He's had worse ....

I don't know how much recreational time he'll have on this visit, but he and his wife are enjoying the time they do have ....

Lannis

No Matter how Kind you are, German Kids are Kinder.

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by geoff the bonnie User icon on August 27, 2026, 7:47 am, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

Lannis, the major problems in Torquay and Plymouth are the drug taking on the pavements and needles scattered around. The stabbings usually take place at night when a few get mad at the clubs etc.
During the day, it is safe enough except for the pickpockets so keep valuables safe and dont walk around with i-phones in hand or rear pockets.
Normally safe out in the day walking around without valuables on display.
A young man in Exmouth thought he was safe last year until picked on by 4 marines and one of those Marines killed him and ran off. That one is in jail and the other 3 let off. That is in the last year here. You think you are safe until someone decides you are not.

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by Lannis User icon on August 27, 2026, 1:25 pm, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

My money's on Neil, don't care what kind of tough boys square off with him.

Like most of the rest of us, whether here or there, he won't have any need to go into the slums and ghettos ...

(Keep in mind that my definition of a slum or ghetto is any place that you have to worry about having your pocket picked, or be assaulted and your money stolen.)

Lannis

No Matter how Kind you are, German Kids are Kinder.

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by geoff the bonnie User icon on August 27, 2026, 5:02 pm, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

He and his family will be alright Lannis doing the normal things in the daytime. Pick pockets are in every Town and City now and a lot of Albanian gangs are doing most of it. They use scalpels and cut your pocket. I have had my pockets cut twice at two autojumbles and a bloke i was with had his jacket cut open. I now have a chest mounted wallet and strapped on to keep under a coat so they would need to be close to my face to cut it.
The Kempton jumble now uses a loud hailer to warn they are in the venue.
Plymouth, being a Navy town does have a lot of rough areas and loose women which attracts the inevitable nasty men. I can recommend Union Street for the dirty girls😱

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by the old one User icon on August 27, 2026, 5:29 pm, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

tides in , cant see any muggers , there was a prostitute , if I had gone for it , would it have been a TORQscrew
every holiday I try to get a foot shot in sea , this goes back to the footshot in hospital last year , any ways tidum is in

Re: If your coming to Londonstan.

Posted by geoff the bonnie User icon on August 27, 2026, 9:24 pm, in reply to "Re: If your coming to Londonstan."

Nek, while in Torquay, try the short swim to Thatchers rock. Its that great big island you should be able to see from the seafront.

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