London Districts

[wg-]

Paddington is a bit dull but it's on the Heathrow Express isn't it

There's a really good Malaysian gaff in Lancaster Gate

 

[shakahislop]

most importantly from paddington you can be in oxfordshire in about 45 minutes, that's why it's the ideal spot

 

[shakahislop]

don't go to bath go to reading

 

[sus]

don't go to bath go to reading

What's in reading?

 

[Mr. Tea]

What's in reading?

Literally fuck all.

Don't listen to him, it's a psy-op. He's trying to keep Bath all to himself.

 

[Murphy]

What's in reading?

Reading - motorway services

Reading services on the M4 between J11 and J12. Location of Moto services at Reading, Reading services history, Reading services reviews and more about motorway service stations, on Motorway Services Online.

motorwayservices.uk

 

[yyaldrin]

are you doing eurotrip gus? or only visiting londy?

 

[shakahislop]

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are you doing eurotrip gus? or only visiting londy?

he's going to reading, bracknell, wokingham, didcot, wantage. all the places the UNESCO panoptican hasn't caught up with

 

[Murphy]

don’t go swimming in any rivers, the coast maybe, so as to avoid bumping into Russell Brand‘s 5th baptism

 

[Mr. Tea]

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he's going to reading, bracknell, wokingham, didcot, wantage. all the places the UNESCO panoptican hasn't caught up with

'Wantage' sounds like a word for sexual desire that Thomas Mallory might have used.

 

[shakahislop]

What's in reading?

basically nothing. i do think it's good to pop into cities etc which are outside of tourist lands

 

[Mr. Tea]

basically nothing. i do think it's good to pop into cities etc which are outside of tourist lands

What if there's a good reason no-one ever goes there though.

 

[Mr. Tea]

The main impression I have of Reading is of a large housing estate adjacent to the railway line passing through the town, close to the station, which is notable for having an especially egregious case of what Owen 'Craner's bête noire' Hatherley calls 'Blair hats', namely those truly hideous, outsized overhanging roofs you see on so many buildings from around the turn of the millennium:

 

[sus]

basically nothing. i do think it's good to pop into cities etc which are outside of tourist lands

Is there somewhere maybe interesting you could suggest which is also outside tourist lands or

 

[sufi]

Is there somewhere maybe interesting you could suggest which is also outside tourist lands or

Reading Prison - Reading Prison telephone number, book visit, address

Reading Prison is now closed. Prior to its closure in 2013, it held both young adults and young offenders

prisonguide.co.uk

a true poetic locale

 

[shakahislop]

Is there somewhere maybe interesting you could suggest which is also outside tourist lands or

sheffield maybe coz it's both pleasant and interesting (at least i find it interesting). if pleasant isn't a requirement, the train from london to bath stops in reading, didcot and swindon. for a solid tour of grim britannia you could stop off at all of them.

 

[luka]

never leave london is the golden ru;e when living in or visiting the uk

 

[Mr. Tea]

never leave london is the golden ru;e when living in or visiting the uk

Even though it's now basically quite rubbish.

 

[luka]

not compared to reading or sheffield its not

 

[martin]

Don't go to Reading, go to Luton. Historic town, birthplace of the EDL, and just 20 minutes by bus to Dunstable.