"Stevie D" wrote in message
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Ian D Henden wrote:

Three of us set off in convoy.

One went clockwise round M25, one went anticlockwise, I went straight on
across London.

Er ... how can you drive in convoy if you are going different routes?
RTBP!!!!

**SET OFF** in convoy.

(and, as said but not in as many words, split up when got to M25)


(Can't remember which coach got to Stanstead first)

Well that's spoilt the story g

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My thoughts exactly, and I have similar thoughts about people who buy
houses under the Heathrow flightpath and then complain they get planes
flying overhead.

Completely agree.
Anyone who complains is protesting too much. The area surrounding
Heathrow Airport contains some of the most expensive and desirable
places to live in London, if not the South-East of England.
I lived in Twickenham for a couple of years, and just got used to the
noise after a couple of months. And anyway, living so close to
Richmond Park, the River Thames and Heathrow Airport; as well as being
able to see Concorde on its way to and from the airport more than made
up for the odd noise disturbance.

Mrs C

In message , Mrs C
writes
Anyone who complains is protesting too much. The area surrounding
Heathrow Airport contains some of the most expensive and desirable
places to live in London, if not the South-East of England.

Absolutely. When the royals built Windsor Castle it was their own fault
they didn't take the airport into account.
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Roland Perry

In article , Mrs C wrote:

I lived in Twickenham for a couple of years, and just got used to the
noise after a couple of months. And anyway, living so close to
Richmond Park, the River Thames and Heathrow Airport; as well as being
able to see Concorde on its way to and from the airport more than made
up for the odd noise disturbance.

That's where I live now. Completely agree with your sentiment...
I'm actually suffering LESS aeroplane noise now than where I previously
lived, in Ealing, though, because that house was *right* under one of
the departure paths... ouch.
I mostly find myself living here because I work in the
somewhat-less-charming Feltham.

Niklas
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"Niklas Karlsson" wrote in message
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In article , Mrs C wrote:

I lived in Twickenham for a couple of years, and just got used to the
noise after a couple of months. And anyway, living so close to
Richmond Park, the River Thames and Heathrow Airport; as well as being
able to see Concorde on its way to and from the airport more than made
up for the odd noise disturbance.

That's where I live now. Completely agree with your sentiment...
I'm actually suffering LESS aeroplane noise now than where I previously
lived, in Ealing, though, because that house was *right* under one of
the departure paths... ouch.

I spend quite a bit of time in Twickewnham too. Couple of nice pubs (Barmy
Arms and The Swan) down by the river.

I mostly find myself living here because I work in the
somewhat-less-charming Feltham.

You have my sympathy, sir. Mind you, only slightly worse than where I am,
just up the line in Staines.

In article ,
says...

Completely agree.
Anyone who complains is protesting too much. The area surrounding
Heathrow Airport contains some of the most expensive and desirable
places to live in London, if not the South-East of England.

Tis true. You need to be a certified lunatic to pay through the nose to
live in the most overcrowded part of the country. To then claim that
paying £400,000 for the privelidge of living under a flight path should
qualify you for the loony bin.


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Absolutely. When the royals built Windsor Castle it was their own fault
they didn't take the airport into account.

As the American tourists say, it's so convenient they built Windsor Castle
next to the airport.

Or of Clifford's Tower in York (C13), 'do you think these are original'
referring to the safety steps and handrails leading upwards!

Richard

"Richard" wrote in message
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Absolutely. When the royals built Windsor Castle it was their own fault
they didn't take the airport into account.

As the American tourists say, it's so convenient they built Windsor Castle
next to the airport.

Or of Clifford's Tower in York (C13), 'do you think these are original'
referring to the safety steps and handrails leading upwards!

Or the tourist asking the guide why a Tudor mansion was built so close to
the freeway.

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:15:45 +0000 (UTC), in uk.transport "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

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|"Richard" wrote in message
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| Absolutely. When the royals built Windsor Castle it was their own fault
| they didn't take the airport into account.
|
| As the American tourists say, it's so convenient they built Windsor Castle
| next to the airport.
|
| Or of Clifford's Tower in York (C13), 'do you think these are original'
| referring to the safety steps and handrails leading upwards!
|
|Or the tourist asking the guide why a Tudor mansion was built so close to
|the freeway.
|

It was so Henry VIII could make a quick getaway from his 8
Mothers-in-law in his Porsche. I thought everybody knew that.

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