please empty your brain below
You did, so we don't have to. Thank you for the sacrifice, I read every word.

Waterhouse | 02.01.17 - 7:07 a.m. | #

You've got to admire a misspelled hand-written sign! For years I drove daily past a huge sign that, in foot-high spray painted letters, proudly advertised "Pupy's for sale"

Frank F | 02.01.17 - 7:08 a.m. | #

I might be biased (being a Sussex resident), but I suspect you got a lot more enjoyment out of the visit to the Lavender Line for your New Year's Day outing last year.

Marc | 02.01.17 - 8:39 a.m. | #

Thanks for the travelogue today,DG. Good to know there is a place called Newyear,but I think it's safe to say that it won't be making an appearance on my 'to visit' list. 😳

Jo W | 02.01.17 - 8:53 a.m. | #

It sounds as though HS2 could be a distinct improvement to this miserable place. Bring it on !

Petras409 | 02.01.17 - 8:57 a.m. | #

Ah, Newyear's Green. The first thing I thought was "flytipping" and your post did not disappoint. As Petras said above, perhaps HS2 works will improve it. I walked through some years ago and felt a sense of unease that I perhaps have only felt elsewhere when walking past Dale Farm near Basildon back in the days of traveller sieges. Funny nether-world kind of place.

THC | 02.01.17 - 9:12 a.m. | #

Sounds like a place that would be ok, apart from people's thoughtless behaviour

oap.ski | 02.01.17 - 9:12 a.m. | #

Always good to see an 'Archers' reference.
But was West Ruislip a tick?

Victor Vectis | 02.01.17 - 9:26 a.m. | #

Should that be Breakspear Arms rather than Brakespear Arms?

dg writes: Yup, thanks.

Running Coreespondent | 02.01.17 - 9:35 a.m. | #

So it's a bit like Dagenham - but with more countryside.

Still anon | 02.01.17 - 9:42 a.m. | #

I noticed your comment in the comments a couple of days ago that West Ruislip had been added to stations visited, and we have not had too long to find out why. Another classic post and best wishes for happy travelling in 2017.

Dave | 02.01.17 - 10:07 a.m. | #

Is Hillingdon the only (London) council to have (optional) ID cards for residents?

Grumpy Anon | 02.01.17 - 10:23 a.m. | #

I'm fairly local and had never heard of Newyears Green.
Now I know why!
What a shame! There was so much potential in your opening lines too!

Cornish Cockney | 02.01.17 - 11:49 a.m. | #

Sorry for such a dreary start to your 2017 rambles. Given the political landscape on your side of the Pond and mine, it feels a little too prophetic.

Mary | 02.01.17 - 12:28 p.m. | #

Being a former local cyclist, I rode this way a fair bit. Always thought Christmas Common to New Year's Green a nice downhill run.
You might wish to meander from Cold Christmas to High Easter this spring.

PS, you've missed the second 'c' from Chicken...

Helen D Vecht | 02.01.17 - 2:20 p.m. | #

@Helen D Vecht

It wasn't DG who missed the "c" out - he is quoting the handwritten sign - see photo!

timbo | 02.01.17 - 4:11 p.m. | #

I live near but hadn't been to that particular spot. The surrounding area is really nice - Harefield is and has a couple nice pubs nearby

J | 02.01.17 - 6:18 p.m. | #

I wasn't far from there today. Walked from Uxbridge to Rickmansworth on the GUC. Lovely day for a walk, but rather a muddy towpath from all the rain yesterday. Bayhurst Wood is lovely if memory serves me.

daveid76 | 02.01.17 - 9:11 p.m. | #

The road has recently been resurfaced, before that it was a pot holed disaster of a road. Not the most attractive part of Hillingdon to be sure but most of Ruislip and Harefield is much nicer. It's a 'interesting' drive with the numerous passing places along the narrow road.

Roger | 02.01.17 - 10:15 p.m. | #

Happy New Year DG - your walks can only get better through 2017. Thanks for all your great blogs over past years.

Herbof | 03.01.17 - 12:08 a.m. | #

Been there. Didn't stop. Looked like traveller country. Was scared shitless of getting waylaid there by a telegraph pole across the road and two blokes with shotguns and dogs lurking near one of those farm roads.

Uncle Audrey | 03.01.17 - 1:55 a.m. | #

I think "village" is vastly overstating this settlement's size. (In school I was taught that the difference between a village and a hamlet was that a village has a church.) It only looks so prominent on Google because there's no other placenames nearby to crowd it off the map.

Tangentially, I'm now wondering when and why Harefield Road became Harvil Road.

Greg | 03.01.17 - 2:05 a.m. | #

Insofar as anywhere in Hillingdon can be described as a 'village'..

Adrian | 03.01.17 - 10:43 a.m. | #

You can get the U9 from Uxbridge to drop you off there. The people that work at the recycling centre and the dogs home all use that service to get to and from the area.

dg writes: See last paragraph. Good to know it's well used.

Richard Meehan | 06.01.17 - 3:37 p.m. | #

In a similar vein, did you know there is a hamlet called Cold Christmas in Hertfordshire?

https://goo.gl/maps/iDbeyoa99ks

I'm afraid it's not in London, but it's not too far away.

Ian | 07.01.17 - 4:09 p.m. | #











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