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If relevant, please start your comment with a number from 1 to 31.
(questions will not be answered)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 31.05.25 - 12:00 a.m. | #
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30: 268 - although there is somne subjectivity in where a stop becomes a visit.
Timbo | 31.05.25 - 7:34 a.m. | #
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30. Mine is 310 as I have visited more parts of Scotland and Northern Island than you. Playing golf and having a tour to a different county in GB&I each year over the last 35 years helps build up the number of stays plus lots of family short break hols.
Brian | 31.05.25 - 7:45 a.m. | #
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30: 282. I was pleased to see that Sophie's map does actually include Shetland, and it's inits proper place.
Malcolm of Kent | 31.05.25 - 7:45 a.m. | #
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30: 314. Only Caithness, Orkney, Shetland and four counties of N Ireland yet to tick off
IslandDweller | 31.05.25 - 7:50 a.m. | #
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4) I'd read the press release as Tom being gently shoved out the door, but if he's retiring then it's well-earned. Get It On (Mon-Thurs evenings on Radio Scotland) doesn't venture as left-field as Now Playing but has a similar concept.
16) I have never ended up in Biggin Hill.
30) this is very nice, but I do find it hard to think in terms of historic counties of Scotland.
martin | 31.05.25 - 7:51 a.m. | #
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20. We rode the SL4 on Tuesday, and the seats were 80% full. (Although it was half term and the start of rush hour so full of teens, commuters, and families on days out)
Kathryn | 31.05.25 - 7:52 a.m. | #
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12 - trip hazard.
17 - perhaps you give off 'old and infirm' vibes - the visit to Dorset wouldn't have helped.
19 - I'm surprised/impressed by the bath tub.
23 - Whitton, funny how those parcel locker things have slowly spread, we now have three locally, plus the Post Office as a drop off/pick up point.
Still Anon | 31.05.25 - 7:58 a.m. | #
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6: Ah, C&A. I miss them, and do seek them out whenever I am over on the continent. I know I could buy online, but buying clothes online always feels risky to me.
23: Having once used Strawberry Hill station, I'm surprised that there is a place in London where I've been before you.
30: Not being a native Brit (grew up in Canada), I gave up after a while because I kept having to Google "what county is XXX town in?"
Greg | 31.05.25 - 8:08 a.m. | #
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30: 305 thanks mainly to work that regularly had me staying in remote locations to test drive new cars on open roads. Those were the days.
Waterhouse | 31.05.25 - 8:11 a.m. | #
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30. My map’s actually very similar to yours — I haven’t made it to NI either and I’ve missed your two northernmost ones as well. The main difference is that mine was mostly done over 40 years ago. Since then it’s just been a couple of trips to Blackpool and Crich, and many visits to Norfolk, London, and the South East.
That said, I do have a rather impressive map of Germany — all the states and most major cities ticked off.
Steve | Homepage | 31.05.25 - 8:15 a.m. | #
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30. My interpretation: stopped here = did something you could have done anywhere, e.g. toilet stop; visited here = deliberately did something local e.g. sightseeing
Malcolm of Kent | 31.05.25 - 9:11 a.m. | #
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30: 204, I think. Tend to go abroad for travel, even though I know I should see more of this country. Comes down to cost unfortunately
Herned | 31.05.25 - 9:21 a.m. | #
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27. Sorry.
Andrew | 31.05.25 - 9:35 a.m. | #
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2) 😱
30) Yes, but you knew that from BlueSky
Tim | 31.05.25 - 9:36 a.m. | #
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30. 248, noting subjectivity of stopped vs visited.
Robert Butlin | 31.05.25 - 9:56 a.m. | #
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2 - I think it's a temporary aboration. I've already read of a couple of councillors resigning as they never expected to win and didn't want to do the work.
6 - The orignal man from C&A?
30 - I had a quick go and got an embarrasingly low number.
Jon Jones | 31.05.25 - 10:12 a.m. | #
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30. 323, with only Fermanagh, the Orkneys and Shetland remaining white.(And I've been to Stroud now, the last time there was a similar theme, of visiting towns).
Man of Kent | 31.05.25 - 10:23 a.m. | #
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12. Station cat is definitely not Susie. I have stroked them both.
Debster | 31.05.25 - 10:45 a.m. | #
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7: Try "As part of pre-wedding arrangements we met my nephew's new in-laws for the first time "
John U.K. | 31.05.25 - 10:46 a.m. | #
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5. Shame nobody could give you lift for that half mile.
30. You are really missing out on Northern Ireland.
kev | 31.05.25 - 10:49 a.m. | #
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25 - I quite often run along the Lee Navigation on a Sunday morning so I am quite regularly entertained by the dazed and confused emerging from houseboats / Wick Woods / illicit premises into the morning sunshine
30 - 260, I think
CJS | 31.05.25 - 11:06 a.m. | #
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30. 259
MikeK | 31.05.25 - 11:37 a.m. | #
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23. “Eltham (unnecessarily big),’ Yes, but it replaced 2 stations and filled the space left by the cruel new subterranean A2 that caused lines of houses to be demolished. Bad design, though
BRUCE PERKINS | 31.05.25 - 11:45 a.m. | #
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30 - Mine is 320, which will increase by 18 during the course of the year if my plans come to fruition. Mostly courtesy of two-wheeled transport. The Scottish areas look to allign with "Lieutenancy" districts, though the city areas do no seem to appear.
cau1khead | 31.05.25 - 12:22 p.m. | #
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14. Ben Rich presents the BBC weather forecasts on a frequent basis and we both studied Geography in the same academic year. Its eerie watching him age very slowly...
Taffy | 31.05.25 - 12:22 p.m. | #
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10 So what's happening in August
Caroline | 31.05.25 - 12:43 p.m. | #
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30 - my number is 209, not bad considering I lived outside the UK before 1984 and from 2000 to date (but a great Anglophile and a frequent visitor).
Steve
Steve Conway | 31.05.25 - 1:27 p.m. | #
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30: 242, time spent living at opposite ends of the UK helped. Some of the boundaries (especially in Scotland) are somewhat eccentric, to say the least.
Dominic H | 31.05.25 - 1:32 p.m. | #
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20. I also took an afternoon ride (albeit on a Wednesday and not the same week) and was very surprised how busy it was. I’d been expecting no one and it was at least a third full. Including a mansplainer at the front giving a running commentary to the whole bus, whether we wanted it or not.
Nick | 31.05.25 - 1:44 p.m. | #
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18: I always find the quickest way to find an item I have lost is to purchase a replacement (15)
Wild Edric | 31.05.25 - 2:36 p.m. | #
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23. Tolworth, concretey, yes but was built in art deco style with lovely crittal windows to the platforms and waiting rooms, sadly all bricked up and rendered in the 1960's to save on maintenance.
mikeH | 31.05.25 - 2:45 p.m. | #
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10: Did you know that Herman Rarebell was the drummer in the Scorpions?
Marshwerg | 31.05.25 - 4:13 p.m. | #
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30. 329
Never been to Western Isles or Northern Ireland although I have viewed them from across the sea
George Booth | 31.05.25 - 4:41 p.m. | #
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30: Score 291. The only "nevers" are Fermanagh and Clackmannanshire, and I've lived in 10 (Dorset, Edinburgh, London, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire).
Ian | 31.05.25 - 5:09 p.m. | #
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10. Sounds absolutely brilliant! Adding confetti tunnels and giant Jenga to my bucket list!
16. Wow!
Annual Count, point 1: Double wow!
Cornish Cockney | 31.05.25 - 5:18 p.m. | #
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30) 217. Mostly because I haven't been to Northern Ireland, nor to the East of Scotland above Fife (apart from John o' Groats). Plus, although I have passed through a lot of counties (usually in a train!), I haven't stopped or stayed there. And I have only lived in 3 counties!
John Simmons | 31.05.25 - 9:01 p.m. | #
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Days that haven't attracted comment:
1 3 8 9 11 13 21 22 24 26 28 29 31
...which is the highest number of uncommented days since I started this series in 2018.
It's my own fault for including a temptingly popular question in the penultimate item, hence over half the comments were about number 30.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 31.05.25 - 11:59 p.m. | #
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23) Plumstead is right by where I live, recently took 10 months to build 2 lifts
30) 65
Rachel | 01.06.25 - 7:30 a.m. | #
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30: 334. A product of cycle touring and hiking around GB. Never been to NI (nor the Scilly Isles) though.
sheepdog | 01.06.25 - 10:05 a.m. | #
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30. 227. As with many people, northern Ireland and Scotland bar the lowlands and west Highlands really letting me down.
Huw | 01.06.25 - 1:01 p.m. | #
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30. 326. I counted spending a night as 'staying', and thanks to doing the 'milk round' for my former employer I've spent a night in a lot of university towns. My only white areas are many of the islands plus the SW half of NI.
Peter (of Cambridge) | 01.06.25 - 2:47 p.m. | #
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30: 250 (close estimate, rounding down where appropriate)
Penny | 01.06.25 - 11:17 p.m. | #
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23) Always amused that they took the time and effort to build platform extensions at Hackbridge, but it stubbornly remains the same "front 7 coaches only" that it was before the extensions. And then there's The Gap at the head of the southbound platform... Eek!
Chz | 02.06.25 - 9:58 a.m. | #
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30. Excellent little diversion. 261 for me. My job has taken me to a lot of England, often overnight. Football filled in a lot more. Family holidays across Wales help as did a 2015 touring holiday of Scotland. Finally a honeymoon in Northern Ireland ticked half that off.
Mark | 02.06.25 - 12:10 p.m. | #
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30 - my score is 358. No whites, mostly orange with a few yellows (some of which possibly ought to be orange but I couldn't remember for certain staying overnight there)
Mr Jif | 02.06.25 - 3:32 p.m. | #
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27) That indescribable fear that you may be the subject of this unblogged post......Nah....its someone else, I hope. Sincere apologies if it is me.
steven crosby | 02.06.25 - 4:55 p.m. | #
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26 - "500-or-so bank holidays I've experienced". Shocked and appalled that you don't give us the exact number!
OK, now I'm going to spend far more time than I want to on 30...
Wayne | 03.06.25 - 12:51 a.m. | #
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30: Late to the party (due to visiting yet more of the UK) but 331 - only lived in one, but lots of work and volunteering visits and camps (and hillwalking holidays in Scotland and holidaying all over the UK) means I've stayed overnight in a lot of places.
Steve | 03.06.25 - 8:37 a.m. | #
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30 - So my plans did come to fruition and I am up to 341, having cycled in all areas of mainland Britain, and several islands. Clackmannanshire is impressive, and has the strapline "More than you imagine", hard though it would be to prove that empirically...
cau1khead | 02.10.25 - 9:47 a.m. | #
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