Off to that there London

[Bjornebye]

7 minutes ago, Nelly-Torres said:

Off down there tomorrow for a couple of days. First ever time. Apart from Wembley and Heathrow, but they're not proper London. 

 

I'm going to stay around the posher areas like Kensington and that. A nice little meander through Kensington Gardens and then some culture in the V&A, then the British Museum and a go on a Thames boat. 

 

Staying in one of those Hub hotels. Small rooms, but look boss. 

 

Is Uber reliable/worth using in that, there London? 

Taxi drivers are a rip off all over London regardless. Get the Tube for crying out loud man ! 

[Bruce Spanner]

9 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

If your staying in London the only transport worth using is the underground. Its far faster. Just get a oyster card

 

Dont need oyster anymore if you have a contactless card.

 

Pricing is exactly the same as well.

[Bjornebye]

Bruce Spanner earlier

 

 

 

[stringvest]

12 minutes ago, Nelly-Torres said:

Off down there tomorrow for a couple of days. First ever time. Apart from Wembley and Heathrow, but they're not proper London. 

 

I'm going to stay around the posher areas like Kensington and that. A nice little meander through Kensington Gardens and then some culture in the V&A, then the British Museum and a go on a Thames boat. 

 

Staying in one of those Hub hotels. Small rooms, but look boss. 

 

Is Uber reliable/worth using in that, there London? 

I use Uber more or less every day, and it works a treat, though if you're in central London use the tube.  Apart from the museums, there isn't a great deal to see around that area.  I would suggest you get one of the hop on-hop off buses to do sightseeing though.  

 

Do have a mooch around the markets, pre-book to go up to the roof garden in the Walkie Talkie buildings - it's free, but you do have to book.  Fantastic views from up there of the whole of London, and it's in the heart of the city near the Bank of England.  While you're there have a look around Leadenhall Market, and perhaps climb to the top of the Monument, which marks the starting place of the Great Fire of London.  Yes, yes I was there of course.  If the weather's nice, walk along the south bank from the London Eye to Tower Bridge. And make sure you walk across Waterloo Bridge at night - one of the best ground level views in the world imho. 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, Tony Moanero said:

My line up would be

 

Rocky

First Blood

Cobra

Cop Land

Nighthawks

Lock Up

Over The Top

Rocky IV

Copland.

First Blood.

Rocky.

All the rest are shite.

[Bjornebye]

54 minutes ago, stringvest said:

I use Uber more or less every day, and it works a treat, though if you're in central London use the tube.  Apart from the museums, there isn't a great deal to see around that area.  I would suggest you get one of the hop on-hop off buses to do sightseeing though.  

 

Do have a mooch around the markets, pre-book to go up to the roof garden in the Walkie Talkie buildings - it's free, but you do have to book.  Fantastic views from up there of the whole of London, and it's in the heart of the city near the Bank of England.  While you're there have a look around Leadenhall Market, and perhaps climb to the top of the Monument, which marks the starting place of the Great Fire of London.  Yes, yes I was there of course.  If the weather's nice, walk along the south bank from the London Eye to Tower Bridge. And make sure you walk across Waterloo Bridge at night - one of the best ground level views in the world imho. 

 

I concur fully with the last 4 sentences. 

[Bjornebye]

19 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Copland.

First Blood.

Rocky.

All the rest are shite.

Fuck off 

[Tony Moanero]

6 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Copland.

First Blood.

Rocky.

All the rest are shite.

They’d be pretty unenjoyable if on first viewing you were an adult. However, they have a certain nostalgic value if your first experience of them was as a kid.

[deiseach]

Jeez Stig, stringy claimed to be present at the Great Fire and you made no reference to 'Popish frenzy'? You're losing your touch.

[VladimirIlyich]

43 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

They’d be pretty unenjoyable if on first viewing you were an adult. However, they have a certain nostalgic value if your first experience of them was as a kid.

Fair point. I never got past Rocky 2 myself and First Blood had almost no resemblance to the awful Rambo films which followed. Which was its strength,of course.

[Mook]

On what planet is Nighthawks 'shite'?

 

It's got a Keith Emerson soundtrack for crying out loud.

[Bjornebye]

26 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Fair point. I never got past Rocky 2 myself and First Blood had almost no resemblance to the awful Rambo films which followed. Which was its strength,of course.

Are you saying you haven't seen 3 and 4?! 

[VladimirIlyich]

9 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Are you saying you haven't seen 3 and 4?! 

Nope,and never will. I've seen enough scenes to know how bad 3 is.

[Bjornebye]

6 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Nope,and never will. I've seen enough scenes to know how bad 3 is.

[Lee909]

11 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Nope,and never will. I've seen enough scenes to know how bad 3 is.

 

[Lee909]

Rocky 4 is worth the entrence fee to the cinema for the soundtrack alone. 

[VladimirIlyich]

6 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Rocky 4 is worth the entrence fee to the cinema for the soundtrack alone. 

Which is?

[Pureblood]

Only First Blood, for me.  

[Lee909]

45 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Which is?

Watch it and find out

[Lee909]

 

[Tony Moanero]

 

[Pidge]

8 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

London is a great place to be if you have plenty of money, but pretty shit if you don’t, in my opinion.

Architecture

Galleries

Museums

Parks

Wandering around the river and waterways

Street Food

Pubs that don't give a shit if you nurse a single pint while watching the football.  Mainly because you'll have had to pawn your watch to buy it, but still...

 

Most of it within walking distance of the city centre.  Getting there's overpriced and I imagine having to rely on hotels is a costly pain in the arse, but once you're there there's no excuse for having a shit time.

[VladimirIlyich]

3 hours ago, Lee909 said:

Watch it and find out

Nope,i have better things to do than watch crap films,but I will google or youtube the music.

Burning Heart and Eye of the Tiger are good but not keen on the other stuff.

[Pureblood]

11 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Burning Heart and Eye of the Tiger are good but not keen on the other stuff.

The Tony the Tiger remix was better.

 

 

[Pidge]

12 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Nope,i have better things to do than watch crap films,but I will google or youtube the music.

Burning Heart and Eye of the Tiger are good but not keen on the other stuff.

Not keen on No Easy Way Out?  Are you fucking deaf?