Re: Towns, cities and countries you get mixed up with each other

by Fangirl Three Wed Apr 27, 2022 2:48 pm

I've been having trouble with Preston and Lancaster, because they both have M6 junctions with a river running under them, and there's a member of Other Brand Forum who frequents both without ever letting slip which one he lives in.

by Butterfield Fri Jul 01, 2022 4:46 pm

Wimbledon and Wembley. I still sometimes think of the other when I hear... of the other.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:37 pm

Me too.

by Nightjar Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:42 pm

It'd be good if they made tennis players play at Wembley and proper, 90+ minute-long, 11-a-side football matches at Wimbledon. happy

by cosmictanya Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:53 pm

I don't mix them up. Apart from a handful of letters, they couldn't be more different as areas, let alone in what goes on the sports venues in each of them. It would be like being mixed up enough to think Millwall play at Lords.

by Nightjar Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:55 pm

Also, the distance between Wembley and Wimbledon is roughly the same as that between Sheffield and Dudley.

by cosmictanya Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:25 pm

I thought Sheffield and Didley were about 100 miles apart. I suppose if going between the two you might have to go through the territory of the latest groper to make the news, the wonderfully aptly named Mr Pincher, of Tamworth.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:46 pm

Google Maps tells me that Sheffield and Dudley are 75 miles apart and the distance can be walked in 25 hours.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:47 pm

It recommends three possible routes.

One goes through Chesterfield.

One goes through Cannock. llama

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:50 pm

Google Maps tells me Wembley and Wimbledon are 12 miles apart.

It may be walked in 4 hours.

It recommends three routes.

One of them goes through Shepherd's Bush.

by Nightjar Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:53 pm

Shepherd's Bush Green is considerably more sinister and scary than Cannock Chase. sad yes

by Butterfield Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:58 pm

I always think of the Wogan chat show when I hear of Shepherd's Bush.

by Nightjar Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:04 pm

The last time I was in that theatre I nearly trod on Björk. bowtie

by cosmictanya Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:29 pm

Butterfield wrote:I always think of the Wogan chat show when I hear of Shepherd's Bush.

I always think of my favourite dealer. He was a real 24/7 man, who only sold the finest quality produce.

by cosmictanya Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:31 pm

Cannock Chase is such a lovely name.

by cosmictanya Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:32 pm

Fangirl Three wrote:I've been having trouble with Preston and Lancaster, because they both have M6 junctions with a river running under them, and there's a member of Other Brand Forum who frequents both without ever letting slip which one he lives in.

Preston has a potentially fabulous bus station. I have actually been in it.

by Fangirl Three Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:00 am

Nightjar wrote:Shepherd's Bush Green is considerably more sinister and scary than Cannock Chase.

I ate a Morrisons sandwich there, sitting under a tree, in June 2014. It seemed a pleasant spot and not sinister at all.

by Nightjar Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:33 am

Gentrification. oh no

by cosmictanya Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:28 am

I wouldn't sit around there alone. Shepherds Bush, to me, has the unmistakable air of threat.

by Nightjar Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:52 pm

The Green at night is best circumnavigated.

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