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Lol have the Scotish at least achieved independence on gransnet?

I can't say much being from England when I have wanted to move to Scotland or preferably Canada for quite some time now

As an English person in Normandy I miss.....
Waitrose and John Lewis. (I used to say shopping but on last visit many of the shops seemed sad and lacking in stock).
Charity shops where I can buy very expensive clothes for a few quid.
The range of foods and restaurants with so many different cuisines on offer.
English gardens and garden centres.
The chance of getting a decent cup of tea.
Can't really say spring and early summer, because Normandy is stunning then too.

Absolutely all of the above plus I love returning to England for the slightly damp breeze and fewer biting insects (which make a beeline for me).
You having opinions volver? Well I never. ?

Well according to my first non English husband, we the English were in his words "double faced" I rather think he meant two faced, that was apropos of me telling him how my friend a German colleague when asked by another work mate who had bought a new dress "do you like it?" she said "no it's horrible!" Yes she was being honest but maybe just a tad too forthright. So there you go Volver two faced, another glorious behavioural facet unique to English people.

Moving on, we like to appropriate other nations' culture, shockingly it seems we, The English, are now also putting our towels out on favoured sun loungers all around the Med, and leaving them there all day Well that's the English for you, as you so rightly pointed out on the other thread, we do hate to be ignored, accept possibly when struggling to get dressed and undressed under a towel on one of our glorious beaches, then I think you'll find in these situations the English would favour being ignored, insomuch it's probably not a good time to strike up a conversation about all that is good and unique about England or they may deem you're taking the piss! which of course you aren't and to quote the words of the late great Hughie Green "I mean that most sincerely"

Goodness, Yammy, you are graceless.

Specifically English (or English diaspora related) as opposed to British: change-ringing.

A fabulous coastline with pretty seaside towns all along it. Cream teas, Morris dancers, cricket on the green. Thatched villages. Friendly, welcoming people (mostly). Eccentrics.
My parents emigrated from Southern Ireland and had a tough time here at first. I'm glad they stayed. I love Ireland too.

Cities! Every city is unique.

England, through the eyes of a couple of foreigners...

We had some Norwegian and Swedish ex work colleagues staying with us not long ago.

We live in The Cotswolds - but we took them around various parts of the country.

They both said that England has the most beautiful countryside in the world (and they've travelled around the world a bit). In one of my colleague's own words, a quiet village street on a warm sunny afternoon, or a green country lane, is an experience she will never forget. The other colleague has decided she wants to retire in England - and travel all over the UK.

They both rated London as 'super cool'!

Village fetes with dog shows, flower and produce competitions. Cream teas, steam rallies, horse fairs. Eccentric traditions like welly throwing, cheese rolling, Morris dancing.
Our ports, from fishing, cruise liners and ferries to containers, I love a busy port.

Aww come on. She's trying!

Always being able to recognise a facetious comment or situation a sense of irony and the ridiculous.

Oh and the amazing spectacle of bodies moving about under a towel on a crowded beach trying not reveal a body part that may reveal gender, that's of course if that was ever assigned in the first place!

The way some set up a picnic complete with Primus stove fir a cuppa right next to a motorway when acres of glorious countryside is just over yonder fence.

The way we are prepared to queue all night and have gladiator fights to the death to secure a whopping bigger than everyone else 's humongous 120 inch tv and then gracefully walking out with it under one's arm, making sure that you thwack a few of your opponents with it on the way.

Are these unique enough for you Volver???

I’m not sure if I’m qualified to post in here, but as I live in England these are things that I love.

Summer hedgerows in quiet country lanes. Beautiful broadleaved trees in their green summer finery and their flaming autumn colours. Yorkshire pudding. Bakewell tart. Wensleydale cheese. The Yorkshire dales and Lakeland fells. The Pennines. Country fairs. County shows. Dartmoor ponies. Soft summer rain.

I think that in late spring / early summer the greenness and freshness of the English countryside make it the most beautiful place in the world, superior even to France.
That's the view of an Englishwoman of course.

I’d also say the changing weather patterns every day a different sky and temperature.

Nice try at appeasement Volver good for you.
All the sunsets are not soft and soothing try a bright orange spectacular Solway one which we do share with Scotland.

All the different accents, even within a very small area.

Our total obsession with the weather - it's almost considered an insult if it's not brought up at the beginning of a conversation! I don't think other countries follow this line...

Anyway, must go...isn't it a lovely day!

The changing seasons and migrating birds. I know other countries have seasons, too, but not necessarily like ours.

At the moment, pink bodies frying on the beach!