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Was probably about 30 when I realised the bbc F1 soundtrack was not written specially for the programme

This is unfortunately not an unpopular opinion in England. The Anglo Saxon craves a bit of gloom and damp.

I'm very much team west Sicily but I'm biased and the south east is also great. Noto for sure is a must, as is Siracusa. Catania is a fun city and a little more laid back and now more authentic than Palermo. In Palermo I'd stay just outside the historic centre, maybe just north west of piazza politeama, but again I'm biased because I lived, worked and drank around there and had many good house parties on via Siracusa. Despite being overrun by tourists I still love Cefalu and the cathedral there is one of the world's greatest in my opinion.

East coast is a bit more southern Italian, Greek influence, some nice towns especially Syracusa. Etna is cool of course. West coast much wilder, quite north African. San Vito is an amazing beach, Favignana and Levanzo are beautiful islands to explore with amazing waters. Palermo is amazing obviously but saturated now. Still one of the World's great cities for history and culture though.

"A pub for every day of the year and a church for every Sunday". Area around Walsingham is great - very high Norfolk, quite Anglo-Catholic obviously, with an elegiac quality. L’Angleterre profonde.

Bloody hell rough two days

Very futuristic one by Brixen station in South Tyrol. Loads of buttons, pulleys, sliding door etc. I don't speak much German and my Italian, while good, doesn't extend to toilet instructions. I reached behind me to flush away my business but must have pulled the wrong thing and the emergency alarm went off, the door slammed open, and I was exposed to a load of Tyrolean commuters and tourists looking on at me in disgust. Important to point out this was the morning of Brexit which felt somewhat appropriate.

Very unfair and mean to pile on this but it has to be done, oh my

Really thought this guy was going to be very good.

If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain. Know which great philosopher said that? Russell Martin.

Literally

I think one of the reasons he's so disliked by fans of his former clubs, apart from the shit football and results, is that we've all known and worked with people like him. Vain midwits who spout cliched Linkedin bollocks.

smelly?

Like to think I'm Wensleydale but probably more Lancashire.

The bit of Norfolk in from sheringham, between there and Reepham, is great. High Norfolk - lots of stately homes, medieval churches, meandering lanes and the ghosts of famous noble families. Salle being a particular favourite.

Should've got it from the names but could still be UK and saw 'M9' which made me think it was here. Still, bit of a weird coincidence.

Haven't really been following the news but am I right that there have been 2 separate crashes in the UK both involving five teenagers driving the wrong way, one of whom was Polish? Bit weird.

I mean I wouldn't even trade the great escape. Still get goosebumps watching the Vardy goal at the Hawthorns. Wouldn't trade the FA Cup win. It's history. And certainly wouldn't trade the title win which now feels like the last glorious hurrah of a sport that even in the last ten years has been totally and irreversibly stripped of any authenticity, unpredictability and romance.

Bertrand played well in the Charity Shield iirc. Went a bit down hill after that

Can't remember if they had 'windows' back then or the old transfer deadline day but summer 2000 takes some beating. Rowett, Davidson, Benjamin, Akinbiyi, Cresswell, then later that season Jones, Lewis and Marshall. Not long after we lost Heskey and around the time we lost Lennon.

My bad, it's 5 not 6. Don't want to drag King's name through the mud as bad as those games were.

People saying "it doesn't matter who comes in as manager, the problems are bigger" are essentially correct but we literally just needed one half decent manager at some point over the last 24 months instead of a series of 6 utter clowns and we'd undoubtedly be in a better position, albeit still basically in the shit.

I assume you mean 07/08 because 08/09 would polish these guys off 4-0, Dickov coming off the bench to add an injury time fourth.

I'd love to but I'm not in Leicester