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[lady_t_220]

I am back from MILTON KEYNES! Satan's armpit in geographical form! Fuck me, it's a bloody weird place.

But, we went all the way there to ride on the deeply exciting Magical Menagerie Carousel. I have photos. It's a glorious, Steampunk assplosion of animal-related insanity. And quite, quite fantastic. We ended up going on it twice cause once was just not enough.

Photos later...

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[hermit.livejournal.com]

We visited Milton Keynes (mainly the indoor mall and the outdoor market) several times when I lived in England. It's also where I saw "Hellraiser" (the first movie). Ahh, memories.

[lady-t-220.livejournal.com]

Fucking HATE Milton Keynes, it's everything a British town should not be.
It's also weird and wrong having an entire town centre jammed in essentially one big shopping mall.

[amproof.livejournal.com]

Brian and I saw Robbie Williams there. I well remember the pitying looks when we told people where we were going and the flat response of "metal cows" when we asked what was out there. LOL

[lady-t-220.livejournal.com]

Concrete cows... yes, I have a picture of a couple of them.

Milton Keynes is one of those places that's universally hated for being everything that a British Town SHOULD NOT BE.
Grid-shaped, dull, and impossible to get around if you don't already know where everything is.
There's also something just inherently wrong about having the entire town centre jammed into one glorified shopping mall. There's no retail backstreets, no surprises and odd little alleys and cool stuff where you don't expect it. It has all the character and charm of a plate of wallpaper paste.

[amproof.livejournal.com]

After the concert, it took 3 hrs to reach the buses taking us to the train station. That was great. Brian complained the entire day, start to finish, while I tried to make the best of it. And wouldn't you know, years later Brian talks about the actual concert like it was the greatest event he's ever attended and all I remember is him bitching the entire day! I don't remember Robbie at all! LOL

[lady-t-220.livejournal.com]

Milton Keynes will do that to you. It's probably the only town in the UK where you really can't get anywhere in it without a car