blimey! didn't expect compliments!
...to the great envy of London visitors!
as always when it comes to escaping to the wilderness from a place* like Croydon, it feels like a big expedition, no matter how easy it in fact is. no possibility of taking things for granted!
I've had such experiences there though - from cobbling together exorbitant countrified bus fares (made up mostly of 5p's in the end - the driver looked less than pleased!) to going for an accidental mud bath because of hurrying to avoid being left up there in the dark.... *sigh*
*to use one of the more suitable possibilities of word