One for TOG

Serendipity at its finest:

http://tvfm.org.uk/market/69/little+chalfont/

On the way home yesterday, on the normal Bandit12 pilot's mission -
looking for fuel - I came across a village I'd never visited before.
Unexpected crowds of people, very nicely appointed public conveniences
and no fucking petrol station.

However, Little Chalfont has a Farmer's Market. I was struck by the
appositosity of the phrase, especially with the upcoming Delhi trip and
the possibility of a need for some fresh, replacement grapes ... now
you know where to get 'em.

 

It does too: http://tinyurl.com/yawaaqu

Blimey what were you doing all the way out there? I went to school just
down the hill from there. The 'newsagent' opposite the petrol station
above is where we all used to buy 10 pays of fags. Or single fags and
two non-safety matches, if we hadn't been able to save enough bus fare.

 

Er, why do you think they're called Chalfonts in the first place?

http://tinyurl.com/ycwdcc5

If you're going to riff on Chalfonts and piles you're about a hundred
years late.

 

Yes, dear.

The point was the Farmer's (Farmer Giles = piles, see) Market in Little
Chalfont, which has to be close to creating a singularity of
haemhorrhoid humour - plus the presence of "classy" food stalls,
offering /grapes/ for sale.

I suppose you just had to be there, really.

 

Ah. I used that one, assumed it was Amersham, tbh.

Making my way home after Marina's funeral. Did a bunk off the
fuckawful M25 as I didn't want to a) have to find the reserve tap while
filtering, particularly; b) pre-twist the tap for reserve (obviating a)
and then have the thing just go phut at an inconvenient moment. You
know what it's like, on a 1200 Bandit, with 103 miles on the trip meter.

Coo, jumpers for goalposts.

 

On 2010-04-12 11:44:22 +0200, "Pip" <> said:

I suspect it's both. In fact, iirc Little Chalfont is usually followed
by 'Amersham', when writing the address in full, so wibble flip etc.

yes, I've had that issue once. Or twice. Or just about every time I
rode it in fact.