Its a couple of degree's above freezing out there...

[Cobra]

Nope - saying is north of the watford gap - the watford gap is near the tiny village of watford northants (and more pertinently Watford Gap services on the M1)

Its been a London saying as long as I remember,
nothing to do with Watford Nothants, or the gap in the hills
that gave the services their name

Is that near the Amazon?

Its not far from the Amazon warehouse if thats what you mean

 

[Nod]

Noooooo.....the stuff from vans from isn't real ice cream!

There are quite a few vans down this way that have real ice cream. A few of them even make their own. Been seeing the same van and operator in one car park for about 20 years (OK, the van's been changed but it's still the same guy who runs it!)

 

[big soft moose]

Its been a London saying as long as I remember,
nothing to do with Watford Nothants, or the gap in the hills
that gave the services their name

ahem

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...55/M1-sign-celebrates-north-south-divide.html

 

[Cobra]

ahem

I really couldn't be arsed to google,
all I know is that the Londoners I know,
always say (and mean) Watford (herts)
But you know what, I don't really care,
but its nice to know that you do

 

[dinners]

There's a Dairy farm just down the road from us which you should try if you're ever in the Perthshire area.......

http://www.stewart-tower.co.uk/ice-cream.html

Not cheap with 4 kids and a wife but very nice ice cream

 

[big soft moose]

all I know is that the Londoners I know,
always say (and mean) Watford (herts)

Thats because the londoners you know are mistaken about where the saying comes from - when i was younger I'd always assumed that the watford gap in the saying "north of the watford gap" was the large town in herts too, it was only when i started driving oop north a lot and realised where the services were that I realised i'd been mistaken

 

[Cobra]

Thats because the londoners you know are mistaken a

Absolutely they must be, Google never lies
But for many the world ends at Watford. (Herts)

TBH I don't even know why you are wasting so much time on this,
I made a throw away comment about living North of Watford,
I could have just as easily said Bushy or St. Albans.
Both are South of me

But ( and without being arsed to Google "Maps" )
I guess I live fairly much at a mid way point between Both Watford's,
I guess that leaves me pretty much in no man' s land

 

[dejongj]

But but but North of Watford must be correct as it then includes famous northern towns like MK and Northampton. I mean look at the name NORTHampton

 

[Nod]

As a Southerner, I've only ever hear the expression as "North of Watford" rather than "Watford Gap". I usually try to avoid going North of the M4 corridor TBH! The Midlands starts at Bristol.

 

[Cobra]

The Midlands starts at Bristol.

I'm surprised it that high up TBH

 

[viv1969]

Bit different for me.
As a transplant to Kent I'm always referred to here (Kent, not TP) as a northerner.
But I'm from Derbyshire, which the last time I looked was the Midlands So I'm a Midlander.
North to me is anything above Marple or Sheffield.

 

[dejongj]

Well that is one confusion resolved it all makes sense now :evil:

 

[dinners]

I wonder where the most Northerly 'North' direction sign is ?

I have to head South to visit the North.

 

[viv1969]

I wonder where the most Northerly 'North' direction sign is ?

I have to head South to visit the North.

There's a few "norths" down here near the south coast

 

[Cg_Girl]

Just a few miles from Watford gap here in the Midlands but never refer to myself as a midlander.. Grew up Cambridgeshire and born in gosport

 

[Lynton]

Well i have passport at the ready and £ to bribe border controls as I will be venturing near MK today and going past Watford Gap on my way to Stratford-uber-avon

 

[Cobra]

Well i have passport at the ready and £ to bribe border controls as I will be venturing near MK today and going past Watford Gap on my way to Stratford-uber-avon

So you were responsible for brining the torrential rain this far over then!!

 

[Lynton]

So you were responsible for brining the torrential rain this far over then!!

Guilty as charged. Expect shyte weather tomorrow pm as well, as the focus hogs the bmw/audi lane of the M1 on warp factor 2 back to turnip land.

 

[Cobra]

Guilty as charged. Expect shyte weather tomorrow pm as well, as the focus hogs the bmw/audi lane of the M1 on warp factor 2 back to turnip land.

We had the snow earlier, today, rain forecast for tomorrow, what a surprise

 

[Raptor Mike]

Ice cream is too good not to eat all year around. And its because of this that I'm on a diet (which I really hate, but I hat being fat too low)

 

[Raptor Mike]

I used to work for alldays in my teens. At one point we used to sell 500ml tubs of whippy