The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

GDB2222

You two had better watch out. Michaels will be peering in through the windows. Anyway, it's almost October and in November it will be time to start wearing long trousers again.

zagubov

Our first house was extremely unprepossessing from the outside and when I finally got persuaded to go in to view it I was completely wowed by it. It was a railway cottage that had two receptions, two bedrooms and a massive bathroom/utility room upstairs.

It was extremely TARDIS-y which I think is a great attribute for a house. It had a shared driveway to a big garage and a small garden (in hindsight we never really set foot in either).

The location was ace! Looking out the front bedroom window we overlooked a landscaped park. We were close to the A3 which got me to work in Surrey in about half an hour. DW had 6 trains an hour to work in central London from a station 7 minutes walk away. The trains connected us to central London in 25 minutes until almost 1.30 in the morning. We had a well-stocked high street 2 minutes away and massive stores close nearby.

We split the back bedroom into a smaller bedroom and a nursery/office. With hindsight we could have made the nursery office a bathroom and get three good bedrooms. We already had DD and knew we wanted a bigger family. To be fair, we knew we'd need to move closer to good schools. Put the house on the market when we went away for New Year.

Came back after a few days and were amazed to be told we had an offer. We'd a vague plan to move elsewhere but were only trying our luck that it might be saleable.

And we sold it. They wanted to haggle but we couldn't be bothered, realised the house was a bit of a prize. They paid the full price and were delighted to get it. They still own it over a quarter-century later.

silvercar

After 30+ years of living in Hertfordshire we discovered that Rickmansworth aquadrome is within half an hour drive.

If NP know of any other nice parks to walk, please let me know.

Current list:
Aldenham lake
Stanborough Lake,
Cassiobury Park,
St Albans Park.

michaels

St Albans Park

Verulanium Park?

<proud parent moment>Highly recommend to see some quality youth football on Sunday mornings (DD2s team are 4 wins from 4 and top of the league)</proud parent moment>

vivatifosi

Morning all, how are you doing? I'm back from my month of digital detox. Didn't go entirely to plan, but did stay away from MSE until last night. Have been learning Spanish with the extra time.

Ashridge Estate is nice for walks, as is Chipperfield Common and woods. Gadebridge Park in Hemel is pleasant, though not huge, and can be doubled up with a visit to the hidden gem that is the Old Town, with its little independent shops, cafes and restaurants.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ashridge-estate
http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/leisure-culture/parks-play-and-open-spaces/gadebridge-park-hemel-hempstead/historic-gadebridge-park
http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/leisure-culture/shopping-and-town-centres/old-town-hemel-hempstead
https://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walk-1507-description


Stanborough Lakes is my favourite, but it gets too busy and expensive to park.

LydiaJ

vivatifosi wrote: »

Morning all, how are you doing? I'm back from my month of digital detox.

Welcome back! :hello:

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

After 30+ years of living in Hertfordshire we discovered that Rickmansworth aquadrome is within half an hour drive.

If NP know of any other nice parks to walk, please let me know.

Current list:
Aldenham lake
Stanborough Lake,
Cassiobury Park,
St Albans Park.

Moat Mount Open Space.

Actually, Moat Mount itself is not that great, but it's the start of the Dollis Valley Green Walk. If you follow that all the way down, you are very welcome to join us for tea at Chaos Manor. I made a banana cake yesterday.

Doozergirl

Here's a question. Is anyone any good at Latin?

I want to create a phrase that would represent 'be a builder, not a knocker' on a spoof coat of arms.

I appreciate that 'knocker' probably doesn't have a direct equivalent in Latin. Destroy perhaps?

Google translate isn't particularly helpful as I'm worried about grammar also. Perhaps it should be "we build, not destroy" to represent the family.

Aedificamus non perdimus?

Or something? Help!

Doozergirl

Still thinking. The reference to actual building work is appropriate so what about

Aedificamus non excindamus

Which I think is "we build, not demolish" and I quite like excind because we've taken it as an english word.

Well out of my depth here.

Google tells me it does mean to demolish or destroy but then says 'to cut' as well.

Doozergirl

I think back in the old days we had a few people that knew Latin

Just for the sake of it, I've done a bit more homework on conjugating verbs and trying to keep it nearer to the original phrase and have come up with

eritis aedificator, non eritis perditor

Which google translate helpfully brings back as "you will be a builder, you should not be a destroyer of"

But I've posted on a Latin forum this morning without embarassing myself with my own translation. Hopefully they'll come back with something for me as I'm a bit excited as I think friend will love it.