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Milton Keynes Travel Guide: 27 reviews and 68 photos
Milton Keynes is a new town, approx. 30 years old, 50 miles north of London.
Road layout is Roman: a grid system of parallel roads running roughly east-west ('H' roads - horizontal), intersecting with parallel roads roughly north-south ('V' roads - vertical). Each intersection is a roundabout, making it the roundabout 'capital' of Europe, because there are so many. We genuinely wear one side of our car tyres more than the other!
Number 1: Cock & bull story
MK is the source of the expression 'cock & bull story'.
Stony Stratford (not to be confused with Shakespeare's Stratford) is one of the old villages incorporated within MK. It is on a main road from London northwards, the old roman road Watling Street, and was a watering place for the coach horses and passengers in those times. It has many pubs, along its high street. The main ones are The Cock and The Bull.
So, you tell your story in one pub, accompanied by drinks, then at another pub, etc. By the time you are done, it's become quite embellished. Hence, cock & bull story!
Number 2: Enigma
The film 'Enigma' features the wartime code-breaking at Bletchley Park, 5 minutes' drive from my house.
Number 3: The Open University
The 'OU' is a correspondence course-based degree-awarding university, using programmes broadcast late at night by the BBC. It is open to all ages, all backgrounds. The campus is also only 5 minutes from my house.
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- Pros:Modern, clean & good for live music.
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Medium-sized intimate venue. Friendly, helpful staff, ushers, etc. OK, I admit it, I'm one of its 200+ volunteer... more travel advice
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Age Concern, a charity for the elderly, takes second-hand furniture (eg from house clearances) and other items, plus... more travel advice
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When built in the 80s, this was the largest shopping centre in Europe. Special feature: no musak. That's enough about... more travel advice
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Comments (13)
I seem to have heard the name Milton Keynes before. It could perhaps be from you
Do the concrete cows still exist ? Or are they an existentialist enigma ?
nice info here, regards..
Nothing new! You are driving me crazy!
lol sounds like a shopping nightmare. good fun stuff!
didnt know that about the 'cock and bull' story!
nice page on your hometown. Happy Birthday!
Hi Steve.Anyone that loves live music is my friend for life.
Will there be any updates? I keep checking, but it's same old same old :P
Congratulations Steve!