>> Then the cops offered us their interogation room for the night. What a heart-warming story! Britain, contrary to mistaken popular believe, is a very friendly country. I've had experiences like this in England. People go out of their way to be helpful. A local man once spent a full 5 minutes explaining to me how to catch a bus to go to a small village in Devon. His accent was so thick that I couldn't understand a word of what he said! I didn't have the heart to tell him this, of course ;-) -----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net]On Behalf Of Merijn Wijnen Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 9:07 AM To: paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] "Commado" Camping The law is not always against the commando camper. Once I and my girlfriend were cycling in brittain, and could not find any legal campsite. We were about 40 miles north of Londen, in a fairly populated area, so commando camping was out of the question. Meanwhile the wether detoriated, and it was getting dark, so we decided to ask for a (legal) campsite at a local police station. The cops didn't know any legal campsites nearby, and proposed to show us the local park to pitch up our tent. But t was a not so smal city so my girlfriend was concerned about gangs of the local youth, and also it was really pouring down, so I asked for another solution. Then the cops offered us there interogation room for the night. Only if they would pick up somebody we would have to move out. The result: a good night of sleep, and dry wether next morning. And it is quite interesting to watch their reaction when you tell people that you once had to spend a night at a police station! Greetings, Merijn ****************************** Merijn Wijnen Vinkenhofje 8 5613 CN Eindhoven The Netherlands Tel.: 040-2939991 (job: 040-2650539) Fax: same as tel., call before sending or try twice E-mail: Home: merijn_at_music.demon.nl Job: m.wijnen_at_ind.tno.nl Web-site: http://www.music.demon.nl *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 07 2000 - 10:20:57 PDT
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