How many of these have you managed?
10 very British things to do by the sea
- eat a ‘99 with a flake’ (soft ice-cream with a chocolate stick)
- watch a Punch & Judy show
- spend money in an amusement arcade on a pier
- eat slightly sandy fish and chips
- have your food stolen by a seagull
- buy ‘rock’ (a long minty sweet)
- sit in a beach hut
- hire a deckchair
- go on a mackerel fishing trip
- sit behind a windbreak on a beach in March, with a fixed smile, pretending to enjoy yourself
10 very British things to do in the countryside
- sip real ale in a thatched pub
- go to a music festival
- visit a country house
- go to a village fete
- visit a mining museum
- spend an afternoon watching cricketers on a village green
- play golf (or crazy golf!)
- ride on a miniature/historic railway
- enjoy whisky in front of a log fire
- endure a long walk, dressed head-to-toe in waterproof clothes, in pouring rain
10 very British things to do in the city
- eat a hot pie at a football match
- sail on a canal boat
- enjoy afternoon tea in a hotel
- ride on the top deck of a double decker bus
- go to a pantomime
- wave Union flags at the Last Night of the Proms musical event in the Royal Albert Hall
- have a picnic in a park (extra points if you are drinking Pimms!)
- queue
- get stuck at a station because the trains are not running thanks to the “wrong kind of snow”/ “leaves on the line”/ “rails too hot” (all genuine reasons)
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