Lots of people have asked "what's changed since you were here 6 years ago?". Not especially easy to answer but here goes (this list may evolve over the next week)
- by far, the standout is the number of people who have asked the question "did you sue?"
- a massive increase in road controls, including speed bumps; bollards in the middle of two way roads thereby, reducing them to single lane; traffic lights on roundabouts and mandatory lane control on multi lane roads, especially leading to roundabouts
- the deterioration in the standard of driving (the result of the previous point?)
- the obsession with energy saving light bulbs
- the number of 'wind power' windmills everywhere
- the increase in popularity of the UKIP (if you wonder if that's a good or a bad thing, read here)
- the number of TV channels and generally poor quality TV
- Coronation Street has moved on a bit!
- the number of well known household names being done for a variety of sex offences
- the price of beer in pubs has increased by 50%
- Ford and Vauxhall have been replaced by Volkswagen and Peugeot, especially VW...
- the availability of really good wines at reasonable prices has improved
- car park spaces are narrower
- the menu in pub restaurants has improved
- the increase in potholes and the general poor quality of the roads
- Chester Zoo got better.....
And finally, all our nieces and nephews grew up!!!
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