Blimey!
I’ve been living as a permanent resident in the UK long enough to apply for citizenship. All I have to do is cough up a sizable wad of cash and sit the new citizenship test.
The Home Office tells you to study their book called ‘Life in the United Kingdom’ but I've decided to take a different tack. I’m not going to study for the test by reading a book. I'm going to spend 3-4 months experiencing life in the UK first hand.
That's where you come in. As discerning connoisseurs of the travel genre you are an untapped font of really useful knowledge. I want you to Have Your Say on the things I should see and do in my travels.
And who knows? You may even have a couch I can kip on when I'm passing through.
NEXT STOP: ESSEX AND EAST ANGLIA
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The dry run of the Blimey concept in Nottingham was a huge, huge success. What a brilliant four days I had there. Now it's time to start the trip proper. And what better place to start than in two of the most maligned regions in the country - Essex and East Anglia?
Hot tips, tour guides and somewhere to rest my head required urgently.
You can leave your suggestions here.
Or email me directly here.
Have Your Say
Blimey! is going to be a truly interactive experience: A book moulded and created by reader's suggestions left on a unique Have Your Say forum.
Where are the places I need to go and what are the things I need to do to fully understand what makes the UK tick? This is your chance to tell me.
I’m looking to those of you who live here to give me some insider tips. And those of you who have only visited the UK I want the places and things that struck you as quintessentially British when you visited here.
Make your suggestions here.
(While I'd prefer people to leave their suggestions on the Forum, hopefully to start a bit of debate and prompt ideas, I can understand that some of you would prefer to contact me privately. Simply email me here.)
Favourite Photos
One of the most iconic images for those of us not born in the UK is the old red phone box.
On my first visit to the country in 1986 one of the first things I did was jump inside one to make a call back home to tell my family I finally made it to England.
I was surprised to find the interior plastered with the calling cards of friendly, half-naked girls.
I took this photo in Holborn just the other day. It seems the girls in England are still feeling friendly.
As I make my journey around the UK I'll be posting more pictures from the trip here.
Travel Photos
