ARmy Rumour SErvice

Originally Posted by TheIronDuke

Originally Posted by Pox_Dr

As someone who lives in Farnborough I'd be interested to hear your reasons why to avoid.

Ah, where to start?

well, where?

Originally Posted by Pox_Dr

Its 5 to 10 mins to M3

The M3. Fascinating. Get grid-locked much does it? Whats the junction with the M25 like? I bet its like Disney World, but better?

Yep, of course it gets grid locked from time to time but you adjust your journey time accordingly. Disney? Ah Disnae ken.

Originally Posted by Pox_Dr

on mainline to Waterloo

When was the last time you got a seat for your twenty quid?

Last time I travelled from Farnborough to W'loo (in August last year) it was 17 quid return.

Originally Posted by Pox_Dr

has the most successful NHS trust in the country on the doorstep

That'll be why its full of coffin-dodgers in poxy little Batmobile scooters?

Poor bast ards, most of em ex servicemen. Didnt they do well?

Originally Posted by Pox_Dr

ofsteded number one 6th form college in the country,

Gosh. Really?

Yeah really

Originally Posted by Pox_Dr

very white middle class with property prices doing very well

Your neighbour works in a supervisory position in HR for Price Waterhouse? How lovely
As opposed to your neighbour Prince Charles (the black drug dealer)

Originally Posted by Pox_Dr

Town currently being redeveloped with new shopping mall & cinema open this spring.

A new cinema and shopping mall you say? My, how the hours must fly by.

Well you hsave to entertain the poor c unts in the wheel chairs and batmobiles somehow.

Originally Posted by armr617

Another vote for Church Crookham/ Fleet.
They are about to turn the old bks at CC into something housing style, or there are some of the old qtrs for sale I think.

Think you are a tad late for the quarters. They're all gone! :(

As for the barracks redevelopement, you'll be waiting for a while there.

The local Nimby's have a very good group of professional objectors, who are doing exceedingly well at stopping/slowing down & generally throwing spanners into the faces of the developers plans at every opportunity.

Result.......... QE Barracks is still there & Nothing is going to happen fast!!!

There are no decent shops in Church Crookham, but there's good tabbing at Caesars Camp & Long Valley.

Fleet is overpriced & full of people who are so far up their own grinners, its laughable. The shopping center is probably the worst one in the area, bar Farnborough.

Someone mentioned Christmas Pie, again no shops, very rural, but 10x better than Fleet or Church Crookham.

I didn't know there was/is a barracks in Church Crookham. That puts me off straight away. Damn. I thought C'Crookham looked like a potential.

Swaying towards Overton/Whitchurch/Oakley area to be honest.

Church Crookham was Gurhka lland so shouldnt be as polluted as the shot!
Winchester gets my vote, little villages such as Bramdean halfway between Petersfield and Winchester are nice but no broadband or mobile signal. Maybe thats a good thing!
Lots of shooting ground down there. I work on a syndicate that bridges the M3 and the Itchen!

Have you looked at Tongham? I know its a little close to Aldershite and that still is the closest train station. The road links are not bad though. And it has a brewery in the village so the supply lines are safe.

Originally Posted by kimmi851

Have you looked at Tongham? I know its a little close to Aldershite and that still is the closest train station. The road links are not bad though. And it has a brewery in the village so the supply lines are safe.

Never even considered it ;)

Originally Posted by smudge67

Swaying towards Overton/Whitchurch/Oakley area to be honest.

If you settle on that area give me a shout as I know a cpl of guys that go shooting in the Dummer and Preston Candover area, Im sure they would allow another gun to tag along

I`m surprised no one has mentioned ` little Kathmandu' yet!!!