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Which is your favourite county?

I've just spent the past couple of days down in Devon staying with a friend who farms on the edge of Dartmoor National Park. It's a few years since I had been there and I forgotten how beautiful it is - a bit of a contrast to where I work on the outskirts of London. Sutton is not the most glamourous part of the world!

It's got me thinking about which is my favourite county in the UK. Devon has got to be a contender - but then again so is Somerset...and Northumberland...and Pembrokeshire. I can be a little more decisive when it comes to my least favourite county. That's either Surrey (I live there but there are too many people, too many houses and too much money sloshing around) or Bedfordshire (dull - does anyone know anything interesting abour Beds?)  

 

 

Posted: Mar 04 2008, 12:14 PM by Isabel Davies | with 6 comment(s)

Comments

matty s said:

I'm behind Northumberland all the way!!

# March 4, 2008 3:53 PM

Isabel Davies said:

You are biased, MAtty!

# March 4, 2008 6:30 PM

paddington bear said:

Shropshire is a good place to live as not many people (certainly in the south east) know where it is! I agree with your views on Surrey, though Isabel. used to work ther for years and couldn't wait to get away from it on an evening to the relative calm of Hampshire (nice but pricey).

# March 4, 2008 8:58 PM

valtra:-) said:

i wreckon nottinghamshire is a decent county

# March 5, 2008 3:01 PM

adam tinworth said:

I'm fond of Suffolk, as it's where my Mum lives, and I have loads of friends, there.

However, my wife introduced me to the North Devon coast a few years ago, and it's a very special area.

# March 5, 2008 3:45 PM

Isabel Davies said:

Not that familar with Shropshire so I will have to reserve judgement. I was reared in Leicestershire so Notts is more familiar and I do quite like the old mining heritage.

# March 5, 2008 4:37 PM