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I was riding home on the 326 yesterday and 2 yoofs (with London accents) were discussing where we were.
Boy #1: We're in north London, right?
Boy #2: Nah, nah, we're out already yeah? This is definitely west London.
now, aside from the fact that the street signs say N20 (Americans: London post codes are geographical, N means north), so it should have been pretty obvious, I give you this map of where we were:
http://tinyurl.com/2zhr6x
(redirects to Google Maps)
It may be slightly west of due north, but there is no question, it's north London. If you went a little further north, you could pedantically argue you were in Hertfordshire (Barnet is postally in Herts, and was governmentally until 1965), but there is no way you could argue that you were in West London.
I fear for the youth of the nation.
Side annoyance: on the way up to Whetstone the bus driver yelled at me for not getting on at the bus stop. Err... it's a HAIL AND RIDE!!! Yes, there's a map post a little way down the road, but it's not technically a bus stop. If TfL didn't want anyone getting on in my stretch of road they would put stops in at Lovers Walk and Court House Gardens and not mark the route Hail & Ride. The reason I didn't walk any further down wasn't laziness: it's that every time I do it I miss the bus!
Boy #1: We're in north London, right?
Boy #2: Nah, nah, we're out already yeah? This is definitely west London.
now, aside from the fact that the street signs say N20 (Americans: London post codes are geographical, N means north), so it should have been pretty obvious, I give you this map of where we were:
http://tinyurl.com/2zhr6x
(redirects to Google Maps)
It may be slightly west of due north, but there is no question, it's north London. If you went a little further north, you could pedantically argue you were in Hertfordshire (Barnet is postally in Herts, and was governmentally until 1965), but there is no way you could argue that you were in West London.
I fear for the youth of the nation.
Side annoyance: on the way up to Whetstone the bus driver yelled at me for not getting on at the bus stop. Err... it's a HAIL AND RIDE!!! Yes, there's a map post a little way down the road, but it's not technically a bus stop. If TfL didn't want anyone getting on in my stretch of road they would put stops in at Lovers Walk and Court House Gardens and not mark the route Hail & Ride. The reason I didn't walk any further down wasn't laziness: it's that every time I do it I miss the bus!