Now you might be wondering, where exactly is this guy going, let me tell you. I will be going to High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Ahhh that place! My thoughts exactly... well here's the map location... (for those who didn't know)
If that doesn't tell you enough, here's a couple of wikipedia highlights on High Wycombe:
- There has been a market held in the High Street since Medieval times. (good to know, right?)
- Quite surprisingly for a town in "Leafy Buckinghamshire" Wycombe contains some considerably deprived areas. (uh oh)
- High Wycombe was the site of a minor English Civial War battle featuring John Hampden. (Yes!, the great John Hampen!)
- During WWII, from May 1942 to July 1945, the U.S. Army Air Force's 8th Air Force Bomber Command was based at a former girls' school at High Wycombe. (US Air Force makes base in girls school, go figure...)
- A traditional ceremony of the town since the medieval period is the weighing of the mayor, where at the beginning and end of the mayors serving year, they are weighed in full view of the public to see whether or not they have gained weight at the taxpayers' expense. (This should be put in EU law)
- The town made national and international media after anti-terrorism raids were carried out across the town on August 10, 2006, as part of the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot. Five arrests were made from three different houses in the Totteridge and Micklefield areas of the town. (I thought I'd end the highlights on a positive note...)
If you want to read the full story and more interesting things about High Wycombe, click here!
(This post was created under the influence of Deftones' 1995 album Adrenaline)
3 comments:
yooo harm, veel succes man! spreek je
Nice start of your blog. Know more now about High Wycombe then Amsterdam. By the way, maybe a good idea to have you also weighed before you go, just to have a compare figure when you return ??
We will be able to calculate the "how much did Harm work" ratio.
I agree with idaddy (aka jan)! We need to weigh you so that we know how much government subsidy went to beer and how much to studying, it really should be an EU law! With all the rice here I'm losing weight, does that mean I'll get more money? Funny shit mate, be sure to drive on the right (i mean left :P) side of the road when ur there. xie, je broertje
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