Hi there,
born and bred in the midlands but I’ve headed south for warmer climes.
For those who don’t like London, a Dope could be anywhere, surely?
What about a BrumDope, or a ManDope or an OxDope?
Birmingham - probably better than you’d expect (what about that for a city slogan 
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Nah - “Birmingham - if you’re lucky you’ll leave with your hubcaps still on.”
and Infectious Lass I’m actually not far from you - i’m currently living in the 3H area (Hounslow/Hanworth/Hampton).
I’m a Brit living Stateside.
Thanks for the mention Cranky
amarone, where in Yorkshire are you from? I’m from Halifax originally.
I think we need an Expats support group here on the dope.
Selby.
Oooh, land of floods, overdue new bypasses, a wonky toll bridge and a non-motorway route to Hull from the civilised parts of Yorkshire.
Have I missed anything out ?
That about sums it up. The bypass is on the way (taking out part of Selby Golf Club). The toll bridge has not been a toll bridge for several years now. The council bought it out (I assume).
However, it would be a strange way to get to Hull from most parts of North Yorkshire.
I can come to a dopefest when I’m 18, and so it’ll be a long time before I come to Londonfest, which will be probably before I’m 19.
It’s been far too long since we’ve had a LonDope fest, but something further up country would be good too. I remember a thread about an Oxford fest a while back, but my lame search was fruitless.
Possibly because it was planned as a Cambridge-fest? I remember the thread about that … dunno what happened to that idea, though.
Cool! I know the area (not very surprisingly! 
) There’s a car boot sale in Hanworth on bank holidays that I love to go to (fascinating fact about me #92739793 no really!)…um and my Dad remembers when Heathrow was just an a little tiny airfield! (once it was all fields around there etc, etc,)
Another ex-pat, from Kent.
Lets have a midlands fest.
Not British, but London-based nonetheless.
I’d be up for a LonDope, but I’m probably too skint to travel much outside Zone 6 (although I made it all the way to Watford last weekend, for my sins).
I might as well add Im from Scotland
Nope; I don’t think you’d even get me there if the streets were paved with breasts.
Yet another ex-pat, originally from Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
Alternative locations? Edinburgh? Leamington? Brighton? Reading?
Born-and-bred Geordie checking in. Currently has no plans to leave the North East to visit the Land of the Rising House Prices.
Geordie lass here!
But have ex-pat status at the moment due to living in Norway for work.
I reckon we should have a Dope Up North. Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh spring to mind for venues.