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Quick quiz- how far are you from these?

362 replies

speakout · 17/12/2017 16:07

  1. Beach
  2. Airport
  3. Mountains
  4. Starbucks
  5. Harvey Nicks
OP posts:
PickAChew · 17/12/2017 23:37

. Beach was 5 miles until 2 weeks ago, now 10

  1. Airport 20 miles
  2. Mountains fair distance though decent hills are ten a penny, here.
  3. Starbucks 1.2 miles
  4. Harvey Nicks over 100 miles. Not checked whether Leeds or Edinburgh is closest. Jumped up wank of a shop, anyhow.
Saracen · 18/12/2017 01:33
  1. Beach: 1.5 hours drive
  2. Airport: 40 miles. There's a wonderfully convenient coach, which takes all the hassle out
  3. Mountains: dunno. A long way.
  4. Starbucks: There's probably one up three-quarters of a mile up the road, but I can never remember which coffee shop is which so maybe it is a Costa or Cafe Nero.
  5. Harvey Nicks: In another universe. I don't actually know what it is! Blush Posh shop, I think?
LustyBusty · 18/12/2017 03:07

Beach - 20 mins walk
Airport - nearest 20 mins drive, international, 1.5 - 3 hours drive depending on traffic
Mountains - about 3 hours drive I think, but big hills about 1.5 hours
Starbucks - genuinely no idea. According to Google maybe a half hour drive
Harvey nicks - again according to Google closest is maybe a 14 hour flight...!!

LackOfAdhesiveDucks · 18/12/2017 03:14
  1. Beach - if we are talking ocean many hours, if we’re taking lake about 3 minutes
  2. Airport - 2 hours
  3. Mountains - many hours
  4. Starbucks - 15 minutes
  5. Harvey Nicks - I don’t know what this is (I’m not in the UK, if that makes any difference)
RebeccaBunch · 18/12/2017 03:25
  1. Beach 1 hour on train
  2. Airport. 40 min on tube. 30 min in car
  3. Mountains. Not sure. Are there mountains in UK?
  4. Starbucks - 5 min. I prefer Pret - 1 min.
  5. Harvey Nicks 15 min on bus.
lazydog · 18/12/2017 03:26

Beach - Around 7hrs drive.

Airport - With international flights, about 5hrs drive.

Mountains - I'm right there Smile I live where 3 mountain ranges converge.

Starbucks - 3hrs.

Harvey Nicks - I'm around 6500km from Edinburgh. No idea if there's one any closer.

MyOtherProfile · 18/12/2017 03:36

Beach 1hr20
Airport 10min
Mountains years!
Starbucks no idea. Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole
Harvey Nicks no idea never noticed one anywhere. Is it a thing outside of AbFab?

blackdoggotmytongue · 18/12/2017 03:37
  1. Beach - About 4 hours (drive, plane, drive, walk)
  2. Airport - 1 hr 20 min drive
  3. Mountains - 0 minutes (live on one)
  4. Starbucks - 10 minutes drive
  5. Harvey Nicks - about 12 hours (drive, plane, some form of public transport)
Skowvegas · 18/12/2017 03:45

5 miles
15 miles
46 miles to the nearest ski resort
5 miles
3000 miles ish

sanityisamyth · 18/12/2017 03:54

According to Google by car:

Beach - 43 minutes
Airport - 29 minutes (although not huge)
Mountains - 52 minutes (Dunkery beacon counts apparently Confused)
Starbucks - 15 minutes
Harvey Nicks - 1 hour 3 minutes

Longdistance · 18/12/2017 03:57

Beach - 2 hour drive away
Airport - considering I just heard an aircraft overshoot the runway just now, 5 minutes.
Mountains - 4 hours away.
Starfucks - Probably at airport I just mentioned.
Harvey Nicks - 40 minutes by train 🤷🏼‍♀️

orangebobble · 18/12/2017 07:04

Beach - 2 minute drive
Airport - 30 minute drive
Mountains - 30 minute drive
Starbucks - 10 minute drive
Harvey Nicks - about 13 hours by plane (I’m in NZ. The nearest one to me is in Hong Kong).

HoneyIshrunkthebiscuit · 18/12/2017 07:07

1 hour
Ten minutes
45 minutes
Ten minutes
25 minutes

stopfuckingshoutingatme · 18/12/2017 07:08
  1. Beach. Miles away at least 1.5 hours
  2. Airport. Nearest is 20 mins in good traffic
  3. Mountains . Nowhere near
  4. Starbucks . 20 mins away
  5. Harvey Nick . Tube journey
Grin
Lweji · 18/12/2017 07:13

By car:

  1. Beach - 5 min or over 1 hour
  2. Airport - 30 min
  3. Mountains - two hours
  4. Starbucks - 30 min
  5. Harvey Nicks - 1 to 2 days
Kuriusoranj · 18/12/2017 07:15
  1. Beach. 5 mins walk - I can see it from the bedroom window in my flat.
  2. Airport. 20 mins drive.
  3. Mountains. An international flight away - probably the closest are 2 hours flight.
  4. Starbucks. 15 minute walk.
  5. Harvey Nicks. Are there any outside the UK? Assuming not, then a 14 hour flight to London and then however long it takes to get from Heathrow by plane.

I'm most intrigued by the pp who said 10 mins from anything. What is this utopia you've found?

Kuriusoranj · 18/12/2017 07:16

Not from Heathrow by plane, obviously. That would be stupid. Flight then from Heathrow by road.

sandgrown · 18/12/2017 07:20

Beach 5 min walk
Airport 5 mins
Mountains 25 min flight/ 1.5 hour drive
Starbucks 10 mins drive
Harvey Nicks 1 hour drive

RoganJosh · 18/12/2017 07:21

Driving time

  1. Beach - 5 min
  2. Airport - 15 min
  3. Mountains - two hours
  4. Starbucks - 10 min
  5. Harvey Nicks - 10 min (but I’d probably get the bus which would take longer)
TeaAndAMarmiteSandwhich · 18/12/2017 07:24

Hmm why?

NorthCoast · 18/12/2017 07:31
  1. Beach - direct access from my fields.
  2. Airport - nearest useful one, 110 miles. (Small local one only serving two destinations, 45 miles)
  3. Mountains - about a mile.
  4. Starbucks - 110 miles.
  5. Harvey Nicks - 250 miles to the one in Edinburgh.
rizlett · 18/12/2017 07:38

Beach - 5km
Airport - 10km
Mountains - 20km
Starbucks - 5km
Harvey Nicks - 2000km

Flokidoki · 18/12/2017 07:45
  1. Beach - 2 minutes
  2. Airport - 1 hour 40 minutes
  3. Mountains - six hours
  4. Starbucks - 45 minutes
  5. Harvey Nicks - three hours

(That’s all in driving time)

stickytoffeevodka · 18/12/2017 07:49

@PricillaQueenOfTheDesert - not Wales, West coast of Cumbria!

Emlou07 · 18/12/2017 07:53
  1. Beach - 30 mins
  2. Airport - 40
  3. Mountains - 6+ hours
  4. Starbucks - 30 mins
  5. Harvey Nicks - 1 hour
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