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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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:
Piggywaspushed · 17/12/2017 16:36

There's a Costa about very 200 yds though...

MrsT4 · 17/12/2017 16:36

OP- edinburgh?

Piggywaspushed · 17/12/2017 16:36

every ... not very...

Grilledaubergines · 17/12/2017 16:36
  1. Beach - 45 min drive
  2. Airport - 30 min drive
  3. Mountains - 5 hours(?) drive
  4. Starbucks - 10 min drive
  5. Harvey Nicks - 45 min drive
blueskyinmarch · 17/12/2017 16:38

Driving times

  1. Beach: 5 minutes
  2. Airport: 1 hour
  3. Mountains:1 hour in opposite drection to airport
  4. Starbucks: 5 minutes
  5. Harvey Nicks: 1hour 30 minutes

I thought i lived in the sticks but obviously not!

Argeles · 17/12/2017 16:39

1 - 1.5 hours
2 - 30 mins
3 - Haven’t got a clue - ages away
4 - 5 mins
5 - 20 mins

catslife · 17/12/2017 16:39

These are approx:
1.beach approx 15-20 miles (there are several) or 40 min drive

  1. airport approx 5 miles or 15-20min drive
  2. mountains approx 30-40 miles or 1 hour drive
  3. Starbucks 1.5 miles drive time depends on traffic or 35min walk
  4. Harvey Nicks (local branch) 1.5 miles as above
AdaColeman · 17/12/2017 16:39

Beach ~ 45 mins
Airport ~ An hour and a half
Mountains ~ About three hours
Starbucks ~ No idea
Harvey Nicks ~ A click away now Ocado stocks their food. Xmas Smile

InspirationUnavailable · 17/12/2017 16:39
  1. Beach - half an hour/45 minutes
  2. Airport - around an hour/an hour and a half
  3. Mountains - not sure what qualifies as a mountain! But we are surrounded by lovely rolling hills
  4. Starbucks - half an hour
  5. Harvey Nicks - an hour from the nearest train station

Love where I live - lovely countryside but (IMO) well connected.

bigbluebus · 17/12/2017 16:39
  1. Beach
  2. Airport
  3. Mountains
  4. Starbucks
  5. Harvey Nicks
  1. 45 mins
  2. 1 hour to 3 different international airports
  3. 50 mins
  4. 10 mins
  5. 1 hour to 2 different city stores
PeapodBurgundy · 17/12/2017 16:40
  1. Beach: 5 min walk, 35min train, 10 min walk,
  1. Airport: about 20 mins in a taxi (at a guess, I've never been to it, just know there isn't a bus, and the train only runs once a week),
  1. Mountains: 5 min walk, 40 minute bus, 45 minute bus, 25 min walk
  1. Starbucks: No clue where the nearest is
  1. Harvey Nicks: Ditto! (London?)
nakedscientist · 17/12/2017 16:40
  1. Beach 90 mins
  2. Airport 45 mins
  3. Mountains 5 hours
  4. Starbucks 10 mins
  5. Harvey Nicks 40 mins
aliceinwanderland · 17/12/2017 16:40
  1. 45 mins car
  2. 20 mins car
  3. 25 mins car
  4. 3 mins walking
  5. 60 mins car
allegretto · 17/12/2017 16:40
  1. Beach - 50 minutes
  2. Airport - 10 minutes
  3. Mountains - 1 hour
  4. Starbucks - would have to leave the country I think
  5. Harvey Nicks - ditto
WhiskeySourpuss · 17/12/2017 16:40
  1. Beach - 20mins
  1. Airport - 40mins
  1. Mountains - about an hour or so
  1. Starbucks - less than 5mins
  1. Harvey Nicks - 30mins on the train & a 15min walk
sparklebumfluffybutt · 17/12/2017 16:40
  1. Beach - 5 mins
  2. Airport - 1hr 20mins
  3. Mountains - 5 mins
  4. Starbucks - 1hr 20mins
  5. Harvey Nicks - 5 hours! (Didn't even know we had one in this country!)
YellowLily · 17/12/2017 16:40

Beach - about an hour
Airport - about an hour
Mountains - 2 hours
Starbucks - 10 minutes
Harvey Nicks - 40 minutes

All by car

UterusUterusGhali · 17/12/2017 16:42

1/2 hour to any of them except Harvey Nicks'. Probably 2 hours to that.

MelanieCheeks · 17/12/2017 16:42

Beach-30mins, but nicer ones about 45 or 60
Airport-20 mins, one at 30 mins and a mega one at 90
Decent mountains, 40
Starbucks 20 mins
Harvey nicks 2 hours

Ginmakesitallok · 17/12/2017 16:42
  1. Beach - 10 min walk
  2. Airport - 20 mins drive ( but an hour 15 from decent one)
  3. Mountains 30 mi drive
  4. Starbucks 15 minute drive
  5. Harvey Nicks hours and a half
suckonthatmaureen · 17/12/2017 16:42
  1. Beach - 10 min walk
  2. Airport - 2x airports both within an hourish
  3. Mountains - Snowdonia about 1.5/2 hour away. Other mountains, probably nearer.
  4. Starbucks - right by above beach
  5. Harvey Nicks - Have a HN Beauty Bazaar about a 20 min drive/train journey away if that counts?
UterusUterusGhali · 17/12/2017 16:42

Wait, mountains? No. I'm near a v big hill though.

Asmallrole · 17/12/2017 16:43

Beach 1hr 45 mins
Airport 1he
Mountains 2 hrs
Starbucks 20 mins
Harvey Nicks 1 hr

ForalltheSaints · 17/12/2017 16:43
  1. Beach- about 35 miles (assuming there is one on Canvey Island)
  2. Airport- about 15 miles (an hour by public transport)
  3. Mountains- how ever far Snowdon is, perhaps 200 miles
  4. Starbucks- not far enough, about 200 yards
  5. Harvey Nicks- about 10 miles
dotdotdotmustdash · 17/12/2017 16:43

I've got them all within a 30 min drive, with the Edinburgh Harvey Nicks being the furthest.