Cycling in London. Considering the number of cyclists, cars and pedestrians, there are remarkably few accidents. (Says someone who spent seven years commuting by bike in London.)

Big public gardens - taken care of, but not overdone. The UK really is a gardening superpower.

Larry the cat - and the whole idea that self-respecting government offices ought to have a cat.

In 2019 we took a group of young Russians to the UK. We pretended that Boris Johnson did not exist; but we arranged meetings at BBC, FT, with academics, charities/NGOs; visited a Labor-led municipal council (working under Tory government.) “Sad,” said a Ru guest - referring to comparison with Russia

The whole hiking ecosystem: landscapes, hiking paths, public right of way, campsites, the fact that wild camping, if done discreetly, tends to be tolerated even where not explicitly permitted. Ordnance survey maps are superb.

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