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over a year ago
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Hi Everyone,
I was just thinking about how nice it is to relax, to sit back and calm down. When I was younger, I would spend hours and hours on the subway in NYC just reading. Now, in the UK, I feel like I don't have that place I can go to.
So, what is your favorite way to chill out? Share with me so I can find a place, too
And as always
-Courtney |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Hi Everyone,
I was just thinking about how nice it is to relax, to sit back and calm down. When I was younger, I would spend hours and hours on the subway in NYC just reading. Now, in the UK, I feel like I don't have that place I can go to.
So, what is your favorite way to chill out? Share with me so I can find a place, too
And as always
-Courtney"
Hi Courtney
My favourite place is a Cornish beach in the winter
Bee x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Hi Everyone,
I was just thinking about how nice it is to relax, to sit back and calm down. When I was younger, I would spend hours and hours on the subway in NYC just reading. Now, in the UK, I feel like I don't have that place I can go to.
So, what is your favorite way to chill out? Share with me so I can find a place, too
And as always
-Courtney"
I sometimes get a pin and blindfold myself. Stick the pin in the tube map then head there. When above ground stick in my earphones and some fave tunes then go exploring. |
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"If I said here I'd be barred
You say that about lots of stuff. Makes me wonder about you   "
He's a wrongun! 
I get in my beautiful car and take him to the beach, sometimes with a flask of good coffee and a book, other times I take my journal and scribble. Watch the world go by, kite surfers and dog walkers. Sometimes I just stare at the sea. |
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"Saturday chillout evening, reading a good book, playing some old school vinyl and drinking red wine....ahhh bliss  "
Sounds like it! Its nice that it can be so close to home. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Hi Everyone,
I was just thinking about how nice it is to relax, to sit back and calm down. When I was younger, I would spend hours and hours on the subway in NYC just reading. Now, in the UK, I feel like I don't have that place I can go to.
So, what is your favorite way to chill out? Share with me so I can find a place, too
And as always
-Courtney
Hi Courtney
My favourite place is a Cornish beach in the winter
Bee x"
Hi Bee!
I just visited Cornwall this summer, and I an totally see how that would be absolutely amazing. Not sure about winter, though. But I guess it would be quieter. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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We love going walks down by the river near us. It's a beautiful long walk and we just mooch about, talk and take in the changing beauty of the surroundings as the seasons change.
Really relaxing way to chill out.
Mrs  |
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Beside a river on a sunny day with a bank high enough to disappear from view with a good book. Though these days I am happy to just tell everyone in the real world I am somewhere else and sit in my living room and ignoring the phone if it rings. |
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Weirdly for me its the gym....I can block out the world and concentrate on nothing but the next rep. Get in tune with my body.
Or I meditate... hear nothing but my breathing, see nothing but the play of light and shadow in front of me.
As a natural introvert I do not need any outside stimulation to reach a happy place. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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I sometimes get a pin and blindfold myself. Stick the pin in the tube map then head there. When above ground stick in my earphones and some fave tunes then go exploring."
That sounds similar to me in New York. But there, I didn't have to pay by the distance so it was easier. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"If I said here I'd be barred
You say that about lots of stuff. Makes me wonder about you
He's a wrongun!
I get in my beautiful car and take him to the beach, sometimes with a flask of good coffee and a book, other times I take my journal and scribble. Watch the world go by, kite surfers and dog walkers. Sometimes I just stare at the sea. "
Sitting and staring at the sea sounds like something out of a movie. Wonderful. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Hi Everyone,
I was just thinking about how nice it is to relax, to sit back and calm down. When I was younger, I would spend hours and hours on the subway in NYC just reading. Now, in the UK, I feel like I don't have that place I can go to.
So, what is your favorite way to chill out? Share with me so I can find a place, too
And as always
-Courtney"
I got me a stoop out the front of my brownstone... |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
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If the weather's good then the top of a hill or a dappled woodland glade suits me perfectly. If the weather's awful then I quite like art galleries and interesting old buildings or people watching from the window of a coffee shop. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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When I can get out, Take the motorhome to shell island (campsite in Wales, between Barmouth and Harlech) feet up by the sea, no tech just enjoy doing nothing
At home, tell my wife about something naughty my daughter did, left in peace for ages while they battle it out, haha,
Seriously missus has a moped and I'am prone to taking that into the lanes and just finding a quiet spot to relax with a book |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"We love going walks down by the river near us. It's a beautiful long walk and we just mooch about, talk and take in the changing beauty of the surroundings as the seasons change.
Really relaxing way to chill out.
Mrs "
That must be great at this time of year! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Beside a river on a sunny day with a bank high enough to disappear from view with a good book. Though these days I am happy to just tell everyone in the real world I am somewhere else and sit in my living room and ignoring the phone if it rings."
Aw, leave the living room and enjoy the river |
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"Weirdly for me its the gym....I can block out the world and concentrate on nothing but the next rep. Get in tune with my body.
Or I meditate... hear nothing but my breathing, see nothing but the play of light and shadow in front of me.
As a natural introvert I do not need any outside stimulation to reach a happy place. "
I envy this. Enjoy it as much as you can.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I love to be near water or go for walks in woodland, but to be honest as long as I'm with Paul I am chilled out.....he is the Flik Whisperer "
Haha! I love this. Would that make you the Paul Whisperer, or does this only go one way? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Going for a walk far far away from anyone. Unfortunately that's really hard to actually do since people are everywhere......"
I've been to some lovely spots in the Dales with no one for miles |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Hi Everyone,
I was just thinking about how nice it is to relax, to sit back and calm down. When I was younger, I would spend hours and hours on the subway in NYC just reading. Now, in the UK, I feel like I don't have that place I can go to.
So, what is your favorite way to chill out? Share with me so I can find a place, too
And as always
-Courtney
I got me a stoop out the front of my brownstone..."
Been there, done that |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I like to go to a sauna/steam room,
I just shut my eyes and relax and making sure I have a bottle of frozen water with me,
15 minutes at a time going back and forth |
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Quiet river in the middle of nowhere. Got a few favourite spots. Or Wasdale in the Lakes. It's the Western lakes so not as busy as Windermere or Ambleside.
Basically going anywhere where there's no people! |
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"Quiet river in the middle of nowhere. Got a few favourite spots. Or Wasdale in the Lakes. It's the Western lakes so not as busy as Windermere or Ambleside.
Basically going anywhere where there's no people! "
Ullswater lake we found great for quietness, quiet little laybys. Huge lake, bliss, only saw a small handful of people and we where there about 2 days |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"If the weather's good then the top of a hill or a dappled woodland glade suits me perfectly. If the weather's awful then I quite like art galleries and interesting old buildings or people watching from the window of a coffee shop."
like the idea of sitting in an art gallery and observing. Interesting mixes of people tend to go to places like that |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"When I can get out, Take the motorhome to shell island (campsite in Wales, between Barmouth and Harlech) feet up by the sea, no tech just enjoy doing nothing
At home, tell my wife about something naughty my daughter did, left in peace for ages while they battle it out, haha,
Seriously missus has a moped and I'am prone to taking that into the lanes and just finding a quiet spot to relax with a book "
An island with no technology...I can imagine it now. Its the best part of going on holiday, really - leaving the cell phone behind |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
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"If the weather's good then the top of a hill or a dappled woodland glade suits me perfectly. If the weather's awful then I quite like art galleries and interesting old buildings or people watching from the window of a coffee shop.
like the idea of sitting in an art gallery and observing. Interesting mixes of people tend to go to places like that"
Exactly. And there's that special hush you get in places like that. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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In the evening, when everyone's in, I often take a very lethargic slowly sauntering walk off to the harbourside and watch the last light in the sky fade over the bay. I find the slow walking very healing. I first learnt how nice it is when I visited Houston in Texas some summers back and realised that if I walked any faster than a slow saunter I'd just explode into a ball of sweat. Plus... I'm getting practice in for when I'm an old fart |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When I can get out, Take the motorhome to shell island (campsite in Wales, between Barmouth and Harlech) feet up by the sea, no tech just enjoy doing nothing
At home, tell my wife about something naughty my daughter did, left in peace for ages while they battle it out, haha,
Seriously missus has a moped and I'am prone to taking that into the lanes and just finding a quiet spot to relax with a book
An island with no technology...I can imagine it now. Its the best part of going on holiday, really - leaving the cell phone behind"
Absolutely , I work in IT these days getting away is getting away from tech, and people that want tech fixing,
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"I generally just play my guitar to relax. At the moment I'm learning how to play delta slide blues properly and I'm loving it."
I wish I could play an instrument. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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when i was a teen to get away from home id cycle to dunham park - there is a huge old oak tree i used to sit under - take a book and just relax - doze - sort my mind out - loved it - now i walk - takes my mind off stuff |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I like to go to a sauna/steam room,
I just shut my eyes and relax and making sure I have a bottle of frozen water with me,
15 minutes at a time going back and forth "
I thibk that would give me more stress |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Quiet river in the middle of nowhere. Got a few favourite spots. Or Wasdale in the Lakes. It's the Western lakes so not as busy as Windermere or Ambleside.
Basically going anywhere where there's no people! "
I can see the appeal in no people. I always found it good to surround myself with them and ignore them. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I generally just play my guitar to relax. At the moment I'm learning how to play delta slide blues properly and I'm loving it.
I wish I could play an instrument. "
Pink oboe!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Weirdly for me its the gym....I can block out the world and concentrate on nothing but the next rep. Get in tune with my body.
Or I meditate... hear nothing but my breathing, see nothing but the play of light and shadow in front of me.
As a natural introvert I do not need any outside stimulation to reach a happy place.
I envy this. Enjoy it as much as you can. "
Its easy...just takes practice. I also read a lot which helps |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We love going walks down by the river near us. It's a beautiful long walk and we just mooch about, talk and take in the changing beauty of the surroundings as the seasons change.
Really relaxing way to chill out.
Mrs
That must be great at this time of year!"
It is, it's really pretty, we are lucky to have it so close to where we live.
Mrs |
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"I love to be near water or go for walks in woodland, but to be honest as long as I'm with Paul I am chilled out.....he is the Flik Whisperer
Haha! I love this. Would that make you the Paul Whisperer, or does this only go one way? "
I think my insatiable appetite for him wears him out so I don't think that's the same thing really |
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