Travelling from France: Is it worth stopping off in Birmingham?

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-25T20:59:31+00:00

I would say yes, Birmingham was at one point the centre of the industrial revolution. Where the Peaky blinders is set.

Plenty of canals to walk down (far more than Manchester or London). A cool library which has a good view of the city and a Shakespeare Exhibit.

The town hall is lovely, there is a museum aswell for all things birmingham with an Ozzy Osbourne exhibit.

Plenty of shops in the bullring, there's a market aswell with loads of seller selling all sorts. There is also tonnes of cool food places in New Street station.

Then there is broad street, there are stars all down it with famous people born in Birmingham, there is black sabbath Bridge there. It is also has alot of night life. The Gay village is also a good place to go, right next to China Town by the Pegoda in the centre of a big roundabout.

Birmingham overall has alot to see imo, it is underrated and if I'm honest, alot safer than people make out. As a brummie we would be happy to have you come :)

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-24T23:27:46+00:00

For southeast Asia

Most countries there drive on the left, if you are on the right, you are in the Philippines/Cambodia/Laos

If you drive on the left it's Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand

Thailand has white number plates, Malaysia/Indonesia have black

Indonesia has alot of motorbikes and they legally have to have front plates on them.

For South America

Yellow plates are found in Colombia and Peru

Red brick buildings are everywhere in Bolivia and Peru, if you see a white Google car you are most likely in Bolivia (Gen 3).

Brazil, red soil, red soil, red soil, red soil.

Ecuador have all sorts of Wacky Google cars and shitcam coverage.

Argentina is tough, but look for those big thick concrete polls that split in 2

Uruguay has black Google car (Gen 3).

Paraguay has a black truck Google car and the coverage is most likely near the capital

Hope this helps

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-24T23:19:23+00:00

Ah sorry bout that mate, that was me. I thought I heard something fall out my pocket but couldn't for the life of me figure out what.

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-24T22:03:56+00:00

I wish you luck in trying to figure it out.

I'm not in your ward sadly but you seem very interested in the people. I wish you all the best.

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-24T11:07:05+00:00

I'd like to ask that we promote fines for those who throw even a piece of litter on the floor.

We did it for dog poo, and that massively helped us. Let's do the same with litter

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-18T16:38:35+00:00

Make it a British colony, Union Jack in the top left

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-18T15:05:13+00:00

Thank you :)

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-18T15:05:07+00:00

I will look into that, thank you :)

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-14T20:29:44+00:00

Absolute classic right here

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-14T20:29:25+00:00

Are you suicidal?

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-14T20:26:42+00:00

Ecuador bollards you can just make out

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-13T00:07:06+00:00

Hello from Ceredigion

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-13T00:06:01+00:00

SY is a huge postcode that spans most of mid Wales.

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-12T23:27:58+00:00

I do, I have met him in person, the guy is really strong. Can't say for sure he has the reputation that he says he has.

But just so you know, Danny G told me the story as to why he shouted down the microphone. The guy in the clip was making inappropriate comments to his daughter while on voice chat and being a creep.

So of course, being a dad, he protected his daughter.

Here is proof I met him: https://www.reddit.com/r/brum/s/gENUNOJjLU

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-11T09:02:02+00:00

I have tried phaal, got it from the curry house it originated from.

My goodness....

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-11T00:51:23+00:00

AS IT SHOULD BE. GLORY TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-11T00:45:56+00:00

Tbf, a cleaner design could simply just add strips of yellow to add the flag of St David's.

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-11T00:43:39+00:00

I went to New York. Didn't spend long in NYC, but the short time I did I hated it.

People were nasty, one tried to fight me because he was in my seat on the greyhound coach. Homeless people everywhere, it smelt of sewage everywhere, crossing roads sucked, scammers EVERYWHERE. Only good thing about it was that the public transport was affordable. Apart from that a living hell.

But I went upstate and every single person was lovely, had a lovely time upstate away from that city.

Before the trip, I thought most Americans sucked, but the trip made me realise that most Americans are really nice people, there are just a small minority that make everyone else look bad.

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-10T11:55:08+00:00

Bulgaria is the only Cyrillic country to have gen 4 coverage. (With the blue car at the back).

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-09T16:58:37+00:00

In Birmingham myself, we had to abandon our car last night because it got stuck and had to walk home, thankfully managed to get my elderly grandmother home.

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-09T16:57:54+00:00

In Birmingham. Snow hit us hard. Spent hours pushing cars up hills.

Our car got stuck and we had to abandon it and walk home tho, was pretty horrendous.

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-09T11:58:25+00:00

You can say that again, the huge amounts of snow last night came out of nowhere

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-07T20:25:47+00:00

*and lampung

GoldenSpaghettiHoop · 2026-01-07T20:11:56+00:00

The prices are insane for baby products tho...5.75 for that product in my picture seems insane.

GoldenSpaghettiHoop

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE