Funnily enough, visiting Slough was the first official entry on The List.
When I first started to put The List together about a year ago I asked Flatmate for inspiration, for the big things in life he felt you had to do before the age of 30. His response? 'Visit Slough'.
So basically, the mission of visiting Slough ended up here, purely because of Flatmate's love of using this rather miserable homestead of David Brent as the pun for some rather sarcastic jokes.
And it is probably purely because of the Nuptials of the Nordmen that I actually made it there. Armed with snack packs and coffees on the train from Paddington, I started my trek to Slough. Even the short ride from London was depressing.
Then again, when the grimness of Slough has been described by geniuses from William Shakespeare to Ricky Gervais, how could I be surprised when I arrive to greyness? That's the only way I can describe the place. Grey. Even the cab and the cabbie looked a bit grey. Not actually grey in colour, but it was sort of like one of those Instagram filters people use when they're trying to be arty but just end up making themselves look ancient.
As I was exiting the roundabout that makes up the city centre of Slough, Tesco and... Nope, it was pretty much just a Tesco, I only had one thought going through my mind:
Thank God the actual Nuptials of the Nordmen won't take place in central Slough.
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| Well at least they make it look inviting.... |
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