Thread: My trip to London for my visa medical

well i am in the process of leaving london after getting my medical for my visa to move to the USA in the new year and of course the trip was made all the better for the patience of my wife allowing me to walk the streets looking for antique markets and of course...shaving equipment and necessary items.

I decided it was worth while going to harrods and discovered that they have...yes...you guessed it ...a man grooming salon, so I did what we all would do and made an appointment for a shave.

I returned there today and recieved my shave, I have pictures to share of course and sat there and got pampered.....need I say more.

Later today we hit Bond Street, and found NOTHING...BUGGER ALL...except the kind of stores that its safer to pass alone....lol
One recurring theme was the absence of price tags in these shops which means 'if you need to look then you cant afford it.
Anyway, I hit the internet to find the address of Taylors of Bond Street, and ofcourse they're not there, they're one street back in Jermyn Street, well I indulged and my wife bought soaps for Xmas pressies.
What a cool place ( pics will follow) all the stuff you know you can get there plus a salon.
Then as we wandered up Jermyn Street we came across Geo. Trumpers....bonus...again an awesome shop with salon too,with some real tasty hardware too...i just looked, this time.

What I noticed about Harrods, Taylors and Trumpers was the excellent selection of Dovo Razors, however, all 3 shops really only carried 5/8th sizes and only 1 or 2 6/8th's, the selection ranged from Inox to worked back with real fancy scales, I liked all of them and decided on a Bismark with combination scales.
They all carried Merkur razors of all sorts and brushes aplenty.

For those of you who get the chance to travel to London its well worth getting to Jermyn Street as its a male clothing , shoeing, and grooming street...a real cool place.

Anyway I have pictures to post and I will write more later this week when I get home then I have more time to bore you all with my detailed account.

If you make it through this without falling asleep congratulations.....Simon.

ps the wifes shopping trip was my justification for treating myself....

Taylor's is on Jermyn Street, too. Not far from the statue of Beau Brommel.

You are leaving all that wonderful whiskey for the USA, you better bring a bunch with you lol!!!

Originally Posted by JLStorm

You are leaving all that wonderful whiskey for the USA, you better bring a bunch with you lol!!!

I wish I could as you guys love it more than I do obviously.....i was trained to drink RUM...by my father a merchant navy master mariner...a skipper as we call them...lol, getting the picture....

Anyways Im off to London again on the 9th of January for my interview for moving on over...fingers crossed.....man Im nervous as I dont always do to well, i guess if i just chill I will be ok, to be honest I cant wait to be in NC again.

The bonus to this is the sunday night chats I miss as its always too late for me unfortunately, but not for too much longer I hope.

anyways this is just an update...simon

I found that almost anything that you find near Harrods can be found at half the price outside of London.

Rick

Why did you decide to move to North Carolina?

Originally Posted by Blade Wielder

Why did you decide to move to North Carolina?

Well the truth is my wife is a native of that state and it was a decision made when we got married, 5 years in scotland then we move back.....back into the mountains so it feels like home sort of....know what I mean....

so excited...lol...

simon

Originally Posted by coully

Well the truth is my wife is a native of that state and it was a decision made when we got married, 5 years in scotland then we move back.....back into the mountains so it feels like home sort of....know what I mean....

so excited...lol...

simon

Good luck trying to find decent independent bottlings in the states. You'll pay through the nose for a good malt.

Fwiw, have a look at www.whiskycorner.be the proprietor also ships abroad, and charges very good prices.

I can vouch for the honesty of the owner and the quality of the whisky. This is the place where I have been buying all of my whisky for the last couple of years. Of course, I live close enough to the shop that I can make an appointment and have a tasting of any of the >150 bottles that are open for tasting.

well the last trip to London was made and I recieved my Visa on thursday last week....with alot of excitement we got back home and it arrived the day after we returned from our nations capital.

Long and short of it, I cant wait to join in the chats on a sunday...look forward to seeing you all soon.


simon

Simon -
I see on your profile that you're a North Sea roughneck off of Norway - I put in 5 seasons off Norway on a dredge barge back in the early '70's developing the Ekofisk field -

is that still around and in operation?

.oh, yeah...WELCOME HOME!!!

-whatever

-Lou