Leeds Vs Harpenden

I've just finished my breakfast. It was quite yummy. For as long as i can remember I've been one of those really undecided breakfast people. Some people don't eat breakfast, I have no idea how they get through the day, I can hardly function without breakfast. But I'm never very good at deciding what it is exactly i want.Today I had Special K (I'm not really sure what it is that makes it special though), but it was the only thing I had in the kitchen, so i really had no option. Sometimes on Saturdays and Sundays my Mum would make me pancakes for breakfast. I love pancakes, and they pretty much make a meal at any time of the day. I sadly dont really have time to make pancakes in the morning here.

I dont think I'm missing home too much yet. I thought i would be really home sick, but obviously I'm enjoying myself too much! Thinking about it, home and here are completely different. Harpenden is pretty much the anti-leeds. There is almost nothing to do (for young people anyway) there are however 21 hairdressers and 12 estate agents, more than enough for any town where the population is less than 30,000. I really do wonder how any of the hairdressers stay in bussiness, no town needs 21 hairdressing salons.

There is also a lot of common land in Harpenden, east, west, north, south, you name it, that bit of harpenden has some common and this includes 4 different public and private golf courses. The main open common area encompasses more than 238 acres, impressive huh!? Apparently the average house price is £400,902 (2006), and disproportionate to the rest of the country. It seems to be a town of dissproportions. There must be about 4 or 5 expensive ladies wear shops on the highstreet, yet there are no mens clothing shops. In comparison to Leeds which has more than enough shopping areas for the whole of Yorkshire it seems pretty pathetic and pretentious.

30th September 2007
UPDATE
My mother has informed me that apprently there are two mens clothing shops, so you can all be reassured that the men in Harpenden are not walking around naked. It would probably make the place a whole lot more interesting if they were though...