Saucy Greenwich
No - not the sort you get at The Golden Chippy...
Benedict and I have been discussing the purpose of the VIP podule on the wheel (it's got five stars, you know...)
I said that I didn't really get it, since it had smoked glass when surely the whole point of an observation wheel was to get the best view possible. He told me that Mrs Benedict thought perhaps it was for a bit of hanky-panky.
I confess I find this a flawed plan - I mean for starters, don't they have glass bottoms? I'd find it very off-putting knowing that a bunch of herberts waiting for the 'ordinary' pods were looking right up my cloak. Besides. The whole thing only lasts about 12-15 minutes. A 'bit' is pretty much all the hanky-panky you'd get.
Which got me to thinking. A few months ago, we discussed the most romantic venues in Greenwich. Now I'd like to hear your suggestions for the most - how shall we put it - 'discreet' places in town...
Where would you go for a spot of what the Americans so quaintly call "making-out?"
Benedict and I have been discussing the purpose of the VIP podule on the wheel (it's got five stars, you know...)
I said that I didn't really get it, since it had smoked glass when surely the whole point of an observation wheel was to get the best view possible. He told me that Mrs Benedict thought perhaps it was for a bit of hanky-panky.
I confess I find this a flawed plan - I mean for starters, don't they have glass bottoms? I'd find it very off-putting knowing that a bunch of herberts waiting for the 'ordinary' pods were looking right up my cloak. Besides. The whole thing only lasts about 12-15 minutes. A 'bit' is pretty much all the hanky-panky you'd get.
Which got me to thinking. A few months ago, we discussed the most romantic venues in Greenwich. Now I'd like to hear your suggestions for the most - how shall we put it - 'discreet' places in town...
Where would you go for a spot of what the Americans so quaintly call "making-out?"
Labels: Debates, Greenwich Wheel, Secret Greenwich, Things to do
posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
15:12
16 Comments:
I'd say the alley behind Le Poppodum on Greenwich South Street is pretty discreet. And handy for dinner too
I'm not surprised by the slow response to this post as I imagine most visitors to this excellent blog are quite genteel and respectable- but I suppose with the dog days almost upon us (starting on 3rd or 6th July depending on which Wikipedia info you choose) a lively exchange about dogging and snogging is quite seasonal. Don't know where I'd go for after a weekend night in the Wetherspoons (no chance). If I did, I wouldn't tell- because others would follow.
That wheel looks too bloody rickety for even the most minor knee-quivering moment.
Anyway, the real answer is the dips on Blackheath (although some gentlemen have that sewn up already), or the little street leading off them called Angerstein Lane. Not based on past experience at all, oh no...
There is a nice little footpath up at the top of Hyde Vale with very dark nooks and crannies for a bit of "Al Fresco". Although there might be the odd pernicious spikey thing, which may or may not add to the "dining" experience.
Just to clarify, the American "making-out" is kissing, cuddling, caressing, but not any further. I've seen couples make out openly in the park, no moonlight or alleyways needed. Of course, I always appreciate when these PDAs are kept on the demure end of the scale.
If your drunk enough, anywhere will do, at my age, but I admit to having several sepcific fond memories of small alleys off various locations. Theres two off Creek Road (although considering the dorms are directly opposite one and only a short walk from the other, I honestly don't know why we bothered), a small nook behind some temporary building-site-wall off the skate park in Woolwich, the bandstand-with-benches on Blackheath, and (oh, the shame) North Greenwich tube station (pre-02, post Dome). Although it occurs to me most of those aren't actually secluded enough for most peoples tastes (you WILL get interrupted by travellers almost constantly with that last one. I have no idea what on earth we were thinking) I feel by virtue of the fact that the act was completed, they deserved a mention.
Anywhere can work if you wear the right skirt and an adventurous attitude.
There's a lot you can fit in, in 12-15 minutes you know.
15 minutes! Can you somoke in the pods?
The bottoms of the pods aren't glass, they have a flimsy sounding board.
I think you're more likely to find yourself frozen to the spot on the wheel rather than jumping about getting up to all kinds of shenanigans... !
I'm sure I saw a glass bottom on the VIP pod.
Most Grenovican nooks and crannies appear to be covered by CCTV. An acquaintance was once arrested for furiously hanking and panking, in the days when they used to arrest people.
Many also seem to be liberally doused in urine, which always puts a damper on things.
The Rangers House seems to be the spot of choice for the local teenagers
I'd have thought the middle of the heath on a dark night would be flawless. Open seclusion really.
If you apply Douglas Adam's theory of the "Somebody Else's Problem Field" then the more open and obvious the less likely you'll be interrupted.
St Alpheges Passage?
Usually they 'do it' in my next door neightbours driveway - near St Alfreges! Charming eh?!
Usually they 'do it' in my next door neightbours driveway - near St Alfreges! Charming eh?!
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