{"id":90094,"date":"2018-06-01T22:30:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-dorking-surrey-perfect-if-youre-looking-for-the-easy-life\/"},"modified":"2018-06-01T23:03:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T16:03:13","slug":"lets-move-to-dorking-surrey-perfect-if-youre-looking-for-the-easy-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-dorking-surrey-perfect-if-youre-looking-for-the-easy-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Dorking, Surrey: perfect if you\u2019re looking for the easy life"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA nostalgic market-town jumble of bow-fronted antique shops and Georgian-style bollardsWhat\u2019s going for it? In The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels did not make allowances for Dorking (I\u2019ve looked). Dorking is why revolution will never come to the home counties. Dorking is what many \u2013 most? \u2013 people want in life, and fair enough. The easy life, for some at least. Job that pays. Bit of a commute, mind. Nice pubs. Domino\u2019s pizza. Fancy restaurant for fancy nights out. A nostalgic market-town jumble of bow-fronted antique shops and Georgian-style bollards. Gillian Gladrag\u2019s rather amazing Fluff\u2011A-Torium on West Street, satisfying Dorking\u2019s yarnbombers. A terribly English countryside, conforming to all expectations; Box Hill, attracting orchid\u2011spotters and leathered bikers alike (occasionally in the same person; I\u2019ve seen him), is just outside. A gigantic metal cockerel. Maybe not that. But Dorking has one, should you want it.The case against Beware the shoals of Lycra-clad, middle-aged men on two wheels who pass through most weekends: the Surrey Hills are prime cycling territory \u2013 lovely unless you\u2019re stuck behind 46 of them on the twisty A25. It\u2019s not cheap \u2013 they don\u2019t call this the stockbroker belt for nothing \u2013 but slightly more affordable than elsewhere hereabouts. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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