People from Middlesbrough are simple folk and the area has a long tradition of distrust of outsiders and foreigners. The most famous local legend is of how locals in nearby Hartlepool found a monkey washed up from a ship during the Napoleonic wars, put it on trial and hung it as a French spy.

http://www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/history/thehartlepoolmonkey.asp

They forgot to say: "This isn't authentic English food, you know. Here they cook it fresh to suit the Indian palate. In a real English restuarant they only use frozen ingredients and a microwave."

Prince Phil is the genius predecessor to David Brent and Alan Partridge. His comments are hilarious. After living in China where everyone tells you what a big nose you westerners have it's refreshing to get one back on them.
I was introduced to the Duke when he visited our school in the 1970s. He raised an eyebrow at our painstakingly created display on trekking and just said "Boots? Hah!" and walked off. Brilliant.

Jimmy Savile, how's about that then.

China has many such roads. Here is one I travelled along at Christmas, above the Nujiang river that links Bingzhongluo in NW Yunnan with Tsawarong in Tibet.

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