B'Wood - First Impressions

B’Wood – First impressions
Borehamwood is a fairly small to medium sized town nestled in green belt Hertfordshire. I am not sure of my exact reasons for choosing it, but several people we knew lived there and mentioned that it was ok. We did make several day visits and it seems exactly that – ok. Someone who was unfamiliar with the ‘Wood may be cruel enough to label the people and the high street as quite chavvy and a little down market but the shopping centre is bright and modern and the transport is pretty decent. So far I have yet to meet a rude or impolite person here – in fact the very opposite as people are only too willing to chat and help with info for newcomer such as us.

Nicer still are the villages of Elstree and Radlett Cat and I have already sampled country pub grub at the Cat & fiddle in Radlett and it was A-mazing.
One of the interesting points to note about B’wood is the huge number of schools for such a small catchment area. At about 4pm, the high street is awash with kids wearing different coloured uniforms. Cat and I have been making a mental note for future reference for our kids.
There seems to be a lot of kids wearing black sweaters and shell suits. These kids like to hang around in huge gangs after school. Then there are the navy blue uniform kids, I think this is a rival school if similar repute. The kids from both seem to don their uniforms in all manner of interesting variations – anything apart from the standard required by the school. Then there are what seem to be the posher kids. All wear blazers of varying colours and all are accompanied by their parents after school. I guess these are posh as they don’t seem to hang around in gangs and seem to act quite politely. Who knows? I could be very wrong and dissing quite good schools. I guess we will find out in a few years.