>>You forgot Case 4. Going out for a drink:
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>>In the UK: stroll to the nearest pub of choice, several withing spitting distance whichever one you choose. Stroll to the next one if noy ideal. Repeat until completely satisfied.
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>Hmmm. When I set out from my place and take the left fork pretty much the first place I come to is my local :-}. Snag is it's about four miles away
>:-{
>There's a pub on the right fork as well - but that's seven miles....

There you go! But a stroll for an Englishman! But not for those shoe-leather-saving transport monkies.

Of course there are always going to be the odd rural Brits, for which the pattern doesn't apply, but most of them live withing muck-spreading distance of a village. :-)