I’ve travelled in thirty-one countries in Europe and cycled extensively in eighteen of those and I’m here to say that in every measure that I value England is bottom of the barrel. I apologise to all my English friends. It's not you, it's me. Well, actually it's your country and some of its inhabitants. 
An Australian slagging off England is a cliche. But why do you suppose the English emigrate in droves to Spain, France, Greece ... even down-under rather than stay on their happy isle? Wh...