Where in the world have you been?
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Bilbao is one of my favourite places. The blend of new and old is beautiful and the Guggenheim museum has to be seen to be believed. Not particularly expensive, the old town is a great spot to people watch, and a bus ride down the coast is San Sebastian- also very lovely.
magicjuan
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Wild horses...I've told Trump the bridge is controlled by Iran
magicjuan
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I was evacuated by some special forces (actually a bloke called Keith in a taxi)Did it take you 5 hours to find your way out of that maze of a town?
Yer mar’s
Comfy bed
Comfy host
Great breakfast
Would recommend
Comfy bed
Comfy host
Great breakfast
Would recommend
Coventry is just "[Poor language removed] OFF" written in poured concrete.
Doesn’t Swindon have that stupid magic roundabout in the middle of it ? About 8 mini roundabouts with one larger one in the middle ?
mmmmsnouts
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Might have to do one of those tier lists for the many American cities I have lived in or visited. Pittsburgh and Portland are right at the top. Coming in dead last, Tulsa.
Barrow, lived there for a month whilst working, I've never been the same since, I think we're looking at PTSD
North Korea. Guided tour, fascinating but barely credible facts provided.
PS that's not my real head.
PS that's not my real head.
Chewbacca
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My favourite city to visit was probably Chicago. So much to see and do and people were much friendlier than the east coast.
Living in Australia these days I have a soft spot for Adelaide. A CBD in the loop of a river, great bars, great cricket ground and close to the Barossa.
Living in Australia these days I have a soft spot for Adelaide. A CBD in the loop of a river, great bars, great cricket ground and close to the Barossa.
Having spent quite a bit of time in England over the years I often marvel at places like Gateshead or Hull. Just stunning
chrismpw
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That's the best bit about Swindon - the roundabout (seriously there's not much else to shout about - the council in the 60s and 70s made sure anything architecturally interesting or beautiful was flattened for multi storey car parking and drove family owned shops out of town to make space for "anytown" brands. Without irony, today theyre busy flattening those car parks to turn them into ... checks notes ... smaller car parks). There are 3 remaining interesting old buildings of note - 2 have been derelict for over 30 years, the 3rd, the Oasis Leisure Centre with its iconic dome that inspired the band of Mancs into their name, joined that list 10 years ago.
The magic roundabout works brilliantly though ... 5 major roads cross, 5 mini roundabouts, you can go around clockwise or anticlockwise - its a compulsory part of a driving test there and there is never any real congestion. Locals use it as if its not there. Visitors might be comforted that dotted around the roundabout is a burned out Wimpey burger, the fire station, an ambulance station and an undertakers.
It has worked so well (seriously) that recent councils have started to replace roundabout around the town with traffic lights and overcomplicated interchanges designed to meet government targets for traffic congestion and increased revenue via (wasted) fuel duty etc.
There's nothing else here ... nothing ... there's a 30 mile radius exclusion zone of any useful or interesting shop or supplier... everything is tat. Expect to pay at least 10%-20% more for any used car or house within that exclusion zone. The local beer Arkells, is the most hit and miss brew you'll ever encounter- it can be exquisite, it can be like the water you steep your football socks in. Sadly its the latter in 90% of the pubs largely because the average Swindonian thinks Carling is the very height of sophistication.
Dont ever come, don't ever visit. In fact now you've read this Swindon advert your best bet is to tear your eyes out with a spoon in case you're tempted.