Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
To save time these days, Ipswich just doesn't open at all. If I didn't have to go through there on some of my rides, I wouldn't go there at all.
Uk towns that have been a (surprise) let down to you
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To save time these days, Ipswich just doesn't open at all. If I didn't have to go through there on some of my rides, I wouldn't go there at all.
Garry A
Calibrating.....
- Location
- Grangemouth
Whitley Bay.
Went on a works organised piss up weekend. The way they were talking I thought it was going to be jumping, great nightlife etc.
It wasn't.
Asked the barmaid in the Fire Station (a Wetherspoons at the time) where the best place to go was. No hesitation, she replied "Newcastle".
I had a belter of a hangover the next day and I don't think I'll ever go back. 😆
Went on a works organised piss up weekend. The way they were talking I thought it was going to be jumping, great nightlife etc.
It wasn't.
Asked the barmaid in the Fire Station (a Wetherspoons at the time) where the best place to go was. No hesitation, she replied "Newcastle".
I had a belter of a hangover the next day and I don't think I'll ever go back. 😆
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
John Betjeman covered it already…
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Oh yes, Brighton. One of the towns, like Bath and Winchester, that people running from London go to. They have an unattractive smugness about them. Don't do it!
Edit: Cripes! I just noticed that Bollo might live in one of the ghastly triad.
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PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Seems most people have missed the point of the thread.
Gloucester is the place which disappointed Mrs P and I when we visited. We'd deliberately stayed in the area overnight to visit the town. Got there the next morning to discover there's nothing to see at all apart from a vaguely interesting cathedral. Very surprised.
Gloucester is the place which disappointed Mrs P and I when we visited. We'd deliberately stayed in the area overnight to visit the town. Got there the next morning to discover there's nothing to see at all apart from a vaguely interesting cathedral. Very surprised.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
I think Morecambe is too far away for them these days.
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
Weston Super Mare. I'd been there as a kid and had vaguely happy memories, fast forward to about 2008 and work asked me to go to Westland's helicopter museum for a couple of nights. "I know", I said, "I'll stay in Weston Super Mare and make it a little bus man's holiday, it'll be lovely!"
It was awful. Completely run down and unloved, litter blowing through and piling up, boarded up shop fronts telling of better times. Drunk, rough no-hopers everywhere at all times of day, the palpable threat of violence in every pub I tried, with actual violence breaking out later on. Very low rent indeed. The rain hammered down for the entire 2 days which put the finishing touches to this masterpiece of misery, and I was glad to leave. It did surprise me as I thought it might have a bit of charm.
It was awful. Completely run down and unloved, litter blowing through and piling up, boarded up shop fronts telling of better times. Drunk, rough no-hopers everywhere at all times of day, the palpable threat of violence in every pub I tried, with actual violence breaking out later on. Very low rent indeed. The rain hammered down for the entire 2 days which put the finishing touches to this masterpiece of misery, and I was glad to leave. It did surprise me as I thought it might have a bit of charm.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
When I lived in Cambridge I went and visited Lincoln with the intention of staying overnight.
After the superb cathedral we wandered around the town For an hour or so. Back to Cambridge it was.
After the superb cathedral we wandered around the town For an hour or so. Back to Cambridge it was.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Was that the pub which used to be a Fire Station?, last time I was there (some years ago), it was called “The Bell” I think.
If so, that is North Shields, not, Whitley Bay. Not that it really matters, that area is one big urban sprawl, Tynemouth, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay, North Shields, Percy Main, Howden. All dying on their feet.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Everyone expects Slough to be a dump, but that said, it's not as bad as I expected having spend best part of a year in a hotel there. I don't think it's rough or dirty particularly
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Yes, similar to my experience, I thought Staines was more of a dump than Slough.
Lozz360
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I used to often stay in Haye as it had such a charm about it. After a gap of 15 years, returned earlier this year. Many of the pubs, restaurants and cafes have now closed. Sad but I think the town is not recovering from the pandemic very well.
