Author Topic: Little Eye On The Provinces (Read 382688 times)

cygnet · « **Reply #2925 on:** 07 November, 2022, 09:29:15 pm »

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The hope is the coast-to-coast route could attract up to 175,000 new visitors a year, spending more than £13m but can it be achieved?

Hope is right.

Did anyone involved bother to work out how many "experienced cyclists" that amounts to per day?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-63484695

Jaded · « **Reply #2926 on:** 07 November, 2022, 09:45:16 pm »

Surely each experienced cyclist will have a support team averaging 4 people?

Flite · « **Reply #2927 on:** 07 November, 2022, 10:27:30 pm »

Last time I checked (some years ago) the C2C Whitehaven to Sunderland or N/castle route claimed 150,000 per year, so 175,000 would seem to be a reasonable target.
I wonder what the numbers are for the North Coast 500?
Stranraer is a long way west. I reckon the C2C is easier for many folks to get to start and from finish.
And it has a lot of big groups of people on bikes doing it as a charity challenge.
(Many of whom look as if they never want to see a bike ever again)

Jaded · « **Reply #2928 on:** 07 November, 2022, 10:37:28 pm »

If it is passable for 6 months, that’s just under 1,000 a day, I think…

cygnet · « **Reply #2929 on:** 07 November, 2022, 10:39:30 pm »

Exactly

Quote from: Jaded on 07 November, 2022, 09:45:16 pm

Surely each experienced cyclist will have a support team averaging 4 people?

I think that's somewhat what they expect. 500 cyclists per day (or 0 in winter and 1000 in summer) is going to really stretch the B&B market otherwise... They're all going to need a support crew to get to the start, there's no way public transport can cope with that many bikes...

Similarly I'd be astonished if Whitehaven has 1000 beds per night available, the Carlisle train won't be able to cope.

Basil · « **Reply #2930 on:** 13 November, 2022, 09:47:53 am »

The closure of a mid Wales airport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63600184

phantasmagoriana · « **Reply #2931 on:** 13 November, 2022, 06:32:11 pm »

I think it's a slow news day in Dundee.

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/scottish-mum-flabbergasted-after-spotting-25504468

rogerzilla · « **Reply #2932 on:** 14 November, 2022, 01:57:18 pm »

Swindon has a pot problem https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23118714.residents-fume-mysterious-plant-pot-thief-still-loose/

The most terrifying thing is that someone is using dead Henry hoovers as plant pots

T42 · « **Reply #2933 on:** 14 November, 2022, 02:10:24 pm »

Quote from: phantasmagoriana on 13 November, 2022, 06:32:11 pm

I think it's a slow news day in Dundee.

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/scottish-mum-flabbergasted-after-spotting-25504468

...proceeding from the heat-oppressëd brain.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2934 on:** 15 November, 2022, 04:11:10 pm »

Lost dog in Loughborough:

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Leicestershire Police said: "Thankfully she was wearing a collar, so a lead was available to contact Rosie's owner, who was delighted she had been found safe and well."

Boom, tish!

Poacher · « **Reply #2935 on:** 15 November, 2022, 05:02:25 pm »

https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2022/11/headteacher-who-ate-raw-garlic-to-disguise-smell-of-booze-is-struck-off/

rogerzilla · « **Reply #2936 on:** 18 November, 2022, 09:20:21 am »

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23131181.asda-orbital-customer-finds-fly-sealed-pack-ham/#comments-anchor

Nutritional information on Chavda ham shows inaccurate protein content.

andrewc · « **Reply #2937 on:** 18 November, 2022, 07:02:23 pm »

Sup up your beer & collect your fags....... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-63683667

Nuke the place from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

Kim · « **Reply #2938 on:** 18 November, 2022, 07:06:19 pm »

Quote from: andrewc on 18 November, 2022, 07:02:23 pm

Sup up your beer & collect your fags....... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-63683667

Nuke the place from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

Nigel Farage was right there and wasn't the target of the booing? I knew the place was rotten, but that's a whole other level...

Canardly · « **Reply #2939 on:** 18 November, 2022, 09:57:33 pm »

"Hogwarts for wankers." J.Pie Esq.

andrewc · « **Reply #2940 on:** 18 November, 2022, 10:32:12 pm »

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/knowsley-highest-obesity-levels-among-25547731

_Bruce Springsteen voice , my hometown , this is my hometown..._

Also famous for having the worst education results in the UK. That's my excuse for being thick anyway....

rogerzilla · « **Reply #2941 on:** 22 November, 2022, 08:29:26 am »

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23138986.swindon-family-heartbroken-fireworks-cause-guinea-pigs-death/

Guinea pig dies of shell shock (story safe to read, it wasn't a banger up the arse or anything similarly cruel).

rogerzilla · « **Reply #2942 on:** 23 November, 2022, 02:50:03 pm »

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23143042.swindon-thug-banned-riding-bikes-covering-face/

BANNED from riding a bike.

I disagree with stopping him wearing a face covering though - would save a lot of stopped clocks.

andrewc · « **Reply #2943 on:** 27 November, 2022, 02:26:49 pm »

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/worlds-biggest-hooters-open-liverpool-25609232

One of my colleagues suggested that we book this place for our Christmas meal.....

Jurek · « **Reply #2944 on:** 27 November, 2022, 03:25:31 pm »

Quote from: andrewc on 27 November, 2022, 02:26:49 pm

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/worlds-biggest-hooters-open-liverpool-25609232

One of my colleagues suggested that we book this place for our Christmas meal.....

Srsly?
It is 2022.
Not 1978.

andrewc · « **Reply #2945 on:** 27 November, 2022, 05:24:30 pm »

I remember walking past one in Amsterdam in the mid 90’s. It was considered tacky & seedy then.

robgul · « **Reply #2946 on:** 27 November, 2022, 07:32:40 pm »

I was "taken out to dinner" by some US work colleagues when at a conference/jolly in Orlando - they thought Hooters was just the greatest with food to die for (probably "awesome" too) - McDonalds food is gourmet in comparison to Hooters.

The whole experience was just beyond awful - and the fawning over the punters in the hope of bigger tips was laughable.

Beardy · « **Reply #2947 on:** 27 November, 2022, 09:34:34 pm »

Quote from: andrewc on 27 November, 2022, 05:24:30 pm

I remember walking past one in Amsterdam in the mid 90’s. It was considered tacky & seedy then.

Was that the one near to Centraal Station? I walked past it a couple of times but never felt the need to go in.

Andrew Br · « **Reply #2948 on:** 27 November, 2022, 09:59:50 pm »

I've also been taken by an American colleague to a Hooters.
Memory is fading but it was in the early 2000s in Wisconsin (I think). I can't remember if I was flying home from Chicago that evening or the following day.
Since I was driving (as was colleague) I had a soft drink but no food. He had a beer, perhaps two.
Grim, just grim.
Colleague was a well travelled, intelligent, Democrat voter and he still thought Hooters was an OK venue

I've been to the US many times since; Hooters is just not on the radar.
If it was the only restaurant/bar in town, I'd be either getting a mini-market take out + beer or going to bed hungry.

andrewc · « **Reply #2949 on:** 27 November, 2022, 10:02:09 pm »

I think I walked past on the way to my hotel or hostel from Centraal. Google seems to suggest there was one on Rokin, which looking at the map might be about right.

I don't think I've been to Amsterdam for 20 years or so. My favourite cheap Jordaan hotel is now a very uncheap "boutique hotel". A friend has an apartment there, but she keeps ignoring hints about letting me borrow it for a few days.