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Consultant lifestyle - making the most of on the road?
I took a Danish friend to Swindon just to see the roundabout. And that is all we did in Swindon: drove around the roundabout and went out again.
There is actually a silly Danish joke about roundabouts. Danes joke about people from Aarhus - the silly Danes, as opposed to the "clever" ones in Copenhagen... (a bit like the French jokes about Belgians):
Q: What do the roadsigns at the entrance to roundabouts in Aarhus say?
A: Maximum three rounds
I did look at taking a contract in Azerbaijan. Glad I didn't as it was about the time the 4 telecoms engineers were found minus there heads. Good money but not that good.
A few years ago I visited a Telecoms site near Reading and the bloke I met said he was the project manager for the engineers that were beheaded. He was very pleasant but still really screwed up over what happened.
As a Swindon man, I feel I have to defend the town.
Tourism
Tourist Attractions in Swindon
You'll never be lost for things to do and see in Swindon. The town is famous for the Great Western Railway works, which has today been brought alive at the award-winning museum STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway. Swindon is also enriched with Victorian parks and gardens, areas of extended woodlands, museums, galleries and centres of heritage like Lydiard House, an elegant Georgian abode set in rolling parkland.
For lovers of music and spectacle Swindon is definitely the place for you. Choose your festival; Old Town Festival, Swindon Summer Festival, Forest Festival, World Music Festival and many more. Our staggering array of bars, clubs and nightclubs ensure that there is always something to do.
Shop till you drop in the town centre or at the fabulous McArthur Glen Designer Outlet Centre or small curiosity shops in Old Town.
If sport is your thing then look no further – ice skating, swimming, hiking, cycling, golf, ten pin bowling, tennis, horse riding – plus much more. Whatever your sport Swindon’s got it covered.
There are a number of museums and heritage sites celebrating Swindon's industrial past and for anyone interested in buildings and architecture, the National Monuments Record Centre should not be missed. And if our industrial heritage appeals to you, then you will want to check out the overflow facility of the Science Museum at Wroughton.
So there you go, we have some musuems, shops, some bars AND once a year a few very low key muisic festivals. And unlike every other town, a sports centre. Beat that!
Who said Swindon was worse than Luton. At least it has a bleedin' ice rink.All Luton has is two Maddrassas and a few hundred soddin' mosques.
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