Reply to: Consultant lifestyle - making the most of on the road?

[Fungus]

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.

[Fungus]

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.

[ratewhore]

And there was I thinking all thats worth seeing is Fox's.

Foxes - that takes me back. Pauses a while to think with a smile on his face...

[threaded]

It says 2 actually.

[eurodude]

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

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[threaded]

The Iron Bridge became The Olde Northwood (why do they insist on adding an E to Old?)

Olde is actually quite a new word. I think it is supposed to look old fashioned, but it ain't.

[Mordac]

The Iron Bridge became The Olde Northwood (why do they insist on adding an E to Old?)

I think that was after I moved away, haven't been back in years. I did hear they started doing "girlies with jugs" though.

[FrankScribe]

Prince of Wales or the Iron Bridge/Clifton/whatever they call it this week?

The Iron Bridge became The Olde Northwood (why do they insist on adding an E to Old?)

[FrankScribe]

P.o.w.

15 years ago ....... a bit before my time.

But I doubt it has had a lick of paint in that time.
Come to think of it it could be the same ham roll on the counter.

[Mordac]

I never actually went into the Green Man - But the Prince of Wales being on a blind left hand bend, it was easier to turn left with the flow of the traffic, then turn right into the car park of the Green Man and then join the southward flow of traffic down to Northwood.

It may well be crap these days, but it was my local until about 15 years ago.

[janey]

Awww, Batter bits a savaloy and spaghetti junction and I might stand a chance?

mmmmm spaghetti junction

[FrankScribe]

I never actually went into the Green Man - But the Prince of Wales being on a blind left hand bend, it was easier to turn left with the flow of the traffic, then turn right into the car park of the Green Man and then join the southward flow of traffic down to Northwood.

[Mordac]

True. I used to prefer the Green Man across the road.

[FrankScribe]

Nothing comfy about the Prince of Wales

[Mordac]

I always used to find working in Northwood had its good points - especially 'the comfy chair'

Prince of Wales or the Iron Bridge/Clifton/whatever they call it this week?