Disappointing places.

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[stinkwheel]

[Barnoe]

I lived in Blackpool when i was a kid, my parents had an Hotel.
Was an amazing place from the late 70s through the 80s
I moved away in 1987 and didnt return until about 2002
whats a shock i got, its run down so much its quite sad to see.... its turned into an English Rhyl

What disappoints me is when on a long ride you detour to see an old ruin or something historic and find out there is an admission charge lol

Think i need to join the English/Scottish Heritage and National trust
would be a good excuse for a ride out each week
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You know you are old when you're told to slow down by your doctor and not the police.

[UncleFester]

If you join them you also get free parking where there's on site parking. Worth it for that alone if you're in a city somewhere.
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[pepperami]

[ThunderGuts]

[ThunderGuts]

[willis1337]

Mâcon, France. I have been all over France and most of western Europe. This place is hideous. From the undercurrent of addicts everywhere and dirty restaurants and bars, to the uninspiring town centre. It is truly disappointing. Go stay in the French countryside or any other another town / village.
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Previous bike: BMW K1300S

[martin734]

John O' Groats.
Unlike Land's End, which is quite a decent day out, there is fuck all at John O' Groats apart from a gift shop selling the usual touristy tat, a half decent tea room, a tiny little art gallery/shop and a couple of other similar shops, a tiny harbour and a car park. If you take your time in the tea room and shops, there might be enough there to keep you almost entertained for maybe a couple of hours.
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Current bike: ST1100 "Big Red"

[Skudd]

[mentalboy]

[Weisse Schlange]

Skye

Miserable as shit.
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Hing Oan

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[wr6133]

Abroad...

Iraq, what an utter fucking shithole slightly ameliorated by being able to shoot people.

Outside of a warzone, Medicine Hat in Canada. Grubby oil town full of skanky crack whores and meth head muggers. The local Police have a hard on for tasering British Squaddies too, seriously it's like they are running a scoreboard. If they then don't arrest you it costs a few hundred bucks to get a paramedic to remove the taser barbs, or you bite down on something and rip em out yourself. It's claim to fame is the worlds tallest Teepee, which is actually just a load of poles arranged in a Teepee shape.

The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen is also worthy of mention. Utter shite.

Domestically...

The Rhondda (all of it), grew up here in the 90's it was a ghetto dump then and most of it still is now. Dilapidated high streets full of junkie trash shuffling off to find their next fix and single mothers looking for a local 'roider to bareback them so they can get a bigger council house.

Stockport, pre plague work took me here often. Best view is in the car mirror as you leave. If they want to level this place up I'd suggest using Napalm.

Colchester castle. My old man married his latest here, was expecting a proper huge castle wedding.... oh no some poxy little side chapel while the place remained open and the visitors came to rubber neck and fire off their camera flashes. Oh and the sealed knott society outside were simulating a civil war battle complete with cannons so nobody could hear a word. All at a price equal to a family car.

Colchester zoo.... price gouging exercise with an awful layout. Infact all of Colchester (except the lebanese restaurant, that is awesome) can do one. Over priced crap hole.

Mount Snowdon.... when you have to queue to get to the summit it's never going to be anything but a disappointment.

Rhondda Heritage Park.... still using the simulated rollercoaster to leave the simulated mine. The film for the roller coaster hasn't changed since the 90's and was crap then. About as convincing and realistic as a £3 note. Better off going to Big Pit where you actually go down a mine, though it's near Cwmbran which is shit for all the same reasons as the Rhondda just with more concrete.

I could write a book on this so I'll stop here before I wear out the keyboard.

[mentalboy]

[MCN]

[Freddyfruitba...]

[Weisse Schlange]

It’s full of miserable bastards who hate you but want your money and the you to fuck off.
It’s nice to look at as long as you don’t stop

Miserable shit hole.
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Hing Oan

[MCN]

[Fizzer Thou]

Venice.

What an awful smelly dump of a place....and mega expensive.

I was working in Mestre which is the industrial area adjacent to 'that place' and was awaiting spare parts to be flown in from the UK.So the MD of the factory asked if I had ever been to 'that place' so joined him and another.After a coffee and a look around by boat I was glad to get back to work.

Then there is Paris (eu)
And Mont St.Michel (eu)
And Toulouse (eu)
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Just talk bikes.What else is there?

Always have a 'Plan B'

[UncleFester]

Paris - agreed.

If Gare du Nord was the first thing you saw ( and all the trampy folk hanging around in it) you'd get right back on the train and go elsewhere.

That is one of the scruffiest least pleasant stations i've had the misfortune to spend time in.
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Module 1 and 2 passed - October 2014. Happy owner of a 2017 Z1000SX, ex owner of a YBR125 / CB500 / VFR800.

[A100man]

[UncleFester]

I was doing an exhibition set up in the Louvre funnily enough - the events management staff ( French) were superb.

The rest of the people i bumped into ( Tourists) far less so.

Parisians as a rule .... a no from me.
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[to v or not to v]

[Easy-X]

In Cornwall... Lands End - horrendous concrete tourist trap last time I was there. Lizard Point is much nicer.
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