Pedant's corner
It's not called Lake Windermere, it's just called Windermere.
Quick question, what the Hull? City khazi is a top UK tourist destination
A Victorian public convenience in Hull has made Lonely Planet's list of the best 500 places to visit in the UK. Admittedly it is only the 483rd best attraction, but it is still considered better than a trip to the Wensleydale Creamery. Yorkshire gets a total of 37 mentions in the list including two railway sites – York's …
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Thursday 15th August 2019 10:04 GMT SVV
Re: Pedant's corner
Also, if you think that crowded Windermere and Honister Slate Mine (those heaps of tippings are SO beautiful) are the two best places to go in the Lake District, you are out of your mind. They are two of the worst. It seems that the guide authors do not believe that a place is worth visiting unless lots of money msut be spent there in order to enjoy yourself.
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Friday 16th August 2019 17:35 GMT Michael Wojcik
Re: Pedant's corner
I have to agree. For foreign tourists who want to do the Lake District main tourist traps just to say they've done them, I suppose Windermere must get a quick look, just like the Potter cottage and the rest of that sort of thing. But you get a much more pleasant experience almost anywhere else.
I remember once spending a nice hour or so with my folks just poking about the ruins on Hardknott Pass, which we'd taken because it looked like an entertaining route between wherever we were and wherever we were going. Hardly saw another soul the whole time. This was some decades ago, and maybe things are more crowded there now; but I bet it's still a lot better than the LP's picks.
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Friday 16th August 2019 17:35 GMT Michael Wojcik
Re: Pedant's corner
I was on holiday on Lake Michigan last week, and from there, it doesn't appear Britain has any lakes at all. Just some moderately large ponds. (Little Traverse Bay, where I spent most of my time, has three times the surface area of Windermere, and it's not even a particularly prominent feature of Lake Michigan.)
But as a longtime Ransome reader (and occasional scholar), I'll grant that little lakes can be deserving of the title too. Ditto meres and tarns and broads and waters and the rest.
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Sunday 18th August 2019 09:42 GMT dajames
Re: Pedant's corner
It's not called Lake Windermere, it's just called Windermere.
Au contraire, it is very often called "Lake Windermere", even though that's not its name.
The only lake in the lake district that's actually named "Lake" is Bassenthwaite -- the other lakes are all named "mere" or "water" or something else.
[You'll note, though, that I called it "Bassenthwaite" while its name is "Bassenthwaite Lake". Tricky chap, English.]
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Sunday 25th August 2019 23:10 GMT John Presland
Re: Great Victorian tilework
When I first read this I thought the Philharmonic Dining Roms must be some elegant establishment that I never got to, but Dr Google informs me that it's The Phil, in which, as a woollyback visitor, I mispent many evenings in my youth. Truly splendid urinary facilities, which I recall later taking a girlfriend into to admire.
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Friday 16th August 2019 17:35 GMT Michael Wojcik
Re: Great Victorian tilework
I was a little surprised to be taken on a tour of the architectural highlights of Hull, and not to be taken to see a town hall, or a church, or similar though.
Were you taken to see new construction? According to the spam my email filter catches daily, there are many exciting real-estate investment opportunities in Hull. (Why Hull? Is it the phosphorescent waterfowl?)
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Thursday 15th August 2019 08:28 GMT Pete 2
Did any get more than 1 vote?
Not only do many entries seem somewhat "unusual", but the order looks pretty dubious. I get the feeling that very few entries got more than a single person singing their praises. Further, that whoever it was at Lonely Planet that compiled the list has never actually been to the UK. Probably couldn't even find it on a map.
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Friday 16th August 2019 03:11 GMT Jellied Eel
Re: Did any get more than 1 vote?
Further, that whoever it was at Lonely Planet that compiled the list has never actually been to the UK. Probably couldn't even find it on a map.
Needs moar fact checking? Oddly, Lonely Planet is/was owned by the BBC who rather overpaid for that brand. So kinda makes sense for the #1 to be a place where the BBC's 'shareholders' can go watch money being peed up a wall.
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Thursday 15th August 2019 09:43 GMT Pen-y-gors
And at number 10
10. Explore Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. South Wales – There’s more to Wales than sheep, drizzly valleys and place names that are impossible to pronounce for outsiders.
Of course, one could say the same about 北海道 Владивосто́к or 武夷山市 - well, maybe not about the sheep
It is nice down there. And in parts they even speak the language of heaven. And for ElRegistas don't miss the Dyffryn Arms (Bessie's) in Pontfaen
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Thursday 15th August 2019 09:57 GMT Kingstonian
Victorian? Toilet in Hull. No - built in 1926.
Do you mean the 1926 built grade II listed toilet in Hull built in 1926 near Victoria Pier as reported by the BBC?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-49332785
Listing details at historic england
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1442414
and the Hull Daily Mail's article with more pictures
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/lonely-planet-attractions-hull-toilet-3206714
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Thursday 15th August 2019 11:08 GMT Commswonk
Re: Victorian? Toilet in Hull. No - built in 1926.
and the Hull Daily Mail's article with more pictures
You are clearly unaware of the fact that using the words "Daily Mail" on El Reg is a capital offence. Whether prefacing them with "Hull" will be allowed as a plea in mitigation remains to be seen...
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Thursday 15th August 2019 12:36 GMT lowjik
I prefer The Temple
This is a bar converted from a sub-street level victorian lav - nicer than it sounds and I could swear it was called The Convenience but now The Temple on Great Bridgewater Street just off Oxford Road. Not bad going by the reviews
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4755979,-2.2421413,3a,75y,271.06h,77.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-TszKrSIKvVBLz7arSk3Hg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
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Thursday 15th August 2019 12:37 GMT Anonymous Coward
It would be nice to find any public toilet in many parts of England's towns these days. Even where they still exist they are often only open for a very limited number of hours - and not every day. Even the railway station has put them behind the ticket barriers - and apparently there is no such thing as a "platform" ticket now.
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