Re: Rollercoasters are a bit niche
And sat there in eager anticipation, wondering which exotic location it'd be coming from that week - bonus points if it was Garmisch Partenkirchen, because with a name like that you just KNEW it had to be special!
Same with the international athletics coverage during the summer months - for a child of late 70s/early 80s north-east England, where if you were lucky you might have travelled beyond the UK shores for a week in Benidorm, and things like Google Earth/Street View were just a dream in the minds of those with particularly vivid imaginations, to be whisked all over the world almost every week by the magic picture box in the corner of the living room was beyond awesome. And if the sporting coverage wasn't enough to slake your thirst for travelling the globe from the comfort of the settee, there was always things like Wish You Were Here or the epic Whickers World. God, sometimes I *really* miss those simpler times...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
