Underwhelming...

Wheelspinner

bbrap wrote:

verylonglegs wrote:

Pross wrote:

Finally, Concorde. The outside design and engineering were superb but having gone onboard it really was tiny and, compared to even walking through business class on a 747, really quite cramped and basic

You need to think of it as a Caterham car, insanely fast and built for raw speed...but look elsewhere for comfort.

Having flown Concorde I can concur with this. Acceleration like you would not believe. Mach 2.02 at 65,000 ft, sky is jet black and the curvature of the earth is clearly visible. Wonderful memories which unfortunately are never likely to be repeated. Although only 4 seats wide (two either side of the aisle) you do get plenty of leg room and the leather seats are very comfy. Lobster and champagne was nice too :P

I had a photo of my mother in the cabin of Concorde standing next to the Mach meter display at 2.0 or whatever, somewhere between London and US, from about 1978 I think. Still got the Concorde pack of cards in a box somewhere here too... 8)

Side trivia - I recall reading a BA magazine back in the mid 90s, article about their frequent flyer program and a note that the top points earner the previous year was an oil company executive who'd done 73 - yes, 73 - return flights London to New York on Concorde in the year.

rolf_f

The thread where Philistines come to out themselves!

jawooga

Snowdonia - meh. The black mountains further south on the other hand are stunning.

RideOnTime

London

RideOnTime

perhaps more specifically City of London...
ok clearly there are good bits

Shugborough Estate (NT)

tangled_metal

Tourism ruins a lot IMHO. I think Stonehenge is s classic example. It's a honeypot location, as a result it needed protecting. This costs money so they enclose it and charge money. English Heritage step in and charge a lot of money. Before you know it they've put up a huge visitor's centre with interpretation boards, mini museum, tour guides (for a 5 minute walk around the outer path) and a huge gift shop filled with tat like keyrings and no doubt Roman swords and helmets made of plastic for the kids.

All that does is create more overheads and another price increase. All to walk around the edge of some stones. It's Wiltshire guys go for a walk and look at the history for free. Seriously you can see Stonehenge as clearly from a distance especially with binoculars. Look at the features in the area and see Stonehenge within context. Leave the site for foreign or national coach tourists with.the money to buy the gift shop tat.

Avebury guys. Bigger site and you can.walk most of the it for free.

stretchy

bbrap wrote:

Having flown Concorde I can concur with this. Acceleration like you would not believe. Mach 2.02 at 65,000 ft, sky is jet black and the curvature of the earth is clearly visible.

Where's Manc33 when you need him?

Mount Rushmore was massively disappointing for me :roll:

keef66

Ditto for me regarding Stonehenge and the Little Mermaid. I'd seen so many pictures before I actually got to see them in the flesh, and my first reaction was 'is that it?? I thought it would be a lot bigger'

Been inside the Concorde at Duxford and you're right, it is very narrow. Not a disappointment though; still fascinating to see.

The Bike Show at the NEC. That left me slightly underwhelmed. Not sure what I was expecting, but I thought threre'd be more excitement

laurentian

Old Trafford

secretsam

RideOnTime wrote:

London

awavey wrote:

Lands End, even ignoring the chintzyness and unrelated rubbish shops or the pay to have a photo taken by a sign post, it isnt even the most spectacular part of the Cornwall coast....and its a flippin long way to go to get there too.

Yes x2.

As for those who singled out Venice and the Angel of the North - I disagree. Both magical in their own ways.

Averbury > Stonehenge, though.

My vote: Monaco. Don't know what I expected, but it didn't deliver.

The exact opposite to disappointing: both Futuroscope and Disneyland Paris. Surprising and excellent.

arthur_scrimshaw

crispybug2 wrote:

"Stonehenge was an expensive waste of time."


Drove past Stonehenge on the A303(?) when there was a traffic jam, saw it from my car, felt that that was good enough and it cost f*ck all.....result!!

Yeah well they've sorted that out good and proper now, the new road means you get a very distant and fleeting view of it and they have closed off the old road so you can't try that one either. (I did try)

arthur_scrimshaw

I was looking forward to the Garmin 820.

Totally underwhelming experience.

ukiboy

Notting Hill Carnival. Huge waste of police resources, major source of crime, anti social behaviour, litter and anti culture.
A modern triumph of PC thinking over common sense.
Why hasn't this shite fest been banned?

angry_bird

Anal.

ballysmate

Angry Bird wrote:

Anal.

Did it hurt?

angry_bird

Ballysmate wrote:

Angry Bird wrote:

Anal.

Did it hurt?

Couldn't sit down for a week.

RideOnTime

Angry Bird wrote:

Anal.

What Notting Hill Carnival? :shock:

tangled_metal

Tour of Britain live. Back in the days of kelloggs.

Now I was very young indeed when my dad took me to see the milk race in Southport. That was a lap b race so I got to see the racers several times. Even cut across the course to watch the other side. It felt exciting in a way the tour of Britain didn't. I mean half hour plus for less than a minute of seeing the riders flush by. Bring back the milk race, IIRC that was pro-am too. Was like the city centre races round a smallish loop.

mugensi

I was at a Supercar track day last weekend. I had booked drives in the Lamborghini Gallardo, Audi R8, Nissan GTR and Ferrari 458 Spider. Was completely underwhelmed by the Gallardo and even more so by the R8, the GTR (which is the cheapest by a long shot) was absolutely the best without a shadow of a doubt so much so I paid for numerous additional laps in it. The 458 was...meh, nice but nothing terribly exciting in my book.

alan_sherman

Underwhelming: Hollywood.

In support of Land's End - if you drive there then you don't deserve to be there! Cycle to it from a long way away (ideal JoG but in my case London), the gravel NCN path across the cliff tops is a nice end to the trip. Then buy a pint in the pub.

ddraver

or walk around it from Sennen Cove...

secretsam

ddraver wrote:

or walk around it from Sennen Cove...

Or just go to Sennen Cove, it's lovely - although last time I went, the world and his wife seemed to have found out about it

secretsam

Angry Bird wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

Angry Bird wrote:

Anal.

Did it hurt?

Couldn't sit down for a week.

Should've used some wet lube

team47b

Jigsaws.

The electric saw variety not the puzzles

pinno

team47b wrote:

Jigsaws.

The electric saw variety not the puzzles

Yep, can vouch for that. You have to go really slowly when the initial impression/marketing is that it will make life easier and speed things up. Then you're left with a rough edge that's nigh on impossible to sand without tears.

It's very good on MDF - but who the farq uses MDF?

Rigga

Hollywood, what a shitehole :shock:

Pross

Rigga wrote:

Hollywood, what a shitehole :shock:

Oh yes. Filthy, seedy horrible place living on past glories. It's like Calfornia's answer to Skegness but with no beach.

surrey_commuter

The lack of a substantial hill on the site of the Battle of Hastings

Sticking with the war theme, the Bay of Pigs.

slowmart

Live sports events. Much more comfortable and with a better view when enjoyed at home.

morstar

Kings of Leon.
Technically perfect renditions of their songs but total absence of showmanship. Add in a crowd that 50% of only know 1 song and it's a very soulless experience.