Crap Days Out
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Gareth Rubin. Crap Days Out
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Introduction
THE SOUTH WEST. STONEHENGE. WILTSHIRE
THE DINOSAUR MUSEUM. DORCHESTER. DORSET
COOPERS HILL CHEESE ROLLING. GLOUCESTERSHIRE
GLASTONBURY TOR. SOMERSET
GLASTONBURY SYMPOSIUM. SOMERSET
THE GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL. SOMERSET
CERNE ABBAS GIANT. DORSET. UFFINGTON WHITE HORSE. OXFORDSHIRE
WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM. BRISTOL
THE BAKELITE MUSEUM. WILLITON, SOMERSET
THE BEAUFORT HUNT. WILTSHIRE
STANTON DREW STONE CIRCLES. SOMERSET
WOODHENGE. DURRINGTON, WILTSHIRE
ABBOTSBURY SWANNERY. DORSET
SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINS. NEWQUAY, CORNWALL
LONDON. MADAME TUSSAUDS. LONDON
THE PRINCESS DIANA MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN. HYDE PARK LONDON
MIMEFEST. LONDON. FESTIVAL OF FOOLS. MUNCASTER CASTLE LAKE DISTRICT
HARRY POTTER TOUR. PLATFORM 9¾, KING’S CROSS STATION LONDON
THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. LONDON
SOMERSET HOUSE OUTDOOR CINEMA. LONDON
SHERLOCK HOLMES MUSEUM. LONDON
STRATFORD UPON THAMES. LONDONSHIRE
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES. LONDON
IDEAL HOME SHOW. LONDON
THE GEFFRYE MUSEUM. LONDON
THE TURNER PRIZE TATE BRITAIN. LONDON
SING-A-LONG-A-SOUND-OF-MUSIC PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA. LONDON
EEL, PIE AND MASH SHOPS. LONDON
GLOBE THEATRE. LONDON
WIMBLEDON LAWN TENNIS CLUB TOUR. LONDON
THE CLOWNS’ CHURCH SERVICE. LONDON. SHOWZAM CIRCUS FESTIVAL. BLACKPOOL
ABBAWORLD. LONDON AND SYDNEY
LONDON COMIC CON. LONDON
HARRODS. LONDON
BOROUGH MARKET. LONDON
THE EMIRATES STADIUM TOUR. LONDON
BUCKINGHAM PALACE TOUR. LONDON
THE CHANGING OF THE QUILL. LONDON
JACK THE RIPPER WALKS. WHITECHAPEL LONDON
THE ANAESTHESIA HERITAGE MUSEUM. LONDON
THE SOUTH COAST. THE ISLE OF WIGHT GARLIC FESTIVAL
COWES WEEK. ISLE OF WIGHT
BRIGHTON BEACH VOLLEYBALL. SUSSEX
GENESIS EXPO MUSEUM OF CREATIONISM. PORTSMOUTH
BOURNEMOUTH SEWAGE WORKS. DORSET
BOOZE CRUISE TO CALAIS. THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
BRIGHTON’S NUDIST BEACH. SUSSEX
THE SOUTH EAST. LEGOLAND. WINDSOR BERKSHIRE
WOBURN SAFARI PARK. BEDFORDSHIRE
BODYFLIGHT INDOOR SKY-DIVING. BEDFORD
WHITSTABLE OYSTER FESTIVAL. KENT
TEAPOT ISLAND. MAIDSTONE KENT
NORWICH PRIDE. NORWICH
THE MILL AT SONNING DINNER THEATRE. OXFORDSHIRE
HERNE BAY PIER SPORTS CENTRE. KENT
ALL THE FUN OF THE SEASIDE ARSON FACT-FILE:
BASILDON HERITAGE TRAIL. ESSEX
EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY MUSEUM. COLCHESTER ESSEX
BEKONSCOT MODEL VILLAGE. BEACONSFIELD BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
PLUCKLEY: THE MOST HAUNTED VILLAGE IN BRITAIN. KENT
PICK YOUR OWN STRAWBERRIES. KENT
ROYAL ASCOT. BERKSHIRE
BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTRE. GREENHITHE KENT
ROCHESTER DICKENS WEEK. KENT
THE MIDLANDS. MONSTER TRUCK NATIONALS SANTA POD RACEWAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
ALTHORP HOUSE. ALTHORP NORTHAMPTON
WALSALL ILLUMINATIONS. WEST MIDLANDS
CADBURY WORLD. BIRMINGHAM
DUDLEY CASTLE. WEST MIDLANDS
THE LADY GODIVA CLOCK. COVENTRY
THE WATTELISK. BIRMINGHAM
SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHPLACE. STRATFORD-UPON-AVON WARWICKSHIRE
CITY OF CAVES. NOTTINGHAM
COALPORT CHINA MUSEUM. SHROPSHIRE
THE LOST CITY OF LICHLANTIS. UM…
THE NORTH. THE GREAT NORTH RUN – IN FANCY DRESS. NEWCASTLE TO SOUTH SHIELDS
DRACULA EXPERIENCE. WHITBY
SURFING IN HARTLEPOOL. CLEVELAND
YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK. WAKEFIELD
BYLAND ABBEY – ‘THE SECOND-LARGEST COLLECTION OF FLOOR TILES IN EUROPE’ RYDALE YORKSHIRE
THE MUSEUM OF LAKELAND LIFE. KENDAL CUMBRIA
YORK DUNGEON. YORKSHIRE
MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION. LEEDS. SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM. GLASGOW
THE QUILT MUSEUM. YORK
THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH. GATESHEAD. THE B OF THE BANG. MANCHESTER
PREMIER INN HONEYMOON SPECIAL. HULL
THE ARNDALE CENTRE. MANCHESTER
YORVIK BRASS RUBBING CENTRE. YORK
SINGLES NIGHT AT ASDA. PRINCESS WAY BURNLEY
ROMAN CHESTER. CHESHIRE
THE OLD HOUSE OF KEYS. DOUGLAS ISLE OF MAN
THE BEATLES STORY. LIVERPOOL
SELLAFIELD NUCLEAR POWER STATION. CUMBRIA
HAWORTH, HOME TO THE BRONTËS. YORKSHIRE
FERRY ’CROSS THE MERSEY. LIVERPOOL
WORLD VIKING LONGBOAT RACING CHAMPIONSHIP. PEEL ISLE OF MAN
THE SWITCHING ON OF THE BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS. BLACKPOOL
PENDLE WITCHES TRAIL. LANCASHIRE
WORLD BLACK PUDDING THROWING CHAMPIONSHIP. RAMSBOTTOM LANCASHIRE
THE CAT POTTERY. WENSLEYDALE YORKSHIRE
CUMBERLAND PENCIL MUSEUM. KESWICK
SHEFFIELD
CRINKLEY BOTTOM THEME PARK. MORECAMBE LANCASHIRE
DELTA FORCE PAINTBALL. WAKEFIELD
HADRIAN’S WALL. NORTHUMBERLAND
SCOTLAND. HOGMANAY. EDINBURGH
THE HIGHLAND GAMES. BRAEMAR
ROBERT BURNS TRAIL. DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
STUDENT PLAYS AT THE. EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
WHALE WATCHING. ISLE OF SKYE
AMERICAN FOOTBALL IN SCOTLAND
THE WORLD FAMOUS OLD BLACKSMITH’S SHOP. GRETNA GREEN DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
STONEHAVEN OUTDOOR LIDO. NEAR ABERDEEN
KILMAHOG WOOLLEN MILL. PERTHSHIRE
JM BARRIE’S COTTAGE. KIRRIEMUIR ANGUS
NESSIE SPOTTING. LOCH NESS THE HIGHLANDS
WALTZING WATERS. NEWTONMORE THE HIGHLANDS
JOHN O’GROATS – BRITAIN’S BIGGEST BASTARDS. JOHN O’GROATS CAITHNESS
SHARMANKA PUPPET THEATRE. GLASGOW
BANNOCKBURN HERITAGE CENTRE AND THE NATIONAL WALLACE MONUMENT. STIRLINGSHIRE
THE BRITISH GOLF MUSEUM. ST ANDREWS FIFE
YURT GLAMPING IN THE CAIRNGORMS
BAXTERS HIGHLAND VILLAGE. FOCHABERS MORAY
WALES. CLIMBING SNOWDON. SNOWDONIA
COITY CASTLE. MID GLAMORGAN
EISTEDDFOD. WALES
ABERYSTWYTH CAMERA OBSCURA. WALES
BOG SNORKELLING. LLANWRTYD WELLS WALES
LLECHWEDD SLATE CAVERNS. SNOWDONIA
RHONDDA HERITAGE PARK BLACK GOLD TOUR. RHONDDA VALLEY
THE SMALLEST HOUSE IN BRITAIN. CONWY
CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY. POWYS
IRELAND. BELFAST PRIDE. NORTHERN IRELAND
KISSING THE BLARNEY STONE. BLARNEY CASTLE CORK
ST PATRICK’S DAY. DUBLIN
FACTFILE: ST GEORGE’S DAY
ULSTER AMERICAN FOLK PARK. OMAGH, CO. TYRONE
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL. MAYDAY BANK HOLIDAY. YOUR NEAREST MOTORWAY SERVICE STATION
THE UK ROCK PAPER SCISSORS CHAMPIONSHIP. VARIOUS VENUES
POST-SCRIPT: THE MASPRO DENKOH CORPORATION OF JAPAN
THE CARAVAN CLUB
CHRISTMAS PANTOS WITH CHRISTOPHER BIGGINS
SWIMMING THE CHANNEL
THE SEALED KNOT BATTLE RE-ENACTMENTS
KILLING KITTENS – THE POSH SWINGERS CLUB
NAKED BIKE RIDES/PROTESTS/MASS PHOTOGRAPHS. SEEMINGLY EVERYWHERE
FACTFILE: NAKED PROTESTS
ULTIMATE FRISBEE
SPONSORED PARACHUTE JUMPS
FLASH MOBS
MORRIS DANCING. AT A VILLAGE FÊTE NEAR YOU
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INTRODUCTION
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No one is sure if the white horse is even a horse. It might be a dog or a sparrow or something. Intriguingly, the ancient … well, whoever it was who marked out the unidentified creature, left one leg floating away from the rest of his body, rather like Penfold’s eyebrows in Danger Mouse.
And just what it is doing there on the side of a hill is also a bit sketchy. Some historians say it was carved in celebration of King Alfred’s victory over the Danes in AD 871:
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