Crap Days Out

Crap Days Out
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Gareth Rubin had the idea for this book after a horrific date with a Polish girl during which she attempted to engage a Russian couple in a fist-fight. He writes for a number of newspapers including the Observer, Express, Telegraph and Mail on Sunday about travel, property, the arts and personal finance. He recently completed his first novel, All Honourable Men. Jon Parker is a freelance journalist published in the Guardian, The Times, Independent and Telegraph, as well as writing for television news. He got involved with this book after trekking all the way to Stonehenge to find it's hardly bigger than the one in Spinal Tap. Bloody Druids.

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Gareth Rubin. Crap Days Out

Contents

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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