The worst "things to do in London" page I have ever seen

[pinkmonkey]

Harrod's ARF!

 

[fogbat]

This isn't some horrible viral, is it?

 

[fogbat]

"Take a tour of Wimbledon, even if you don't love tennis!"

 

[harpo]

No day out in London is complete without setting aside two hours to go round Windsor castle.

 

[Bungle73]

TBH, while a lot of it is silly, I don't see anything wrong with the suggestions to see stuff outside of London (White Cliffs, Bath etc.)

London Eye people get rather annoyed when you call it a ferris wheel. The reaction you get is rather like calling a Dyson vacuum cleaner a 'hoover' in front of someone from Dyson.

http://www.londoneye.com/SiteImages/Assets/8/102.pdf



And it's not the biggest in the world either, that title currently belongs to the Singapore Flyer if you accept 2/3 of the London Eye's definition, or possibly the Star of Nanchang.

To be fair it was at one time, I believe, the largest observation wheel in the world, so the info is just a bit out of date.

 

[dwenfish]

Most Yanks can speak English.

you reckon?

 

[Pickman's model]

two countries separated by a common language

 

[quimcunx]

That site is generally quite bizarre. There's some sort of scam going on but I'm not precisely sure what it is. It looks a bit extensive for them to just take people's money and run, though they might be.

I'm certain they don't have anything to do with Virgin, despite claiming that their chairman is Richard Branson and that they offer trips to his "private game reserve".

Do we need longdog on the case?

 

[Pickman's model]

could be a case for mulder & scully

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Weatherspoons? Hard Rock Cafe?

 

[Hocus Eye.]

How about Americans coming to London to see a Broadway show? That has to be a bit tongue in cheek surely?

 

[Pickman's model]

what about 23?

See hundreds of books, writings, and photographs related to the Holocaust at the Wiener Library.

i've been to the wiener library, and very interesting it is too, but it's not the sort of thing i would travel to london to see.

 

[scifisam]

TBH, while a lot of it is silly, I don't see anything wrong with the suggestions to see stuff outside of London (White Cliffs, Bath etc.)

Well, they're really not that near London. They're England recommendations. not London.

Do we need longdog on the case?

I heard that in deep smoky tones like you were voicing the trailer for a movie. When a website looks dodgy, when you know there's a scam but don't know what it is yet, it's time for ... Longdog.

 

[Bungle73]

Well, they're really not that near London. They're England recommendations. not London.

If you're here for more than one day they're places that could easily be visited in a day trip from London. And in any case the feature is titled "101 Things You Must Do While in (or Near) London".

 

[scifisam]

If you're here for more than one day they're places that could easily be visited in a day trip from London. And in any case the feature is titled "101 Things You Must Do While in (or Near) London".

True, I hadn't noticed the 'or near.'

Dover and Bath are still really not that near, though. I know Americans have a difference level of acceptance when it comes to driving distances, but that's on American motorways, not British ones.

 

[Bungle73]

True, I hadn't noticed the 'or near.'

Dover and Bath are still really not that near, though. I know Americans have a difference level of acceptance when it comes to driving distances, but that's on American motorways, not British ones.

TBH I don't drive so I was thinking more of taking the train. They're only about an hour and a half each away from London.

 

[trashpony]

TBH I don't drive so I was thinking more of taking the train. They're no more than a couple of hours each away from London.

Stonehenge - nightmare to get to from London by train.

See where Princes William and Harry went to school by stopping in Eton.

Stopping in Eton? On the way to/from where? I mean if they'd said go to windsor for the day and stop in Eton for amusement while you're there then fair enough. It's not a very helpful list.

Find out where British Prime Minister Gordon Brown lives: 10 Downing Street. Visit his residence.

Not only can you not visit his residence, you can't even walk down Downing Street anymore.

It's a list designed to set your average tourist up for a lot of disappointment

 

[Bungle73]

Stonehenge - nightmare to get to from London by train.

I know you can't get there directly by train but can't you just get a train to Salisbury and get a bus from there? I dunno, I've never done it. But I know that London Walks do day trips to Salisbury and Stonehenge so you could easily do it with someone like them.

 

[Monkfish 2.0]

They missed out "go dogging in Hammersmith Tescos carpark"

 

[hipipol]

Funnily no mention of "cutting edge" hipster wonderlands like Deptford or Hoxton - its well out of date