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May 28 '07 by Seosaimhthin

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UK locations - nothing in the middle? Here be Dragons?

UK locations. Two in London, one Windsor, one Wiltshire. The South. Two in Scotland. North.

Because everything that's not the Southernly South or the most Northern of North must be a wasteland where we all live in coal mines?

One location in between the two extremes might have been fun!

Let me suggest Manchester. It'll be the capital one day, you know.

Seosaimhthin on May 28 '07 at 2:28pm

No other Brits agree?

Espoz on May 28 '07 at 2:29pm

We need a good old fashioned Yorkshire one ahaha.

Espoz on May 28 '07 at 2:29pm

ILKLEY MOOR

Bramish on May 28 '07 at 2:29pm

I was hoping to see Grimsby Fish Docks there myself.

roboroller on May 28 '07 at 2:30pm

dude, if you get a picture with a dragon...i think the contest should be over, we win, and you get like...ALL of the coolers...plus probably be famous and rich n shit

Seosaimhthin on May 28 '07 at 2:31pm

But three London locations!? I hear they HAVE a transport system. We have to travel by coal cart here.

Maybe they went off addresses... most of their UK orders ship to London?

stubby43 on May 28 '07 at 2:41pm

Theres not exactly anything all that tourist in manchester apart from the science museum, but come on liverpool has the tate, the albert docks, the slaver muesum, the beatles mueseum.

Then theres york famous for its walls and the minster.

stubby43 on May 28 '07 at 2:43pm

your from yorkshire espoz? I'm at uni in york (not the rejects of durum university who are rejects of oxford and cambridge).

SEVEN-HUNDRED on May 28 '07 at 2:44pm

Why does Edinburgh get two and Glasgow gets nothing?

stubby43 on May 28 '07 at 2:45pm

Cause Glasgows shit.

wotto on May 28 '07 at 2:52pm

and edinburghs better looking and u probably stand a better chance of keeping ur tshirt on ur back - lol

wotto on May 28 '07 at 2:53pm

They should have picked Dudley Zoo & Castle

stubby43 on May 28 '07 at 2:54pm

To be fair Glasgow is supposed to be good for a night out, but at the end of the day would you really want to spend any amount of time in a place that invented battered mars bars?

wotto on May 28 '07 at 2:55pm

It is a fantastic night out and a good city.

Seosaimhthin on May 30 '07 at 4:43am

I don't get why Edinburgh needs two. Is it honestly so large that the prospect of travelling across it is so great?

peater on May 30 '07 at 4:45am

Oh, come on! We don't have any in all of Los Angeles, and I'm over it.

Seosaimhthin on May 30 '07 at 4:46am

You guys have a transport system! We ride camels.

13strong on May 30 '07 at 5:00am

I think Glasgow School of Art would have made a good location.

welshalex on May 30 '07 at 5:05am

Dudley Zoo would be great, in the walkthrough Lemur enclosure.
Wales dosent even get a look in. Im not surprised, Ive only ever met one American who knew where Wales was.

13strong on May 30 '07 at 5:11am

I guess, considering the theme of the competition, they picked their locations according to where people go on holiday. Not a lot of international holiday-makers heading to that bejewelled utopia that is the North of England. Same goes for Glasgow.

I love bits of the North - the moors, Newcastle, Durham, etc etc, but it ain't exactly a tourist hotspot, compared with London or Edinburgh.

deboraborialis on May 30 '07 at 5:14am

Stubby, I think you are a little mixed up. Deep fried mars bars are an east coast invention. I'm feeling a lot of unfounded animosity towards Glasgow here. This was ment to be a blog about having more locations, not saying some are shite.

13strong on May 30 '07 at 5:22am

I'll be interested to see if anyone makes it to Loch Ness by the end of the week. That's a pretty special trip in itself. I wonder if the Threadless staff think that we all live next to Loch Ness, chasing haggis and painting our faces blue.

I mean, come on. That's only like 25% of the population...

deboraborialis on May 30 '07 at 5:23am

I met an American who kelpt talking about the welch people. He was the same one who thought that Kate Winslet's character in Titanic was real, and was in fact the last living survivor.

13strong on May 30 '07 at 5:27am

We may have come up with the deep-fried Mars Bar, but Glaswegians invented the Scooby Snack (available from that wee van outside the Botanic Gardens on a weekend night). It is a much under-appreciated but extremely important cultural and culinary event.

deboraborialis on May 30 '07 at 5:29am

Is that a magical box of various fried goods?

13strong on May 30 '07 at 5:34am

Honestly, my memories of it are hazy. All I know is that I sat in the middle of a roundabout a little further up the road, munching on its filthy goodness. Then we stumbled home.

I suspect that my memories of it are hazy in order to protect me from the wondrous splendour of it's gastronomical achievements.

Leonard Lau on May 30 '07 at 5:38am

Believe it or not, a lot of tourism from overseas come to East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) where there is plenty of history and buildings to explore (day out trip) or even Yorkshire for the countryside however, it is still always London and Edinburgh (or Glasgow) that get choosen instead of anywhere else.

Makes me sad.

13strong on May 30 '07 at 5:44am

I don't think the North is undeserving of tourism - Yorkshire is beautiful. But it doesn't have the international reputation of London or Edinburgh. Which is weird, considering the North is the home of a lot of British cultural icons - the Brontes, DH Lawrence (I think...), Michael Palin!

deboraborialis on May 30 '07 at 5:45am

I may have to make a trip down to said van (after a few shandies).

Most areas have something of outstanding beauty to offer, but I think 13strong is right, it will always be London or Edinburgh. My next holiday will be visiting catles in Wales.

13strong on May 30 '07 at 5:46am

Dammit! Someone got to Holyrood before me. I knew I should have gone at the weekend... Dammit.

Oh well, I can still enter the competition... I just feel so... unoriginal.

peater on May 30 '07 at 5:51am

We're coming to the UK in september, and guess where we're going?

yep, london and edinburgh!

deboraborialis on May 30 '07 at 5:53am

See!

13strong on May 30 '07 at 5:58am

Peater - I highly recommend heading through to Glasgow, just to get a sense of Scotland's real culture and industrial history. Head to Glasgow Cathedral and the nearby Necropolis - it's beautiful, has an amazing history, and if you're lucky you might catch some musicians practicing inside. Glasgow's only 45 minutes on the train from Edinburgh, and there's a regular service.

If you want any tips on things to do or see in Edinburgh, just ask!

GallyAl on May 30 '07 at 6:03am

I was hoping for Leicester Walkers Stadium..or just anything in Leicester really! I'm so lazy.

deboraborialis on May 30 '07 at 6:19am

You are a beauty spot of the north Alice.

taz-pie on May 30 '07 at 6:22am

peater on May 30 '07 at 4:45am
Oh, come on! We don't have any in all of Los Angeles, and I'm over it.

haha exactly!! i have one location in my whole country!! get over it guys!

deboraborialis on May 30 '07 at 6:23am

It's not our fault you live in the bush! ;p

stubby43 on May 30 '07 at 6:38am

Sorry guys, it was more of a jokey statment it just doesnt come over on the net, though I've never really heard of good things about glasgow.

To be fair I did say there was no reason to go to manchester even though I love that city, its grea for shopping and even better for a night out, 42nd street is the shit.

GallyAl on May 30 '07 at 6:39am

Aw thanks Deb! You're a doll!

taz-pie on May 30 '07 at 6:57am

ahahahaaaa debs!

Ady bear on May 30 '07 at 7:55am

of course theres loads of places in the middle-i myself am from oxford-wasteland?!

i think you mean countryside-well i live in the country-and i love it-no hassle-good pubs-nice country side-no skyscapers obscuring the sky.....i have a river near me back garden-sounds great to me!
soz but i hate london-its alright to visit-for about 5 hours!

Seosaimhthin on May 30 '07 at 10:12am

Manchester's great for tourism; the nightlife's great and it's got loads of old architecture and modern museums aaand... Lonely Planet speaks most highly of it.

maija on May 30 '07 at 10:15am

My nation's one location is 3000km away from me, so quit yer whinin'.

Seosaimhthin on May 30 '07 at 10:15am

Ady Bear - yes, I don't believe the centre of the country is a wasteland, I was being silly and asking why Threadless appeared to believe that no tourists would ever wander most of England. I myself am from the middle.

Seosaimhthin on May 30 '07 at 10:17am

Maija, but imagine how more annoying it would be if it had 7 all in the same distant spot!

Espoz on Jun 01 '07 at 8:21am

To the person further up ^
Yep Yorkshire is ace. If you look at my wear in the world picture, it says "Birthplace of the Brontes" haha they were born like a 2 minute walk down the road from me.
There is your history lesson for today.

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