h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I feel that this could be an important entry for the guide, as there is no mention of this town anywhere in the edited guide, and as such the 200,000 people who live there are unrepresented in this worthy tome. It may also serve to warn people away from the place...

Cheers
Stark

It's a great article, methinks, written well.

What about a bit of history about the town? Something about them trains,... railways.. The Great Western Railway Works.. massive..

Plus, you've named the main attractions, but there's gotta be more than that. What about that ice skating rink thingummy.. I remember almost getting my fingers sliced off there.. (Ahhh..memories ) And are there any festivals?

But great article.

Lisa

I think you mean the Link Centre, Lisa...

Still, this entry had me grinning from ear to ear. It makes me nostalgic for the bad old days when going out for a night in Swindon was about the most exciting thing that happened. Country life, eh?

One small point... I thought that the Magic Roundabout was five individual smaller roundabouts, rather than seven. Mind you, I might be trying unconsciously to block out any memory of it, as I did my driving test round it. (now *that's* nasty!)

In fact, the only reason I ever go back to Swindon nowadays, besides to catch a train to London, is to watch football (yes, guilty as charged, a Robins fan).

Nex...

I'm sure I saw a whole article about the Swindon magic roundabout, but I can't find it.
Anyone know which one I mean?

- Adam

Well, I've updated the article, included some stuff about the link centre and the festival, and corrected the number of roundabouts that make up the magic roundabout (duh) and wrote some more (about all I know) about the town's railway heritage. Now what do I have to do to get this entry in the edited guide?

Thanks for all the comments

Stark

I'm really only posting here to say that I grew up near Swindon too. That makes quite a high proportion of the Scout population. Very scary.

I don't know Swindon well any more having escaped (hoorah!) and I only go back to occasionally to do battle with the Magic Roundabout because... er, well you have to. Don't you?

My feeling about the article is that it strays from the factual towards the personal opinion just a tad too much at the moment.



Amy the (scout) Ant

Good Entry, shouldn't have any bother becoming part of the Edited Guide Seemed to cover all the main things, and made me want to go and see this magic roundabout (hmmmm, maybe that should be a reason for it not to be included), but I enjoyed this Entry, and any Article which mentions Logans Run must be worth a look Until later....
BCNU - Crescent

Hmmmm... so, what now?

Well,
Now we try and get the attention of a scout who hasn't filled his monthly quota of recommendations (unlike me, who has). There is usually one lurking about somewhere...

- Adam

hello, any scouts out there?

D'oh! I've just made my picks for this month as well! Ahem... I'm sure that someone else will be along in a mo'...

Don't give up on us just yet!

It's been a long time, and Stark doesn't seem to be around any more

Anybody willing to give this one a little polishing and go for another try?

Bossel (Scout)

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