Lands End

Lands End Theme Park (171 words)
by pinkmuppet - written on 14.07.08 (Very useful, 4 readings)
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Lands End has the splendid reputation of being the most westerly point of Britain (not the most southerly, that belongs to the Lizard Peninsula). Lands End used to be literally just a small hotel and the magnificent views over the cliffs, oh and the signpost detailing the direction and distance to various international landmarks. However in the last few years, the land was bought up and turned into a theme park, you now have to pay to have your photo taken at the signpost and the ambience of what was once a beautiful haunting place has all but disappeared which is such a shame. Don't get me wrong, the cliff top scenery is absolutely ...

Does the Bell Toll? (934 words)
by lamorna - written on 19.10.00 (Very useful, 67 readings)
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It was 1988. Ten years of running a busy pub and then our well commended Restaurant in Beaminster, West Dorset. Ten years of seven days a week, eighteen hours a day, early mornings, late nights, hot kitchens and the general cut and thrust of being self-employed. We had sold our Restaurant! We could stop! We spent three months licking our wounds and mending body and soul in our tiny 14th. Century Dorset Stone Cottage in Bridport, six miles away. We saw no one. We didn’t drink. We had withdrawal symptoms from catering. We joked about lurking around catering establishments in the Town after dark, and sniffing their Ventilation Systems to ...

Lands End: Never Again. (192 words)
by daseaford - written on 17.10.00 (Very useful, 22 readings)
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We have visited Lands End once and I am sure that will be our one and only visit to this place. We expected to find a place of natural beauty where we could enjoy the views from the cliffs and the sensation of being at the edge of our country. What we found was amusement arcades, tacky shops and expensive cafes. Any natural beauty of this site is distracted by the greed of the businesses situated here. You even have to pay £3 to park your car on a grass field. We have all come to expect this type of format at the more popular seaside resorts and there we can all enjoy the noise of slot machines and the smell of hot dogs, but Lands End surely is something ...