Wow that DAF was quick
The Grand Tour
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Wow that DAF was quick
Soldato
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It was nice to watch, like an old pair of slippers that are comfy and give you that same old reassurance that you know what you're getting. Nothing new or clever, just good telly for middle aged blokes, watching those 3 do silly things in amazing places that on some level we all wish we could do too.
I think the next one is the last one, and I'm ok with that, nothing lasts forever, so appreciate I what it was!
Still vastly better than most nonsense shown on the telly these days!
I think the next one is the last one, and I'm ok with that, nothing lasts forever, so appreciate I what it was!
Still vastly better than most nonsense shown on the telly these days!
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Caporegime
Have you been to a layby on the side of a busy A road or had a glimpse on the banks of major motorways? We are just as bad and we have people that clean them!
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Soldato
Really enjoyed this, delivered exactly what it said on the tin.
I find this in a lot of things. A lower budget offering is often so much more enjoyable and I also reflected on this when thinking back to the previous Africa special with the cheap estates. Still, the genuine entertaining trio still provided a good distraction.
It is possible the lack of vegetation makes it look worse but I don't know any regular town streets with that much litter
Soldato
Indeed. Major roads are awful for litter.
Suspended
Nothing like that place though!!
When I'm leaving town late on a Friday or Saturday night, especially if there has been a football match or other large event locally, the first ~300 yards or so of main road out of town is just a carpet of discarded takeaway packaging, paper cups and plastic bottles
people are scum and it wouldn't take much to end up like that here.When things started to open up again after the pandemic the local country parks, etc. were absolutely coated in litter, I dunno if I can find it but there was a fence at the end of the car park of one of them and in less than 3 days it had become almost entirely blotted out by wind blown litter trapped against it!
Soldato
So a 300 yard stretch outside of a gathering of what, 20k people is messy for a short while until street cleaners come? Surely it's not really comparable?When I'm leaving town late on a Friday or Saturday night, especially if there has been a football match or other large event locally, the first ~300 yards or so of main road out of town is just a carpet of discarded takeaway packaging, paper cups and plastic bottles
Caporegime
When i went to Angola it was wall to wall litter, other than the aftermath of something like Glastonbury nothing in the UK compares.
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My point really was that it is quite a thin line really between it looking like that here as well - people aren't really that much better. It was noticeable during the pandemic even though it isn't that bad normally how much less litter there was at the peak of the lockdowns. Being a key worker and driving a lot during the lockdowns really made me feel quite bitter towards humanity seeing the contrast in just about everything.
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Soldato
I don't think anyone was meaning 'they're much messier than we are'. I thought it was more a surprise that it's allowed to be that way?
eg Only a couple of weekends ago, I was out cycling, there were groups of volunteers litter picking the Hertfordshire countryside. I've seen this a few times now.
Yes and usually in these places it's not just litter either. They take dumps on the street too, because where there are is no rubbish management, there are no toilets either. India is the same which is why everyone who visits gets diarrhea. There are particles of it on everything.
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Well that anecdote just put me off my chips
Commissario
I thought it dragged and was a bit too long. After an hour or so, I actually got bored, switched it off and went back to it a day later.
Man of Honour
Me and the Mrs looked at each other and said the scripting is getting really poor now.
The most awesome bit was the train at 1.55 miles long
While they were messing getting the cars off they were claiming there were no real roads and you could see in a distance cars on a road
You can see carriages by the line and a nice road in front - https://www.google.com/maps/place/C....0673833!16zL20vMGJmdHF2?authuser=0&entry=ttu
The most awesome bit was the train at 1.55 miles long
While they were messing getting the cars off they were claiming there were no real roads and you could see in a distance cars on a road
You can see carriages by the line and a nice road in front - https://www.google.com/maps/place/C....0673833!16zL20vMGJmdHF2?authuser=0&entry=ttu