the worst tourist attraction in Wales

If there is a worse one in Wales than the Taff's well thermal spring then I'd like to hear it.
"Wales' only thermal spring".
It's listed on tripadvisor as a tourist attraction, but if you've ever been there it is just a damp and dirty cave, resembling and smelling like an old fashioned public toilets. Peering through the rusty gate, in the gloom you can just about make out a stagnant pool full of litter and decaying leaves. It must be about the most depressing place you could possibly imagine.
It isn't even a hot spring - the temperature is usually a pretty unpleasant 12-15 C, and I'm sure the water itself would not convey any kind of a health benefit looking at the state of it.

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Originally Posted by Rjk

If there is a worse one in Wales than the Taff's well thermal spring then I'd like to hear it.
"Wales' only thermal spring".
It's listed on tripadvisor as a tourist attraction, but if you've ever been there it is just a damp and dirty cave, resembling and smelling like an old fashioned public toilets. Peering through the rusty gate, in the gloom you can just about make out a stagnant pool full of litter and decaying leaves. It must be about the most depressing place you could possibly imagine.
It isn't even a hot spring - the temperature is usually a pretty unpleasant 12-15 C, and I'm sure the water itself would not convey any kind of a health benefit looking at the state of it.

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You're not selling it to me very well.....

Are The Sun doing a £10 entry voucher thingy?

Porthcawl fairground on a spring bank holiday could match that.
Admittedly it was a few years ago but the whole place was in the latter stages of deep neglect.
The ice cream was nice though ( Fulgonis ?)

In pre-internet days I did a detour when doing a road trip around the NE corner of the US - to see Quechee Gorge, which was described in promotional literature as Vermont's answer to the Grand Canyon. This is what I saw when I arrived:

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

In pre-internet days I did a detour when doing a road trip around the NE corner of the US - to see Quechee Gorge, which was described in promotional literature as Vermont's answer to the Grand Canyon. This is what I saw when I arrived:

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Like a scene from DELIVERANCE :hehe:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/...cid=uxbndlbing

Could be expensive for folks

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

Like a scene from DELIVERANCE :hehe:

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As you may have gathered from a previous post, my encounter with Ned Beatty was in Fort William rather than Vermont :-)

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

In pre-internet days I did a detour when doing a road trip around the NE corner of the US - to see Quechee Gorge, which was described in promotional literature as Vermont's answer to the Grand Canyon. This is what I saw when I arrived:

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Oohh! How would anyone manage to get out of there alive, I wonder?
I think the Avon Gorge is more imposing than that! :hehe:

Just been trying to think what Cardiff’s version of the Grand Canyon is. Fairwater ski slope?

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Just been trying to think what Cardiff’s version of the Grand Canyon is. Fairwater ski slope?

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the huge quarry in morganstown?

Someone could start a pastry competition and call it the Clarkes gorge.

Sydney may have Bondi Beach, Rio have Copacabana, but how could they compete with our very own Splott Beach?

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Just been trying to think what Cardiff’s version of the Grand Canyon is. Fairwater ski slope?

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Quarry at the top of pen-y-lan hill, if it’s still there.
Not been up there for about 60 years

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

In pre-internet days I did a detour when doing a road trip around the NE corner of the US - to see Quechee Gorge, which was described in promotional literature as Vermont's answer to the Grand Canyon. This is what I saw when I arrived:

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Did you hear Banjo's :shrug:

Despite having good reviews, the guy who’s turned his council flat in Port Talbot into a baked bean museum sticks out

Opened this thread, and was fully expecting it to be Sludge’s bedroom/ torture chamber!

..used to go newting there..watched the cooling towers on colchester Avenue get blown up from the grass above the quarry..

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Just been trying to think what Cardiff’s version of the Grand Canyon is. Fairwater ski slope?

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Nah.
There's a drainage ditch running through St Mellons.

Last night on ITV Wales news there was a feature on how Wales has one of the top ten beaches in the world.......Tenby!

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Originally Posted by cardiff55

Last night on ITV Wales news there was a feature on how Wales has one of the top ten beaches in the world.......Tenby!

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Wales does have some very good beaches.
Barry would be right up there if it wasn't for town behind.

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Originally Posted by bobh

Wales does have some very good beaches.
Barry would be right up there if it wasn't for town behind.

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I always remember the sea at Barry being brown, often with some kind of chemical looking froth to it. Has the water quality improved significantly?

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

I always remember the sea at Barry being brown, often with some kind of chemical looking froth to it. Has the water quality improved significantly?

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It has. there's all sorts of life in the rock pools these days

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Originally Posted by bobh

Wales does have some very good beaches.
Barry would be right up there if it wasn't for town behind.

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Bit similar to Niagara Falls. The Falls are amazing just don’t look at the town behind you on the Canadian side!

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Originally Posted by bobh

It has. there's all sorts of LIFE in the rock pools these days

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Ya, it’s easy to catch crabs down there :hehe:

When I was in school in the 80s I used to hate going to Cardiff museum

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Originally Posted by bluesp

Bit similar to Niagara Falls. The Falls are amazing just don’t look at the town behind you on the Canadian side!

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I was there 3 years ago on a day trip from Toronto. I'd read that it was bad but was still really surprised just how bad it was. Was like stepping into a really shit theme park. How that was ever allowed next to natural wonder is staggering.
The falls are amazing though, and the boat ride right up close was a great experience.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Just been trying to think what Cardiff’s version of the Grand Canyon is. Fairwater ski slope?

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Gwaelod-y-Garth obviously

Barry island 'pleasure' park.
It's like a gypsy site