Lourdes and Barnsley? Nothing surprises me, although having visited Lourdes recently, which is not far from from where we live in France, I am not sure if it is going to do Barnsley any good. It is the tackiness of the tourist trade which lets Lourdes down, but perhaps Barnsely will be stronger. Perhaps they will be discrete about the nik-nak shops selling tourist merchandise which are bound to spring up wherever there is a vacant shop. May be a good thing, then. Bring money into the area. But a 'miracle place' needs to be found for Barnsely to be a serious contender for pilgramages!
The comments on the article stink strongly of southerners having a larf at northerners. Good. Anything that perpetuates whatever myths southerners have about the north is likely to keep them south of Watford. Which means we get to keep the beauty of the north of England for ourselves for a bit longer. Mind you, Derbyshire is overrun with tourists these days, maybe the impoverished southerners who can't afford Dorgoigneshire or Tuscanyshire any more and decide to rough it a bit. Also, some of the links to other newspaper articles reminded me why I never read them these days; Moldovian squatters in Walthamstowe, Ukranian rapists allowed into the country who go on to do the same again, Jordan can still get into a bikini.......good grief, I'd rather do the ironing than read about all that stuff.
Lourdes and Barnsley? Nothing surprises me, although having visited Lourdes recently, which is not far from from where we live in France, I am not sure if it is going to do Barnsley any good. It is the tackiness of the tourist trade which lets Lourdes down, but perhaps Barnsely will be stronger. Perhaps they will be discrete about the nik-nak shops selling tourist merchandise which are bound to spring up wherever there is a vacant shop. May be a good thing, then. Bring money into the area. But a 'miracle place' needs to be found for Barnsely to be a serious contender for pilgramages!
ReplyDeleteThe miracle about Barnsley is that you might get out alive. A pilgrimage not for the faint hearted.
ReplyDeleteThe comments on the article stink strongly of southerners having a larf at northerners. Good. Anything that perpetuates whatever myths southerners have about the north is likely to keep them south of Watford. Which means we get to keep the beauty of the north of England for ourselves for a bit longer.
ReplyDeleteMind you, Derbyshire is overrun with tourists these days, maybe the impoverished southerners who can't afford Dorgoigneshire or Tuscanyshire any more and decide to rough it a bit.
Also, some of the links to other newspaper articles reminded me why I never read them these days; Moldovian squatters in Walthamstowe, Ukranian rapists allowed into the country who go on to do the same again, Jordan can still get into a bikini.......good grief, I'd rather do the ironing than read about all that stuff.