I'm not angry with Stratford Upon Avon...
just... disappointed.

Given the many nice towns within easy reach (Leamington, Henley-in-Arden, Warwick), the alleged jewel of Warwickshire is actually a bit rubbish.

Any charm it might have once posessed has been swept aside by mounds of overpriced tourist tat, fat Americans and pickpockets. It's not chavvy, or ugly, it's just overcrowded and has this feel of being worn out by millions of feet belonging to millions of tourists in search of... I'm not sure exactly. The theatre's nice, if you can get tickets, there's some buildings to look at, a lake, and that's about it. Shakespeare was born there, but you can't exactly go and see him, and you can go buy his books anywhere else, at about a third of the price. It's a town without a purpose that makes you feel a bit empty inside.

Plus the last time I went there I was attacked by a goose.
(Axeman Jim, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 1:16, 5 replies)

I have to say I agree
I live in Leam, which at times has its own problems, but Stratford is just a massive pulsating tourist trap. You can't go there without being buffeted by crocodiles of schoolchildren on trips, pushed out of the way by tourists, or ripped off by locals.

I took some Argentine friends to the Shakespeare house... they wanted to see the supposed jewel in English culture. They came away disappointed.

The whole place is like flat coke. Meh.
(Zapiola zip-zap-zop, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 1:28, closed)

I clicked
simply because you managed to get attacked by a goose.
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 10:00, closed)

I also clicked for the goosage
Don't underestimate geese, they are the nazis of the fowl world.
( Droog is too orangey for crows, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 11:51, closed)

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more goosey clickage here!
(harrumph, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 17:49, closed)

There's something about those water birds
I went there when I was about 3 and got bitten by duck! I went a few years ago with my parents, and my dad tried to feed me to a duck again! Instead I got bitten by one a few days later in London.
(deadly_sinners, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 14:43, closed)