jimmy_onions
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« on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 08:30:10 » |
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So, you may or may not have heard but the olympics is here.....am finally getting round to thinking, "you know what, maybe I should go and see something", however, with a new born and 5 year old, I am not sure the preliminary rounds of the womens archery is quite the thing...so am thinking, perhaps a family trip to Weymouth, to soak up some atmosphere, see a bit of sailing, get into the spirit etc etc...
Naturally we dont have tickets and all official sites say viewing is only restricted to ticketd areas etc etc...however, there is 20 bloody miles of coastline around weymouth bay from which you could probably see some of the events...so my question is this...
In the coastline between weymouth and lulworth, I am assuming you can just turn up, roll out the picnic blanket, and have a day on the cliff face there, and still be able to see some of the action...
Anyone in the know, want to shed some light on the logistics of all this?
Cheers...
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 08:47:03 » |
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I was in Weymouth yesterday, its only about 25 miles or so from me and they have put lots of large fences up so that the casual viewer is not able to watch for free, this has upset a lot of locals hoping for a free view.
All the roads that will offer a good free view have been closed as well such as the A349 to A31 link road.
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 08:49:12 » |
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what, they've cordened off all that coastline from weymouth, eastwards?
How tight is that?
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 08:51:56 » |
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I'm guessing the events are to the east of Portland and therefore not viewable from Chesil Beach?
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 08:52:10 » |
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what, they've cordened off all that coastline from weymouth, eastwards?
How tight is that?
Pretty disgraceful tbh |
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 08:57:43 » |
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Thanks for the heads up on this. I love going to Weymouth and was thinking of a day out to see the sailing...I have a mate who has local knowledge but it doesn`t sound good....I am looking forward to the Olympics in general and I really hope I dont end up being cynical about the whole thing...
I noticed on the TV that there are about 20 odd HD channels being devoted to the Games so it sounds like everything will be well and truely covered...
Got to be excited about this really - haven`t you?
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 09:05:45 » |
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Why is it disgraceful? No one would buy a ticket if you could watch for free.
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 09:06:57 » |
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We are not talking about being at the finish line or anything like that, just being able to spectate from a distance like you can with the marathon, cycling road road race etc
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 09:17:46 » |
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Yep. Just as I thought, all to the east of Portland so you won't see anything from Chesil Beach. |
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 09:36:49 » |
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Why is it disgraceful? No one would buy a ticket if you could watch for free.
Just guessing here but wouldn't areas they have fenced off normally be public land? |
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 10:46:16 » |
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But it's not a fucking public event is it? Grow up.
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 11:06:03 » |
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But it's not a fucking public event is it? Grow up.
a little harsh... |
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 11:10:36 » |
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But it's not a fucking public event is it? Grow up.
My humble apologies for putting forward an opinion oh wise one |
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, July 27, 2012, 11:12:19 » |
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Well it fucks me off when people moan about something they have unrealistic expectations of. Every cunt seems to want everything for free nowadays. Well you can't have it, and it isn't a 'disgrace' to stop cheapskate cunts enjoying stuff that costs millions to provide.
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