A Tourist Attraction????

[Bobbisox1]

How gullible are people ???

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/dominic-cummings-barnard-castle-covid-22902073

[davebro]

laughable innit!

[Stickybottle]

Indeed

It gained infamy due to the Cummings and goings no less

Someone else ought to be going soon too ! Lol

[nailit]

No more gullible than this
https://www.shrewsburyprison.com/?utm_source=google-ads&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=15160830470&utm_adgroup=136111495424&utm_term=shrewsbury%20prison&utm_content=558704622364&gclid=Cj0KCQiAxc6PBhCEARIsAH8Hff2Rtxi22vzx6sFBaAp9aIQsj3yN_LhqEMFU6FI6fLxjMI5x5ENnEBMaAkYTEALw_wcB
Having served 3 sentences and a week on remand here I could get a job as a tour guide...

Only went there to test my eyes as well!!!

[Bobbisox1]

Who are these people?
Stand up and be counted fools , haha

[Mamyalynne]

It was likely the first time many had heard of the location nice places round there to visit.

[Mamyalynne]

Old prisons are great to visit as long as the key doesn't turn after you.

[burlyshirley]

It does look like a lovely place to visit though.

[ichkeria]

I just can’t see it myself

Which, oddly, is exactly what the man himself is reported to have said when he drove there

[jno]

it's a pretty good ruined castle, Bobbi, I visited years ago (decades before Covid) and enjoyed it. The town's nice too, even if your eyesight's fine, honest.

[Bobbisox1]

Jno, I know I’ve passed through many times but for English Heritage to include it since the Cummings visit and shop keepers talk of people asking where the SpecSavers shop is he allegedly visited….is weird :0(

[nailit]

//Old prisons are great to visit as long as the key doesn't turn after you.//
Cant argue with that...
Ive re-visited a couple of times
(on the request of friends)
And its nice to be able to leave when you want.

(And also to be able to visit the parts that you cant see as a regular prisoner, such as the execution chamber etc,)

Apologies Bobbiesox, didnt mean to detract from your thread.
Just that humans will visit anywhere....

[Mamyalynne]

//English Heritage has said it was among many “hidden local gems” which saw an increase in visitor numbers during 2021 as more people turned to places on their doorstep due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.//

People probably got to see more of this Country than they ever had before that's a good thing.

[Mamyalynne]

I agree Nailit and often the info that is displayed in those places really makes you think.

[jno]

It was already in the English Heritage handbook in 2018 - I still have a copy. Way back when I visited it, Richard III was still living there :-)

[Peter Pedant]

I am very glad for the people of Castle barnard...

I regret - Dr Shipman's surgery - opposite a group practice down the hill of the main street - was a place to vizeet. Hyde townspeople didnt like it much....

[pat2604]

I would love to visit it. I love old castles. I find them fascinating.

[Mozz71]

Seems a bit strange to get worked up about people visiting an old castle. The picture make it look quite idyllic. I'm sure not everybody is going there to visit the local Specsavers.

[Bobbisox1]

Worked up Mozz?not I , I find it quite amusing :0))

[novalis]

A ran a half-marathon there many moons ago. The thought of the hill at the ten mile mark still makes me shudder.

[Mozz71]

You find it amusing that someone would visit a historical site for a day trip? Okay, each to their own.