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.:SpIcYsPy:.

19-10-2005, 16:10

Tori

19-10-2005, 17:00

oooh is that what it is??? we saw it when we were going to france and wondered what it is. got lots of photos of it, but not actually been up it

Luna

19-10-2005, 17:02

looks scary

Tori

19-10-2005, 17:04

it looks soooo cool at night when its illuminated. shame that there is so much light pollution from the pleasure beach area though, as it is spectacular!!

Abi

19-10-2005, 17:34

I went there a few months back, and it was all built, i think they were just sorting the lift and stuff. I didn't know what it was either Kai, i was surprised when i saw it on the tele!

Tori

19-10-2005, 17:36

i'm gonna try and get my parents to take me next year- so we get to portsmouth earlier and i can go up lol!!!!

Abi

19-10-2005, 17:38

I lvoe the shopping centre that its next to.... :D

Tori

19-10-2005, 17:40

lol! i'm not a huuuuge fan or the shopping centre in portsmouth. i'll try to post some photos of this tower later, and they were taken late at night

Abi

19-10-2005, 18:09

It fab there, i spent a blooming fortune.

More photos? Cool! :)

Behemoth

19-10-2005, 18:31

Moved to 'Holiday and Travel'

Debs

19-10-2005, 18:34

This is the amazing Spinnaker Tower, a 170m addition to Portsmouth's skyline..

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40918000/jpg/_40918682_night.jpg http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40918000/jpg/_40918692_top.jpg http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40918000/jpg/_40918680_floor.jpg

Has anyone been here yet?? :searchme:

Looks good but so far one man has been stuck in the lift.. otherwise it looks good!! :D

i live 10 mins away from the blooming thing! go to the end of my road and you can just about see it!

it been a pian since they started building it, it looks nice but it taken so long im bored of seeing it now!!

plus it has cost loads more than it should making all our council tax bills goup even higher to fund the thing!

they have loads of troble with the galss lift, i wont go up im scared it will fall down!

Debs

19-10-2005, 18:36

I lvoe the shopping centre that its next to.... :D

are you talking about gunwharf?

i loe it there loads of bargains try not to go often else i would spend a fortune!

Tori

19-10-2005, 19:01

i don't think we are talking about the same one.... i think i'm talking about the rather run down (or used to be) near the ferry port....

Debs

19-10-2005, 21:36

ahhh the old tricorn? grey concrete building?? with cascades shopping vcentre next to it? the trivorn not there anymore it is a great big car park now! and yeah the shops there are still rubbish

CrazyLea

19-10-2005, 22:06

awww it looks well nice!

Tori

20-10-2005, 17:53

ahhh the old tricorn? grey concrete building?? with cascades shopping vcentre next to it? the trivorn not there anymore it is a great big car park now! and yeah the shops there are still rubbish

i must assume so. we haven't been there for a while though- we stop in winchester instead as we weren't too keen on the tricorn.

di marco

20-10-2005, 19:53

we stop in winchester instead as we weren't too keen on the tricorn.

ooooo im going to winchester on saturday, has it got good shops?

Abi

20-10-2005, 20:17

are you talking about gunwharf?

i loe it there loads of bargains try not to go often else i would spend a fortune!

Ummm, i think thats what its called. I went with my friends family, i just got in the car and was taken to the shoping centre :lol:

It had some unusual shops... Elle, Cadbury, Remington and ones like that.... it had a bowling bit as well. And when i went they had a physcic (sp?) fahre or something like that, in the square bit. Its dead nice, i brought tons. Like you said, ou could sepdn a fortune. I only went once for a few hours and i spent..... £180 :o (and i dont earn any money, that was my mums. To say she was angry is an understatment :rotfl: )

hazey

20-10-2005, 20:21

The tower looks very impressive,but I don't think I will be climbing up there,I am a bit scared of heights, went up the blackpool tower,once and it frightened the life out of me.

SoapRach

20-10-2005, 22:56

i live 10 mins away from the blooming thing! go to the end of my road and you can just about see it!

it been a pian since they started building it, it looks nice but it taken so long im bored of seeing it now!!

plus it has cost loads more than it should making all our council tax bills goup even higher to fund the thing!

they have loads of troble with the galss lift, i wont go up im scared it will fall down!

I live in Portsmouth too!! Went down there this afternoon for a stroll and the lift had got stuck again!! v amusing! Still we get a discount as local residents so I might give it a whirl when the hype around its died down a bit!

Tori

21-10-2005, 16:29

or maybe when the lift is fixed!!!

Tori

21-10-2005, 17:01

ooooo im going to winchester on saturday, has it got good shops?

just the normal high street ones really and a few other ones... Hawkins Bazaar!!!!

di marco

21-10-2005, 18:03

just the normal high street ones really and a few other ones... Hawkins Bazaar!!!!

ok thanks

.:SpIcYsPy:.

21-10-2005, 18:24

I went there a few months back, and it was all built, i think they were just sorting the lift and stuff. I didn't know what it was either Kai, i was surprised when i saw it on the tele!
But it was only open to the Public on Tuesday.. :hmm:

Tori

21-10-2005, 18:27

it was built then though

.:SpIcYsPy:.

21-10-2005, 20:33

So?.. Your point :searchme: If it was bult then alright but you can't go on it as it wasn't open to the public till this Tuesday..

Debs

21-10-2005, 21:07

I live in Portsmouth too!! Went down there this afternoon for a stroll and the lift had got stuck again!! v amusing! Still we get a discount as local residents so I might give it a whirl when the hype around its died down a bit!

yay another pompey girl! im too scared to go up know ing my luck the glass lift would have me stuck forever or it would fall down!

other half cant wait to go up! i dont see all the fuss though!

Abi

21-10-2005, 22:26

So?.. Your point :searchme: If it was bult then alright but you can't go on it as it wasn't open to the public till this Tuesday..
no, no no!
I didnt mean i went up it, i meant that i went up to it. It has been built for a while, so we were "admireing" it, but obviously as you said, we couldn't go up.

.:SpIcYsPy:.

22-10-2005, 10:31

Ohhhhhhhh.. I get it now!!

SoapRach

22-10-2005, 17:14

yay another pompey girl! im too scared to go up know ing my luck the glass lift would have me stuck forever or it would fall down!

other half cant wait to go up! i dont see all the fuss though!

THe views are supposed to be amazing. it's the tallest thing outside london I think i heard somewhere.

Tori

22-10-2005, 17:14

yeah, it is

Debs

22-10-2005, 18:17

i went ot gunwharf today to shop! and had a look at the tower, connor said he wont go up it as it will make him sick, a very sensible 3 year old LOL so i told him well ill stay down here with you then and look after you! great excuse not to go up! im scared stiff of heights so will probably pass out at top anyway, and if that bloomign lift got stuck well id be hysterical. it is very very tall. and there were loads of people up there today. there were pics from it in the local paper and the view is brilliant.

dave said he will drug me and get me up there LOL

Abi

22-10-2005, 19:36

How nice of him :lol:

Spend a lot of money?

Tori

22-10-2005, 20:06

lol!! i'm sure he just wants the company

Debs

22-10-2005, 21:29

How nice of him :lol:

Spend a lot of money?

nope :( had a look around and didnt see anything i really realy wanted! very strange for me!! bought connor some bubbles and 3 hot wheels cars for his christmas stocking! total of £4! oh and dave bought a pasty from the pasty shop! i wasnted soem bits for kitchen but they didnt have what i wanted :(

Abi

22-10-2005, 21:45

I never like the idea of going on high things, but when i do i tend to enjoy it. It was the same with the London Eye

Debs

22-10-2005, 21:48

I never like the idea of going on high things, but when i do i tend to enjoy it. It was the same with the London Eye

nah im gonna keep away! just looking up at it makes me queasy!!:sick:

di marco

23-10-2005, 09:00

THe views are supposed to be amazing. it's the tallest thing outside london I think i heard somewhere.

i thought it was the highest building in europe? its def the highest building in the uk though

Tori

23-10-2005, 15:32

um... not sure about europe

di marco

24-10-2005, 08:20

on the tv they were comparing it to loads of diff buildings showing how much taller it was than them

Tori

24-10-2005, 08:59

cool... i love it when they show that kind of image... and i'm not a weirdo, i just find it interesting!!!

di marco

24-10-2005, 10:39

cool... i love it when they show that kind of image... and i'm not a weirdo, i just find it interesting!!!

yeh sometimes i find those sort of things can be quite interesting

.:SpIcYsPy:.

24-10-2005, 14:30

*Puts hand up* Me too :crying:

Lol!!

Tori

24-10-2005, 18:02

lol!!!... is it anything to do with my love of geography?

di marco

24-10-2005, 19:57

lol!!!... is it anything to do with my love of geography?

well i hate geography lol! except when we learnt about earthquakes and volcanoes! but the little pic things are quite good, maybe its cos im blonde and dim and so i cant understand the words lol!

Tori

24-10-2005, 20:03

i'm sure you aren't dim

Jade

24-10-2005, 20:09

i thought it was the highest building in europe? its def the highest building in the uk though

Its the highest building outside London.:)

The striking new landmark which has been built on top of the sea bed on the edge of Gunwharf, near Portsmouth Harbour is the UK's tallest building outside of London which will be open to the public

From BBC

SoapRach

24-10-2005, 23:07

i drove down there on sunday and it was a big mistake, was so busy, was sat in queues to get into carpark for ages. I only wanted to pop in quickly cos my brother wanted to get a new suit! I'd forgotten it was the first weekend it was open! Doh!