Ha! I grew up inbetween Swindon and Oxford. I disliked Swindon. Swindon is a bit of a hole, not worse than most other small moden towns in the u.k (the whole of the m4 coridor is the same dispite what people from Reading will tell you) but not a cycle friendly place, lots of big fast roads and chavs, remindes me of cycling on roads near the m25.
Ha! I grew up inbetween Swindon and Oxford. I disliked Swindon. Swindon is a bit of a hole, not worse than most other small moden towns in the u.k (the whole of the m4 coridor is the same dispite what people from Reading will tell you) but not a cycle friendly place, lots of big fast roads and chavs, remindes me of cycling on roads near the m25.