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Has anyone visited here? https://www.ncm.org.uk/ and gone on an underground tour? I've never taken a tour down a coal mine, although I have been down a salt mine, the Salzbergwerk just outside Berchtesgaden. Bought a small container of...

Not a years supply of Cornish Pasties ? :08:

I have got a nice bottle of Chateau de Welly from 1975 somewhere. :)

I thought a nice bottle of $5 plonk :rolleyes:

Are you planning to bring a suitably expensive castle-warming gift?

If you lot pop down to Sotheby properties, you can buy your own little island with it's own castle......... all for a mere £5.5 Million...

Conwy! I took the guided tour of the castle one of the several times I visited the town. This was back when HF Holidays still had a country house hotel there. HF eventually sold that hotel because most of their clients are walkers, and...

The castle and the surrounding beaches at Bamburgh are great, especially when the sea fret comes in

Watched like you on TV recall Quo and Rockin all over the world , it elevated Queen to cult status it not only offered great entertainment but raised awareness at a time of great suffering , did it change the world , yes for a while but...

I believe it's nearly 40 years since Live Aid. Did anyone go . I remember watching it on the TV .

Mention of church bells can't help but make me remember the Time on my Hands episode when the paratrooper is caught on the church clock and Mainwairing's , Jones and Fraser's hat are used to silence the bell to their detriment.

Pull the other one! ;) Seriously tho, the sound when done right can be glorious. a-pealing even :D

I love the sound of the bells. One of the many times that I stayed in Huddersfield, I was crossing a street just below the parish church when a bell rehearsal began. Fortunately, I had reached the pedestrian island, as the sound stopped...

I did bell ringing many years ago, worked my way up to pulling the 1 ton bell

I was in Saltburn last year and will be next week as staying in Whitby and will use the ol' bus pass to travel up on a day trip . Sadly the Funicular was still being repaired last year but I believe it is back in service and is a must...