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  • captain clutterbuck
    captain clutterbuck reacted to Marianna's post in the thread My Castle. My Kingdom with Like Like.
    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...
  • captain clutterbuck
    captain clutterbuck reacted to maltrab's post in the thread My Castle. My Kingdom with Like Like.
    The castle and the surrounding beaches at Bamburgh are great, especially when the sea fret comes in
  • maltrab
    maltrab reacted to RickAns's post in the thread Coal Mining Museum with Like Like.
    Sounds interesting. I've been on guided tours of a few large caves when younger but not an actual mine. Remember while deep in one part of a cave the tour guide saying they were going to turn the lights off for a moment for us to...
  • onyx(John)
    onyx(John) reacted to Marianna's post in the thread Coal Mining Museum with Like Like.
    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...
  • A
    Adrian Morris replied to the thread My Castle. My Kingdom.
    I have got a nice bottle of Chateau de Welly from 1975 somewhere. :)
  • RickAns
    RickAns replied to the thread Coal Mining Museum.
    Sounds interesting. I've been on guided tours of a few large caves when younger but not an actual mine. Remember while deep in one part of a cave the tour guide saying they were going to turn the lights off for a moment for us to...
  • RickAns
    RickAns reacted to maltrab's post in the thread Coal Mining Museum with Like Like.
    Yes I did a tour about 20 years ago, it was very interesting, my advice is leave anything electronic in the car as they have to take it off you before you go down
  • RickAns
    RickAns reacted to Marianna's post in the thread Coal Mining Museum with Like Like.
    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...
  • gothic
    gothic replied to the thread My Castle. My Kingdom.
    I thought a nice bottle of $5 plonk :rolleyes:
  • gothic
    gothic reacted to Marianna's post in the thread My Castle. My Kingdom with Love Love.
    Are you planning to bring a suitably expensive castle-warming gift?
  • W
    wstol reacted to mashibinbin's post in the thread Church bells by Sids. with Like Like.
    Pull the other one! ;) Seriously tho, the sound when done right can be glorious. a-pealing even :D
  • W
    wstol reacted to captain clutterbuck's post in the thread Church bells by Sids. with Like Like.
    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.
  • Marianna
    Marianna replied to the thread My Castle. My Kingdom.
    Are you planning to bring a suitably expensive castle-warming gift?
  • Marianna
    Marianna reacted to gothic's post in the thread My Castle. My Kingdom with Wow Wow.
    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...
  • gothic
    gothic replied to the thread My Castle. My Kingdom.
    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...
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