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But where is Fox? Tallbird has been posting recently, maybe he’s distracted :ymdevil: Nothing to do with me guv :-B - I've been back home for a week or so. Regular readers may have noticed Mr Fox usually takes a break from here in January. After his roofing exploits he has now moved onto kitchen de...

Are we in Sunny Lancashire?

Not Poppit Sands Ex-A . The road is The Princess Margaret Way and it's Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot. The grass knoll to the left is nicknamed Tellytubbies' Hill and underneath are 'the finest beach toilets in Wales' according to one PR blurb. I thought the old bean reference might have led to PT, loc...

Steel yourself and go west young man!

(The beach does has a Tidy Beach award. When I typed tidy I realised it was appropriate given we are in Wales - glad you got the ref to G&S )

Go a bit further Sise old bean.

Nope. Go west and then down a fair bit. The beach is tidy.

Correct.

Thanks Cape. It was mention of an excellent aviation museum which prompted me to have a look around Krakow. A couple of years ago I visited the city but the aviation museum was closed on Mondays, our only 'free' day.

A trip to the seaside:

Tauron Arena - handy for the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow?

It is Nunnington Hall (NT) in Ryedale - a beautiful spot by the river on a summer's day. Wonderful interiors and also home to the Carlisle collection of miniature rooms: 3100B71A-4574-463B-B73C-9EA9B7E4F1FD.jpeg On the day we visited there was a lot of aviation action over the Howardian Hills - BBMF...

Wrong continent Woody. There is a more famous 'big house' nearby ...

Thanks om. It was a joint effort with Mr Fox: I did the reading, he did the looking. http://www.ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Netherlands.pdf

How about this:

Pedant mode on: would a BA pilot use the word pants for trousers?* Pedant mode off

* of course he could've been that one what waves his organ around so may have been sat in just his knickers.

Woensdrecht!

Last night Mr Fox and I trawled for an hour along Belgian and German borders looking for bases in NL. I remember reading about Woensdrecht and now not sure why we rejected it then. Very interesting articles online and dits from Mr Fox.

8. ?Piano (I was told by one of the MRT that the frame was that of a portable bellows organ ... never trust a climber ;))) ) 27. Leek 46. As Old Dogs has Miami in the lyrics, I'll go with that one. :D 96. Myra, Turkey (been there) 98. Blackbirds Thanks for another great quiz Stoneboat . ^:)^ Merry C...

I was going to go to bed early but ... 1. Yurt/Ger 7. Lee Child 8. Church organ with keyboard missing 15. Calgary 22. Monster Mash/Bobby Pickett 23. So Far Away/Dire Straits 34. Henry the Navigator 41. White Cliffs of Dover/Vera Lynn 42. Remembrance Day/Mark Knopfler 43. It's A Long Way To Tipperary...

:-bd C16 It is the Wedgwood Museum at Barlaston, Stoke. It's well worth a visit to tour the factory (view the productIon from a lump of clay to hand painting the china) and view the amazing Wedgwood ceramic heritage collection which was saved for the nation by the V&A and others. Another pic: 5E1488...

Thank you FD. Spent three days in Dumfries and Galloway and it rained only once.

How about this for a jug:

The Robert Burns Mausoleum, St Michael's Churchyard in Dumfries. (I think it's had a paint job since I visited)