The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

General Chit Chat
Message
Author
User avatar
Wodrick
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 8332
Joined: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:23 am
Location: Torrox Campo, Andalucia.
Gender:
Age: 74

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2381 Post by Wodrick » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:33 am

I expect there be one or two of those around the green and pleasant land ! mine is at the gates of Woodford(as was)
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ITORRO10?cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash

User avatar
Ex-Ascot
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Posts: 13096
Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:16 am
Location: Botswana but sometimes Greece
Gender:
Age: 68

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2382 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Mar 20, 2019 12:49 pm

Named after a mountain and said to be haunted by a number of ghosts. Probably the criminals hung in the court there.
'Yes, Madam, I am drunk, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly.' Sir Winston Churchill.

User avatar
Woody
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 10245
Joined: Tue Aug 25, 2015 6:33 pm
Location: Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand
Age: 59

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2383 Post by Woody » Wed Mar 20, 2019 1:28 pm

Found it :D
Wales’ oldest pub, The Skirrid Inn dates back to 1110. Named after the mountain that looms over it, the pub has appeared in the TV show Most Haunted and is said to be one of the UK’s spookiest taverns. Glasses fly across the bar by themselves, faces have been seen at the windows, things mysteriously disappear only to turn up weeks later and residents often wake to an ice-cold room and the feeling that they are being watched. It is thought that one of the main spirits at the inn is that of Fanny Price, who worked at the pub in the 18th century and died of consumption aged 35. There have been many sightings of her in room 3.

The first floor of the inn was once used as a courtroom where people who committed serious offences were given capital punishment. In 1685, during an exceptionally bloody period in the inn’s history, 180 insurgents from the Monmouth Rebellion were hanged from an oak beam over the staircase just outside the courtroom. The hangings were ordered by Baron George Jeffreys, who has since been seen walking the upper floors of the inn in search of people to hang.

One felon who was sentenced to death, sheep rustler John Crowther, has been seen several times at the property. Other ghostly occurrences in the house are the powerful scent of perfume; the rustling of a lady’s dress; the sound of soldiers in the courtyard and sightings of a lady in white. Perhaps creepiest of all, many visitors have complained of feeling as if they were being strangled by a noose, which is no surprise given the pub’s history. Some have even reported the appearance of welts on their necks resembling rope burns.
When all else fails, read the instructions.

User avatar
Woody
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 10245
Joined: Tue Aug 25, 2015 6:33 pm
Location: Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand
Age: 59

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2384 Post by Woody » Wed Mar 20, 2019 1:36 pm

Try this one that I used to play outside while parents were inside :((

Image
When all else fails, read the instructions.

User avatar
Ex-Ascot
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Posts: 13096
Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:16 am
Location: Botswana but sometimes Greece
Gender:
Age: 68

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2385 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Mar 20, 2019 2:05 pm

Well done Woody. It is indeed a fascinating place and years ago great pub grub. We used to go walking in the mountains in the winter and dry out by their huge log fire.

This challenge looks down south UK.
'Yes, Madam, I am drunk, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly.' Sir Winston Churchill.

User avatar
Woody
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 10245
Joined: Tue Aug 25, 2015 6:33 pm
Location: Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand
Age: 59

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2386 Post by Woody » Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:09 pm

Go North
When all else fails, read the instructions.

User avatar
Ex-Ascot
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Posts: 13096
Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:16 am
Location: Botswana but sometimes Greece
Gender:
Age: 68

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2387 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:19 pm

Cheshire?
'Yes, Madam, I am drunk, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly.' Sir Winston Churchill.

User avatar
Wodrick
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 8332
Joined: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:23 am
Location: Torrox Campo, Andalucia.
Gender:
Age: 74

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2388 Post by Wodrick » Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:54 pm

*Woody* is either a Scouser as he supports LPL and possibly from the Blackpool area as he takes great interest in the affairs of BLK.
So it's a Lancashire/Mersyside search.

The Punchbowl at Sefton.
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ITORRO10?cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash

G-CPTN
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 7594
Joined: Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:22 pm
Location: Tynedale
Gender:
Age: 79

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2389 Post by G-CPTN » Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:13 pm

Woody wrote:
Wed Mar 20, 2019 1:28 pm
Found it :D
The hangings were ordered by Baron George Jeffreys, who has since been seen walking the upper floors of the inn in search of people to hang.
Perhaps creepiest of all, many visitors have complained of feeling as if they were being strangled by a noose, which is no surprise given the pub’s history. Some have even reported the appearance of welts on their necks resembling rope burns.
Judge Jeffreys - the 'hanging judge.

User avatar
Woody
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 10245
Joined: Tue Aug 25, 2015 6:33 pm
Location: Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand
Age: 59

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2390 Post by Woody » Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:30 pm

Wodrick has it, currently showing as closed, but I think that it’s changing hands. Also said to be haunted :D
When all else fails, read the instructions.

User avatar
Wodrick
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 8332
Joined: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:23 am
Location: Torrox Campo, Andalucia.
Gender:
Age: 74

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2391 Post by Wodrick » Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:53 pm

Keeping the pub theme going.
IMG-20171209-WA0001.jpg
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ITORRO10?cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash

User avatar
om15
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 7756
Joined: Sat Aug 22, 2015 9:51 pm
Location: Dorset
Age: 71

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2392 Post by om15 » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:33 pm

The slate roof leads me to visit the Lake District, Wales, Lancashire and Cheshire. Still looking.

User avatar
Wodrick
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 8332
Joined: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:23 am
Location: Torrox Campo, Andalucia.
Gender:
Age: 74

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2393 Post by Wodrick » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:14 pm

One of those is correct.
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ITORRO10?cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash

User avatar
4mastacker
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 5141
Joined: Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:38 pm
Location: With the wife
Gender:
Age: 76

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2394 Post by 4mastacker » Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:09 am

They've got electric lights so that rules out two of them. :D
It's always my fault - SWMBO

User avatar
Ex-Ascot
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Posts: 13096
Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:16 am
Location: Botswana but sometimes Greece
Gender:
Age: 68

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2395 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:49 pm

4mastacker wrote:
Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:09 am
They've got electric lights so that rules out two of them. :D
Yes absolutely, so we go for Cheshire.
'Yes, Madam, I am drunk, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly.' Sir Winston Churchill.

User avatar
Wodrick
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 8332
Joined: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:23 am
Location: Torrox Campo, Andalucia.
Gender:
Age: 74

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2396 Post by Wodrick » Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:41 pm

Cheshire would be correct and perhaps a thought to where I worked all my life.
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ITORRO10?cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash

User avatar
Ex-Ascot
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Posts: 13096
Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:16 am
Location: Botswana but sometimes Greece
Gender:
Age: 68

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2397 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:14 pm

Thought at first that it was The Romper but of course it is The Ship.

http://www.theshipstyal.co.uk/ Cracking place.
'Yes, Madam, I am drunk, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly.' Sir Winston Churchill.

User avatar
Wodrick
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 8332
Joined: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:23 am
Location: Torrox Campo, Andalucia.
Gender:
Age: 74

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2398 Post by Wodrick » Thu Mar 21, 2019 4:27 pm

Correct.
I was going to give you the Swan at Bucklow Hill, which was a regular haunt on a Friday night for Los Radio Amateurs. But, on investigation, it has changed a little in the passing 20 years or so.

Our man in Bottie has the con 😎
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ITORRO10?cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash

User avatar
Ex-Ascot
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Posts: 13096
Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:16 am
Location: Botswana but sometimes Greece
Gender:
Age: 68

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2399 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Mar 21, 2019 5:21 pm

Thanks Wodders also knew the Swan. Excellent.

A famous Royal bog here.
Attachments
bog.jpg
'Yes, Madam, I am drunk, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly.' Sir Winston Churchill.

User avatar
FD2
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 5110
Joined: Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:11 pm
Location: New Zealand
Gender:
Age: 76

Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#2400 Post by FD2 » Thu Mar 21, 2019 5:25 pm

Treetops? Don’t think it’s Windsor Castle...

Locked