The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

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

#4141 Post by Smeagol » Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:27 pm

It will have to be OH as I have nothing at hand here 'on tour'.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4142 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:15 pm

Smeagol wrote:
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It will have to be OH as I have nothing at hand here 'on tour'.
OK give this a shot then.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4143 Post by om15 » Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:48 pm

I know this one so will pass, I have just looked at their website and some reasonable deals on at the moment. Five Star.

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

#4144 Post by FD2 » Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:11 pm

Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh?

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#4145 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:06 am

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Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh?
Sorry for the delay. No UK, but further south.

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

#4146 Post by om15 » Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:50 am

The MacDonald Randolph Hotel in Beaumont Street, Oxford.

Here is an interesting review on trip advisor if you are thinking of booking a visit there,
The Randolph is a beautiful hotel and is ideally situated in the centre of Oxford, but it could be so much nicer. We had a small room on the inside of the building on the 3rd floor with a dingy view - the lower windows were covered in film to disguise the view, but it had come off some of the panes so they were just covered in sticky glue. The wardrobe light kept turning itself on and off and the television remote didn't work - not what you expect for £265 a night!

Breakfast was completely chaotic - it felt as if we had come downstairs into an episode of Fawlty Towers. The staff are all very nice but there is no organisation at all. We were sent to the bar for breakfast as there was no room in the dining room, but there was no one to serve breakfast in the bar. In the end we tried our luck again in the dining room. No one told us about the buffet - which is around a corner from the main dining room so easy to miss - or offered any tea or coffee. The toast was cold and had clearly been left sitting around for ages. The staff were rushing about but not seeming to do very much and on tables all around people were getting increasingly irritated by the slow service. It took us 45 minutes to be served breakfast. When we checked out they said there had been a "problem" with breakfast service but it appears to happen regularly looking at other reviews.

The parking service is very efficient - but so it should be at £40 a day.’

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

#4147 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sat Nov 09, 2019 12:45 pm

Yes indeed OM all yours. I used to park there when going to my dentist next door. It was quite reasonable by the hour. You chucked them the keys and they gave the car back to you when you got back.

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#4148 Post by om15 » Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:31 pm

Thanks Ex A, this should go quickly.

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

#4149 Post by om15 » Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:03 pm

The idea for the gardens was conceived in the early 1830s, the land acquired from the family of a wealthy snuff maker and design carried out by leading designers of the day. Contains a bear pit.

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#4150 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:39 pm

The Botanical Gardens on the Dissenters' Paradise Trail in Sheffield's Porter Valley?
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4151 Post by om15 » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:09 am

Yes it is the Sheffield Botanical Gardens, spent half a day there once, recommend a visit if in the area.
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#4152 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:29 am

Thanks om15 - here's the next one....
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#4153 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:40 am

Looks Germanic.
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#4154 Post by Capetonian » Sun Nov 10, 2019 11:20 am

Rather severe. I'd say Slav or Baltic influence

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#4155 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sun Nov 10, 2019 11:26 am

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Rather severe. I'd say Slav or Baltic influence
Yep possibly. it was the swastikas on the grave stones which influenced me.
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#4156 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sun Nov 10, 2019 12:12 pm

None of those, try closer to home.
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#4157 Post by Sisemen » Sun Nov 10, 2019 12:46 pm

Somewhere in Fife?

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#4158 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sun Nov 10, 2019 12:48 pm

Getting closer - it's further north.
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#4159 Post by 4mastacker » Sun Nov 10, 2019 1:56 pm

One of your locals C16?
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#4160 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:14 pm

Err - yes!
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