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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3301 Post by talmacapt » Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:14 pm

How about Johannesburg, Westcliffe hotel?

Been to a zoo there.

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#3302 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:41 pm

You are right of course but why on earth is there a zoo there. Get into your car and drive into the bush.
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#3303 Post by talmacapt » Fri Jun 10, 2022 2:20 pm

I agree about zoos.

I haven't stayed there, we used to stay in the Rosebank in Hilbrow?, but probably had a beer, or 3, there (after visiting the zoo?).

If I remember, the war museum was worth a visit.

JNB was a 24 hour nightstop before returning to Kampala or Nairobi in the VC10 days of BOAC.

OH if correct, busy preparing garden for a family gathering this weekend.

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#3304 Post by G~Man » Fri Jun 10, 2022 3:36 pm

I saw a ways back that famous people had stayed there, from what I remember it was South Africa, but not sure on town.
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#3305 Post by fin » Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:11 pm

talmacapt wrote:
Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:14 pm
How about Johannesburg, Westcliffe hotel?

Been to a zoo there.
Talma has it. Gorgeous hotel, but after a couple of nights in the Mount Nelson in Capetown, just a little letdown.
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#3306 Post by fin » Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:13 pm

Talma sez open house.
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#3307 Post by G~Man » Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:26 pm

OK, I will take the helm so to speak, the lighthouse:
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#3308 Post by fin » Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:02 pm

Looks very Bermuda-like.
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#3309 Post by G~Man » Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:04 pm

fin wrote:
Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:02 pm
Looks very Bermuda-like.
Close---it is generally that part of the world yes....
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#3310 Post by Opsboi » Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:23 pm

Nassau?

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#3311 Post by G~Man » Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:26 pm

Opsboi wrote:
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Nassau?
Getting closer.....
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#3312 Post by Smeagol » Fri Jun 10, 2022 9:56 pm

How about Elbow Reef lighthouse, Bahamas?
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#3313 Post by G~Man » Fri Jun 10, 2022 10:01 pm

Smeagol wrote:
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How about Elbow Reef lighthouse, Bahamas?
Correct, Elbow Reef is one of the last operational kerosene-fueled lighthouses in the world. This lighthouse was built in 1862 and became operational two years later, it is striped horizontally red and white. Its light can be seen from 23 nmi away. I was just there last last week sailing the catamaran on the right in the picture for a week....

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#3314 Post by Opsboi » Fri Jun 10, 2022 10:24 pm

G~Man wrote:
Fri Jun 10, 2022 10:01 pm


Correct, Elbow Reef is one of the last operational kerosene-fueled lighthouses in the world. This lighthouse was built in 1862 and became operational two years later, it is striped horizontally red and white. Its light can be seen from 23 nmi away. I was just there last last week sailing the catamaran on the right in the picture for a week....

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Now, I've been away for a couple of weeks, in the USA funnily enough

But catching up, all I see is evidence that G-Man has surrendered or been stripped of his chopper licence and has become a full-time matelot / buccaneer

Which is a shame, as I was going to try and scrounge a flight with him when I'm in California in 2024

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#3315 Post by Smeagol » Fri Jun 10, 2022 10:26 pm

Thanks G~Man.

How about a Victorian pile? Clue: The family money came from lace.
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#3316 Post by G~Man » Fri Jun 10, 2022 11:26 pm

Opsboi wrote:
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But catching up, all I see is evidence that G-Man has surrendered or been stripped of his chopper licence and has become a full-time matelot / buccaneer
Which is a shame, as I was going to try and scrounge a flight with him when I'm in California in 2024
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#3317 Post by talmacapt » Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:11 pm

Knightshayes house Honiton.

It's an NT property, been there.

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#3318 Post by Smeagol » Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:58 am

talmacapt is correct, it is Knightshayes Court, just outside Tiverton, Devon now a National Trust property but built and formerly owned by the Heathcote-Amory family who gained their fortune through textile , initially lace, manufacturing.

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#3319 Post by fin » Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:55 pm

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3320 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:29 pm

No idea but say Bermuda?
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