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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#2041 Post by om15 » Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:07 pm

We are in Devon, but not Torcross.
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#2042 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:05 pm

Appledore.
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#2043 Post by om15 » Wed Jun 16, 2021 4:53 pm

Other end of Devon

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#2044 Post by om15 » Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:12 pm

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#2045 Post by Smeagol » Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:06 pm

Looks like Beer to me.
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#2046 Post by Opsboi » Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:06 pm

Smeagol wrote:
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Looks like Beer to me.
No, I think it's sea water

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#2047 Post by om15 » Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:04 am

It is Beer, had lunch on the beach yesterday, was very warm and pleasant, rather a lot of trippers though, denied Benidorm they are flocking to the south coast.

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#2048 Post by Smeagol » Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:59 pm

Thank you om.

Opsboi, you should, like me, be an optimist, it may look like seawater but think BEER!

This one should be easy for any golfers out there.
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#2049 Post by Opsboi » Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:16 pm

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Opsboi, you should, like me, be an optimist, it may look like seawater but think BEER!

Exactly the kind of wisdom I sought when I first came here!

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#2050 Post by G-CPTN » Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:25 pm

St Andrews?

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#2051 Post by om15 » Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:41 pm

I'd take a putt on Carnoustie

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#2052 Post by Smeagol » Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:34 pm

It is indeed Carnastie. Taken a couple of years ago during the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, an event that can be watched for FREE on all but the last day at St Andrew's.
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#2053 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Jun 18, 2021 5:12 am

Wish our lawn looked like that. Wonder if their 'gardener' would like to work here.
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#2054 Post by om15 » Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:12 am

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#2055 Post by ian16th » Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:34 am

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Wish our lawn looked like that. Wonder if their 'gardener' would like to work here.
Apparantly the UK is the world's leading country wrt sports field grass growing.
I read an article a few days ago.
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#2056 Post by G-CPTN » Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:06 am

Wasn't there a contributor on TOP whose job was creating lawns on desert sand?

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#2057 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:51 am

G-CPTN wrote:
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Wasn't there a contributor on TOP whose job was creating lawns on desert sand?
Thanks Ian. Yes CPTN I think that you are correct.
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#2058 Post by ian16th » Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:35 pm

Ex-Ascot wrote:
Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:51 am
G-CPTN wrote:
Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:06 am
Wasn't there a contributor on TOP whose job was creating lawns on desert sand?
Thanks Ian. Yes CPTN I think that you are correct.
Found it.
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#2059 Post by om15 » Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:50 am

The original sculpture is in the Auberge d'Italie. Inspired by the author Victor Hugo.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#2060 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:26 am

Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta, Malta.

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