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#1422 Post by FD2 » Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:48 pm

Very, very nice lager! There used to be a Carlsberg Export Lager brewed in Denmark (not the 'Special' 15% tumble water, but about 5%) which you could get on tap in some bars and pubs in the UK. It was like nectar compared to the usual crap like Harp Lager etc. Once had a tour of the Carlsberg/Tuborg factory in Copenhagen with some yummy tastings. 8-} i-)

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#1423 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:11 am

All gorn quiet. Try this castle. I have tried every angle from Google earth, every time Google photo search picks it up. Too distinctive. So no cheating please.
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#1424 Post by Smeagol » Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:52 pm

Cheating! Cheating! Heaven forfend that any member of this august body would stoop so low.
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#1425 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:10 pm

Smeagol wrote:
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Cheating! Cheating! Heaven forfend that any member of this august body would stoop so low.

Of course, but I always try to post a photo that can't be picked up.
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#1426 Post by Karearea » Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:13 pm

In North America?
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#1427 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:44 am

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In North America?
Correct.
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#1428 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:27 pm

OK, a clue required, HMQ when a Princess was possibly going to live here. But no contract with Netflix was involved. Eat your heart out Nutmeg.

Wrong thread I know but it is really pissing it down. I mean big time. Tropical storm. Another scotch required.
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#1429 Post by ian16th » Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:06 pm

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Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:27 pm
OK, a clue required, HMQ when a Princess was possibly going to live here. But no contract with Netflix was involved. Eat your heart out Nutmeg.

Wrong thread I know but it is really pissing it down. I mean big time. Tropical storm. Another scotch required.
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#1430 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:21 pm

ian16th wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:06 pm
Ex-Ascot wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:27 pm
OK, a clue required, HMQ when a Princess was possibly going to live here. But no contract with Netflix was involved. Eat your heart out Nutmeg.

Wrong thread I know but it is really pissing it down. I mean big time. Tropical storm. Another scotch required.
Somewhere in Canada where the Royal Family were going to be evacuated to if Hitler invaded UK.

You are right onto it Ian.
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#1431 Post by ian16th » Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:22 pm

Ex-Ascot wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:21 pm
ian16th wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:06 pm
Ex-Ascot wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:27 pm
OK, a clue required, HMQ when a Princess was possibly going to live here. But no contract with Netflix was involved. Eat your heart out Nutmeg.

Wrong thread I know but it is really pissing it down. I mean big time. Tropical storm. Another scotch required.
Somewhere in Canada where the Royal Family were going to be evacuated to if Hitler invaded UK.

You are right onto it Ian.
Don't know the details.
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#1432 Post by Smeagol » Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:55 pm

After being told it was in Canada the search became much easier:

Hatley Park Castle, Colwood, British Columbia
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#1433 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:11 am

Smeagol wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:55 pm
After being told it was in Canada the search became much easier:

Hatley Park Castle, Colwood, British Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatley_Pa ... toric_Site

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#1434 Post by Smeagol » Fri Feb 26, 2021 12:54 pm

Thanks Ex-A.
I seem to have a multitude of photographs with churches in them. Here is another one but with a harbour as well.
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#1435 Post by CharlieOneSix » Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:42 pm

That said Cornwall to me at first glance...?
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#1436 Post by Smeagol » Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:09 pm

It is always best to go with your first impressions. It is Cornwall.
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#1437 Post by Cpt_Pugwash » Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:25 pm

Evening all.

Penzance, methinks.

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#1438 Post by Smeagol » Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:55 pm

Cpt. P. You thinks correct, it is indeed Penzance.

A view of the harbour wall looking towards St Mary's church and the rear of the mainly Georgian buildings of Chapel Street.

A very pleasant town to which I hope to become resident in the next couple of years. We currently have a holiday cottage there but Mrs S, who was born there wants to return and spend her remaining years there. As she has travelled all over the world with me, living in 8 countries for between one and four years each and often leaving a place that she enjoyed because I had a better offer somewhere else, who am I to argue?
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#1439 Post by Cpt_Pugwash » Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:06 pm

Spent a lot of time in Penzance back in the day. Even before I had a car, travelled by coach from North Wales to stay at the Skewjack surf school, near Sennen. Then when I had a car, the long summers, camping at Trevaylor, evenings at the Meadery, either Newlyn or Trewellard. Happy days.

This unusual road barrier may be a bit obscure, but there is an aviation connection.
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#1440 Post by 1DC » Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:17 pm

Looks very flat are we in Lincolnshire

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