On 11 May, 10:01, The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11 May 2007 01:52:49 -0700, David <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Sellafield Nuclear Plant Visitor Centre
> >> [you'll glow in the dark after that !];
>
> is it open at the moment? There was that leak, wasn't there?
> If it was me I would rather walk in the hills or even take a drive
> round them than go to Sellafield. Or sit in the Wasdale Head with a
> pint.
>
> That blastfurnace sounds interesting though!
> --
> Mike Reid
> Lake District photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/eld.htm"

AFAIK it's still well and truly open, although the coach tours around
the actual site which used to operate have been curtailed for security
reasons....
see

http://www.yottenfews.com/index.php?pageID=2

It's just a big, big, contrast from the hills and lakes and is perhaps
worth a visit, whatever one thinks about nuclear issues.........

The furnace site is indeed most interesting and the swathes of
bluebells it stands in should be at their best about now.

On 11 May 2007 02:27:25 -0700, David <[email protected]> wrote:

>It's just a big, big, contrast from the hills and lakes and is perhaps
>worth a visit, whatever one thinks about nuclear issues.........

compared to turbines all over the hills? Give me nuclear, at least it
can do the job. Ive changed my view 100% over the years.
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On 11 May, 10:23, The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11 May 2007 02:15:40 -0700, David <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >The MITE, the tyke, lollops along
> >Like a blue-haired collie with a dribbling tongue
> >The children's plaything as they ride the toy train
> >That runs between the rocks in a hawthorn lane
> >Where dog-daisy, dog rose and stiff dog-grass
> >Bark at the wheels as the whistling truckloads pass
>
> >[extract from 'Five Rivers' by Millom poet Norman Nicholson]
>
> >n *that* sense, IMHO there's nothing else like it....
>
> Oh, yes, its certainly a unique experience, the feel is very different
> from Rhomney Marsh. Its a taste of this England not to be missed and
> the seashore town at the end has a slightly odd feel to it that I
> like. I think the OP should get a copy of Wainwright's Outlying Fells
> and combine a walk with the train, (the railway actually does a
> booklet of Wainwright walks using the train).
> --
> Mike Reid
> Wainwright's guides "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/eld.htm#wainwright"

...and if his budget permits, he could try the very recently rebuilt
and reopened 'Pennington' [Arms} in Ravenglass village - no idea what
it's like but the concept seems very very sound.

On 11 May 2007 02:55:35 -0700, David <[email protected]> wrote:

>...and if his budget permits, he could try the very recently rebuilt
>and reopened 'Pennington' [Arms} in Ravenglass village - no idea what
>it's like but the concept seems very very sound.

i'll have to try it.
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>> Ravenglass [there's a very intact Roman Bath House there as
>> well as the unique setting of the place and equally unique fully-
>> operative miniature steam railway]
> i'll nitpick over unique for a steam miniature railway, the Romney
> Hythe and Dymchurch is also minature (rather than narrow gauge) IIRC.

As is the Mull Railway at Craignure (260mm).

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On Fri, 11 May 2007 12:30:59 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> i'll nitpick over unique for a steam miniature railway, the Romney
>> Hythe and Dymchurch is also minature (rather than narrow gauge) IIRC.
>
>As is the Mull Railway at Craignure (260mm).

I'm still nitpicking! That, sir is a "narrow gauge" railway. A
miniature railway is a "model" of a full size one, narrow gauge is
full size as possible given the size of the track.

I didnt know about it though, thanks.
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On 11 mei, 11:30, The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11 May 2007 02:27:25 -0700, David <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >It's just a big, big, contrast from the hills and lakes and is perhaps
> >worth a visit, whatever one thinks about nuclear issues.........
>
> compared to turbines all over the hills? Give me nuclear, at least it
> can do the job. Ive changed my view 100% over the years.

I think I mentioned before that I once went there to examine some
documents and ended up examining the legs of the attractive secretary
sent to make sure I didn't steal stuff ?

B;

On 11 May 2007 05:14:18 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

>On 11 mei, 11:30, The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 11 May 2007 02:27:25 -0700, David <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >It's just a big, big, contrast from the hills and lakes and is perhaps
>> >worth a visit, whatever one thinks about nuclear issues.........
>>
>> compared to turbines all over the hills? Give me nuclear, at least it
>> can do the job. Ive changed my view 100% over the years.
>
>I think I mentioned before that I once went there to examine some
>documents and ended up examining the legs of the attractive secretary
>sent to make sure I didn't steal stuff ?

What's the difference between that and any other business trip? Do you have an
after glow when you think about her.

The tiddly little turbines that are spread all over NL and produce sod all
except income for those selling them are out of fashion, they will be replaced
by 150 metre high turbines.
--

Martin

On 11 May, 13:14, [email protected] wrote:
> On 11 mei, 11:30, The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On 11 May 2007 02:27:25 -0700, David <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >It's just a big, big, contrast from the hills and lakes and is perhaps
> > >worth a visit, whatever one thinks about nuclear issues.........
>
> > compared to turbines all over the hills? Give me nuclear, at least it
> > can do the job. Ive changed my view 100% over the years.
>
> I think I mentioned before that I once went there to examine some
> documents and ended up examining the legs of the attractive secretary
> sent to make sure I didn't steal stuff ?
>
> B;

Yes, they do /did tend to attract attractive secretaries because the
cost is / has been no great obstacle generally to their having many
such posts, and they pay not far off twice the going rate of salary/
pension costs etc. as elsewhere locally. Many of the staff there will
get jolted into reality very severely indeed once the American
megacorporations or similar take over the site operating / management
rights.
But this is getting very very OT !

Dan, there is an article about an easy method to reduce swelling and
itching from bug bites in the daily health and wellness site, "Sham
vs. Wham: The Health Insider." See the link to the site's post from
May 11th, http://shamvswham.blogspot.com/


On May 5, 5:28 pm, Dan Stephenson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi I would like to tour through northern England next Fall,
> particularly Cumbria.
>
> Is there a midge problem there as in the lakes areas of Scotland (e.g.
> Trossachs)?
>
> If so, how quieted-down is it in September, versus October?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
> Dan Stephenson
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>
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Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 11 May 2007 05:14:18 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
> >On 11 mei, 11:30, The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On 11 May 2007 02:27:25 -0700, David <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >It's just a big, big, contrast from the hills and lakes and is perhaps
> >> >worth a visit, whatever one thinks about nuclear issues.........
> >>
> >> compared to turbines all over the hills? Give me nuclear, at least it
> >> can do the job. Ive changed my view 100% over the years.
> >
> >I think I mentioned before that I once went there to examine some
> >documents and ended up examining the legs of the attractive secretary
> >sent to make sure I didn't steal stuff ?
>
> What's the difference between that and any other business trip? Do you have an
> after glow when you think about her.

That's a point ...

Actually on my last trip it was more a case of wondering which of her
bikinis my Italian colleague would wear next ...

It's a dog's life.

B;


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On 2007-05-11 01:40:51 -0500, The Reid <[email protected]> said:

> On Thu, 10 May 2007 20:38:44 -0500, Dan Stephenson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I was planning to visit some megalithic sites: Long Meg, Mayburgh,
>> Castlerigg, and Swinside. Are there any others there to visit, and
>> what village are they near?
>
> does roman interest you? There's Hardnott fort on the Hardnott pass,
> most Americans find the drive "interesting"

Is the Hardnott "fort" a really fortress ruin, or the ruins of a villa?

In Britain, my biggest interest in Roman-ness are the villa, for the
opportunity to see the mosaic floors. I took in a number of them in
southern England on my trip last Fall.

As for the drive, yes, I make a point to drive over anything that calls
itself a "pass". Ha. I have a well-used Michelin Road Atlas of Great
Britain and Ireland to bring with me. I follow all the roads that are
marked in Green, meaning a scenic route.
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On 2007-05-11 03:27:10 -0500, David <[email protected]> said:

> Broughton In Furness itself
> [nothing spectacular, just interesting example of working unspoiled
> local village]

Well, as an American who really loves the olden British village (e.g.
Lacock, Castle Combe, Bibury, etc.) Broughton In Furness is
_definitely_ on my list!!
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Dan Stephenson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2007-05-11 03:27:10 -0500, David <[email protected]> said:
>
> > Broughton In Furness itself
> > [nothing spectacular, just interesting example of working unspoiled
> > local village]
>
> Well, as an American who really loves the olden British village (e.g.
> Lacock, Castle Combe, Bibury, etc.) Broughton In Furness is
> _definitely_ on my list!!

Make sure you drive there, and clog the roads.

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On Sat, 12 May 2007 02:46:27 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Dan Stephenson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 2007-05-11 03:27:10 -0500, David <[email protected]> said:
>>
>> > Broughton In Furness itself
>> > [nothing spectacular, just interesting example of working unspoiled
>> > local village]
>>
>> Well, as an American who really loves the olden British village (e.g.
>> Lacock, Castle Combe, Bibury, etc.) Broughton In Furness is
>> _definitely_ on my list!!
>
>Make sure you drive there, and clog the roads.

Like Jeremy said take a caravan it saves on hotel expenses.
Travel in convoys.
3 million Dutch and Margaret Becket can't all be wrong.
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Martin