Feb 7th, 2018: Offbeat “Hotels”
Hey men, have you got a special squeeze you want to impress the pants off? Take her to Old Blighty.
What, you’re name’s not Rockefeller or Bezos? Well fly coach and make up for it at the other end. You have two choices, either stay at the palatial Carruthers estate, or a Landmark Trust location. Either way, her pants are coming off. http://cellar.org/2017/hotel1.jpg Quote:
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gorgeous and cheap!
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Thanks for that, Bruce.
I'm ashamed to say that I knew nothing about the Landmark Trust other than the fact it actually existed. It probably didn't crop up on my personal radar as it seems to be the only one of the UK's 185,000 charities that hasn't asked me for money. :) |
As usual, Bruce's advice to look closer lead to spending the better part of an hour doing so, specifically to The Pineapple, Dunmore.
It is as old as the U.S. Revolution, one of the settings where the Earl of which caused no end of trouble. The links from a Google search provide an unbelievable amount of info and images and that is just one of the "hotels." |
Hey don't set me up to be blamed when your boss fires you. :lol:
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Serious thread drift follows.
Having clicked on the link provided by Bruce in his initial post, I found an article about the Royal Mail Post Bus service. Quote:
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Attachment 63143 I Emailed limey, our well known Arran dwelling Dwellar and esteemed Moderator (That's enough grovelling- Ed) to see if she recognised the location of the picture. Her first thoughts were that it was either near Kildonan on the southern tip of the isle, but more likely the NW coast, the close proximity of road and sea being the starting point in both cases. I tried the NW coastal road on Street View but that didn't bear fruit so had a look at the road west of Kildonan. The overhead cables and road sign were a couple of clues which pinned it down to here: Attachment 63144 Here's the Street View link. Kildonan coast road. As limey said 'Even a couple of the rocks are the same if you look!'. There's no concrete information as to when the photo was taken, but the 'R' suffix on the number plate denotes first registration in 1976. 'Windy, rattly Land Rovers', to quote limey, were latterly used on the service and a hunt on Google Images produced this: Attachment 63145 This time limey did the detective work and pinpointed the location as Blackwaterfoot, fittingly enough just opposite the Post Office. The house is called the Old Stables and appears to have been a vehicle workshop at the time the picture was taken. Attachment 63146 Blackwaterfoot Street View. Remind me. How did we get here? |
Fantastic detective work, Carruthers. I'm impressed.
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Well there goes my IOtD for tonight... Just kidding. :lol:
I did read that article but couldn't quite figure out how to use it because the information was so extensive. It covered a lot of ground, mainly in Scotland, Wales, and north England. Plus a long time frame starting with the horse drawn Royal Mail Coaches. It's interesting and well worth reading. Nice job Carruthers and Limey. :notworthy |
Velly intelesting.
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"Hey don't set me up to be blamed when your boss fires you."
No mo' bosses, boss. Curruthers' exploration is a common example of the IOTD experience. |
Yes, same for me except on the other side, I often go deeper in the rabbit hole than I post.
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Nice work all!
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Nice work to all those who research and post such interesting and informative articles. Thank You for all of your good work.
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