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| 1054.1 | ? | SHAPES::FIDDLERM | | Mon Apr 30 1990 11:58 | 5 |
| Would Longleat qualify under this heading? (this is a question - I have
never been there). If so, whats the best way to get there from the
Reading area, and when is the best time to go?
Mikef
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| 1054.2 | From memory... | OVAL::ALFORDJ | Ice a speciality | Mon Apr 30 1990 12:17 | 9 |
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yes Longleat is fun, head for Warminster, Wilts...
M4 to Chippenham, Chippenham to Warminster...watch for signs for
Longleat, you should see them long before you reach Warminster.
you had better decide what you want to see before you get there though,
the Lions etc or the House or the Gardens, it is not really possible to
do all three in one day.
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| 1054.3 | Should I remove my aerial? | SHAPES::FIDDLERM | | Mon Apr 30 1990 12:20 | 5 |
| err....I'm more interested in the Dr Who exhibition...
Ta Muchly
Mikef
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| 1054.4 | KEW GARDENS | OVAL::GALVINS | Don't worry, ski happy | Mon Apr 30 1990 12:31 | 25 |
| Well... seeing I created this note I might as well add to it....
In a phrase 'KEW GARDENS', go to it!!!
I took my family there this weekend and we had a very nice relaxing
time.
The glasshouses are the best places to visit, especially the Palm
house, the Temperate House and Australian House ...
... but the best was the PRINCESS OF WALES CONSERVATORY. This had so
many different types of exotic flora it was amazing. The Conservatory
has many different types of environment, from hot to warm, from humid
to arid, which is computer controlled. It has many split levels with
lots of places to explore.
The grounds are nice to walk around and there are quite a few cafes and
restaurants to rest/eat in.
The cost is �1.00 for adults and �0.50 for children/O.A.P.'s.
To get there exit Junction #2 of the M4 and travel south for about �
mile. Cross Kew Bridge and immediately turn right. Park and look for
the main gate.
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| 1054.5 | | CHEFS::CLEMENTSD | Public Sector and Telecomms | Mon Apr 30 1990 13:37 | 22 |
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TRhe science Museum... The Natural History Museum... The Imperial
War Museum Avaition site at Duxford, Cambs... The Steam Collection
at Hollycombe, Hants... Didcot Railway Centre... Quainton Road Stem
Museum, Aylesbury... Bressingham Gardens, Norfolk... Chalk Pits
and Industrial Museum, Arundel... Woburn Park, Beds... Sion Park
(near Kew)... National Railway Museum,York... Ironbridge Gorge Museum,
Staffs... Severn Valley Railway... Longmoor Military Railway...
Mitchell Museum, Southampton... anywhere in the Vale of Evesham...
Waterways Museum at Stoke Bruerne, Northants... Hatfield House,
Herts... Bluebell Railway, Sussex... Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon...
H.M.S. Belfast, London... Tower Bridge Museum... Littlecote Park
(near Hungerford)... Flatford Mill, Essex... Royal Horticultural
Society Gardens, Wisley... Tank Museum, Bovingdon... Fleet Air Arm
Museum, Yeovilton... Motor Museum, Beaulieu... Ironstone Railways
Museum, Northampton... National Motor Museum, Birmingham...
Cambridge... Beam Engines at Crofton, Wilts...
For other suggestions, contact your local Tourist Information Office.
If you live in Newbury, there's one in the Old Wharf Building in
the Museum.
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| 1054.6 | For fellow francophiles | RUTILE::SMITH_A | No-one puts baby in the corner | Mon Apr 30 1990 13:42 | 13 |
| For those in France/Switzerland, or planning a trip through France...
take the Route Napoleon from Grenoble down to the Cote d'Azur. This
has some of the most spectacular mountain routes I've been on. Lots
of natural features like Arch's and pinacles. Fabulous gorges and
picturesque little villages perched on the side of mountains.
Absolutely beautiful.
Oh for an open-top sports car.
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| 1054.7 | Ah ha. | SHAPES::STREATFIELDC | VW Beetle.. IOSG::AIR_COOLED | Mon Apr 30 1990 14:55 | 7 |
| re-2
What is the "beam Engines museam" in Wiltshire like/about, I drive
past the signs for it every day ?
Carl
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| 1054.8 | | CHEFS::CLEMENTSD | Public Sector and Telecomms | Mon Apr 30 1990 15:07 | 16 |
| Crofton is the origina; pumping station for the Kennet and Avon
Canal. It has two atmopspheric engines that still pump with the
original purpose in mind (they are the record holders for that type
of engine still in the original job). Walk around the engines see
20 ton beams shuffling majestically back and forth...... walk around
the boiler room and realise how hot it is stoking a big horizontal
boiler. There is a small display of ststionary steam engines that
are kept working under steam, the usual shop and knick-knacks for
sale. Good car park, wander along the canal lay in the sun in the
nearby fields of buttercups. Entrance was about �3.50/adult, �2.00
child last time I was there.
The touirist traffic will no doubt increase when the K & A is open
along the whole oif its length later this year.
Worth a visit......
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| 1054.9 | No quite a sports car, but... | RUTILE::BISHOP | Don't touch that red butt...boom | Mon Apr 30 1990 15:44 | 5 |
| re ; .6
Maybe i'll take you down there one day Tony ! ;-)
Lewis.
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| 1054.11 | What ever happened to Goodwood ? | RUTILE::GUEST | | Mon Apr 30 1990 16:10 | 15 |
| re .6
Depends when you do it. If it's late on a friday night then i can
assure you that all the bends don't really do a lot for you. (apart
from sleep when you stop.) Admittedly you can't see the drops to well,
and you can see other cars coming a mile off so you can use the full
corner. All they do is make you wish you'd taken the autoroute,
especially if you took the long way round, ie the wrong RN between
Grenoble and Gap.
In daylight i'd agree, except that it has been known to sleet...
(In May)
Nigel
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| 1054.12 | | OVAL::ALFORDJ | Ice a speciality | Mon Apr 30 1990 16:18 | 4 |
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Re: .10
not everyone has a Skateboard, Derek :-)
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| 1054.14 | Try Scotland! | IOSG::FREER | Deadly brain, or Brain dead? | Tue May 01 1990 15:10 | 9 |
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Or in particular, the highlands. The road from Fort William to Mallig is
amazing. Its an A road (830 I think) with passing places and 90 degree bends
at the top and bottom of 1 in 5 hills!!!!!
I did this last year and it really is fantastic to drive. If only I had had
my Midget. But then again, I may never have got there 8^) 8^)
Steve
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| 1054.15 | | NZIRC5::EATON | Marketing - the rubber meets the sky | Wed May 02 1990 03:54 | 6 |
| The Coromandel coast road. Great beaches, no-one around...
About 2 hours south of Auckland.
And 12,000 miles South West of London.
:-)
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| 1054.16 | Southwestern Desert of USA | ANNECY::PARKER | | Fri May 04 1990 11:28 | 23 |
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THE GRAND CIRCLE......Southwestern USA.
Last year (March 89)I took some vacation after a DEC trip to Colorado
Springs (lucky me). Leaving Denver I drove West on Route 70 over
the Rockies. 'Twas snowing heavy and -15C on the Vail Pass which
is 11,000 ft. Two hours later in Western colorado it was +20C and
clear blue sky. On into Utah, stayed the night in a one-horse town
called Moab, just north of Canyonlands.
Early start (7am) and on the road. No traffic, or sign of life for
mile after mile. Rock formations are wierd and wonderful. Got to
Monument Valley by lunchtime.....That is really incredible, giant
'plugs' of extinct volcanoes which stick up 1,000 ft or more above
the desert. On into Arizona, made Grand Canyon by 3pm and saw sunset
there, changing colours in the canyon was like watching someone
throwing paint down there. Next day drove down through Arizona,
giant cactus, desert colours were amazing in late March. Ended up
in Tucson and stayed with some friends there. It was only helf the
Grand Circle in fact, the full trip is 3,000 miles and involves
going back up through New Mexico, returning to Colorado by this
route. Hell of a trip to make alone........wish I'd had more time.
Dave.
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