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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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Lake District and Cornwall would be the two I'd tip for wonderful scenery.
The South Coast is also nice, New Forest and points west.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:59 am |
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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^ These too. Not sure they're high on Bratty's war and graffiti requirement though. 
_________________ Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much. jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:56 am |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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I think the issue with the Denge sound mirrors is they are on a nature reserve. You have to book a visit, otherwise you have to climb over the fence and swim across the open water to get to them. 
_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:11 am |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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Bratty can pretend he’s some kind of hostile force while he does that. I bet it would give him the buzz of his life. 
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:38 am |
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am Posts: 2967 Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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I doubt you'd want to come so far south, but in Dorset, we have the tank museum, tyneham village and the spectacular Jurassic coast.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:58 am |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Yeah. I don't like Weymouth, but west Dorset is nice. Lyme Regis and Bridport etc. There's an excellent Thai restaurant in Bridport... yum yum... Not that much there though.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:04 am |
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am Posts: 2967 Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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South and north Dorset are equally nice. Apart from Weymouth, which is a dump and Bournemouth, which doesn't count, I love it all.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:28 am |
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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There's plenty of World War II stuff in Cornwall, for example on the cliffs around Perranporth there are abandoned bunkers, pillboxes and even the wartime airfield is still there (though now strictly a civilian operation). There's also an old nuclear bunker which is now a brewery at Coverack. Goonhilly Downs is also worth a look for the satellite station. On the whole though Cornwall is very quiet and very dull.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:53 am |
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ProfessorF
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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I'd suggest Liverpool as worth a nose around. Salisbury Plain has to be worth a look at too, if you're lucky and there's tank practice going on, you'll get to hear them shelling things too.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:56 am |
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm Posts: 8603 Location: location, location
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Oi I've got a holiday home there. It's great.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:22 pm |
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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Maybe it was before you got a holiday home there. 
_________________ Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much. jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:23 pm |
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am Posts: 2967 Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Oops, forgot about that. I'm sure your home is lovely! Actually to be fair, parts of Weymouth are okay.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:11 pm |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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My dad was shipped off to the Lakes during the war, does that count? An aunt ran a pub and they'd slaughter a pig once a month, it was turning green, hanging in the kitchen, by the end of the month! If he borrows a diving suit, there are a couple of sunken German planes there Hendon Air Museum was always a favourite of mine, the WWII building was also good, when it opened, I haven't been back for about a decade. In London, you can also visit the War Rooms, where Churchill ran the war. South Coast has a bunch of pill boxes and there are the Napoleonic forts in the Solent, they are worth a visit.
_________________ "Do you know what this is? Hmm? No, I can see you do not. You have that vacant look in your eyes, which says hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea!" - Londo Molari
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Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:04 am |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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I'm not always fully awake at 6 in the morning! Didn't read all of his OP. 
_________________ "Do you know what this is? Hmm? No, I can see you do not. You have that vacant look in your eyes, which says hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea!" - Londo Molari
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Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:05 am |
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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Well Bratty does have a fetish for gas masks and stuff so I guess he'd probably be thrilled to get some diving gear on. 
_________________ Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much. jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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