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Offline hollins

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #4710 on: December 05, 2014, 10:57:17 am »
Yes, well done it is the construction of the Louvre Museum on Saadiyat Island close to Abu Dhabi. Unfortunately it is still under construction as you can see by all the cranes. Due for completion December 2015!

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/tourism/louvre-abu-dhabi

There are big plans for this island but at the moment the hotel I am staying in stands alone.

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« Reply #4711 on: December 05, 2014, 11:27:47 am »
                Where is this pretty parish church in North Wales?


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« Reply #4712 on: December 05, 2014, 06:21:15 pm »
A wild guess at St Mary'd Church in Beddgelert?   

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« Reply #4713 on: December 05, 2014, 06:29:52 pm »
        Well done Hugo, I thought you might get it! The pic below shows the mountains a bit better.

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« Reply #4714 on: December 05, 2014, 06:40:49 pm »
Nice photo of the Church Gwynant.    $good$

I must admit that I thought it was the Church in Cwm Pennant originally but checked the windows on a photo I took.    You must have taken that on your WHR  visit and walk around Beddgelert.

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« Reply #4715 on: December 19, 2014, 07:04:01 pm »
Where's this property and what is it called?

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« Reply #4716 on: December 19, 2014, 08:09:56 pm »
I am absolutely sure it is Clivedon House on the River Thames, home of the Astor Family, and now a NT property.

I lived in a house on the opposite side of the river, in the lovely village of Cookham.

Connection of course with Mandy Rice Savies and Christine Keeler, and  Profumo, and Ward.
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« Reply #4717 on: December 19, 2014, 09:34:00 pm »
A good guess Yorkie , it's not correct but it is in England.

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« Reply #4718 on: December 19, 2014, 09:42:27 pm »
Nice gardens

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« Reply #4719 on: December 20, 2014, 11:06:26 am »
I don't know the answer but I hope you had a lovely time Hugo. I hope someone gets it soon because I am dying to know where you have been. Looks a gorgeous place.........a hotel maybe?

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« Reply #4720 on: December 20, 2014, 01:06:29 pm »
Thanks Hollins, we did have a lovely time and it has been a while since we had a break this long.   Meanwhile our dog has been on a farm for 6 days and now it's his bathtime!        ;D

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« Reply #4721 on: December 20, 2014, 01:11:57 pm »
Judging by the name of the first owner horse riding must be something in the genes.     It's odds on that Yorkie and Hollins will know this one

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« Reply #4722 on: December 20, 2014, 03:30:08 pm »
I happened to be looking for a short break myself Hugo and it looks very much like one I had short listed. Is it Holme Lacy House Hotel in the Wye Valley? The horsey connection would then be Scudamore ?

Hope you had a lovely time and would you recommend it?

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« Reply #4723 on: December 20, 2014, 03:44:29 pm »
Spot on Meleri, well done      &well&

It is Holme Lacy      $good$ 

Holme Lacy was for some centuries in the ancient family of Scudamore, one of whom attended William the Conqueror in his expedition to England;Philip Scudamore, a descendant, settled here in the 14th century,[3] and his descendant John Scudamore esq. was created a baronet in 1620, and in 1628 Baron Dromore and Viscount Scudamore, of Sligo. His successor, the second viscount, commissioned Anthony Deane in 1674 to build a new country mansion on the estate

We have now been to all the historic hotels that Warner Holidays have but this was our first visit to Holme Lacy.    It's smaller that the others but is now actually our favourite one.  Our room was good and the staff were excellent and they had activities going on all day, from 10.00 am to past midnight but we went to bed before 11.00pm and the old folks were still enjoying themselves long afterwards
I've just watched Escape to the country at 2.00pm today and a short clip was from the gardens in Holme Lacy but you didn't need that clue as you knew where it was.   $good$

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« Reply #4724 on: December 20, 2014, 04:03:05 pm »
Here is a list of a activities during the day at Holme Lacy  but each day is a bit varied too.    $good$