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Offline DaveR

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2775 on: July 05, 2013, 06:10:33 pm »
Abergele? The school opposite Tesco?

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« Reply #2776 on: July 05, 2013, 06:16:28 pm »
Well done DaveR!


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« Reply #2777 on: July 05, 2013, 06:26:57 pm »
Casgliad y Werin Cymru - NATIONAL SCHOOL;ABERGELE JUNIOR SCHOOL

To give it its correct name.  I was just too late on this one!   :D

Well done Dave.  &well&

   
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« Reply #2778 on: July 05, 2013, 06:33:48 pm »
The roof is very distinctive!  ;D

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« Reply #2779 on: July 05, 2013, 06:54:31 pm »
Yes, it is a great roof and chimneys. It reminds me a bit of the roofs in Beaune and Burgundy in France.
It obviously was a school but the sign above the door now says Abergele Youth and Community Centre.

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« Reply #2780 on: July 15, 2013, 03:32:42 pm »
What is below this inscription, it could be anywhere in the UK but this one is in N Wales and another clue is that it's at the top of the sea marsh?      $walesflag$

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« Reply #2781 on: July 15, 2013, 05:12:16 pm »
               Hugo, I am guessing that as you had a very recent walk starting and ending in Penmorfa ( "Top of the sea marsh?"), and the fact that there is a King George's Playing Field in that village is leading me towards that location, but I have no idea what lies below the inscription.
             Incidentally, there are some programmes on S4c this week between 2000 and 2300 on Tuesday, Wed, Thursday and Friday which might be of some interest to you and your walking companions about climbing. One of them features Ioan Doyle from Bethesda and some of the others feature Eric Jones who has a cafĂ© on the road to Beddgelert below the cliffs in Tremadoc, and the rest are about Everest and one on the "Dragon's Back Race".

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« Reply #2782 on: July 15, 2013, 05:26:21 pm »
Playing fields were provided in all parts of the country to remember King George V.  I belive the text underneath is something like:

 for the use and enjoyment of the people.
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« Reply #2783 on: July 15, 2013, 05:28:27 pm »
Da Iawn Gwynant       $walesflag$      you have got the village correct but not the answer to what lies beneath, we were walking on the main road so the answer can be seen from the road?

Thanks for the info about the TV programmes, I'll have a look at them

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« Reply #2784 on: July 15, 2013, 05:32:11 pm »
Playing fields were provided in all parts of the country to remember King George V.  I belive the text underneath is something like:

 for the use and enjoyment of the people.

Good thinking Yorkie but we are not looking for an inscription of any sort, but the object underneath is clearly visible on Google streetview (I think)

It is, I've just checked   :D

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« Reply #2785 on: July 15, 2013, 06:01:42 pm »
            Hugo, I can see where it is, but not what it is! It looks like two arched gates, one above the other, but I can't read the notice on the gate on the top one. I'm thinking it could be connected to the nearby church in some way. Is it the entrance to a well or a spring?

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« Reply #2786 on: July 15, 2013, 08:11:18 pm »
You've got it Gwynant     &well&

It's like a well but fed from a stream.   I remembered it from many years ago when I walked along the road from Bangor to Porthmadog and bathed my feet in the water to cool them down.

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« Reply #2787 on: July 17, 2013, 10:58:27 am »
Where did I see this yesterday?       $walesflag$

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2788 on: July 17, 2013, 12:17:55 pm »
Wild guess Llyn y Parc, Betwys y Coed.    :D
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2789 on: July 17, 2013, 02:38:31 pm »
A good guess Yorkie but I'm afraid it's not correct.  It is in Conwy County but not near Betws.