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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #4815 on: February 16, 2015, 12:40:42 pm »
Belan Fort at Bottom of Menai Straits, just for a first stab at the answer.  🎏
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« Reply #4816 on: February 16, 2015, 04:39:36 pm »
Spot on Yorkie  $good$ Well done  $walesflag$


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« Reply #4817 on: February 16, 2015, 05:57:11 pm »
Sailed past it a few times when I took my Day Skipper at Plas Menai.  💻🏇
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« Reply #4818 on: February 17, 2015, 05:08:17 pm »
             Where was in the North Wales area today?

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« Reply #4819 on: February 18, 2015, 08:29:29 am »
            No replies to this one one as yet so here is a photo showing slightly more detail and a clue. This spot is at the conjunction of two long gradients, one is natural and the the other is not...........
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #4820 on: February 18, 2015, 08:57:39 am »
Conwy?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #4821 on: February 18, 2015, 09:04:38 am »
Yorkie's wild guess is;

Blaenau Ffestiniog maybe at the Zip Wire ride.    ZXZ
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« Reply #4822 on: February 18, 2015, 09:33:09 am »
         Yorkie you are spot on. I went there yesterday to have a look at the set-up and it's got 4 separate stages culminating at this point. It was very busy (half-term) and the "Bounce Below" underground trampoline feature attraction was doing well also. Apparently there will be a new underground "adventure ride" opened later this year in the adjacent cavern, and there is also a mountain bike trail higher up the pass as well. You travel to the top of the zip-wire in a red bus like the Bethesda version. There are a few photos attached to show the layout.

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« Reply #4823 on: February 18, 2015, 10:42:42 am »
Did you have a go on the zip wire then Gwynant?       ;D

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« Reply #4824 on: February 18, 2015, 11:07:39 am »
     No I didn't Hugo, but I think if I do I might go in the winter when it's cheaper, (£35 as opposed to £50 in summer), and cheaper still if you book in a minimum party of four. I know it's winter now but I wasn't mentally prepared, yesterday was a fact-finding trip! There are allegedly great views on the higher sections of the run, right over to Eryri. My mate has been on the longer, higher Bethesda one and he said it was great but all over very quickly (like so many other things nowadays!).
      On the way back we went up on the road behind Llan Ffestiniog and had break in a viewpoint with great views of the Moelwyns and Stwlan dam, over to the Rhinogs and right down to Portmadog, and there was a memorial to Rees Jeffreys in the car park, (see pics).  I looked him up on Google and was a transport expert but I couldn't find a local connection.

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« Reply #4825 on: February 18, 2015, 12:06:44 pm »
Anybody notice anything wrong on this magazine cover?

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« Reply #4826 on: February 18, 2015, 12:50:08 pm »
Well, it's not March or April 2015 yet?

But... I assume that you mean that the building is in Wales?
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #4827 on: February 18, 2015, 12:53:24 pm »
No, nothing to do with the date or where the building is.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #4828 on: February 18, 2015, 01:11:38 pm »
Tom Parker-Bowles is the stepson of HRH The Prince of Wales not his son-in-law  :roll:

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #4829 on: February 18, 2015, 01:13:53 pm »
TPB is not Prince Charles Son in Law..... it's Camilla's son,  therefore his step-son.
How embarrassing!

Edit.... Meleri, well done, I now see you beat me to it!
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