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Frankie said:
What sleep in your drawers?
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Cleopatra's drawers, of course. Socks don't have drawers of their own.

No, I'm not telling you what else is in there.
 
jj said:


Yeah, yeah "....caribisles.com"
I've seen InverEwe, it looks nothing like that. It does have palm trees, though. :p
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Last holiday I took in Scotland, I took these photos.

First one's Barra airport (read, "beach"), second is the Callanish standing stones.
 
Looks like I might be planning a be short holiday to that place to. I like old stones and ancient monuments it has an attraction for me.
 
El Greco said:


Cleopatra's drawers, of course. Socks don't have drawers of their own.

No, I'm not telling you what else is in there.
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I hope you had permission to let people use Cleopatra's drawers.

Did I ask you for details of her drawers?:p

Are you also saying that as a sock you have no drawers? Are all socks drawer-less:jaw:
 
Frankie said:
Looks like I might be planning a be short holiday to that place to. I like old stones and ancient monuments it has an attraction for me.
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Second most significant stone circle in the UK, after Stone'enge, apparently.

But it's a little out of the way.
 
Matabiri said:


Second most significant stone circle in the UK, after Stone'enge, apparently.

But it's a little out of the way.
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Thanks.
I never knew that, I must brush up on my archaeological interests more often.

A little out of the way does not bother me either.

I'm amazed how many items of such interest are on in the UK. That and people go abroad when they know so little or have seen so little of their own county. I'm just glad there are no active Volcano's here in the UK. Living with Etna as a neighbour I am glad to leave her well behind. Though seeing her make a point is quite something.
 
Frankie said:

I never knew that, I must brush up on my archaeological interests more often.

A little out of the way does not bother me either.
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I haven't read this, but I hear it's very good - Julian Cope's The Modern Antiquarian:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...7711/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_11_1/026-0831256-9081268


I'm amazed how many items of such interest are on in the UK. That and people go abroad when they know so little or have seen so little of their own county. I'm just glad there are no active Volcano's here in the UK. Living with Etna as a neighbour I am glad to leave her well behind. Though seeing her make a point is quite something.
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I had some South African friends staying with me in Scotland a while back. Every day I'd ask, "What's the plan for today?" and they'd reply, "Castles!"
 
Frankie said:

I'm just glad there are no active Volcano's here in the UK.
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We do have a few cool (literally!) extinct ones though:

Ardnamurchan.jpg


Why, that one is just down the road from... Fort William :D
 
Frankie said:

Scotland has some fine castles
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If you're ever in the Highlands, I suggest you visit Menzies Castle, near Weem. They've been restoring it for years, but slowly. It gives an unprecedented view into what these big 18th Century castles are like on the inside. Highly recommended that you take a look, before they complete it and close bits of it off (it's highly unlikely that they'll give access to the roof space when it's finished, for instance).
 
Matabiri said:


Second most significant stone circle in the UK, after Stone'enge, apparently.

But it's a little out of the way.
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Has it been "restored" as Stonehenge was?
 
Darat said:


Has it been "restored" as Stonehenge was?
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I don't think so, but if memory serves correctly there has been a bit of archaeology - digging around the bases of the stones, and uncovering burial sites etc.

It's a pretty extensive system.
 
richardm said:


We do have a few cool (literally!) extinct ones though:

Ardnamurchan.jpg


Why, that one is just down the road from... Fort William :D
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Whoa! Caldera go boom!

Where near Ft. William is that? I've not known it was there when I was past.

You know, it would be prohibitive travel from the west coast of the USA, but the hotel would be a neat place to have the meeting....
 
jj said:



Asilomar, California.

It has the facilities. It has the rooms, it has the food, it has the scenery, it's next to Monterrey, it's a State Park instead of a commercial hotel, it's next to Big Sur, ....
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Asilomar is a great choice, it is on the coast of Pacific Grove, 2 hrs from SF, 10 min from Carmel and walking distance to Pebble beach. It would be great to time the confrence for when the Grey Wales are migrating up the coast.

Near the Monterey bay Aquarium, Santa Cruz, and San Jose.

And has the added advantage of being 10 miles from my house.
 
SRW said:


Asilomar is a great choice, it is on the coast of Pacific Grove, 2 hrs from SF, 10 min from Carmel and walking distance to Pebble beach. It would be great to time the confrence for when the Grey Wales are migrating up the coast.

Near the Monterey bay Aquarium, Santa Cruz, and San Jose.

And has the added advantage of being 10 miles from my house.
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Let's see if we can pitch this one to the power that be, eh?

It's not close to me, but I've been there, and it's very workable.
 
jj- The Ardnamurchan peninsula is the most westerly point of the British mainland, despite all the nonsense about Land's End. The photo shows basically a section through a triple intrusive centre, part of the N.Atlantic opening "Hebridean" volcanic province including Skye, Rum, Mull, The Antrim lavas in Ireland, and of course (somewhat later) Iceland.

Any caldera would have been a kilometre or several above the ground level in the photo. Great place. I spent 8 weeks there in 1976 mapping rocks and drinking beer.
 
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