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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    And plagued with swarthy foreign smugglers too.
    i used to read those famous five blyton books when i was young too.. it was based on a castle in dorset.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    And plagued with swarthy foreign smugglers too.
    Mostly at Smugglers Top, but i suppose they get everywhere, much like Timmy's turds.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    We nearly bought this place (17th century Jacobean Hall) a few years ago, when we were thinking of selling the lodge and moving to somewhere bigger: https://www.google.com/search?q=wynn...nTme46X8vJ8buM

    However, after carrying out an extensive survey it was found to be riddled with dry rot, plus there were problems with the roof, so it would've just been a huge money pit, and in the end we gave it a miss. It was gorgeous inside, with a HUGE inglenook fireplace, banqueting hall and all sorts, plus set in large grounds.

    Del loved the place and had set her heart on it, so was NOT happy it fell through, but it would've been a stupid move, business wise, and that's where I have the last say. I notice now it's a 'holiday cottage'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    We nearly bought this place (17th century Jacobean Hall) a few years ago, when we were thinking of selling the lodge and moving to somewhere bigger: https://www.google.com/search?q=wynn...nTme46X8vJ8buM

    However, after carrying out an extensive survey it was found to be riddled with dry rot, plus there were problems with the roof, so it would've just been a huge money pit, so in the end we gave it a miss. It was gorgeous inside, with a HUGE inglenook fireplace, banqueting hall and all sorts, plus set in large grounds.

    Del loved it and had set her heart on it, so was NOT happy it fell through, but it would've been a stupid move, business wise, and that's where I have the last say.

    Marco.
    I remember that - it looked fab!

    Did it sell! How’s it looking now if so?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post


    And I believe some also think that London is England

    Marco.
    I was heading into London on the train some years ago, and an American woman said to her young daughter "You see all those chimneys? That's because they don't have electricity here".

    As I got up I told her that the train she was in is electric, and that the first electric train was built in Britain around 50 years after the US was founded.

    Her daughter just grinned at me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beobloke View Post
    I remember that - it looked fab!

    Did it sell! How’s it looking now if so?
    Don't know, Adam, we haven't been back since.

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    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Filterlab View Post
    I was heading into London on the train some years ago, and an American woman said to her young daughter "You see all those chimneys? That's because they don't have electricity here".

    As I got up I told her that the train she was in is electric, and that the first electric train was built in Britain around 50 years after the US was founded.

    Her daughter just grinned at me.
    Haha - classic!

    Marco.
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    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    That's what the butler is for - order it and off he pops

    Warm climates are fine, but not really our thing. Del loves snow (and generally the autumn/winter months), as do I, and you get plenty of the white stuff in the highlands!

    Marco.
    Yes there is, but it's mainly wind and driving rain and the further north you go the less daylight you have in the winter, i grew up on Orkney it's a nice enough place but the winters up there aren't the picture postcard fairy tails you see on TV, regular power cuts, long dark nights that seem to last forever, it's ok for a holiday but moving to a place like that takes some adjustment especially if you move there from England.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Was wondering how hard it would be to find a castle for sale in the Scottish Highlands
    I seriously considered moving up to Scotland (got family up there). With what I'd get for my place I'd be able to afford something pretty decent.

    Then I recalled a day I'd spent at a dog show up there (my late partner was a championship judge). I had three base layers on and a fleece and a coat over the top and it was still feckin' freezing and it was May!

    Anyway the plan is to move in with my current squeeze (aka lumbered with me) in the not too distant future, she's just bought a new place








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    Very nice Roy,,,very luxurious... I'd love a kitchen like that...You'll be able to make some top nosh in there Roy...I see you have the pictures in the correct order lol...food, nice hot bath, then bed to sleep it off...lovely jubbly...
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