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From: tim.... on 20 Jun 2010 14:22

"Erilar" <drache(a)chibardun.netinvalid> wrote in message
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> "tim...." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> "tim...." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:884jbbFluvU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>> "erilar" <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:drache-912218.11195019062010(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>>>> OK, so I plan further ahead than the normal Merkin 8-)
>>>>
>>>> Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to
>> > > Aberdeen
>>>> and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in London involves
>>>> flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I like Denmark, so I was
>>>> thinking about pausing there for a day or two. But the ticketing
>> > > was a
>>>> lot more involved than just getting to Aberdeen a couple days early,
>> > > so
>>>> I began to wonder. . .
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be some
>> > > kind
>>>> of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the "wrong" side of
>> > > the
>>>> road to save my life.
>>>>
>>>> Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen April
>>>> 28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".
>>>
>>> Well this looks like the sort of thing, but it's expensive to do on
>> > your
>>> own. You'll be unlikely to find a like minded group to share in
>> > April
>>> even though it is a school holiday
>>>
>>> http://www.duncans-flexitours.co.uk/example-day-tours.html
>>>
>>> Are you intrepid enough to do this by Public Transport. For example
>>> there's a service every 20 minutes to Crathes with buses from there
>> > to
>>> Balmoral every 2 hours.
>>>
>>> I'm quite happy to help with schedules if you can indicate which
>> > castles
>>> are of most interest.
>
> In my case, the older, the better,

But want makes the age of a castle?

The date of the original fortification or the date that the last time
someone laid a brick

tim


From: erilar on 20 Jun 2010 15:41
In article <8874keFhv4U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"tim...." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> But want makes the age of a castle?
>
> The date of the original fortification or the date that the last time
> someone laid a brick

Oh, if there's anything much above ground, someone laid the odd brick or
stone well after it was first erected. I do rather like castles with
13th-14th century origins that have stopped short of Victoriana, though
8-)

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist


http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: Runge121 on 27 Jun 2010 18:07
ho ho ho martin the funny guy

"Martin" <martin(a)invalid.invalid> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
discussion : hvkhnt$4vf$3(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> On 19/06/10 18:19, erilar wrote:
>> OK, so I plan further ahead than the normal Merkin 8-)
>>
>> Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to Aberdeen
>> and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in London involves
>> flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I like Denmark, so I was
>> thinking about pausing there for a day or two. But the ticketing was a
>> lot more involved than just getting to Aberdeen a couple days early, so
>> I began to wonder. . .
>>
>> Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be some kind
>> of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the "wrong" side of the
>> road to save my life.
>>
>> Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen April
>> 28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".
>
> nor even a "whisky tour"?
>
From: erilar on 27 Jun 2010 19:34
In article <4c27cbc0$1$27600$ba4acef3(a)reader.news.orange.fr>,
"Runge121" <philsa(a)bigfoot.com> wrote:

> ho ho ho martin the funny guy
>
> "Martin" <martin(a)invalid.invalid> a écrit dans le message de groupe de

> >
> > nor even a "whisky tour"?
> >

However it's spelled, I don't care to drink the stuff. My tipple is
wine.

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist


http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: Martin on 28 Jun 2010 04:14
On 28/06/10 01:34, erilar wrote:
> In article <4c27cbc0$1$27600$ba4acef3(a)reader.news.orange.fr>,
> "Runge121" <philsa(a)bigfoot.com> whined:
>
>> ho ho ho martin the funny guy
>>
>> "Martin" <martin(a)invalid.invalid> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
>
>>>
>>> nor even a "whisky tour"?
>>>
>
> However it's spelled,

Whiskey is Irish, whisky is scotch.

> I don't care to drink the stuff. My tipple is
> wine.

Better than the incessant Runge121, you can't plonk me I change the
number frequently, whine
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