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Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:43 pm
by Smitty
photomike666 wrote:Forget Amsrterdam, go to Rotterdam, same only better
If u r into trains, York railway museum.
For a ride/drive snake pass
For clubs Leister square, gigs at the Astoria
For a bit of Dickens, Canterbury or Rochester
Booze shopping City d'Europe in Calis or go to Andora got tax haven
Race tracks; Brands Hatch, Donington & Silverstone
yeah...Mike has a point buy grog in Calais b4 going back to the UK (beware limits coming back to Oz :( )
dunno about Dickens, I prefer Shakespeare :lol:

another good'un...the RAF Museum just outta London
plus of course Madame Taussads (spelling?)

go to Greenwich for the day (its a quick train ride from Waterloo, dont drive no parking) , and do the Royal Observatory
you get to stand in 2 halves of the world at once :kuda: and the British Maritime Museum is good too

and if you are into that sorta thing, you have to go one night to the theatre at Her Majestys or the Dominion or the Palladium or Queens or Royal Albert theatres
(LOTS of shows to chose from)

ps...by a tourist pass (Nat trust membership here can be used in the UK..you get in fOR FREE!!!)

Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:49 pm
by photomike666
dilligaf wrote:all right. when we were in the south of england, our friends there took us to

fishbourne roman palace

http://www.sussexpast.co.uk/property/si ... site_id=11

and porchester castle

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/days ... er-castle/
Lullingstone Roman Villa is one of the more famous sites.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/days ... man-villa/

Rochester Casle (Norman Keep cir 1066) is right next door to Rochester Cathedral (and my old school) and a short walk from Dickens Chelet. Rochester High Street is a great mix of olde worlde shoppes and more pubs than any decent crawl can manage.
http://www.cometorochester.co.uk/

Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:00 pm
by Boganish

Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:03 pm
by photomike666
Boganish wrote:Pretty Simple Really

http://www.manutd.com/en/Visit-Old-Trafford.aspx
Screw ya poofy soccer, go a mans game...
http://www.twickenhamstadiumtoursguide.co.uk/

Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:18 am
by jefflthomas
just a stones throw away from Millennium Stadium...Brains Brewery's right next door...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... m&t=h&z=16

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