Trumpet
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We were around Snowdonia most of the weekend, in Llanberis on Sunday.
Talking to a local it came to me that it's 43 years since I first went up there and did the Snowdon Horse Shoe in February.
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Talking to a local it came to me that it's 43 years since I first went up there and did the Snowdon Horse Shoe in February.
Noah
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Which got me thinking to the first time I went up there, up Snowdon Ranger Path and down Watkins Path. Wish I hadn't worked out just how long ago that was.
BobClay
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I know it wasn't the weekend … but … when yer retired, it's the weekend every day .. 
Just got back from my re-union jolly in Liverpool. Basically it's a drinking and eating fest, but we did visit the 'Western Approaches Museum.' This is a bunker buried deep beneath a building more or less in the centre of Liverpool (down toward Pier Head) where the Battle of the Atlantic was master-minded by the Royal Navy and the RAF.
This was of considerable interest to a bunch of old Merchant Navy Crocks like us because the merchant ships were the targets. Admiral Karl Donitz and his U boats had us by the short and curlies and very nearly brought the country down in 1942/43. From this room (many rooms in this bunker but this is the Map Room) the battle was plotted and adjusted as vital convoys were shepherded across the North Atlantic, at very considerable cost in ships and lives.
Eighty percent of the staff in this bunker were female at the time. One young Wren lost her life falling off one of those plotting ladders. They are very high.
Sobering stuff.
Just got back from my re-union jolly in Liverpool. Basically it's a drinking and eating fest, but we did visit the 'Western Approaches Museum.' This is a bunker buried deep beneath a building more or less in the centre of Liverpool (down toward Pier Head) where the Battle of the Atlantic was master-minded by the Royal Navy and the RAF.
This was of considerable interest to a bunch of old Merchant Navy Crocks like us because the merchant ships were the targets. Admiral Karl Donitz and his U boats had us by the short and curlies and very nearly brought the country down in 1942/43. From this room (many rooms in this bunker but this is the Map Room) the battle was plotted and adjusted as vital convoys were shepherded across the North Atlantic, at very considerable cost in ships and lives.
Eighty percent of the staff in this bunker were female at the time. One young Wren lost her life falling off one of those plotting ladders. They are very high.
Sobering stuff.
staffordjas
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We never saw that museum the last time we visited Liverpool. Was a few years ago though, but I assume it was there but we missed it. Will have to seek it out next time we venture up there for a few days. On our last visit we were on one of these just days before one sank, we'd been joking about getting ready to jump overboard if it started going down .....I know it wasn't the weekend … but … when yer retired, it's the weekend every day ..
Just got back from my re-union jolly in Liverpool. Basically it's a drinking and eating fest, but we did visit the 'Western Approaches Museum.' This is a bunker buried deep beneath a building more or less in the centre of Liverpool (down toward Pier Head) where the Battle of the Atlantic was master-minded by the Royal Navy and the RAF.
This was of considerable interest to a bunch of old Merchant Navy Crocks like us because the merchant ships were the targets. Admiral Karl Donitz and his U boats had us by the short and curlies and very nearly brought the country down in 1942/43. From this room (many rooms in this bunker but this is the Map Room) the battle was plotted and adjusted as vital convoys were shepherded across the North Atlantic, at very considerable cost in ships and lives.
Eighty percent of the staff in this bunker were female at the time. One young Wren lost her life falling off one of those plotting ladders. They are very high.
Sobering stuff.
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BobClay
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The Museum is still a work in progress as the whole shebang was closed and pretty much lost after the war. They are meticulously restoring it but there's plenty to see as it stands. The lady who gave us the tour was outstanding, explaining that many of the original plans and details were lost, but from photographs and input from original members of the bunker staff during visits they have re-constructed each room. Apparently the original map was made of cork and this mysteriously disappeared from the Map Room just after the war and ended up on many bathroom floors (this is Liverpool after all.) 
She was very keen to hear details from some of our older members about Merchant Ship operations, data gathering all to be fed back into the restoration.
Well worth a visit.
She was very keen to hear details from some of our older members about Merchant Ship operations, data gathering all to be fed back into the restoration.
Well worth a visit.
age'd parent
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I cleaned out the brick shed, found things I didn't know I had. a kids paddling pool a inflatable boot and oars, a large quantity of poly tiles, washed jars with lids, a stirrup type pump for blowing up the boat, a pasting table made from a large board and ironing table legs, a second grass strimmer, 2 dead mice, most of it went back in a more space saving configuration... but not the mice.
staffordjas
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Sounds like my parents loft that I cleared to sell the house.... Inflatable canoes and paddles, tents, folding pushbikes etc etcSounds a bit like the yard of Steptoe and Son.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Was at Oulton Park yesterday with @Thehooperman, playing with the new camera so got a lot of badly focused ones but here are a few of the better. Should probably zoom out more to make positioning easier in editing, these are all straight from the camera.
Full photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cJdaNXwmyQUAw2Hs9
Full photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cJdaNXwmyQUAw2Hs9
Thehooperman
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Was at Oulton Park yesterday with @Thehooperman, playing with the new camera so got a lot of badly focused ones but here are a few of the better. Should probably zoom out more to make positioning easier in editing, these are all straight from the camera.
Full photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cJdaNXwmyQUAw2Hs9
Where's the pretty pink one that you liked?
