Mudgie
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No, "Quirky and fun" and "only 2 toilets - one on each floor - expect queues" isn't for me.
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Mudgie
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Which beers that I would like does it have ?
Lucy
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They have about 50 and another 10 or so on tap, I'm sure you'd find a few.
tek-monkey
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The starter motor broke, I'm not kidding! Then the engine made odd noises for the first 20 mins, the lady next to me who had already confessed to being an anxious flyer was not best pleased.
Also there was a huge queue, length of the whole check in hall, as the conveyors were broken and every checked in bag had to be carried over yourself, but luckily it started back up just as I checked in.
BobClay
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Glam
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Well! We ended up at Bowness, nice place. Took just under 2 hours get there, eventually found a car park, cost a small fortune for 2 hours. First things first, we got our priorities right and had an Ice Cream each, I'm glad he paid for that , came to 9 pound odd for 2 scoops each.Along with Snowdonia the Lake District is my old stomping ground from yesteryear. Last time I was in the Lakes was 10 years ago following Julia Bradbury's path up Pillar.
Have a good time @Glam and enjoy the scenery.
Took a trip on one of the boats, took 80 minutes, saw all the houses on the egde of the lake, wasn't at all jealous of any of them! And he didn't chuck me overboard.
Using the loo in town cost 50p for a wee, and they only took contactless!! Bleedin' daylight robbery.
I have to say, we didn't realise just how busy the place would be. We decided to take a drive a bit further up and find somewhere to eat, bit hard cos all the car parks were full to bustin'. Eventually headed up to Keswick, found a pub called The Bell, both had the Gammon, which when it arrived, was mahoosive and the nephew reckoned it was over an inch thick, very nom nom nom.
Then we decided go to Morcambe, where we had yet another Ice Cream, bit cheaper this time, just over a Fiver for the 2, I paid for them
and having a wee was free in the shopping centre.Journey home, his phone sat nav thing, reckoned it would be 90 mins from Morcambe, took us about 80, which in the grand scheme of things int bad.
The sun shone all day, till we hit South Cheshire, then it clouded over and looked like we'll be having a storm.
The next time we're both off together we're going head back Llandudno, and I'll try not get burnt again.
Edit: We both had a cider each in The Bell, he had Old Mout Berries & Cherries, bit weird to see lumps of fruit floating in his pint! And I had a pint really lovely, raw, grab at your throat stuff. No idea of the name.
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Mudgie
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But I wouldn't know which to choose so am best just using the Jennings and Robinsons pubs.
Mudgie
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That's just taking the piss !
Glam
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They were foul. Woman behind me in the queue said they should be as posh as Buckingham Palace for the price. We walked in and both went green. The only plus about the loos was that they had bog roll. The ones at Morecambe were spotless in comparison.
staffordjas
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We once had to be towed to another stand to be jump -started on a Thomas Cook plane abroad. Crew told us "It's ok , it's just the auxiliary engine that's packed up which starts the plane. One we are started we don't need it.again. If we wait for a part to come over from England it will take about 6 hours and the crew would have then gone gone over their hours. So we are doing it this way as we all want to get home , especially me as my dog is home alone waiting for me" ..... We asked what happens if the main engines conked out mid air and those engines needed to start it again weren't available.. " Hopefully not" . One what seemed like a never ending journey!
Hope you have got there safely by now @tek-monkey @ and reunited with your family.
staffordjas
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Had a right shitty day . Just waiting for the last link at the top of the chain to finish their stuff .
Our impatient buyer sent us a text this morning asking us to break the chain and move out and be homeless in less than 3 weeks time so that he can move in , even though his mortgage offer doesn't expire for nearly 3 months.
Told him no way , but put the dampers on the whole weekend! 
We can't half pick them!
Our impatient buyer sent us a text this morning asking us to break the chain and move out and be homeless in less than 3 weeks time so that he can move in , even though his mortgage offer doesn't expire for nearly 3 months.
Told him no way , but put the dampers on the whole weekend! We can't half pick them!
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tek-monkey
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It'd be easier for you to find another buyer at the moment than them find another house.Had a right shitty day . Just waiting for the last link at the top of the chain to finish their stuff .
Our impatient buyer sent us a text this morning asking us to break the chain and move out and be homeless in less than 3 weeks time so that he can move in , even though his mortgage offer doesn't expire for nearly 3 months.
staffordjas
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I know.
When his text came through , I felt like replying it was going back on the market . Then hoping we could find another buyer who could get things moving quickly and hoping the chain then waits for us. Left to me I'd have told him to F**k off & it would be back on the market today ! But hubby isn't as hot headed as me.
(I'd rather not sell at all than have to put our stuff in storage and pay a fortune moving into a hotel , and then possibly find out the big chain collapses above and our seller of the house we have fell in love with then decides against moving after all....)
