Great and unusual days out Page 4

Quote: sootyj @ June 20 2009, 12:40 PM BST

2 Brighton Tea Cosy. An insanely camp tea room done up like a 1950s uber kitsch dreamscape. With a list of appalling sins that'll get you kicked out including; being under 12, talking loudly, insulting the queen, not standing for the national anthem and dunking biscuits.

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That sounds brilliant!

Quote: sootyj @ June 20 2009, 1:25 PM BST

I remember there was quite an evil similar thing in Dorset called the Abbotsbury Swannery where they bread swans.

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I've been there.
Hunnnndreds of little baby swans. It was ace.

You should try it.

And SlaggA you're kidnap jokes malarkey would work better if your car wasn't one of those idiotic tricycle/sandwich transporters.

Quote: AndreaLynne @ June 20 2009, 2:14 PM BST

I wonder if it was just parts of the Enola Gay's nose. That's all that's left, right?

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The entire aircraft is on display.

Looks like I'll also have to pay a visit to the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton Roads, VA. The Apollo 12 capsule that the founder of my company flew back to Earth is there.

Very cool. My grandfather was the flight engineer on the Moby Dick (B-24) for a time before it was decommissioned. He was there when the date was painted on the side and has a couple photos of it before it was hauled off. One of our family's most proud moments.

Just found this great website:

http://www.americanspacecraft.com/

It has photos and current locations for every major U.S. spacecraft. My new quest is to see all the manned spacecraft in person.

Thorpe Park or Alton Towers when the park is empty. That's great.

Big Pit Pit Mining Museum Blaenavon South Wales. You actually get to go underground and all the guides are ex-miners. One for Aaron I think. And it's free

http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/bigpit/

And SlaggA after doing your tour I was highly dissapointed that in fact Blackwood is neither black and hasn't got a wood. Bedwellty Park doesn't count by the way as it's in Tredegar!

Also if you ever find yourself in Cardiff Bay (the dry bit) go here for snacks. It's a charity and recently bailed my school out of trouble when we had no where to eat our lunch and it was pissing down with rain. So I'm doing my bit to thank them.

http://www.lightship2000.co.uk/