What Are You Doing Now?

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A lovely photo, Julie. :D
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number 6 wrote:Blimey! Bet those stairs kept you fit, Julie! :D Nice photo.
:lol: :lol:

We were only on the first floor, number 6, but they were the ones that had flat bits half way up on the bend. :lol:

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Have you any photos of the hotel, Floragord?

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That's a lovely photo, Julie! :-D

Looks like the type of place a Mystery might happen, too!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

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An Agatha Christie mystery though, Rob. :lol:

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Julie2owlsdene wrote:
number 6 wrote:Blimey! Bet those stairs kept you fit, Julie! :D Nice photo.
:lol: :lol:

We were only on the first floor, number 6, but they were the ones that had flat bits half way up on the bend. :lol:
Haha! I was trying to build you up as a fitness guru! Great to know you had a fab time! :lol: l
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Julie2owlsdene wrote: Here is a picture of myself on the stairs in the Victoria Hotel.

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I must add that Julie is being very modest about the grandeur of this fantastic retreat.That is the hotel's fire escape! :wink:
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:D :D Pete.. I see what you mean!
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number 6 wrote:It certainly is a chilling thought, IceMaiden. A very sad situation could've been a whole lot worse if, as you said, the helicopter crashed the other side of the Mountain. I used to frequently walk the Welsh Mountains, & the Rhinogs were a particular favourite place of mine, so I know the terrain very well & how treacherous they can be in bad weather. My sympathy goes out to those that died in the tragic crash & to the loved ones they left behind. :cry:
sixret wrote:Agreed. It's a chilling thought of what could have happened. It's a tragedy to those victims' families.
Apparently all five were members of the same family, on their way to Dublin for a christening :( . It's awful and quite horrifying that your entire life can change like that without any warning. Their saying it could take three days or more depending on the weather to find and recover all the bits of the helicopter. Thank goodness that mountainside is deserted otherwise there would almost certainly have been a lot more than five victims.
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Daisy wrote::D :D Pete.. I see what you mean!
I can't see it myself, so I think you'd better send me over some cash for me to go again for a few days and check it all out Pete. I'd better stay in a large bedroom at the front in disguise.:lol: :lol:

Here is a link to the hotel's gallery.

https://victoriahotel.co.uk/the-hotel/gallery/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


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I'm a bit slow - don't really get the 'fire escape' comment...? :?
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)



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Julie2owlsdene wrote:...I think you'd better send me over some cash for me to go again for a few days and check it all out Pete. I'd better stay in a large bedroom at the front in disguise.:lol: :lol:

Here is a link to the hotel's gallery.

https://victoriahotel.co.uk/the-hotel/gallery/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


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Will do Julie - it's the least I can do and it will be my privilege! :D :D :wink:
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Julie2owlsdene wrote:An Agatha Christie mystery though, Rob.
I was just thinking that. In Towards Zero, Mr Treves is 'murdered' by someone putting an Out of Order notice on the lift. Climbing stairs gave him a fatal heart attack. :shock:
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A very hit-and-miss way to murder someone!! :shock: :?
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)



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Rob Houghton wrote:I'm a bit slow - don't really get the 'fire escape' comment...? :?
I think the joke suggests that the hotel is so grand, what everyone would assume is the main staircase is only the fire escape.
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