THREE BEARS - BUT NO PORRIDGE OR GOLDILOCKS

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    I think you might mean Bickerton Castle, Joolz......which is now a restaurant and has been stripped of all historical trappings....shame.:snork:
     
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    I shall re google tomo and try n get co-ordinates for you :th scifD36: did not look like restaruant...had big circle of grass area in middle of surrounding buildings and no piknic benches :scratch: maybe an alien landing site :ideaIPB:
     
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    No Aliens allowed around here, we shoot on sight:snork:
     
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    What with? Round'm'Up ? :heehee:
     
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      Well the buildings in thick woods near horsley lane,if u can see bath house on the map then look below that :SUNsmile:hidden away:huh:
       
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      See where you mean, Joolz:thumbsup::snork: It's Peckforton Castle, but we tend to call it Bickerton Castle and it is a Restaurant, come Receptions and Stop overs. They tried to play up it's historic connections and made it look really like a tacky Theme Park.
      Before it was taken over, and was run by the Family, Prince Charles and the like used to stay there.:paladin:
       
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      Im surprised,it doesnt look like a castle from above :blue thumb:...my search for alien landing sites continues then:heehee:
       
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      It was built to look as grand as a Castle but really wasn't one. Beeston Castle really was a fortress that overlooked and thereby controlled the whole of the Cheshire plain in the old days. There's a well there that's supposed to have a treasure hidden in the walls but nobody has found it. But the well is as deep as the hill on which it stands, if not deeper.:snork:
       
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        [quote="ARMANDII, post: 531938,
        Grab your wet suit il hoist you down it:heehee:
        Beeston still have the horse sales? ive been there twice over the yrs i think its the same beeston :scratch:
         
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          I didn't think it would work on mine as we're pretty much non existent as far as the mainland is concerned. But surprise, surprise it does! :wow:
           
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            Armandii/Joolz,

            Liverpool is approximately 60 miles from the island, that's in land miles not nautical, so Armandii is not that far away. Joolz I wave to Armandii on a clear day. :heehee:
             
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              Well, I've got some good friends in Liverpool but it is on the other side of the Manchester Ship Canal for me, probably around 25 - 28 miles away.:biggrin:
               
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              Well, it still has Cattle Market sales, not so much horses though, Joolz:snork: There are a lot a stables around Cheshire and you have to drive carefully along the roads around here because you're bound to meet a pair of riders or so coming around a "blind" corner. They also have a ordinary Market on Bank Holidays
               
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                Same here with the horse riders,i had 2 up until last yr and i could see them in the field from the house it was great:blue thumb: not like manchester where i had to walk half a mile to them....too many houses there x
                 
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                  I bet he cant see you for the growth in his garden :heehee:x
                   
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