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« on: July 25, 2023, 22:28:17 »
Picked up this reprobate in the 'burbs before a long bus ride to our chosen place for an evening meal. Where was bobm?
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« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2023, 23:16:47 »
I think you're in Newport IOW.

https://goo.gl/maps/tuEtavvaSPkuThua9
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2023, 04:08:20 »
Quote from: JayMac on July 25, 2023, 22:28:17
Picked up this reprobate in the 'burbs before a long bus ride to our chosen place for an evening meal. Where was bobm?

Is it me!
I don't have a picture or map on this one.
Just the "Picked........" etc but nothing more.
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« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2023, 08:23:09 »
And a very nice meal it was - even if Finn did announce his arrival with an expensive mishap with Daddy’s drink!
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« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2023, 09:36:14 »
Quote from: Red Squirrel on July 25, 2023, 23:16:47
I think you're in Newport IOW.

https://goo.gl/maps/tuEtavvaSPkuThua9

Close enough. Bus stop just round the corner.

Bob, Finn and I dined at the Mermaid Distillery. Although more was spent on drinks than food.
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« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2023, 08:17:53 »
Quote from: JayMac on July 26, 2023, 09:36:14
Quote from: Red Squirrel on July 25, 2023, 23:16:47
I think you're in Newport IOW.

https://goo.gl/maps/tuEtavvaSPkuThua9

Close enough. Bus stop just round the corner.

Bob, Finn and I dined at the Mermaid Distillery. Although more was spent on drinks than food.

Too easy. There’s only one Ozze’s Plaice!
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« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2023, 21:54:33 »
Quote from: JayMac on July 26, 2023, 09:36:14
Quote from: Red Squirrel on July 25, 2023, 23:16:47
I think you're in Newport IOW.

https://goo.gl/maps/tuEtavvaSPkuThua9

Close enough. Bus stop just round the corner.

Bob, Finn and I dined at the Mermaid Distillery. Although more was spent on drinks than food.

Well I'll be.....   I looked up the Mermaid Distillery and it turns out to be in the building that was once the Wishing Well pub next to the former Pondwell campsite that I stayed at a number of times.  It looks like a large proportion of the camping field is now planted out as a vineyard going by Google Maps.
I heard that the Wishing Well had closed a few years ago but it's nice to hear that it's undergone something of a rejuvenation.
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« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2023, 15:14:37 »
Quote from: johnneyw on July 27, 2023, 21:54:33
Well I'll be.....   I looked up the Mermaid Distillery and it turns out to be in the building that was once the Wishing Well pub next to the former Pondwell campsite that I stayed at a number of times.  It looks like a large proportion of the camping field is now planted out as a vineyard going by Google Maps.
I heard that the Wishing Well had closed a few years ago but it's nice to hear that it's undergone something of a rejuvenation.

The building still has 'THE WISHING WELL'  on the gable end.

And I think the campsite has gone a bit upmarket.
https://thevineyardiow.co.uk/
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