A2K London Meet II

McTag

A round Twite?

PS Did you know Halifax NS was the scene of the most powerful man made explosion until the dropping of the atomic bomb?

Steve
Mrs McTag's dad has a Round Tuit in the form of a plaque on his kitchen wall.

No I didn't know that about the explosion. How fascinating.

The answer to my question is: the guillotine!
That semi-automatic decapitating device was supposed to have been invented in Halifax. The French, who know a good idea when they see one, started mass-producing them, to help get rid of a lot of unwanted Frenchmen.
Imitation, the sincerest form of flattery.

McT

A device for separating French heads and bodies! amazing

regarding bangs

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kylet1/halifax.htm

OK well maybe not a Guillotine exactly....but does a Renault look like a Rolls-Royce? I think not.

Wouldn't it have been fun, though, if the flower of the French nobility had been topped by a Heckmondthwaite or an Arkwright?

http://www.hullhellandhalifax.com/AboutMe/AboutHHH.php

McT

McTag

Hope there is no embarrassment on spelling of Twite Tuit Towat or T*wat

Better, much better!

I don't want to walk from Stansted!

[quote="Walter Hinteler
I don't want to walk from Stansted![/quote]

Take the train, Walter - take the train!

even a bike beats walking.....

I am just abt to throw a major tantrum here becase I wont be able to attend the A2K meet...

You have been warned

Interesting fact, McTag...I didn't know that.

Walter - that's the right Halifax in the pictures. The market is pretty (the building) but the shops/stalls within are interesting in a purely sociological sense...I haven't seen anything there that I'd like to buy! Lots of very cheap cuts of meat and clothes made from artificial fibres, priced at under £10, etc.

Margo - still eligible and still on the look out! No real stories to tell, either...more's the pity!

KP

Well, perhaps I should start playing Lotto as well?

From the British Met Office-website:



[to whom it may concern: so it will be time to organise barbecues and trips to the beach :wink: ]

Barbecues and trips to the beach

Hint! Hint! (Aber nichts mit Hinteler zu tun!)

Was fuer Glueckspilze!

Hermann von Tag

Walter is bringing the sunshine with him !!

I'm glad someone is bringing the sunshine! I don't think I've ever seen any in UK

Have fun, guys! (if you can, without me!)

Yes, very nice warm weather, I can vouch for that.

We met Steve and Walter and their ladies at Greenwich, and had a beautiful sail up the river in really stonking weather...and the sun thoughtfully placed to the east, the better to take pictures upriver.
London was looking pretty near her best, I would say. More history and architecture than you can shake a stick at, certainly.

Leaving out the description of the diamond shops of Old Bond Street and the delights of Fortnum & Mason's food hall, we finished up a very pleasant day by getting on a tourist bus (open-topped double-decker, you know the kind) and had a proper touristy time being shown all the sights you can see from the top of a bus......

Anyway I've come home now, after a four-hour drive, so over to you, Walter and Steve, for more details of what happened next....(as the temperature mounts, the tension increases. How will our two doughty heroes cope in the heat of what is...the London holiday experience.)

Hi McTaggies

Glad you enjoyed the day... not as hot here as central London. Computer overloaded...more later


Walt and Ulla send best wishes

Great !!! Now we can't wait for the pics !!!

I love that, McT,


What kind of boat were you sailing up the Thames?

We were sailing on a boat which we found tied up at Greenwich quay. There are several (three, I think) companies which ply passenger boats up 'n' down the river. They are a bit like the boats which you see on the Seine or the Rhine, only not quite so smart.
You can go between Westminster and the Thames Barrier, and various points in between.
It's lovely on a sunny day. And even better, in good company!

McT