Maire Wales piccies!

[Pour1Malt]

these banners tell the tale o' the Skirrid...

the left yin reads.. (roughly)

"The Skirrid Mountain Inn. Wales Oldest Inn. Dating back to 1110... It is a Grade II listed building with many marvelous features.

The Studded oak front door is orinonal and the wood has been carbon dated, it is believed tro be some 1500 years old.

The Staircase a wonderful peice of period workmanship held together with wooden pegs.

The Upper Floor was origonlly the courtroom where many people were tried, found guilty, and then sentenced to death.

Those rooms have been tastefully been converted into letting bedrooms- with four poster beds and a fantastic view of the Skirrid mountain opposite."

[Pour1Malt]

an the richt yin reads... (roughly)

"From earliest times the Skirrid Inn was a public meeting house as well as aa alehouse and courts were held within its walls.

Between 1100 and 1485 Manorial Courts could have been staged.
It is assumed that the first floor was complete with judges retiring room.

It is at the bottom of the stairs were many of them are though to have met their end.

-hanging from a beam, upon which the scorch and drag marks of the rope can still be seen.

Although no exact or positive records exist, local legend that passes from generation to generation by word of mouth, suggests that upwards of 180 persons have been hanged at the Skirrid Inn between the 12th and 17th centuries.

The last, as the first, for sheep stealing, in the time of Oliver Cromwell.

The hanging cycle has come full circle."

[Pour1Malt]

the Skirrid Inn oak door...

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then we were aff tae a local stream an waterfall tae let the dugs cool aff!

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Em an Usgie...

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Derek an Elaine...

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aaaahhhh shade at last...

[Scott Gilmore]

Derek an Elaine...

"Derek an Elaine..." This post had me chuckling. What a great thread. Thanks to all of you for posting.

PS - Was that Elaine I saw at the 7/11 talking to Elvis the other day?

Regards,
Scott Gilmore