A warden at Blair Drummond Safari Park found a £1m hoard of Iron Age jewellery just days after taking delivery of a new metal detector. Just seven paces in to his new-found hobby, David Booth unearthed four 2,300-year-old torcs made of pure gold, a hoard which The Times is describing as the most significant discovery of Iron Age metalwork in Scotland.
Monthly Archives: November 2009
£1m hoard of Iron Age jewellery found in Scotland
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Picture of the day: Blackburn Rovers Football Club
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Today’s picture of the day is of Blackburn Rovers Football Club. Visitors can enjoy tours and see behind the scenes, the traditional boardroom, hospitality suites and players’ dressing room. The tour costs £3.50 for adults and £2.00 for juniors.
Heavenly England
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Enjoy this YouTube video entitled ‘Heavenly England’ and get a sense of how diverse and beautiful the country is… if you want any of the locations in the video identified, just post a comment with your question (don’t forget to indicate the time within the footage that it appears).
The world’s shortest flight
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A local ferry service form Papa Westray to Westray in the Orkney Islands was suspended recently, meaning that six teenage children had no way of getting to their secondary school, Westray Junior High. Thankfully, Loganair came to the rescue and are taking the children to and from school on what is believed to be the world’s shortest flight. The flight takes an average time of just 96 seconds and covers a little over a mile. The route is popular with visitors to the islands but is also an important lifeline to residents.
You know you’re in the UK when…
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We asked our Twitter followers to complete the sentence “You know you’re in the UK when…” and here’s a handful of the responses you sent in. A bit of a mixed bag, really!
- You know you’re in the UK when you’ve had a nice cuppa tea (@destinworld)
- You know you’re in the UK when find you have more on camera hours than the cast of Eastenders (thanks to CCTV). (@therecipeblog)
- You know you’re in the UK when your meat is cooked rather than waved near a candle. (@france_normandy)
- You know you’re in the UK when your every move is followed by CCTV & a cup of tea solves all problems known to man! (@vathenaEU)
- You know you’re in the UK when you walk outside, temperature drops cold and its pouring it down with rain/sleet/snow. (@brighteridea)
- You know you’re in the UK when you are in an old quaint British village and having a good tea with milk. (@Happy_Dasha)
- You know you’re in the UK when you leave the US with $1 and it’s only worth .60 cents. (@overthepond4me)
- You know you’re in the UK when the girls are “blue-ish” but still wear the minimum of clothes! (@MicaCosmetics)
- You know you’re in the UK when you bump into someone and they say sorry. (@alisonrobinson)
- You know you’re in the UK when you can catch a bus to almost anywhere. (@france_normandy)
- You know you’re in the UK when other drivers acknowledge your giving way for them. (@france_normandy)
- You know you’re in the UK when you have a road crew of 4, 1 is working and 3 are watching! (@Welshbybirth)
- You know you’re in the UK when you bump into someone and you get as a reply “I am terribly sorry”. (@Ana_Jesus)
Recurring themes seemed to be the weather, CCTV, politeness and the good ol’ British cuppa. Thank you to all those who took part!
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Picture of the day: The Plantation Garden, Norwich
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Today’s picture of the day is of The Plantation Garden in the heart of Norwich. It consists of a 140 year old chalk quarry with a large gothisc fountain in the centre. It is considered a hidden gem and is located between Crofters Hotel and Beeches Hotel just 600 yards from the city centre.
A rather public announcement on the London Underground
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Commuters at West Ham station on the London Underground got more than they bargained for recently, and reportedly heard a couple making love over the tannoy rather than the usual announcements of rush hour delays. Transport for London are insisting that there was interference on the station’s public address system, but passengers are sounding far from convinced. One such passenger, Laura O’Connor, claimed “It was definitely a couple doing it there and then. He was grunting loudly and she sounded like she was having a great time. The driver must have heard it, too, as the doors stayed open longer than usual.”
New state-of-the-art cinema for Leicester
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Phoenix Square opens its doors to the public on 19th November 2009, providing a state-of-the-art home for independent cinema and the digital arts in Leicester. But it’s much more than that. The distinctive green building – designed by award-winning architects Marsh:Grochowski – also houses 63 individually-designed apartments, 22 workspaces, seven duplex business units and eight start-up units for creative businesses. It’s a building that’s set to create a new community in Leicester’s emerging Cultural Quarter, providing a place where people can work, live and play.
Picture of the day: Buachaille Etive Mor, Highlands
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Today’s picture of the day is of Buachaille Etive Mor situated to the east of Glen Coe in the Scottish Highlands. It attracts climbers from far and wide and the main summit stands at 3353 feet tall.
Glasgow’s much-anticipated Blythswood Square is now open
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The former Royal Scottish Automobile Club, one of Glasgow’s most iconic buildings has been transformed into a luxurious five star hotel. Blythswood Square opened its doors to the public this week. The £25 million redevelopment of the landmark property has been carried out by Scotland’s stylish luxury boutique hotel group, The Town House Collection.
Blythswood Square overlooks one of Glasgow’s only remaining green spaces. The hotel will boast 100 bedrooms including six spacious suites and an enticing top floor penthouse complete with rooftop hot tub. It will also house Glasgow’s first luxury spa offering indigenous Scottish treatments, a restaurant, bars, a private screening room and event facilities.
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