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Yes, that's the one.

I'd never heard of it until a few years ago until I started reading the Chalet School series. One of the books featured a trip to watch it. At the time I thought it was a fictional play, but then my parents announced they had booked a coach trip to go and see it in 2010.

I shall be in my early 50s by the time the next one is performed (depressing thought) so I think I'll make a supreme effort to go.
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Katharine wrote:Fiona, seeing as Scotland has such beautiful scenery - who needs to travel anywhere else? :D
A woman after my own heart! I do enjoy holidaying in Scotland (and after a visit to the coral beach near Plockton I feel like I've been to a chilly Carribbean! [sp?])

I've never owned a passport, and until two years ago I didn't have a provisional license either. Every time I applied to college, uni, for a job etc there was the issue of explaining I didn't have either of the required forms of ID and I'd have to be given permission to use my birth certificate :roll:
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Tony Summerfield wrote:I wrote off my motor caravan in the middle of nowhere whilst driving from Kiev in the Ukraine to Moscow - it was in the days of the Soviet Union and the KGB wanted a word or two! It was the Stasi when I got arrested in East Germany, I was driving around East Berlin and apparently I shouldn't have been there, but I wasn't held for long, I just got escorted to Checkpoint Charlie and pushed over the border into West Berlin...there's plenty more in Tony Summerfield: A Personal Anecdotage. I had better get writing as another thread seems to think I am on the way out! :roll:
I look forward to reading your memoirs, Tony! :)

Chrissie, I just edited several of your quotes because a) some were on the long side and we try to quote only what's necessary - in order to save space on the forums, and b) some hadn't come out correctly. I've left a couple which are still incorrect because they involved quotations from more than one person and I was unsure who said what without looking back. I'm aware that you're new to the forums and still getting used to how things work, so no worries. :) But I thought I'd say something on the forums because other posters sometimes quote at great length too, or forget to check whether quotations have come out properly, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to remind everyone.

We've also seen an increase recently in the number of people posting short comments like "Awww" or "Oh" or " :lol: ", etc. They don't add anything to a discussion and it's irritating to open up a post to be confronted with something like that, so please let's avoid that kind of thing wherever possible. And I've had to delete a few responses to games/quizzes where people have written "I don't know" or "I've no idea because it's a long time since I read the book". If anyone has been writing things like that simply to increase his/her post count, remember that it's quality that matters, not quantity.

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Chrissie777 wrote: How about "Madame Butterfly :)?
Ah! But that was written by an Italian! :D Good one though, Chrissie.
Tony Summerfield wrote: I was wandering around in Delhi, up near India Gate... I found out later that Delhi was under martial law because of riots and I was there in the middle of a curfew!
Goodness! Was this in 1984 then Tony? It sounds like it. I am amazed that your hotels didn't give you and Francis better advice. Francis, I applaud your courage. I wouldn't dare visit Kashmir even today, let alone whenever you went! :D :roll:

By the way, on the subject of travel, apart from Tony and Poddys, I have to say my dad and uncle are among the best traveled people I know. They have lived in different parts of the world, and have visited many other countries, including some totally out-of-the-way ones, which I had never heard of, until they told me! For myself, I can't stand traveling - at least the flying part - but still I have been to a few places.

and, uh... sorry for the digression!
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I must admit that I wouldn't visit Kasmir now but I do feel sorry for the
people. They were victims of a situation they couldn't control or improve.
The country itself is one of the most beautiful in the world and deserves to
be seen and cherished. I hope one day things will improve.
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Chrissie777 wrote: Now to Nigel's post.
I was delighted when I re-visited Corfe Castle Village again in 2008 and nothing was changed....For me Corfe Castle Village never has been commercialized and ruined. It still looks and feels like some idyllic British village in the country.
You mention Corfe Castle, Chrissie - I didn't! My point was, imagine that Kirrin was a real village, not a made-up one, or one inspired by a real one. You make a pilgrimage to it only to find the village has expanded beyond belief, and is now a suburb of a sprawling urban conurbation. That was my point. Of course, there are many British villages, such as Corfe Castle, that have escaped the ravages of time, and Kirrin might well have been one of them. We can't be sure though.

Incidentally, you quoted me as saying I have never been abroad. I think that was Julie's post!

Interesting post Tony, but I think I can do without being arrested by police in a foreign country! Nevertheless, your forthcoming books appears to be a future best-seller. I hope that a) you live long enough to complete it and b) I live long enough to read it. :|
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Anita Bensoussane wrote: Chrissie, I just edited several of your quotes because a) some were on the long side and we try to quote only what's necessary - in order to save space on the forums...
Sometimes it is difficult to get this right. Chrissie, I guess you might be 'clicking' on Quote when replying, rather than Post Reply. If you are replying immediately after the post you are referring to, there is rarely a need to use the Quote button, unless it is just a specific line in the post that you are commenting on. By clicking on Post Reply, you get an empty box in which to comment. Us long-standing forummers do this without thinking, but I can well understand that, to a new forummer, this can all be a bit off-putting! It's also a good idea to check your post (after submitting) to ensure all is as you intended

This is a general comment, and in no way am I "having a go" at you, Chrissie! :)
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Fatty wrote:Never stepped out of my home country. Don't even have a valid passport now. How much more insular can one get?
Mmm, that is surprising because from the way you describe places such as Caeser's Palace in Las Vegas in some other threads, one would have got(ten) the impression you had been there.
One can be a citizen of the world without actually venturing beyond the borders of one's own country, Stephen. :) I happen to be an armchair traveller. Of course, I'd love to physically travel the world -- to this end I even acquired a smattering of half a dozen languages (at least enough to get by). But I wouldn't be able to afford such trips -- and I'd be severely hampered by visa restrictions, besides -- so the next best thing is to read travelogues by people who *have* travelled widely!
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Stephen, according to your Facebook page, you say you live in Chickamauga, Georgia. I don't think that is correct, is it? :?
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I think I probably like being an armchair traveller best too. I used to love Michale Palin's documentaries. I really felt I was getting a proper look at the way other people live without the worry of malaria or tummy upsets from drinking the water.
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Moonraker wrote:I guess you might be 'clicking' on Quote when replying, rather than Post Reply. If you are replying immediately after the post you are referring to, there is rarely a need to use the Quote button, unless it is just a specific line in the post that you are commenting on. By clicking on Post Reply, you get an empty box in which to comment.
Just to add a further point (not directed at anyone in particular but some people might not know) - even when you reply by clicking "Quote" you don't have to keep the whole quotation. You can delete any parts you don't need.
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Yes, I nearly explained that, but thought it was a bit complicated to put in words! :D
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Moonraker wrote:Stephen, according to your Facebook page, you say you live in Chickamauga, Georgia. I don't think that is correct, is it? :?
Is that really our man? I thought it was an impostor or a prankster, and refrained from adding him on Facebook! Stephen, at least upload a userpic so you don't confuse people. What with Dave Lentcombes and Rajdeep Parikshits trolling the Web, one can never be sure. :D
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Katharine wrote: I used to love Michale Palin's documentaries.
Me too! To this day I remember his consternation when visiting Russia (I think)and discovering they did their manufacturing in a sort of bulk cycle. All he wanted was a bath plug - but they hadn't been made in a few years so there were none the right size left and they weren't due to make any more for another few years.
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I remember the plug episode! It's funny isn't how such a little thing can make such a difference to someone's life. Watching programmes like that make me realise just how much I take for granted.

I got the boxed set of his travel DVDs last year, and am now half way through Full Circle. I haven't had a chance to watch any recently as I like to watch a whole episode in one go, and don't very often get a chance to have the TV to myself for a whole hour!
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