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Have you been to a place no one else has been to? AGAIN!

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MrsTerryPratchett · 10/04/2023 21:10

Did you win the first thread? Do you win the prize (which I believe was my respect and admiration)? If the other thread gets to 1000 come here to claim your prize.

Any more places to claim? I'll start, in honour of Pontins Prestatyn....

Gronant
Rhyl
Holywell

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VanGoghsDog · 10/04/2023 23:42

Swansandcustard · 10/04/2023 22:57

Ok….Bosnia during the war, Russian State Duma (Parliament), GCHQ, a Royal Navy ship for 4 months, an American Navy ship for a day (at sea near Italy)… sat in a Ukrainian Backfire bomber.

I've been to GCHQ and its cut over site at Scarborough, including the private Turing museum inside.

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 10/04/2023 23:43

Brownsea Island.

Been there. And the Paris sewers. The former is infinitely nicer.

SugarMiceInTheRain · 10/04/2023 23:44

Vanuatu (various islands as I lived there for 2 years)
Pantanal rainforest, Brazil
Iguacu Falls (Argentinian side)
Palace of the Golden Horses, Kuala Lumpur

Santasoorplooms · 10/04/2023 23:45

@Needapadlockonmyfridge @Season0fTheWitch

I’ve been to Curracloe and Clonakilty!

Rainbowdrop22 · 10/04/2023 23:46

I’d like to chip in with:

Zongolica , in Veracruz state, Mexico

Kaiping in Guangdong Province, China

Saluda in North Carolina, USA

TattiePants · 10/04/2023 23:52

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 10/04/2023 23:43

Brownsea Island.

Been there. And the Paris sewers. The former is infinitely nicer.

@BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn are you a civil engineer by any chance?

NetballHoop · 10/04/2023 23:54

Easter Island/Chile
Wad Medani/Sudan
Peshawar/Pakistan

Of the three, I'd go back to Peshawar, but as a man.

TheChosenTwo · 11/04/2023 00:01

I don’t even know where half of these are!!
But I’m willing to bet that none of you have ever been to… my house 😉

countdown64 · 11/04/2023 00:09

I've also camped in the Kalahari desert. Adding...Lake Kariba, Rangitoto.

Linio · 11/04/2023 00:32

Trying to think of random places that people might not ordinarily go to!

  1. Ranya, Iraq
  2. Altun Kupri, Iraq
  3. Diyarbakir, Turkey
  4. Aventine Hill, Rome
  5. Beled, Hungary
  6. Long Island, Queensland
BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 11/04/2023 00:37

TattiePants · 10/04/2023 23:52

@BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn are you a civil engineer by any chance?

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I'm not. For some reason my school thought the sewers would be a great addition to an exchange trip. A coach full of 11 year olds had a different opinion.

tobee · 11/04/2023 00:40

SunshineGeorgie · 10/04/2023 21:21

New Scotland Yard crime museum!!

I haven't but Dh has does that count?

tobee · 11/04/2023 00:42

Time40 · 10/04/2023 21:51

The Microsoft campus in Seattle
Inside Battersea Power station before it was developed into flats
The tiny uninhabited island of Gunna, in the Inner Hebrides

Ooh I've been to the inside of Bankside Power Station before it was Tate Modern! Even went on the roof with my hard hat!

Mumtobabyhavoc · 11/04/2023 03:36

@AmadeustheAlpaca mafia museum ✔️
@Iheartsummertime hell's gate and hope✔️
(did you get pie at Home diner, though?)
@HoollyWugger kelowna✔️

Anyone been to Edmonton?

Silkierabbit · 11/04/2023 04:02

Oulu Finland
Arola Bears Finland on Russia border
Ruka Finland
Port Stephens Australia
Paraty Brazil
Lumholtz Lodge Australia with tree kangaroos

Marie2023 · 11/04/2023 04:17

Sir Baniyas Island, Abu Dhabi
Hatta, Oman
Talala, Sri Lanka.

LostInTheColonies · 11/04/2023 04:42

@Drywhitefruitycidergin I've been to Shark Bay (and seen the stromatolites)
@Makegoodchoices have visited Scapa Flow
@Kendodd you're lucky to have got to Whakaari as nobody is going there now
@Anapana been to Mandurah ☀
@googledidnthelp been to Hell's Gate
@JulesJules been to Manjimup 🌳

There are LOTS of super-remote places on this thread! Might have to make a list of places to try to get to. I still have one location from the first thread that hasn't been re-claimed which surely warrants a prize?

I'll add:
Hrisey Island (Iceland)
Karamea (NZ)
Merrijig

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MrsTerryPratchett · 11/04/2023 05:08

Mumtobabyhavoc · 11/04/2023 03:36

@AmadeustheAlpaca mafia museum ✔️
@Iheartsummertime hell's gate and hope✔️
(did you get pie at Home diner, though?)
@HoollyWugger kelowna✔️

Anyone been to Edmonton?

I have. For work. Everyone apologised for me having to be there. It was very sweet. I liked it. Our hotel was a bit, umm, interesting (and in very close proximity to a strip club) but the staff couldn't have been nicer.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 11/04/2023 05:09

Yes @LostInTheColonies you get a prize. My respect. I'd prefer chocolate but that was what was decided as the prize Grin

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garlictwist · 11/04/2023 05:27

Anapana · 10/04/2023 21:57

Oh and last weekend I went to Wharram Percy a deserted medieval village. Alongside a hundred other folk with same idea 🤣

I have been there too. I cycled there a few years ago as my map said "abandoned village" and I was intrigued. Quite underwhelming.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 11/04/2023 05:28

@MrsTerryPratchett re Edmonton: 😂😂 Yes.
Did you visit W Edmonton shopping mall?

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MrsTerryPratchett · 11/04/2023 05:31

Mumtobabyhavoc · 11/04/2023 05:28

@MrsTerryPratchett re Edmonton: 😂😂 Yes.
Did you visit W Edmonton shopping mall?

I didn't unfortunately. I was working pretty much every day very long hours.

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marcopront · 11/04/2023 05:53

MrsMitford3 · 10/04/2023 22:26

Pencil Museum in Lake district

I went there on a Brownie pack holiday

marcopront · 11/04/2023 06:01

@handsoffate

I've been to Snaefell but not at night.

@JulesJules

I've been to Lamu

Needapadlockonmyfridge · 11/04/2023 06:05

Kittykatchunjy · 10/04/2023 23:01

I was in Nusa Tengarra Indonesia when Princess Diana died.
Camped on the edge of the Ngorogoro crater in Tanzania
Swam nr hippos in Lake Malawi

Have also been to Hwange and Bulawayo

Snap with the hippos/Lake Malawi :)
And Bulawayo.

How about Great Zimbabwe?