tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post6450827093783296206..comments2023-04-26T03:57:43.775+01:00Comments on The Magpie Files: A Secret Visit to Hampton Courtalice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-52216807708529591982008-11-13T10:07:00.000+00:002008-11-13T10:07:00.000+00:00I've always wanted to go to Hampton Court and neve...I've always wanted to go to Hampton Court and never actually managed to get there. I would definitely meet you there for tea when I'm next in Old Blighty - saving your children from any more of this torture.Fairlie - www.feetonforeignlands.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145612102935177016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-6853144713702807752008-11-12T20:53:00.000+00:002008-11-12T20:53:00.000+00:00hehe. My son has the same problem with the Ashmole...hehe. My son has the same problem with the Ashmolean museum in Oxford! xJuliaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08796157310429701087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-25030793150725111332008-11-12T18:58:00.000+00:002008-11-12T18:58:00.000+00:00Ha!I'm very curious about the great Vine, though. ...Ha!<BR/><BR/>I'm very curious about the great Vine, though. <BR/><BR/>How could it possibly be so horrible?<BR/><BR/>(Possibly not as exciting as what I'm imagining, which is slightly carnivorous.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-55559250848478225022008-11-12T17:47:00.000+00:002008-11-12T17:47:00.000+00:00I would like to meet there too. If only I was not ...I would like to meet there too. If only I was not across the ocean!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-43489584444342198592008-11-12T14:29:00.000+00:002008-11-12T14:29:00.000+00:00I'm the one who should be thanking you :) And I lo...I'm the one who should be thanking you :) And I love the way you've photographed the clouds. I didn't even notice how dramatic they were at the time. K xkristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892467118097087057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-40523047884035959562008-11-12T14:09:00.000+00:002008-11-12T14:09:00.000+00:00I am sure there are lots of us out here who wouldn...I am sure there are lots of us out here who wouldn't need "persuading" to accompany you to Hampton Court, it's such a wonderful place.<BR/><BR/>Next time you feel the need to visit let us all know !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-29337967609650763492008-11-12T13:27:00.000+00:002008-11-12T13:27:00.000+00:00We took the boys at Half Term - Mark is 'doing' th...We took the boys at Half Term - Mark is 'doing' the Tudors at school this term. They loved it.<BR/><BR/>I had never been before and loved it too, though probably for slightly different elements!Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723377593068712400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-39289150715650229542008-11-12T12:18:00.000+00:002008-11-12T12:18:00.000+00:00SSSSSHHHHHHHHH. If your children find out that you...SSSSSHHHHHHHHH. If your children find out that you are having a little fun there without them, they might decide it's not such a bad place after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-11223590943758676892008-11-12T12:16:00.000+00:002008-11-12T12:16:00.000+00:00What a wonderful place to have secret meetings!What a wonderful place to have secret meetings!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-2107638338815151952008-11-12T11:54:00.000+00:002008-11-12T11:54:00.000+00:00Bet you that if / when Master & Miss M have ch...Bet you that if / when Master & Miss M have children of their own they will take them to Hampton Court Palace and maybe even buy a season ticket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-8496947457709981102008-11-12T10:52:00.000+00:002008-11-12T10:52:00.000+00:00You have reminded me that we haven't yet taken the...You have reminded me that we haven't yet taken the children to Hampton Court. Must remedy that!dottycookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295592896941235130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-53638365846947039152008-11-12T10:42:00.000+00:002008-11-12T10:42:00.000+00:00Ah, Hampton Court... I went there once, some years...Ah, Hampton Court... I went there once, some years ago, when the Flower Show was on.<BR/><BR/>AlfazemaP.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713616744985615258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-42069976094163578622008-11-12T10:40:00.000+00:002008-11-12T10:40:00.000+00:00I can echo your feelings about the Palace; for yea...I can echo your feelings about the Palace; for years I lived in Thames Ditton opposite the Queen's Gate. (Since moved to the sticks)I used to get off the bus and walk back through the park and ground most nights in summer after work, eat time taking a different route.Earlier this year took a trip of nostalgia and posted a few blog posts of what we I saw. Strangely, my photos featured a similiarlyZoƫhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838367166662822058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-23052253584933521392008-11-12T10:28:00.000+00:002008-11-12T10:28:00.000+00:00You can get a SEASON TICKET???Hampton Court was my...You can get a SEASON TICKET???<BR/><BR/>Hampton Court was my mother's very best place to take visitors (when she was living in London).<BR/><BR/>My father will be very pleased to know that there was a possibility of getting a season ticket and my mother never found out. It was NOT my father's favourite place to take visitors.Eleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175077340357907202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-89557076649653553882008-11-12T09:46:00.000+00:002008-11-12T09:46:00.000+00:00I hereby promise,most sincerelythat next I find m...I hereby promise,<BR/>most sincerely<BR/><BR/>that next I find myself anywhere near Hampton Court I will call you immediately to secretly meet me there.fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-21766354784222084992008-11-12T08:53:00.000+00:002008-11-12T08:53:00.000+00:00oh you have brought back some lovely memories; we ...oh you have brought back some lovely memories; we visited a couple of years ago before Christmas just as they were putting out the beautiful Christmas decorations, made of dried orange and pine-coneyness.The Coffee Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686044352290845905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-17424003742993497292008-11-12T06:57:00.000+00:002008-11-12T06:57:00.000+00:00What blackbird said -- HA! (And yes, I want to kn...What blackbird said -- HA! (And yes, I want to know about the special costumes, too. Do they involve driving gloves at all?)Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05932228002267520123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-21842282833998912842008-11-12T02:20:00.000+00:002008-11-12T02:20:00.000+00:00Now that you've told the entire internet it isn't ...Now that you've told the entire internet it isn't such a secret, IS IT?blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-32928388795782417392008-11-12T01:06:00.000+00:002008-11-12T01:06:00.000+00:00What a fabulous secret meeting place! Has anyone e...What a fabulous secret meeting place! Has anyone ever spotted you meeting secretly or do you wear special costumes to blend in?trashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623440501234583451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-66362175395683704612008-11-12T00:51:00.000+00:002008-11-12T00:51:00.000+00:00And I hear you had a good old chin wag!And I hear you had a good old chin wag!walter and mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654023053222721637noreply@blogger.com