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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 1

paul.knibbs (3/3/2014)
ChrisM@Work (3/3/2014)
It is. I was going to suggest you take the coast road but we don't really have a joined-up one of those.
Or maybe head across the Severn Bridge and down to northern Cornwall? Coast roads, rocky coastline, tiny villages...

Lovely stuff. The GF and I hired a cottage 3 miles inland from Port Isaac a couple of years ago, it made a good base for a fair stretch of the north Cornwall coast.

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rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15916 More actions · Answer 2

Gail,

Don't know much about North Wales, but Chester which is on the border is very nice, more north than Telford.

South Wales has Brecon Beacons Nation Park - which is very nice, Cardiff has a good castle, and the bay area od Cardiff is worth visiting.

Didn't you do Stonehenge last time you were in the UK? I had a half day tour of Bath last week courtesy of a fellow

SQL Bits alumni. Only person I know to have been to all of them - er I said that last week didn't I? Anyway, Bath is worthy of a visit if you haven't been before. Roman Baths etc.

I'm going to Colwyn Bay, Coast - North Wales, mid May So I can let you know about that.

Rodders...

Gazareth One Orange Chip Points: 27737 More actions · Answer 3

Lichfield & its cathedral are about 30 minutes eastwards.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 4

I see this is going to require some careful planning...

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rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15916 More actions · Answer 5

Gazareth (3/3/2014)
Lichfield & its cathedral are about 30 minutes eastwards.

Good point keep meaning to visit there. Failed miserably when I lived in the area :pinch:

Maybe I'll go on the way...

Rodders...

Gazareth One Orange Chip Points: 27737 More actions · Answer 6

rodjkidd (3/3/2014)
Gazareth (3/3/2014)
Lichfield & its cathedral are about 30 minutes eastwards.
Good point keep meaning to visit there. Failed miserably when I lived in the area :pinch:
Maybe I'll go on the way...
Rodders...

I grew up there. I'm sure the cathedral's smaller than it used to be! 🙂

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 7

Going to submit to SQLBits. Gonna be a busy summer, it looks like.

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 8

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/3/2014)
Going to submit to SQLBits. Gonna be a busy summer, it looks like.

Thought you were going to be taking a sabbatical?

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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 9

GilaMonster (3/3/2014)
I see this is going to require some careful planning...

*ahem. Cousin Chad and I respectfully submit an item for consideration upon your route:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Castle

😀

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 10

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/3/2014)
Going to submit to SQLBits. Gonna be a busy summer, it looks like.

I am. Might be slightly longer in real time as I might interrupt for a few events.

Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 11

I have started on a new one today - Xbox Customer Support BI. Sucking data from the MSFT Customer Support databases, filtering out just the Xbox related ones, and pushing it through the usual stack of staging, mart and cubes.

This will keep me busy for a year, I think.

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 12

jcrawf02 (3/3/2014)
GilaMonster (3/3/2014)
I see this is going to require some careful planning...
*ahem. Cousin Chad and I respectfully submit an item for consideration upon your route:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Castle
😀

It's tragic how little remains of the castle. A few more years and there will be nothing left. Oh well, at least there's a lovely big house nearby. Built of stone. Very Scottish 😀

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For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 13

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/3/2014)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/3/2014)
Going to submit to SQLBits. Gonna be a busy summer, it looks like.
I am. Might be slightly longer in real time as I might interrupt for a few events.

So how's the knee?

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 14

Ed Wagner (3/3/2014)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/3/2014)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/3/2014)
Going to submit to SQLBits. Gonna be a busy summer, it looks like.
I am. Might be slightly longer in real time as I might interrupt for a few events.
So how's the knee?

hurts, sore, 7wks to cut

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 15

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/3/2014)
Ed Wagner (3/3/2014)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/3/2014)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/3/2014)
Going to submit to SQLBits. Gonna be a busy summer, it looks like.
I am. Might be slightly longer in real time as I might interrupt for a few events.
So how's the knee?
hurts, sore, 7wks to cut

Meaning 7 more weeks until surgery?

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