http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,15091-1406888,00.html

a quick google possibly suggests answers below

would like confirmation, corrections and comments please

good luck

paul



The prize:

A one-week cruise for two in the Greek islands, on the Star Flyer, courtesy 
of Star Clippers and Aspire. The Star Flyer is one of three square-riggers 
in the Star Clippers fleet: a magnificent 360ft barquentine, built for the 
modern cruise market, with 36,000 sq ft of sail. The winners can choose 
between two routes out of Athens, subject to availability, and will stay in 
a double outside cabin, full-board. The prize includes return flights from 
London, port taxes and a range of watersports, and must be taken between May 
14 and September 24, 2005. For more information on the ship, call 01473 
292029 or visit www.starclippers.co.uk.
The luxury specialist Aspire features all three Star Clippers ships, as well 
as holidays in Europe, the Far East, the Indian Ocean and Africa. For 
details, call 0845 345 9096 or visit www.aspireholidays.co.uk.
- - - - - - - -
Everybody has a novel in them, and this, explains friend, will be the year 
he writes his. Indeed, many of Britains greatest poets and writers visited 
this diamond of beauty to seek inspiration; they invariably found it. If it 
worked for them, enthuses friend, it will for him  which is why we can do 
no worse than follow in their footsteps.
Our pilgrimage commences in a holiday resort. An American poet (works 
include The Song of Hiawatha) stayed here in 1868. A second poet also 
visited  during which time he wrote the first part of Lamia. He may have 
stayed for only two months, but the town still saw fit to name a green after 
him. There we stroll, in the company of short midday shadows, pausing 
occasionally to gaze at the sparkling sea.
Our next stop is a few miles south-southwest along the coast. It is a pretty 
village, associated with two more writers: a scandalously shocking poet 
(born in 1837), who lived here as a child; and a ships doctor, author of 
The Blue Lagoon. Friend also reveals that a prolific Victorian author stayed 
here one summer, during which time he penned part of an almost 
autobiographical novel. I express my surprise, and friend drily responds: 
As true . . . as taxes is. And nothings truer than them.
Yes, he muses, he can feel the literary juices flowing. Continuing 
west-southwest, we drive through the town where once lived Pearl Craigie (a 
novelist better known by her pseudonym), along leafy roads into the heart of 
an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (73 square miles; established 1963) 
and into a land of dramatic chalk cliffs and stupendous views. Finally, 33 
miles after our journey began, we reach a pretty bay, near which a poet 
laureate made his home. Here, in 1854, he wrote an epic poem commemorating 
an event during which someone had blundered.
The adjacent downs, the poets favourite walk, are named after him. Friend 
wishes to climb to their very top to see a monument to his memory. My novel 
will take the literary world by storm, he chirps. Im aiming really high.
Is 482ft enough? I inquire as, studying the map, I realise just how far we 
shall have to climb.
Its a start, he replies.

THE COMPETITION
1 What is the name of the pretty village? Bonchurch ?
2 What is the title of the epic poem? The song of Hiawatha ?

            Click the button above to submit your entry or send your answers 
on a postcard to Where Was I? May 8, 2005, PO Box 5078, Leighton Buzzard 
LU95 1AE, by Wednesday May 11.

            The winner will be announced next week. Only one entry per 
household. Normal Times Newspapers rules apply. No correspondence will be 
entered into.




            Last week



            Last week's answers are Whitehall 1212 and 1848.

            D Finlayson from Poole wins a sailing course for two in the 
Canary Islands, with Sunsail (0870 777 0314, www.sunsail.com/schools).








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> THE COMPETITION
> 1 What is the name of the pretty village? Bonchurch ? -  ? Ventnor
> 2 What is the title of the epic poem? The song of Hiawatha ? - ? The Charge of the Light Brigade



Steve Watson

Agree with The Charge of the Light Brigade but think the village is Bonchurch.
-- 
Mike
in sunny Warwickshire


"Steve Watson"  wrote in message news:hjpq71th4m7b5p0tpqtjagkuj368lie1of@4ax.com...

> 
> 
> 
> > THE COMPETITION
> > 1 What is the name of the pretty village? Bonchurch ? -  ? Ventnor
> > 2 What is the title of the epic poem? The song of Hiawatha ? - ? The Charge of the Light Brigade
> 
> 
> Steve Watson

Make answer 1: Charge of the Light Brigade
answer 2 :Bonchurch

http://www.islandbreaks.co.uk/media/facts_and_faqs/history_of_the_island.asp
"paul"  wrote in message news:d5jo84$evl$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...

> http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,15091-1406888,00.html
> 
> a quick google possibly suggests answers below
> 
> would like confirmation, corrections and comments please
> 
> good luck
> 
> paul
> 
> 
> 
> The prize:
> 
> A one-week cruise for two in the Greek islands, on the Star Flyer, courtesy 
> of Star Clippers and Aspire. The Star Flyer is one of three square-riggers 
> in the Star Clippers fleet: a magnificent 360ft barquentine, built for the 
> modern cruise market, with 36,000 sq ft of sail. The winners can choose 
> between two routes out of Athens, subject to availability, and will stay in 
> a double outside cabin, full-board. The prize includes return flights from 
> London, port taxes and a range of watersports, and must be taken between May 
> 14 and September 24, 2005. For more information on the ship, call 01473 
> 292029 or visit www.starclippers.co.uk.
> The luxury specialist Aspire features all three Star Clippers ships, as well 
> as holidays in Europe, the Far East, the Indian Ocean and Africa. For 
> details, call 0845 345 9096 or visit www.aspireholidays.co.uk.
> - - - - - - - -
> Everybody has a novel in them, and this, explains friend, will be the year 
> he writes his. Indeed, many of Britain's greatest poets and writers visited 
> this diamond of beauty to seek inspiration; they invariably found it. If it 
> worked for them, enthuses friend, it will for him - which is why we can do 
> no worse than follow in their footsteps.
> Our pilgrimage commences in a holiday resort. An American poet (works 
> include The Song of Hiawatha) stayed here in 1868. A second poet also 
> visited - during which time he wrote the first part of Lamia. He may have 
> stayed for only two months, but the town still saw fit to name a green after 
> him. There we stroll, in the company of short midday shadows, pausing 
> occasionally to gaze at the sparkling sea.
> Our next stop is a few miles south-southwest along the coast. It is a pretty 
> village, associated with two more writers: a scandalously shocking poet 
> (born in 1837), who lived here as a child; and a ship's doctor, author of 
> The Blue Lagoon. Friend also reveals that a prolific Victorian author stayed 
> here one summer, during which time he penned part of an almost 
> autobiographical novel. I express my surprise, and friend drily responds: 
> "As true . . . as taxes is. And nothing's truer than them."
> Yes, he muses, he can feel the literary juices flowing. Continuing 
> west-southwest, we drive through the town where once lived Pearl Craigie (a 
> novelist better known by her pseudonym), along leafy roads into the heart of 
> an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (73 square miles; established 1963) 
> and into a land of dramatic chalk cliffs and stupendous views. Finally, 33 
> miles after our journey began, we reach a pretty bay, near which a poet 
> laureate made his home. Here, in 1854, he wrote an epic poem commemorating 
> an event during which "someone had blundered".
> The adjacent downs, the poet's favourite walk, are named after him. Friend 
> wishes to climb to their very top to see a monument to his memory. "My novel 
> will take the literary world by storm," he chirps. I'm aiming really high."
> "Is 482ft enough?" I inquire as, studying the map, I realise just how far we 
> shall have to climb.
> "It's a start," he replies.
> 
> THE COMPETITION
> 1 What is the name of the pretty village? Bonchurch ?
> 2 What is the title of the epic poem? The song of Hiawatha ?
> 
>            Click the button above to submit your entry or send your answers 
> on a postcard to Where Was I? May 8, 2005, PO Box 5078, Leighton Buzzard 
> LU95 1AE, by Wednesday May 11.
> 
>            The winner will be announced next week. Only one entry per 
> household. Normal Times Newspapers rules apply. No correspondence will be 
> entered into.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>            Last week
> 
> 
> 
>            Last week's answers are Whitehall 1212 and 1848.
> 
>            D Finlayson from Poole wins a sailing course for two in the > Canary Islands, with Sunsail (0870 777 0314, www.sunsail.com/schools).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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thanks for the comments and contributions

again i am not interested in prize  ;-((

will go with

1      Bonchurch

2     The Charge of the Light Brigade

good luck


paul



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