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rustyruth
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Posted at 15:09 on 1st August 2014

Thanks Ken, John, we've travelled a lot of the East coast of Australia, we go a lot to Padstow in Cornwall but we've also been to Padstow in Australia Smile

I'll have a think and be back. 

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Posted at 12:12 on 2nd August 2014
I've not forgotten this I'm just a bit busy. I'll be back soon.
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rustyruth
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Posted at 16:16 on 2nd August 2014

Sorry folks, here we go.

I am the oldest of my kind in the world, I date from 859 AD. What am I ?

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rustyruth
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Posted at 13:10 on 3rd August 2014
Correct area of thought John.
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rustyruth
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Posted at 18:03 on 3rd August 2014

Well it did start life as a religious establishment, but it is also know as the first of it's kind as something else. You're on the right track though.

It was founded by a woman. 

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Posted at 22:34 on 3rd August 2014
 I already did so will not say as it was out of my league.
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rustyruth
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Posted at 12:01 on 4th August 2014
What follows school for some people John ?
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rustyruth
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Posted at 18:36 on 4th August 2014
Go for your middle option John, then tell me which university it is and you've cracked it Smile
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rustyruth
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Posted at 20:11 on 4th August 2014
So did I to find it John, I thought it was Bologna in Italy, it came as a bit of a surprise to find three older. Well done and over to you Smile
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Posted at 20:51 on 5th August 2014

My mother is called Vera, I wonder if she's going somewhere without telling me Smile

Seriously, is this a ship/boat embarking on an adventure of some sort ? 

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