Guess where this is?

**Brian Ellis** · 27 January 2009, 04:06

It's a commemorative street statue for the person who created the character. Although it is not in Scotland, it has a nominal connection with the cathedral in the Royal Mile.

Sorry for late reply bur am convalescing, thus reducing on-line time.

There is also a capital clue in my previous post.

**Fat Tone** · 27 January 2009, 11:11

So you can lead a horse to water!

Its the Giles statue in Ipswitch.

http://www.visit-ipswich.com/what_to_see_do/ipswich_buildings_places_of_interest/the_giles_statue

From what are you recovering?

**Brian Ellis** · 27 January 2009, 12:12

Right! New pacemaker implantation with complications!

**Fat Tone** · 28 January 2009, 02:27

Do we have our very own IronMan now? I hope you get well soon.

This photo was taken from the cavalry. The place is still fully working.

**Brian Ellis** · 28 January 2009, 06:11

Tricky one. It looks like Victorian pseudo-Gothic architecture and the stonework is reminiscent of Yorkshire or thereabouts, but it could even be Ireland. Do the other buildings form part of a religious or a profane complex?

And I've been bionic for 19 years!

**Fat Tone** · 29 January 2009, 02:59

South of Yorkshire. Still inhabited by monks.

**Brian Ellis** · 29 January 2009, 10:37

Cornwall or Devon?

**Fat Tone** · 29 January 2009, 11:08

No. I took my own photo the other day, but can't find it right now. There's a pair of parallel stone staircases going up the hill to the cavalry, that I've not seen anything like before. Its like they built a nice wide staircase and decided to build a dry-stone wall up the centre of it!

The name of the place has something to do with large dogs and brandy.

**Brian Ellis** · 29 January 2009, 11:56

Gotcha! The dogs gave it away, of course!

Mount St. Bernard's Abbey is a Cistercian monastery of the Strict Observance (Trappists) near Whitwick in Leicestershire, England, founded in 1835. Its present Superior is Dom Joseph Delargy.

Wifey calls: will find something to add tomoorrow.

PS Calvary, not cavalry: nowt to do with horses.

**Fat Tone** · 29 January 2009, 11:59

Doh! Well done

**Brian Ellis** · 30 January 2009, 07:04

Yeah! I spent 30 minutes looking for a disused monastery used for equitation or dressage!!!!!

**Fat Tone** · 30 January 2009, 07:36

Hawaii?

**Brian Ellis** · 30 January 2009, 08:51

Nowhere near!

**Brian Ellis** · 31 January 2009, 06:07

But it is on an island!

**degrub** · 31 January 2009, 19:15

Seychelles ?

Guess where this is?

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