E: 10/02 Win a week’s holiday for two in Turkey, as guests of Exclusive Escapes

weeowens

The Times Where Was I


The prize: The winners will stay for seven nights, half-board, at Exclusive Escapes’ newest boutique hotel, the Bordubet, near Datca. Set on the river and surrounded by greenery, it has a private beach club offering a selection of watersports, a spa, two restaurants and a cocktail bar perfectly positioned to catch spectacular Lycian sunsets. The prize, which includes return flights from London or Manchester, must be taken in May, June or October 2010, excluding school and public holidays.
The questions
1 What was the admiral’s nickname
Old Grog
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here
thanks mervyn &rhubarbcottage for the help
2 What is the name of the literary character?
answer..........

Jemima Puddle-Duck
source

additional sources
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I'll keep googling

niclon26

Is this a Timeshare company? Am going to google the company before entering.

weeowens

niclon26 wrote: »

Is this a Timeshare company? Am going to google the company before entering.

I think you'll be ok with the Times.I haven't heard of others having probs with these comps.
It's via these..... http://www.exclusiveescapes.co.uk/ who look ok.Loads of reviews here

mervyn67

It could be "Old Grog" Look at Admiral Vernon on any search or just "Grog" as the sailors used to get that to drink.Can anyone else confirm?

rhubarbcottage

Hi, mervyn67

You're right. I've checked where Captain Philip Broke of the HMS Shannon lived.
http://www.visit-suffolkcoast.co.uk/history/philip-bowes-vere-broke-suffolk-naval-hero
Born at Broke Hall in Nacton, overlooking the River Orwell and opposite Pin Mill, on 9 September 1776.

The Admiral lived 'a flags flutter west' and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vernon shows that Vernon had been elected MP for Ipswich, after having purchased the Nacton estate in Suffolk.

His enduring claim to fame was his 1740 order that his sailors' rum should be diluted with water. In 1740, citrus juice (usually lemon or lime juice) was added to the recipe of the traditional daily ration of watered-down rum known to cut down on the water's foulness. Although they did not know the reason at the time, Admiral Edward Vernon's sailors were healthier than the rest of the navy, due to the daily doses of vitamin C the sailors received. However, it was not until 1747 that James Lind formally proved that scurvy could be treated and prevented by supplementing the diet with citrus fruit such as limes or lemons. The rest of the Royal Navy rapidly followed Vernon's lead, supposedly calling the new drink "grog" after Vernon's nickname "Old Grog", attributed to his habitual wearing of a grogram coat.[10]

GrogramGrogram is a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or with mohair and often stiffened with gum.


I love this sort of comp!

Rhu.

Sorry about all the highlighted words. When I cut and pasted the article they showed up.
I highlighted in red. Ignore the blue!

mervyn67

Thanks weeowen67 but follow the page you suggested (this man)( on Wikipaedia) down to where it is titled Grog and read about the grogram coat and what it was made of. "Grogram is a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or with mohair and often stiffened with gum" which I think is one of the clues to the person's nickname

weeowens

Thanks to rhubarbcottage & mervyn for the help .I think we've cracked it between us.I'd become too focussed on the first sailor and was googling mad on him.I'd even followed the route on google maps.

rhubarbcottage

What about the second question?



Ah, sorry. You've already got it, Jemima Puddleduck

bgallo

The answer to Question 1 is "Old Grog".

Does anyone know the answer to Question 2?

bgallo

The prize: The winners will stay for seven nights, half-board, at Exclusive Escapes’ newest boutique hotel, the Bordubet, near Datca. Set on the river and surrounded by greenery, it has a private beach club offering a selection of watersports, a spa, two restaurants and a cocktail bar perfectly positioned to catch spectacular Lycian sunsets. The prize, which includes return flights from London or Manchester, must be taken in May, June or October 2010, excluding school and public holidays.

The questions:

1 What was the admiral’s nickname?



Answer: Old Grog

2 What is the name of the literary character?


Does anyone know the second answer?

staceysteve

Think is a dupe??