E: 28/9 Win a French wine-tasting weekend + share of vineyard with 3D

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This weekly comp is posted each Sunday by different people including me, sorry if it has been posted already today I did look for it.
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Read the article below and answer the questions at the end of the text. Clues to the answers can be found within the text:

Making for a city famous for an annual festival, first held in 1947, I am in a small town (historically noted for honesty), six miles to its east. Its golf links were once home to the city’s Honourable Company of Golfers; the racecourse, meanwhile, is one of the country’s oldest. I check the map. The city’s that way. But what’s this? A castle on its outskirts, four miles west-southwest of here. It must be worth a look.

Most of the building dates from the 15th century and oozes, well, sinister history. Here, a queen stayed after an employee, a musician’s son, was murdered; here, too, plans were laid for the murder of her husband the following year. After whiling away a happy hour, I return to the jalopy and plot my onward course to the city. But just one moment: there’s a second castle, six miles northwest of here. It was built during the 16th century by a knight (Master of the Mint: 1576).

To his son, born in 1550, goes the honour of being the inventor of logarithms. A later owner, a man of finance, founded France’s first bank. I cannot resist.

<!--#include file="m63-article-related-attachements.html"-->Avoiding the city centre, I backtrack to follow the coastal road: it takes me to the city’s port, where the aforementioned queen was also a visitor upon returning to the country after being widowed in 1561.

Another resident arrived only recently: a grand lady, born in 1953 of one John Brown. I am tempted to make her acquaintance. However, I motor on – but not for long. Indeed, how could I forget?

Because, two miles further west, I arrive in a small suburb with a tremendous railway history. Its harbour, dating from 1836, was home to the world’s first train ferry. It ceased to operate in 1890, the suburb’s station closed in 1925 and the line closed in 1968. I hear, however, that part of the ferry slipway remains – even some rails. And that much of the line is now a footpath leading to the city. That’s a good four-mile walk, so I doubt I shall get that far today.

The harbour, however, is all mine. And the second castle? Another day, perhaps.

The competition

1 What is the name of the first castle? Ans. Craigmillar Castle

2 What is the name of the ‘grand lady’?Ans: To be advised!Could it be a train or an inanimate object rather than a person? I think the Answer is The Royal Yacht Britannia

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• ENTER THE COMPETITIONEnter by clicking on the link above or by sending a postcard to Where Was I? September 23, 2007, PO Box 48795, London E98 1WY, by Wednesday. The winner will be announced next Sunday. Only one entry per person. Normal Times Newspapers rules apply. No correspondence will be entered into.
  The prize: a wine-tasting weekend for two in France, as guests of the vine-share company 3D Wines.The winners will be able to choose from a range of 11 tours, which include Givry’s January Festival, in Burgundy; a February tour of the Champagne region; and a summer trip to the Loire. The tours, which are available exclusively to 3D members, include hotel accommodation (in a double or twin room, on a B&B basis) and tastings at a range of vineyards, several of which are part of the 3D scheme. All of the weekends include wine-tasting dinners, and the winners will also be given a year’s “partnership” in one of the 45 vineyards offered by 3D.
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Yep, I agree with you. Info found here

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Sorry all just found the comp manually going through previous pages
here
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=558667