Freindliest people I have ever met in my life.Went up their with my OH many moons ago and he popped to the bank and left me alone in a pub.Next thing, the couple next to me invited me to join them.Then I was invited on to a house party(had never met these folk before).By the time he came back had our social calender for the week made up.

Sorry for hijacking the thread to say that!! 

Really? I had no idea. No doubt t'will be on Look North later. Can anyone remember the significance of how many legs equestrian statues stand on?

Yes! We are famed for that sort of party.

Both front legs raised - died in battle.
One leg raised - died from wounds suffered in battle

Bliddy councils have destroyed my city!

Why did they remove it? Where are they moving it to?

Is it not something to do with how the rider died?

Mazz I love Durham, it's definitely where my heart calls home.  Every time I drive down there to visit my parents, when I come along towards Durham from the A1, the road curves and as you come around the bend the Cathedral just looms right up in front of you, makes me choke every time I see it.

Not sure where they are moving it too, it shouldn't be moving anywhere!

Crossy, can you recall a story that the statue was originally built to go on top of Penshaw monument?

Do you know I thought you looked familiar

You've a beautiful city there,Cinds.Shame to move anything so significant to local folk :S

Chefboy is from Durham.


Er...thats about all I have to contribute to this thread.

Mo don't tell him about the horse, it might ruin his night.

Now I've got myself all Durham.  The beautiful cathedral.  The year I graduated Durham Uni, was the first year they allowed congregation to take place in the cathedral, how thrilled was I !!!

I'm sure they de-bunked that on QI one night Suzy, urban myth.

I didn't know that either. I was at a wake there btw, a coupla weeks ago. I do know a story about someone who took his family on a rowing boat beyond prebends and narrowly avoided going over the wear weir.   Having said that if we had we might have found a load of jewelry and stuff.

They removed the horse?!

Ahhhhhh Prebends bridge I did much of my courting under that bridge.

Well, damn!  I actually thought I knew something without having to google it first!

Been there once, in the pishing down rain. Lovely city, even so.

I cant believe the council have condoned the removal of the horse,the market square will never be the same.the Cathedral was one of the Queen mothers favourite places.   I was shocked the other day when a friend that was born and bred and still lives 9 miles from the city told me she had never been in the Cathedral even thou she often goes into Durham.

Awww! What a shame. Seeing those pics of Durham City makes me homesick for oop north east all over again.
Pic of Penshaw Ornament to look at

According to QI that is an urban myth.

Ooops, sorry, didn't see that post.

But what would they know?

I found this in the QI forum http://www.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?p=284265#284265

 

Just for crossy.

Don't know how the photo looks elsewhere, but here it seems as though the poster is implying that I may have ingested some form of hallucinogenic preparation before my rowing boat miscalculation.

Ooooh I just told Chefboy and he was shocked and cross. Blimey, I really didnt think he'd be the sort to give a fuck!

Chefboys dad (the fountain of all knowledge) says its just been taken down for restoration. Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.

Crossy, it looks strange on my screen too, maybe I should have altered the size of it before I posted it.

Mo it might be being restored, but as far as I know it's not being put back in the market place.

I spent a very bad hangover looking at that statue.

I used to lodge in the castle at Durham University during the student vacations.  In the Norman corridor bit.  They do B&B.  You can even stay in the Bishop's Suite!

The horse apparently has not tongue.

We stayed there for a wedding....was a bit...erm...basic

The rooms are.  They have two doors to keep the noise from the common room/ corridor out. 

The dining room was like the one out of Harry Potter though and those wooden staircases creaked like mad everytime you walked on them.  At least they didn't realign themselves I suppose.

Yep..that's the one.

I have never been there but heard it is beautiful, and the people are really friendly, terrible about that statue though, is it going for ever or are the council refurbishing it?

Durham Cathedral was in Harry Potter.

He was very green...I assumed they were just going to clean him up.