I've been to the pencil museum in Derwent
in my defence I was on holiday there and it was raining loads, and the pencil museum offered a chance to get out of the rain.

As did the famous cars museum
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:19, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I've been too. My family used to holiday near there a lot when I was younger.

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:22, Reply)

Why didn't you go to a pub?

(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:22, Reply)

that is a good question
I'm not entirely sure
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:25, Reply)

Where's Beatix Potter's house gone???

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:23, Reply)

Hehe
I've seen it a few times, never actually been in there - is it AMAZING!?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:23, Reply)

From what I recall it's small and is essentially a giant giftshop. I did buy a 3ft pencil though and all their fancy sets were cheaper than they are in shops

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:26, Reply)

it wasn't as small as I expected
and they did have a very large pencil in there

/euphemisms
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:29, Reply)

I knew you'd appreciate it

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:32, Reply)

I will possibly go there next time then
if they have really big pencils! I'll wander around whilst consuming vast amounts of Kendal Mint Cake... everything will have a sugary haze around it! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:39, Reply)

Only if it's chocolate covered kendal mint cake. The plain stuff is just teeth dissolving boringness
www.pencilmuseum.co.uk/ gigantor pencil
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:45, Reply)

Oh its always chocolate covered mint cake
That's the best kind! :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:46, Reply)

Come to my cottage*
*It's not a cottage and it's not technically mine.
But it's in Cumbria and it is near the mint cake and a river.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:46, Reply)

Wicked
I'm there! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 11 Jan 2010, 15:48, Reply)