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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fish & chips! Fish & chips! Fish & chips!

[–] essell@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not at that place. Waaaay over priced.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They must be to get their own brown road sign

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Gnome World is a caravan and camping site with a fair few ornamental gnomes about.

Screech Owl Sanctuary and Animal Park (which is just a couple it minutes up the road by car) is the superior choice.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the screech owl sanctuary is a part of gnome world. Personally, I would love to have fish and chips served to me by a recovering screech owl in a shelter run by gnomes.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Google maps showing 22 min walk between the sites

I was hoping for a gnome wonderland but it's just a campsite with garden gnomes :(

You could get a fun park in on the same day though.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I've found Cornwall to be bad for this. We were on holiday last year in Cornwall and it was pissing it down with rain so wanted to take the kids somewhere indoors. We'd seen the brown signs (in the UK, brown signs indicate a place of interest) for some "jungle barn" or something, thinking it was going to be an awesome place, but it turned out to be a normal run of the mill hellish soft play centre.

That Springfield Fun Park is actually quite decent for young kids though.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is disappointing. I've decided to believe that the garden gnomes come to life when nobody is looking at them and freeze when somebody sees them.

[–] snaprails@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you’re confusing Garden Gnomes with Weeping Angels 😯

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Perhaps that phenomenon is not unique to Weeping Angels and is common among a larger taxonomic group/clade of anthropomorphic, seemingly inanimate, beings. Further research is needed, and evidence is scant. Is it because it's a silly theory, or is it because researchers keep disappearing?

[–] TerraRoot@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago
[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Owls are real. Gnomes, fortunately, are not. Easiest decision of my life.

[–] loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I only know gnomes from this documentary from the 80s. Perhaps it was propaganda from Big Gnome, but they seemed nice...

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I always wanted to visit these places, but it’s a long drive back North from the peninsulas. Must be really rough on the gnomes living in mortal terror that they could be snatched by talons at any moment.

[–] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago

Go for the Owls and sent the letter up with a rumor that the De-Gnoming procedure is about to start. They are not that bright. They will run down to you.

[–] FrenchFoodInHand@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is like Sophie’s Choice all over again

[–] discreetelite@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I bet we can out screech one of those owls, challenge accepted

Fish and chips!