Englishman's home is his Castle....or not.

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A farmer's fight to stop the demolition of a mock Tudor castle he built without planning permission is being considered by a planning inspector.

Robert Fidler built the castle at Honeycrock Farm in Salfords, Surrey, in 2002 and hid it behind a haystack

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And here it is.........what do you think ?

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Bruv;1467251 wrote: A farmer's fight to stop the demolition of a mock Tudor castle he built without planning permission is being considered by a planning inspector.

Robert Fidler built the castle at Honeycrock Farm in Salfords, Surrey, in 2002 and hid it behind a haystack

Some background

And here it is.........what do you think ?




I think the guy's a pillock.

A pillock to build it without planning permission in the first place and a pillock to spend enormous amounts of money fighting the decision ever since 2008 - after he lost his appeal in 2010 he's been throwing good money after bad. IMHO anyway.
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I got the same impression, but I would have used a stronger word than pillock.
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Shame, too. From what little I saw of it, it seems like a decent looking building.
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At least I leaned a new word,

pillock.
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tude dog;1467279 wrote: At least I leaned a new word,

pillock.


Usually used in the form "e's a right pillock in't 'e" :-)
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Bryn Mawr;1467306 wrote: Usually used in the form "e's a right pillock in't 'e" :-)


hmm

Two great nations seperated by a common lanaguage.
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tude dog;1467320 wrote: hmm

Two great nations seperated by a common lanaguage.


Too true, it's stopped me in my tracks many a time.
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Never stopped me Bryn.
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AnneBoleyn;1467368 wrote: Never stopped me Bryn.


I'm too good at misunderstanding what's meant to not stop dead in my tracks at have to puzzle it out slowly.
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