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February 3

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Dear Sir, Please help me to find out if the road leading from Abiriba to Oso Eda through Nkporo has been awarded for construction . The name of the contractor and the extent of work done, Thank you, Ikechukwu Mba41.207.160.93 (talk) 00:40, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

The project was awarded to Messrs Dutum Nigeria Limited. See this article. Marco polo (talk) 02:15, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Hotels in Scotland

Hey there! Can anyone find a list on/line with the best hotels is Scotland. Somewhere really nice where rock bands can stay during a tour. -- Miss Bono ^{[hello, hello!]} 23:12, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

"Really nice" and "where rock bands can stay on a tour" seem diametrically opposed, to me. That is, a nice hotel won't want a band practicing, throwing wild parties, etc., and disturbing the other guests. Of course, if this band can pay them millions to stay there, then the hotel might very well turn a blind eye to their behavior. StuRat (talk) 23:30, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Know the very place! Garvault Hotel.Very remote. No neighbours to annoy. And for a rock group they will enjoy pursuing the traditional Highland pastimes of bird watching. The landlord may even allow them to go Haggis hunting. Now isn’t a stuffed head of a Haggis a true and worthy trophy to hang on the wall, amongst their Music_recording_sales_certification#Certification_thresholds Diamond disks (can I take it they are famous and money is no issue). Mind you, a namby-pamby rock group probably wouldn’t go dare hunt haggis without them being in the protection of a Abrams amoured tank and I don't think they have any of those up there. Still, they might be able to buy one in the souvenir shop.--Aspro (talk) 00:52, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

There are plenty of on-line lists of the best hotels in Scotland, so I don't know why you're having difficulty finding them. Simply Google "five star hotels in Scotland" and click any link.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 12:42, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

As Miss Bono has said several time before, she can only access Wikipedia and no other sites. Suggesting she Google something is not really helpful in her case. Astronaut (talk) 15:16, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

If the only source is Wikipedia then its List of hotels in the United Kingdom#Scotland and a person will have to figure out for themselves what rating the hotels have. Hotel rating is done by different organizations that use different criteria. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 20:47, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Rather then stay in a single hotel for the duration of their Scottish tour, I would think most rock bands stay in the hotel for only one night while they play in the local pub/theatre/stadium. The next day they will move on to the next town in the tour, set up there, do the show, then sleep in a new hotel. Of course, they may stay a few extra nights in a particular hotel if they do a set of shows in the same town. For reasonably accurate suggestions, perhaps you can indicate which cities the band will be visiting and how many nights in each. Astronaut (talk) 15:16, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Gleneagles Hotel is really nice. If the band are similar to, say, U2, then they might stay in Gleneagles for a few days after the tour finishes, perhaps on recommendation from their friends and acquaintances who run events like the 31st G8 summit there. (Bono participated in the Make Poverty History campaign which was aimed at that summit.) However, like all really nice country hotels, Gleneagles is somewhat close to the middle of nowhere, so if the band were playing venues in the main cities Edinburgh and Glasgow, they wouldn't stay at Gleneagles while doing so. (It's about an hour by road or a bit more. If they've brought a helicopter then it gets complicated). In central Glasgow, One Devonshire Gardens is extremely popular with pop stars (says our article) for exactly that reason. Dunstane House is near Edinburgh but seems not to come with quite the same pedigree. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:37, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

• Losing track here. Why is the OP asking this? Astronaut states that the OP can only access Wikipedia – so s/he is surely not a Tour manager. So why does s/he need a list. Knowing this might make our answers more focused. Otherwise, we're just flapping our arms whilst floundering in Lock Ness.--Aspro (talk) 21:59, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Miss Bono has previously explained that she's writing a novel. Her internet access is limited because of where she lives - she cannot access Google, for example - so she occasionally asks the RD for information to allow her to construct a credible plot. -Karenjc (talk)

Yep, it is for my novel. The band will be playing Hampden Park one night and next day they will be flying to Italy. For them, money is not a problem and they are civil rockstars, kinda like U2, yeah :P, so noise is a no-no. They just have to spend the night, and maybe go to a night club for an after party. So, if you can provide a hotel, can you also provide the name for a night club or pub near where they can go and have some fun after a hard day/night of work? Miss Bono ^{[hello, hello!]} 00:03, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

They stay at One Devonshire Gardens. After the show they go to a late night gig at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut and sit in the booth (because they know the guy who runs it). It's not a hut, incidentally, more of a wah-wah cellar. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 00:50, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Richard E. Grant would feel right at home there. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:37, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Can you explain the Grant allusion, User:JackofOz? Are you referring to Posh Nosh? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odc73HTJScc μηδείς (talk) 23:17, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

You're overlooking the obvious. He made a movie called Wah-Wah, based on his book The Wah-Wah Diaries. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 04:03, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Hampden Park is currently closed until after the 2014 Commonwealth Games Right now they are getting it ready but other than the games it won't be used for anything else, see here. It might make a difference to you depending on when the story is taking place. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 03:40, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Well, my story is set in 2002, I guess Hampden Park was open back then, right? -- Miss Bono ^{[hello, hello!]} 22:51, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

"TRIP ADVISOR" is your best friend.85.211.206.46 (talk) 08:09, 7 February 2014 (UTC)