The Oregon coast is renowned for its ruggedly picturesque border with the Pacific. We will have to take this for granted because when we drove down it, the weather was horrific with gales, driving rain and not enough blue sky to make even a sailor's hankie, let alone trousers. However all was not lost as there was a secondary reason for our visit. A few hours south of Seattle is the small coastal town of Astoria, which has pimped itself to Hollywood on amny an occasion, and has hence appeared in a number of celluloid horrors such as Short Circuit (Number 5 Alive!), Kindergarten Cop and Free Willy. However it redeems itself as the setting for possibly the greatest childrens adventure movie ever, The Goonies . Written by Speilberg, a bunch of kids (The Goonies) go
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