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My 'coming of age' was at Warner Brothers Holiday Camp, Osmington Bay, nr Weymouth. :twisted:
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Awe-inspiring but bloody windy through the gorges ....and no sign of Harrison Ford.
Awe-inspiring but bloody windy through the gorges ....and no sign of Harrison Ford.
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And finally ... my most memorable holiday ever from a cultural and personal point of view!
'Poor' sister island to Mauritius, and hence not very 'touristy' (which is good for us but not so for the locals) and quite different. Lots of hikers and cyclists rather than golfers (but there are golf courses if you want to spoil a good walk!). The mountain roads are steep with sheer drops and passing points on the 'drop' side and NO barriers. The island boasts one of the world's most active volcanoes, La Fournaise, and is one of the world's biggest vanilla exporters and, recently, a few shark attacks. A tropical rainforest, waterfalls, fields of sugar cane and ferns of every kind abound.
The culture is a blend of European, African, Indian, & Chinese creating food and music from India, China, France, Madagascar and the African mainland. The most widely spoken language is Réunion Creole. Local restaurants will happily mix Chinese, Indian, French and Creole cuisine on the same plate. Smoked marlin and palm hearts were both new to me. But, I've never seen so many 'trim' people, even though there a rum bars all over the place. Oh, and the roadside chicken on a spit is fantastic.
And finally ... my most memorable holiday ever from a cultural and personal point of view!
'Poor' sister island to Mauritius, and hence not very 'touristy' (which is good for us but not so for the locals) and quite different. Lots of hikers and cyclists rather than golfers (but there are golf courses if you want to spoil a good walk!). The mountain roads are steep with sheer drops and passing points on the 'drop' side and NO barriers. The island boasts one of the world's most active volcanoes, La Fournaise, and is one of the world's biggest vanilla exporters and, recently, a few shark attacks. A tropical rainforest, waterfalls, fields of sugar cane and ferns of every kind abound.
The culture is a blend of European, African, Indian, & Chinese creating food and music from India, China, France, Madagascar and the African mainland. The most widely spoken language is Réunion Creole. Local restaurants will happily mix Chinese, Indian, French and Creole cuisine on the same plate. Smoked marlin and palm hearts were both new to me. But, I've never seen so many 'trim' people, even though there a rum bars all over the place. Oh, and the roadside chicken on a spit is fantastic.
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I'd love to see an owl in real life.
In London I've seen wood pigeons, ****, starlings, crows, ravens, pigeon hawks, a falcon, robins, parakeets, woodpeckers, swans, farm geese, egyptian geese, moorhens, Canadian geese, several types of gull, mallards, mandarin ducks and the odd heron but they never stick around long enough for a photo
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In London I've seen wood pigeons, ****, starlings, crows, ravens, pigeon hawks, a falcon, robins, parakeets, woodpeckers, swans, farm geese, egyptian geese, moorhens, Canadian geese, several types of gull, mallards, mandarin ducks and the odd heron but they never stick around long enough for a photo
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Hoot! Hoot! for you! :think:
Ah so you met my wife.LittleWolf said:I'd love to see an owl in real life.
In London I've seen wood pigeons, ****, starlings, crows, ravens, pigeon hawks, a falcon, robins, parakeets, woodpeckers, swans, farm geese, egyptian geese, moorhens, Canadian geese, several types of gull, mallards, mandarin ducks and the odd heron but they never stick around long enough for a photo
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We are quite lucky, living in Northant's, you get the country life then within a few hours your in the best city in the World."?"
( my wife is the little white dove,just in case she sees this)
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Roy we have 2 white doves vist us, plus 3 pigeons [2 are as big as ducks!]
Back to topic - we visted the greek islands of Poros,Spetes,Hydra during our honeymoon
29 long years ago . [ Hubby worked in Athens ]
Still very well remember the gorgeous azure blue of the sea ...
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we have 2 white doves vist us, plus 3 pigeons [2 are as big as ducks!] Back to topic - we visted the greek islands of Poros,Spetes,Hydra during our honeymoon
29 long years ago . [ Hubby worked in Athens ]
Still very well remember the gorgeous azure blue of the sea ...
Anna .
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izzzi said:Many years ago with being Scottish I took my wife and her brothers etc; to Scotland (their English) on a camping trip. Made a visit to the "electric brae". To this day they are still convinced a space ship left something to cause cars to roll up the hill.
Nice one!
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I've been up to Inverness, but never had the time to go to Urquhart Castle.
It's a beautiful place by all accounts and I've always wanted to visit there.
Some day parhaps.
btw, it's reckoned Inverness is where you'll hear the
perfect accent for the Queen's English. (being spoken)
Urquhart Castle. Loch Ness.
It's a beautiful place by all accounts and I've always wanted to visit there.
Some day parhaps.
btw, it's reckoned Inverness is where you'll hear the
perfect accent for the Queen's English. (being spoken)
Urquhart Castle. Loch Ness.
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WeeWillie said:I've been up to Inverness, but never had the time to go to Urquhart Castle.
It's a beautiful place by all accounts and I've always wanted to visit there.
Some day parhaps.
btw, it's reckoned Inverness is where you'll hear the
perfect accent for the Queen's English. (being spoken)
Urquhart Castle. Loch Ness.
Great picture. Och aye the noo (as Lizzie might say).
I live just 5 mins away from the electric brae. Its so strange isnt it.
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It's an optical illusion, isn't it linsay?
The angle of the banks running parallel with the road
rise upward, whilst the road itself is on a downward slope.
I think.
Lucky you living in such a lovely part of the country. :thumbup:
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WeeWillie said:linsay said:
It's an optical illusion, isn't it linsay?
The angle of the banks running parallel with the road
rise upward, whilst the road itself is on a downward slope.
I think.
Lucky you living in such a lovely part of the country. :thumbup:
willi.
I remember reading about this in my Eagle annual about a 100 years ago. Fascinating.
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Thank you gezzathorpe.gezzathorpe said:WeeWillie said:I've been up to Inverness, but never had the time to go to Urquhart Castle.
It's a beautiful place by all accounts and I've always wanted to visit there.
Some day parhaps.
btw, it's reckoned Inverness is where you'll hear the
perfect accent for the Queen's English. (being spoken)
Urquhart Castle. Loch Ness.
Great picture. Och aye the noo (as Lizzie might say).
btw....
My, it's a braw bricht moonlit nicht the nicht, so yer awricht, ye ken.
Lizzie might know that one.
willie.
I know i am so lucky. It is beautiful here. Yeah your right an illusion my son is 11 and every time we pass we still have to try it!
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HI,Linsaylinsay said:
Something that puzzles me, Occasionally you may get one or two days in Scotland when the weather is rather wet,cloudy and you can't see further than your nose, yet the Electric Brae still has this illusion with no view,also there used to be is a wee burn by the side of the Brae that flows up the hill.
Maybe I have been in England to long and have exaggerated great memories.
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izzzi said:HI,Linsaylinsay said:
Something that puzzles me, Occasionally you may get one or two days in Scotland when the weather is rather wet,cloudy and you can't see further than your nose, yet the Electric Brae still has this illusion with no view,also there used to be is a wee burn by the side of the Brae that flows up the hill.
Maybe I have been in England to long and have exaggerated great memories.
Roy,
Or maybe a a wee tot too many?
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