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Post by sesley on Oct 17, 2009 19:11:12 GMT
Thats us,this week the boys have been off school,so we have had little days out in our area, we went to Ullapool and had the best fish and chips ,yesturday Dornoch were we enjoyed some loverly views going via Bonar bridge and loverly pub food,today we went to Elgin weather has been fantastic. We have this fantastic enviroment and deicded to have drives out to go see some of it.  The UK is a beautiful place to live,so go see some loverly scenery yourself.  |
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Post by Patrick on Oct 17, 2009 22:22:56 GMT
We saw some luvverly scenery on the way to Kendal yesterday. I did take my camera with a view to snapping a few pics, but it was quite busy on the bus so you feel a bit self concious doing it then. Then the bus broke down at Carnforth!  Which diverted attentiion for half an hour or so! The UK is a pretty fab place really - and (as I've said before) I think folk who emigrate elsewhere saying that there's nothing for them here just haven't explored the place enough to really find out! |
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Post by aubrey on Oct 18, 2009 9:34:53 GMT
I've never had anything but a UK holiday (except one time in N Zealand, but that was to visit my brother). The UK's a great place. And not too bloody hot all the time, as well.
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Post by housesparrow on Oct 19, 2009 14:17:26 GMT
I have had a week in Spain and wish I'd stayed here to enjoy this glorious October weather. It was terribly hot in Andalucia, far too hot for walking up mountains!
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Post by everso on Oct 19, 2009 18:59:30 GMT
I've never had anything but a UK holiday (except one time in N Zealand, but that was to visit my brother). The UK's a great place. And not too bloody hot all the time, as well. Good man! I've travelled quite a bit, but you really can't beat the UK. For crying out loud, you only have to travel a few miles and the scenery changes from flat-as-a-pancake countryside to rolling hills. IMO, the west country is the best, but I know some northerners will disagree with me. Whatever, every part of the UK has something different to offer. Even >ahem< Essex. As you say, it's not too bloody hot all the time - something that we northern European types find difficult to take. Riot will agree with me here. As I get older I find anything above 70 deg. is too much for me. I get all 'aggy' and whiney'. |
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Post by trubble on Oct 19, 2009 19:05:47 GMT
I love the English countryside. The west country is what I know best so I'm biased but I adore it. It feels so good. I get goosebumps when I see England.
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Post by riotgrrl on Oct 19, 2009 19:24:47 GMT
I've never had anything but a UK holiday (except one time in N Zealand, but that was to visit my brother). The UK's a great place. And not too bloody hot all the time, as well. Good man! I've travelled quite a bit, but you really can't beat the UK. For crying out loud, you only have to travel a few miles and the scenery changes from flat-as-a-pancake countryside to rolling hills. IMO, the west country is the best, but I know some northerners will disagree with me. Whatever, every part of the UK has something different to offer. Even >ahem< Essex. As you say, it's not too bloody hot all the time - something that we northern European types find difficult to take. Riot will agree with me here. As I get older I find anything above 70 deg. is too much for me. I get all 'aggy' and whiney'. Hills? In England? Don't make me laugh. Molehills maybe. Now, if you want proper mountains ( . . no, I'm not going to say Scotland . . .) you need to go to the Balkans. They're some big motherfo mountains there. |
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Post by everso on Oct 19, 2009 21:52:28 GMT
Good man! I've travelled quite a bit, but you really can't beat the UK. For crying out loud, you only have to travel a few miles and the scenery changes from flat-as-a-pancake countryside to rolling hills. IMO, the west country is the best, but I know some northerners will disagree with me. Whatever, every part of the UK has something different to offer. Even >ahem< Essex. As you say, it's not too bloody hot all the time - something that we northern European types find difficult to take. Riot will agree with me here. As I get older I find anything above 70 deg. is too much for me. I get all 'aggy' and whiney'. Hills? In England? Don't make me laugh. Molehills maybe. Now, if you want proper mountains ( . . no, I'm not going to say Scotland . . .) you need to go to the Balkans. They're some big motherfo mountains there. No, I don't particularly want mountains. Gentle green rolling hills (like the sort you get in Devon) with twisty turny roads leading down to the sea. Oh lovely lovely. |
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Post by Patrick on Oct 19, 2009 22:02:28 GMT
I remember - vaguely - back in '83 when we flew down to Nice - the route slips down besides the Alps, probably taking advantage of the Mistral winds to save fuel (perhaps). That was something!
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Post by housesparrow on Oct 20, 2009 7:06:13 GMT
I don't much care for mountains either but you can keep Devon, Everso, and its narrow twisty roads - how I hate driving along them! My car-less relations who lived there for many years used to get me to drive to little country pubs when I visited - in the end my nerves failed and I refused to go anywhere which didn't allow a two-way traffic flow at least 80 per cent of the time!
Give me wide open spaces - Northumbria, the Yorkshire Moors, Derbyshire's Dark Peak and even the South Downs. Or maybe the sylvan prettiness of the Yorkshire Dales or parts of Kent - the bits they haven't built motorways* on!
*some of us are never satisfied, eh?
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Post by everso on Oct 20, 2009 11:07:29 GMT
Mr. E. always does the driving in Devon. ;D
But even he, as much as he loves the place, complains about those narrow roads.
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Post by Patrick on Oct 20, 2009 13:54:08 GMT
Mr. E. always does the driving in Devon. ;D But even he, as much as he loves the place, complains about those narrow roads. I'm surprised actually that one of those 4x4 driving, second home owning, weekending, Down From Londoner types hasn't had a word with someone who's had a word with someone who knows a Transport Minister or two to get the lanes widened so they can fit their new Range Rover Sport down them without danger of scratching the wing mirrors! It's only a matter of time! Same as I posted elsewhere - it works if you click to go through to the YouTube page. |
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Post by sesley on Oct 20, 2009 18:44:08 GMT
here we have passing places up in the Highlands(people park in those!)and twisty windy roads, in fact i enjoyed driving them,its working out what gears are best, and getting the speed right going into bends and coming out of them. my little one was car sick in the Lake District with really up and down and windy roads,but he was ok here. They are good fun to drive,i think the motorways and the wider a roads make driving exciting.I thoroughly enjoyed the motorways in the summer, overtaking and getting up to 80 90 at times  I was high on adrenaline by the time it was time to change drivers. |
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Which diverted attentiion for half an hour or so! 
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I was high on adrenaline by the time it was time to change drivers.