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Post by housesparrow on Aug 1, 2011 18:34:55 GMT
[Constable Country? Mmm, lovely. You can stand in the same place where John Constable painted The Haywain and it doesn't look much different There is (or there used to be!) a board on The Mill which allows you to compare Willy Lotts' house with Constable's painting. Even he took liberties with the dimensions to achieve the desired effect. |
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Post by rjpageuk on Aug 1, 2011 20:47:46 GMT
I think we should have a Meet there, next time I'm on the way to Harwich (late September). I live 10 miles from Flatford / Mistley so I could definitely make a meet anywhere near there  . Flatford is lovely. |
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Post by Weyland on Aug 1, 2011 21:11:23 GMT
I think we should have a Meet there, next time I'm on the way to Harwich (late September). I live 10 miles from Flatford / Mistley so I could definitely make a meet anywhere near there . Flatford is lovely. Nothing I'd like better, Rob. Let's do it. You choose the venue. September 27. I have to be at the ferry terminal in Harwich by about 22:00. Are you watching, Ev? |
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Post by jean on Aug 1, 2011 21:25:37 GMT
Are you doing anything exciting in London, Jean? A few exhibitions - the medieval reliquaries, maybe Tracey Emin - and I've got a ticket for A Woman Killed with Kindness at the National. I only realised after we'd booked the train tickets that there was Victoria at the Proms the night before - but I'm consoling myself with the thought that the Albert Hall isn't the best place for it. |
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Post by Weyland on Aug 2, 2011 19:31:18 GMT
I think we should have a Meet there, next time I'm on the way to Harwich (late September). I live 10 miles from Flatford / Mistley so I could definitely make a meet anywhere near there . Flatford is lovely. Can't find my pics of Flatford (film, you know), but here's a few of Mistley . . .     Estuary of the River Stour, a few miles west of Harwich and the mouth of the River Orwell. |
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Post by jean on Aug 2, 2011 19:40:07 GMT
Why has the swan got nothing to swim in?
And is that a monster lurking in the River Stour?
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Post by Weyland on Aug 2, 2011 19:48:33 GMT
Why has the swan got nothing to swim in? It's Essex. Nothing would surprise me. In Essex. |
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Post by everso on Aug 2, 2011 22:38:03 GMT
I live 10 miles from Flatford / Mistley so I could definitely make a meet anywhere near there . Flatford is lovely. Nothing I'd like better, Rob. Let's do it. You choose the venue. September 27. I have to be at the ferry terminal in Harwich by about 22:00. Are you watching, Ev? Yes, I am. We're supposed to be taking a holiday in September, but it hasn't been booked yet. I have a lot going on in my life at the moment, what with new grandaughter, an uncle in hospital and my aunt to take care of. If I can, I will come. |
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Post by rjpageuk on Aug 3, 2011 8:20:50 GMT
Can't find my pics of Flatford (film, you know), but here's a few of Mistley . . . I havent been to Mistley for years, since I was a kid I assume but will go pay it a visit one weekend now! |
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Post by housesparrow on Aug 4, 2011 9:21:42 GMT
We used to go bird watching at Misley. Easy for OH because it doesn't involve much walking!
We may be in Suffolk in October, so you will will both be too early. Or indeed too late for my art course next week, which may well involve a trip to Mistley. Though I'd prefer to go somewhere a little less public...I can do without curious passers by peering at my feeble efforts.
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Post by Weyland on Aug 4, 2011 9:32:30 GMT
We used to go bird watching at Misley. Easy for OH because it doesn't involve much walking! We may be in Suffolk in October, so you will will both be too early. Or indeed too late for my art course next week, which may well involve a trip to Mistley. Though I'd prefer to go somewhere a little less public...I can do without curious passers by peering at my feeble efforts. Times I've been in Mistley I never saw a soul. It's like the village of the damned. Be honest, Sparra — you'd do anything to avoid us. Be sure to visit Leiston. It has a wonderful olde worlde cinema, and it's within walking distance of Sizewell-B nuclear power station, which I built with my bare hands. There's a nice campsite near there called Cakes'n'Ale. |
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Post by housesparrow on Aug 4, 2011 16:49:26 GMT
Weyland, if I take the train I won't be going anywhere I'm not taken to by the tutor.
But the forecast isn't looking too good and I may end up driving after all.
I used to know people who worked at Sizewell B. If I ever meet up with them I shall explain about how it was built single handedly by a personal chum. They will not be surprised that I am acquainted with such a feller.
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Post by Weyland on Aug 4, 2011 17:00:42 GMT
Weyland, if I take the train I won't be going anywhere I'm not taken to by the tutor. But the forecast isn't looking too good and I may end up driving after all. I used to know people who worked at Sizewell B. If I ever meet up with them I shall explain about how it was built single handedly by a personal chum. They will not be surprised that I am acquainted with such a feller. If I'm honest, I have to admit that it was only the steam turbine and alternator sets. |
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Post by bonbonlarue on Aug 4, 2011 18:52:53 GMT
Buggrit...I'm fit , healthy...driving licence and nobody to answer to...may not be Route 66 but wherever you lot decide...I can be there... Make it so.....  |
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Post by Weyland on Aug 4, 2011 20:00:09 GMT
Buggrit...I'm fit , healthy...driving licence and nobody to answer to...may not be Route 66 but wherever you lot decide...I can be there... Make it so..... That's the spirit! You're an example to one and all. Now we're just waiting for Rob to lay in a course and order the Chateau Le Pin Pomerol 1999 and the Caviare & Jalapeño crisps. |
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Post by riotgrrl on Aug 5, 2011 19:06:17 GMT
Where is it you're all going? I mean, which rough part of the world?
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Post by riotgrrl on Aug 5, 2011 19:07:00 GMT
Oh right, Essex. You're all going to Essex.
That's nice.
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Post by housesparrow on Aug 6, 2011 6:26:14 GMT
Nice?
Sounds like a case of damning with faint praise.
Everso, what do I need to pack for a trip to Essex? Please bear in mind that everything I take needs to go into my 30L rucksack.
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Post by everso on Aug 6, 2011 8:26:41 GMT
Well, obviously, a bottle of tanning lotion (something similar in colour to American Tan would be perfect) and, of course, a pair of white stilettoes. A pot of lip gloss and a lip liner pencil are required, and, if you have time, a visit to the hairdressers beforehand for those essential hair extensions.
Frankly, Housey, I don't see you as an Essex girl. The rucksack's out for a kick-off. Sorry.
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Post by Weyland on Aug 6, 2011 9:22:31 GMT
Where is it you're all going? I mean, which rough part of the world? Caracas, the capital of East Anglia. |
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