Baziron
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« Reply #720 on: 15:37:39, 29-10-2008 » |
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Milly Jones
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« Reply #721 on: 16:03:37, 29-10-2008 » |
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This is Dudley in the pond as usual on our walk.  |
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We pass this way but once. This is not a rehearsal!
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Milly Jones
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« Reply #722 on: 19:19:12, 29-10-2008 » |
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This is the site of the 12th century Kilgrimol monastery. It's very bleak and barren around here, especially in the winter. It's now a nature reserve but in those days, it was where wayward monks were sent as a punishment. The nature on there is amazing, all year round, of very hardy creatures that can withstand gale force winds and freezing temperatures. Having said that, in the summer there are wild orchids that manage to survive and lots of different types of lizard.  |
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Milly Jones
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« Reply #723 on: 19:20:22, 29-10-2008 » |
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If you look to the left of the picture you will see in the distance - Blackpool Tower!  It's several miles away but it's very flat around here. Not much in the way of hills anywhere. You can also see the top of a hangar at Blackpool airport. |
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MabelJane
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« Reply #724 on: 20:31:35, 29-10-2008 » |
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And here's another Dudley, showing off his ears!  |
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Morticia
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« Reply #725 on: 20:36:05, 29-10-2008 » |
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And here's another Dudley, showing off his ears! Oooo, the little exhibitionist, MJ!  Jolly fine ears they are too  |
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Kittybriton
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« Reply #728 on: 14:31:15, 30-10-2008 » |
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Good Herrings! Do the leaves always fly off like that? |
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Click me -> About meor me -> my handmade storeNo, I'm not a complete idiot. I'm only a halfwit. In fact I'm actually a catfish. |
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #729 on: 15:29:17, 30-10-2008 » |
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Looking across to the Gorms from the back road to Forfar: plenty of leaves still, but the peaks above the Glens are already pretty snowy: |
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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #730 on: 17:47:05, 30-10-2008 » |
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I've just been away to the West Country for a few days to visit friends who'd set up a B&B in Devon. On Tuesday, we walked along the northernmost Cornwall coastline at Morwenstow - very windy indeed, but some sunshine amongst the glowering skies...   Yesterday, a walk on Dartmoor, starting from Belstone Tor:   It certainly blew away the cobwebs! |
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Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
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Morticia
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« Reply #731 on: 17:57:26, 30-10-2008 » |
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Love that one IGI! I can just just about smell the sea and hear the waves on the rocks. Brings back happy memories of time spent thereabouts. |
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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #732 on: 18:15:33, 30-10-2008 » |
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We also went down to see 'Hawker's Hut', a mile from Morwenstow Church, where the Rev Robert Stephen Hawker sat writing poems and smoking opium, whilst gazing out at the Atlantic. Tennyson was a guest of his there, apparently. The hut was built from timber from shipwrecks and perches rather precariously on the cliff, and I wasn't too comfortable clambouring down there!   |
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Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #733 on: 21:31:38, 30-10-2008 » |
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Back to dry land again: Denside is building up to its autumn show.... |
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MabelJane
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« Reply #734 on: 22:42:25, 30-10-2008 » |
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and I wasn't too comfortable clambouring down there! Must have been very difficult in your attire, IGI!  I've enjoyed all the new pix, Milly, Baz, David, Ron and IGI. Oh, and Andy's too:  Haven't Pixie's ears grown! |
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