tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157810512024-03-23T11:31:35.914-07:00Linda's lifeA place to record some of the minutiae of my everyday life.
This year I am recording 52 walksLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.comBlogger386125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-52262852921673414242010-08-06T03:00:00.001-07:002010-08-06T03:00:56.816-07:00carnival time!<p>We walked into Worthing for a coffee, and realised on the way home that it is carnival day in Worthing!  The carnival is usually at the end of August, but has changed this year to coincide with the Seafront fair.</p> <p>This is where we like to have coffee, Madisons in the arcade.  It was jam packed with customers wanting breakfast!  Looks like they do a mean bacon and egg!  And they always provide a bowl of water for Merlin.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdFgMxZ8I/AAAAAAAAEK4/fLIf9JJjjow/s1600-h/Worthing%20001%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Worthing 001" border="0" alt="Worthing 001" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdGvqYtvI/AAAAAAAAEK8/_pEHNUHHkRE/Worthing%20001_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="355" height="472" /></a> </p> <p>The flower displays in Worthing are as fabulous as ever!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdH-8hpKI/AAAAAAAAELA/nbN2uFdvDqE/s1600-h/Worthing%20carnival%20001%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Worthing carnival 001" border="0" alt="Worthing carnival 001" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdI1hCMbI/AAAAAAAAELE/PiTZQ0NAmfA/Worthing%20carnival%20001_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="349" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdKjKn7QI/AAAAAAAAELI/BAKWs7HtxHU/s1600-h/Worthing%20carnival%20002%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Worthing carnival 002" border="0" alt="Worthing carnival 002" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdLrxi9iI/AAAAAAAAELM/mSQ6CNSFCUs/Worthing%20carnival%20002_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="467" height="351" /></a> </p> <p>Here’s the tallest building in Worthing.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdMi9Cz4I/AAAAAAAAELQ/jTFOohaX6Yg/s1600-h/Worthing%20carnival%20004%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Worthing carnival 004" border="0" alt="Worthing carnival 004" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdN2v3uHI/AAAAAAAAELU/vNuMvtnW0-I/Worthing%20carnival%20004_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="273" height="363" /></a> </p> <p>Some rubbish pics of the carnival!  Here’s the Beauty and the Beast float.  Fabulous costumes!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdPHdD9qI/AAAAAAAAELY/Dhb7FLUV2bA/s1600-h/Worthing%20carnival%20006%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Worthing carnival 006" border="0" alt="Worthing carnival 006" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdP_OkSyI/AAAAAAAAELc/acBWg2v4c7k/Worthing%20carnival%20006_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="382" height="266" /></a>  <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdQ7lzDVI/AAAAAAAAELg/Ave_MRl1lEU/s1600-h/Worthing%20carnival%20009%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Worthing carnival 009" border="0" alt="Worthing carnival 009" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdRv5e9bI/AAAAAAAAELk/L40DIRoqMp0/Worthing%20carnival%20009_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="337" /></a> </p> <p>Not sure who this crowd were, but looks like they were having fun!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdSt8XM8I/AAAAAAAAELo/gAvxDZcmEhM/s1600-h/Worthing%20carnival%20010%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Worthing carnival 010" border="0" alt="Worthing carnival 010" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdTkrHWEI/AAAAAAAAELs/iOoez2Jw9KE/Worthing%20carnival%20010_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="442" height="332" /></a> </p> <p>Procession of minis at the rear</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdU-wYu7I/AAAAAAAAELw/Qa411XgU4oQ/s1600-h/Worthing%20carnival%20012%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Worthing carnival 012" border="0" alt="Worthing carnival 012" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFvdV5MwU5I/AAAAAAAAEL0/rq-B7SXCu3U/Worthing%20carnival%20012_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="545" height="286" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-63381936998310179922010-07-29T08:59:00.001-07:002010-07-29T13:42:40.927-07:00walk for 10 mins from home….<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFHnvTyVzyI/AAAAAAAAEJM/1nTn6UGq-XQ/s1600-h/mosaic0a8a947033169998fec2a8dd74afccb3c78b2c25.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="mosaic0a8a947033169998fec2a8dd74afccb3c78b2c25" border="0" alt="mosaic0a8a947033169998fec2a8dd74afccb3c78b2c25" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TFGlfEC0LsI/AAAAAAAAEJQ/rJ2ghFS2Anc/mosaic0a8a947033169998fec2a8dd74afccb3c78b2c25_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="436" height="350" /></a> </p> <p>On Shimelle’s latest class, we were challenged to walk 10 mins from home, then take some photos.  Well, 10 mins south of here is the beach, which is also one of my ‘comfort zones’ for photography, especially on a nice sunny day like yesterday!  This is also the first time I have experimented with a mosaic, from <a href="http://bighugelabs.com">http://bighugelabs.com</a>.  Gonna have fun with this!!!  Another time waster!!</p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-51423009721592225652010-07-14T13:57:00.001-07:002010-07-14T13:57:22.164-07:00walk round RHS garden at Wisley<p>Mum and I have had a glorious day out at Wisley, one of our most favourite places!</p> <p>These delphiniums are in the mixed border, our favourite place!</p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kMxc9ceI/AAAAAAAAEEA/AqNGCqo1vuU/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20002%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 002" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 002" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kNhNCQqI/AAAAAAAAEEE/eoNpKv3zZRs/rhs%20wisley%20002_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="249" height="372" /></a> </p> <p>Then we went into the little rose garden, a new huge rose garden is being built, it will be fantastic!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kOaB4H7I/AAAAAAAAEEI/ofF1NvE4VCc/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20004%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 004" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 004" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kPm7S8WI/AAAAAAAAEEM/TSZVsJQYJdQ/rhs%20wisley%20004_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="436" height="292" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kQ0A2YWI/AAAAAAAAEEQ/8qs7AgXdlWw/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20008%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 008" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 008" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kRg5YSvI/AAAAAAAAEEU/mNFsgbfgu7Y/rhs%20wisley%20008_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="285" height="426" /></a>  <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kSlURxSI/AAAAAAAAEEY/svgzlSKeJrA/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20013%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 013" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 013" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kTRHWiBI/AAAAAAAAEEc/WaDMU12HGGA/rhs%20wisley%20013_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="284" height="424" /></a> </p> <p>We just loved this combination of pink rudbekia and silver eryngium in the Piet Oldurf prairie borders:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kUfMudjI/AAAAAAAAEEg/chx43iLQK68/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20021%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 021" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 021" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kVMsxFzI/AAAAAAAAEEk/PIueVQaF3Ac/rhs%20wisley%20021_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="460" height="308" /></a>  </p> <p>which leads to this stunning view of the new greenhouse with this gorgeous colour combination of planting:</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kV_meAgI/AAAAAAAAEEo/pbPGdZ3166A/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20024%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 024" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 024" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kWzvloBI/AAAAAAAAEEs/slqZjUkkbns/rhs%20wisley%20024_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="316" height="472" /></a> </p> <p>Love this view of the greenhouse from the top of the rockery….</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kXyqKsGI/AAAAAAAAEEw/tJ_R5VSz6DA/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20026%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 026" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 026" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kYggullI/AAAAAAAAEE0/js-I5S6Zg9g/rhs%20wisley%20026_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="291" /></a> </p> <p>…which takes us to the alpine house:</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kZtbKpNI/AAAAAAAAEE4/uGEonvB5zBo/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20029%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 029" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 029" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kak1pxaI/AAAAAAAAEE8/-VSTyIr1210/rhs%20wisley%20029_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="437" height="293" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kbFRy-mI/AAAAAAAAEFA/VCpyGDM6dMg/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20034%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 034" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 034" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kb9P1DaI/AAAAAAAAEFE/8_Ts94dYFGQ/rhs%20wisley%20034_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="311" height="465" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kcyd0v5I/AAAAAAAAEFI/k_Ue2c5rRx8/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20039%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 039" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 039" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kdTpGS4I/AAAAAAAAEFM/Jbuh0cVJzMg/rhs%20wisley%20039_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="441" height="295" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kebesyoI/AAAAAAAAEFQ/lwnbF--Ions/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20040%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 040" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 040" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kfQTKuYI/AAAAAAAAEFU/aQw_SZhnuXw/rhs%20wisley%20040_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="443" height="297" /></a> </p> <p>Back up through the fruit garden to my dream greenhouse:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kgLOfB7I/AAAAAAAAEFY/gdgvDPoapJw/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20043%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 043" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 043" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kg-5cjmI/AAAAAAAAEFc/nXGPaxl5nuI/rhs%20wisley%20043_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="276" height="412" /></a> </p> <p>along to the model gardens where I saw this idea for my patio:</p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kiMI0uyI/AAAAAAAAEFg/O5CXfTTduAQ/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20044%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 044" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 044" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kjD9DkfI/AAAAAAAAEFk/430Y3LhAzpU/rhs%20wisley%20044_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="426" height="285" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kkmi9ojI/AAAAAAAAEFo/6i-VkiJbSME/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20045%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 045" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 045" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4klWDdpbI/AAAAAAAAEFs/RGI2y1VTbq0/rhs%20wisley%20045_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="423" height="283" /></a> </p> <p>and back down the other side of the mixed border to marvel at the colour, texture and shapes in the planting:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kmdZuJRI/AAAAAAAAEFw/hs-DH-nFydY/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20051%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 051" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 051" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4knOM9NkI/AAAAAAAAEF0/S4otarrdHb0/rhs%20wisley%20051_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="437" height="293" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kpbk6SkI/AAAAAAAAEF4/wZABt6IqPUg/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20053%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 053" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 053" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4kqRTIdgI/AAAAAAAAEF8/hEwYEAEs2is/rhs%20wisley%20053_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="295" /></a> </p> <p>and then of course into the shop to buy the huge long list of plants on our wish lists!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4krZJ2ZTI/AAAAAAAAEGA/EuaiCvxLtMs/s1600-h/rhs%20wisley%20054%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rhs wisley 054" border="0" alt="rhs wisley 054" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4ksBWbbxI/AAAAAAAAEGE/v0vXhsMj_gk/rhs%20wisley%20054_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="437" height="293" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-53074924765933022882010-07-14T13:39:00.001-07:002010-07-14T13:39:47.659-07:00South Downs Way – Kithurst Hill to Amberley<p>Got the walking bug now!  Last weekend Nicholas wanted to do a walk with us, so we got the ordnance survey map out… and decided to drive to Storrington and park at Kithurst Hill.  WE thought that a walk to Amberley and back would be about 6 miles.</p> <p> </p> <p>It started out as a fluffy cloud blue sky sort of day:</p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4gZMDTLkI/AAAAAAAAEDI/ddbnVMXLwbM/s1600-h/south%20downs%20walk%20003%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="south downs walk 003" border="0" alt="south downs walk 003" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4gZ43IIII/AAAAAAAAEDM/wFi32lVe63Q/south%20downs%20walk%20003_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="399" height="300" /></a> </p> <p>as we walked along the ridge with the sea to our left:</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4gbOs46iI/AAAAAAAAEDQ/XU8W82m9vBs/s1600-h/south%20downs%20walk%20005%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="south downs walk 005" border="0" alt="south downs walk 005" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4gcG1QPmI/AAAAAAAAEDU/vdn9ZG82oqc/south%20downs%20walk%20005_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="406" height="306" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4gc_0Uu3I/AAAAAAAAEDY/fcVEksHtBW4/s1600-h/south%20downs%20walk%20006%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="south downs walk 006" border="0" alt="south downs walk 006" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4gdurkS1I/AAAAAAAAEDc/aj_Dp-sNr7w/south%20downs%20walk%20006_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="302" /></a> </p> <p>The descent into Amberley was quite steep!  EEK! WE got to walk back up that!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4geSRCpbI/AAAAAAAAEDg/gD3u64ozlu4/s1600-h/south%20downs%20walk%20007%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="south downs walk 007" border="0" alt="south downs walk 007" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4gfGezXMI/AAAAAAAAEDk/JdVSN-8VQUU/south%20downs%20walk%20007_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="331" height="440" /></a> </p> <p>Ahhh!  Well deserved refreshment in the Bridge at Amberley!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4gfyu8kqI/AAAAAAAAEDo/gbaojCEaH9c/s1600-h/south%20downs%20walk%20009%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="south downs walk 009" border="0" alt="south downs walk 009" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4ggsoGtiI/AAAAAAAAEDs/jWZZKE4nRjg/south%20downs%20walk%20009_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="339" height="451" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4ghtcNHqI/AAAAAAAAEDw/L2H4fx1dANw/s1600-h/south%20downs%20walk%20011%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="south downs walk 011" border="0" alt="south downs walk 011" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4giYDxmPI/AAAAAAAAED0/_enW6DPGeBE/south%20downs%20walk%20011_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="338" height="450" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4gju_nzMI/AAAAAAAAED4/NBRgcN6O-1k/s1600-h/south%20downs%20walk%20010%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="south downs walk 010" border="0" alt="south downs walk 010" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TD4gkllwM1I/AAAAAAAAED8/DpQVgOcqw_k/south%20downs%20walk%20010_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="335" height="445" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Nicholas was going to borrow my Nikon DSLR, but we both thought the other was bringing it and consequently left it at home LOL!  These pics takne with my little Nikon point and shoot.</p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-67296255382577285012010-07-02T13:50:00.001-07:002010-07-02T13:50:19.329-07:00Early morning walk in Scarborough<p>We were due to leave for home (Thursday), and because of the fog, we hadn’t really seen North Beach area of Scarborough.  So we got up at 6.30am, and went straight out with our cameras.  What a lovely morning!  We walked along the north Beach, and then inland a little bit to a lovely park and boating pond.  There were just a few dog walkers about, no tourists!</p> <p>Here’s the castle again, this time with the early morning sun behind it – not in the mist!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Qx2u27uI/AAAAAAAAD9o/qMAoZ53qXK4/s1600-h/Scarborough%20004%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Scarborough 004" border="0" alt="Scarborough 004" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5QyuI3cdI/AAAAAAAAD9s/T2_wqxsZVd8/Scarborough%20004_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="588" height="393" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Qzl8Q2-I/AAAAAAAAD9w/YN3g52pma4o/s1600-h/Scarborough%20006%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Scarborough 006" border="0" alt="Scarborough 006" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Q0SIZG0I/AAAAAAAAD90/_YN5RJIuH4Q/Scarborough%20006_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="583" height="390" /></a> </p> <p>I just loved these popsicle coloured beach huts!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Q1aLx9xI/AAAAAAAAD94/C4HjjRYAgZM/s1600-h/Scarborough%20007%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Scarborough 007" border="0" alt="Scarborough 007" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Q2Zz6RkI/AAAAAAAAD98/NHyRPmb8evY/Scarborough%20007_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="577" height="386" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Q3VTBl7I/AAAAAAAAD-A/onbhwbof1Qs/s1600-h/Scarborough%20010%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Scarborough 010" border="0" alt="Scarborough 010" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Q4Pvgo_I/AAAAAAAAD-E/4jtFHEpP6vY/Scarborough%20010_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="559" height="374" /></a>  </p> <p>It was the perfect time of day for the pictures of the boating lake, the reflections were perfect!</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Q5m014DI/AAAAAAAAD-I/kw1rNJK7BLg/s1600-h/Scarborough%20017%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Scarborough 017" border="0" alt="Scarborough 017" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Q6gQVCtI/AAAAAAAAD-M/_a69QshFyhM/Scarborough%20017_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="555" height="371" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Q77iaO3I/AAAAAAAAD-Q/x_8AC9wm99E/s1600-h/Scarborough%20019%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Scarborough 019" border="0" alt="Scarborough 019" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Q8vrjqrI/AAAAAAAAD-U/KDLm5Cj5fDE/Scarborough%20019_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="550" height="368" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Q-ChzjJI/AAAAAAAAD-Y/JkwQTQLjzIk/s1600-h/Scarborough%20021%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Scarborough 021" border="0" alt="Scarborough 021" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Q-xHLN0I/AAAAAAAAD-c/bGb4dhYpwm8/Scarborough%20021_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="550" height="368" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5Q_jsZ2tI/AAAAAAAAD-g/ApiYTmUjofM/s1600-h/Scarborough%20023%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Scarborough 023" border="0" alt="Scarborough 023" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5RAcxI7EI/AAAAAAAAD-k/x1RLOLNeoqs/Scarborough%20023_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="561" height="375" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5RBcSKxDI/AAAAAAAAD-o/gXm0q4veBFw/s1600-h/Scarborough%20025%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Scarborough 025" border="0" alt="Scarborough 025" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC5RCWJnTfI/AAAAAAAAD-s/KP6BAKcvq0k/Scarborough%20025_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="562" height="376" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-15926813800642486272010-07-02T12:26:00.001-07:002010-07-02T13:33:11.536-07:00Scarborough<p>We had decided to drive to Scarborough and spend Wednesday night there, as it is a place we had not visited before.  Unfortunately, it was foggy!  We had a gorgeous little B&B right on the North Beach, and our room overlooking the sea.  We ate our packed lunch courtesy of the other hotel, and then took a walk over the castle and towards the harbour and South Beach.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49RiiNgBI/AAAAAAAAD8o/7aGdUS4vYc0/s1600-h/pennines%20276%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 276" border="0" alt="pennines 276" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49SO_-FEI/AAAAAAAAD8s/nOg_1H3xGKs/pennines%20276_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="497" height="333" /></a></p> <p>This statue is on the harbour right next to the lighthouse</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49S7Qj6rI/AAAAAAAAD8w/5DQVBoUjRjc/s1600-h/pennines%20282%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 282" border="0" alt="pennines 282" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49TkW-lFI/AAAAAAAAD80/erVa_UTzHDw/pennines%20282_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="357" height="533" /></a>  </p> <p>The south beach is a little more brash with amusement arcades, and gift shops:</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49UdpPhlI/AAAAAAAAD84/0ERwd-eGHig/s1600-h/pennines%20296%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 296" border="0" alt="pennines 296" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49VB3iGvI/AAAAAAAAD88/HUBJQIZz29A/pennines%20296_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="344" height="514" /></a> </p> <p> It was low tide and despite the fog, there were plenty of people on the sands:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49V9WEXpI/AAAAAAAAD9A/Gmgkkne3Mw0/s1600-h/pennines%20310%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 310" border="0" alt="pennines 310" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49Wl16ZlI/AAAAAAAAD9E/mY9ouwG6l3o/pennines%20310_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="568" height="380" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49X6qS2fI/AAAAAAAAD9I/ovZ0v8YNj6U/s1600-h/pennines%20311%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 311" border="0" alt="pennines 311" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49Y05etKI/AAAAAAAAD9M/-zBV7IOxrgo/pennines%20311_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="586" height="392" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49Zm19UYI/AAAAAAAAD9Q/p-fwWVkRCYo/s1600-h/pennines%20315%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 315" border="0" alt="pennines 315" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49b6koqHI/AAAAAAAAD9U/X-I3Qhxstvw/pennines%20315_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="594" height="397" /></a></p> <p>Here’s Freddy – one of the donkeys available to ride.  We asked if we could photograph the donkeys, and when one little girl came up for a ride, she was told that Freddy was busy having a photo-shoot!</p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49dOK8CDI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/9aUJPV9hdPM/s1600-h/pennines%20318%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 318" border="0" alt="pennines 318" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49eNfPSfI/AAAAAAAAD9c/KOYIfw2QrkQ/pennines%20318_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="365" height="545" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49fNNwZDI/AAAAAAAAD9g/Zd4iLNmbiuQ/s1600-h/pennines%20323%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 323" border="0" alt="pennines 323" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TC49gcBmNpI/AAAAAAAAD9k/Q1Nn2kpHaSw/pennines%20323_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="596" height="399" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-71427603269236835772010-07-01T13:06:00.001-07:002010-07-01T13:06:37.283-07:00Pen-y-ghent<p>We were due to walk up one of the 3 peaks of the Pennines, Pen-y-ghent.  The coach dropped us off high above Horton in Ribblesdale, and we walked towards our path.  Unfortunately this high up, the clouds were at ground level, and it was very misty!  So we took a decision to do a shorter walk, down into Horton.  As it happens, I was immensely relieved!  The ascent of Pen-y-ghent was some 1400 feet from where we were dropped off, and very steep, including scrabbling up rocks for the last little bit!  I am not a rock climber so was relieved that we didn’t have to do it.  In fact, as we descended into Ribblesdale, the cloud began to lift, and we took some terrific photographs under Derek’s expert tuition.  It was a much better photographic experience than the climb up Pen-y-ghent would have been.</p> <p>Catching the sunlight as it passes over the quarry on the other side of the valley:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1CYVYfcI/AAAAAAAAD7U/Dl_DkiUqCNU/s1600-h/Pennines1545.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Pennines 154" border="0" alt="Pennines 154" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1DBMiSeI/AAAAAAAAD7Y/P5r7qEBx2jo/Pennines154_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="650" height="435" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1DwPpXII/AAAAAAAAD7c/ztoTc--s5Z4/s1600-h/Pennines1594.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Pennines 159" border="0" alt="Pennines 159" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1EsmV6aI/AAAAAAAAD7g/vhcsmFbXq78/Pennines159_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="365" height="545" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1FlS9wUI/AAAAAAAAD7k/zJFmPEXRcOo/s1600-h/Pennines1654.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Pennines 165" border="0" alt="Pennines 165" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1Gwt2_zI/AAAAAAAAD7o/h8KAREXeyas/Pennines165_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="635" height="425" /></a> </p> <p>I think this is my favourite shot of the week, I just love this windy path – doesn’t it invite you in  to the picture?</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1Hg94-QI/AAAAAAAAD7s/B3m41-lYfJ8/s1600-h/Pennines1713.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Pennines 171" border="0" alt="Pennines 171" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1IXqPWXI/AAAAAAAAD7w/JT4J9_P4mBw/Pennines171_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" height="484" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1JewM9kI/AAAAAAAAD70/LDoTQGWEzRw/s1600-h/Pennines1733.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Pennines 173" border="0" alt="Pennines 173" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1K4rta3I/AAAAAAAAD74/wOtnE21TCm4/Pennines173_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="638" height="427" /></a> </p> <p>Once down into the village of Horton-in Ribblesdale, we went into the church, where Derek gave us much welcome instruction into taking photographs inside churches:</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1LlCNViI/AAAAAAAAD78/6tNGmxw2yRk/s1600-h/Pennines%20183.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Pennines 183" border="0" alt="Pennines 183" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1MiWZYtI/AAAAAAAAD8A/rBCF4DaQfRU/Pennines%20183_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="365" height="546" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1NeSAuaI/AAAAAAAAD8E/XnFJyf59Hog/s1600-h/Pennines%20185.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Pennines 185" border="0" alt="Pennines 185" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1Oa-SCsI/AAAAAAAAD8M/aUMaN4jeDCs/Pennines%20185_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="548" height="367" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1PDhPgiI/AAAAAAAAD8Q/kRlwv745jBE/s1600-h/Pennines%20188%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Pennines 188" border="0" alt="Pennines 188" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1PpgQNVI/AAAAAAAAD8U/zngXROa_0Kk/Pennines%20188_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="315" height="470" /></a></p> <p>We sat in the churchyard and ate our sandwiches.  Afterwards we walked up towards Pen-y-ghent, here:  The right hand side is what we would have walked up if the weather had been better.  Of course, by the afternoon it was perfect!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1Q8mAjYI/AAAAAAAAD8Y/qaLBj_3bHhs/s1600-h/Pennines%20210.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Pennines 210" border="0" alt="Pennines 210" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1RtrhJKI/AAAAAAAAD8c/2YdyLRMDvaU/Pennines%20210_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="311" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1SZDDgcI/AAAAAAAAD8g/Eqwn6mi4KOY/s1600-h/Pennines%20221.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Pennines 221" border="0" alt="Pennines 221" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCz1TLcFNpI/AAAAAAAAD8k/Cnn9k07UqE4/Pennines%20221_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="343" height="512" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-19183205190959676552010-06-29T00:50:00.001-07:002010-06-29T00:50:10.498-07:00Malham Tarn and Malham Cove<p> </p> <p>We got out of the coach at Malham Tarn just as the weather improved!  It turned out to be a really lovely day, blue sky and white fluffy clouds.  Perfect for taking pictures!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlb326AUI/AAAAAAAAD6U/b5FGLp5nOGE/s1600-h/pennines0814.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 081" border="0" alt="pennines 081" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlc3KjNUI/AAAAAAAAD6Y/TT8_05gkEc8/pennines081_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="401" height="293" /></a> </p> <p>down this limestone path</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmldzwCHWI/AAAAAAAAD6c/2xInKnKUVac/s1600-h/pennines0983.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 098" border="0" alt="pennines 098" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlfO_se6I/AAAAAAAAD6g/VnVG6LtxRNs/pennines098_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="295" height="440" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlgXbwf5I/AAAAAAAAD6k/zUr2p6wSivM/s1600-h/pennines1073.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 107" border="0" alt="pennines 107" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlhTEOKtI/AAAAAAAAD6o/QkLwdwmRc7k/pennines107_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="436" height="292" /></a> </p> <p>And on to the limestone pavement!  I guess that’s another thing I can cross off my ‘must-see’ list! I can still see Geoff Hamilton on ‘Gardener’s World’ making his own limestones out of concrete for his rockery so as to save limestone pavements such as this one!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmli921LDI/AAAAAAAAD6s/p7EoiMl4vZs/s1600-h/pennines10915.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 109" border="0" alt="pennines 109" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmljzFxsgI/AAAAAAAAD6w/_N5vDp-c6lQ/pennines109_thumb13.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="301" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmllF4oUdI/AAAAAAAAD60/NthU9wGCPwA/s1600-h/pennines1103.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 110" border="0" alt="pennines 110" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlmAigYjI/AAAAAAAAD64/YF1f2clH3qQ/pennines110_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="338" height="505" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlnAETVFI/AAAAAAAAD68/ZzxXM4BBXOw/s1600-h/pennines1264.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 126" border="0" alt="pennines 126" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmln0HLLuI/AAAAAAAAD7A/CSPRRtOqMdU/pennines126_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="315" height="470" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlpFWDqSI/AAAAAAAAD7E/7nW7jgu8iQ4/s1600-h/pennines1333.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 133" border="0" alt="pennines 133" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlqDZxnLI/AAAAAAAAD7I/eoP6VmQM4rI/pennines133_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="456" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlrRBSEkI/AAAAAAAAD7M/bt10wBRmwog/s1600-h/pennines1373.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 137" border="0" alt="pennines 137" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlsbBsy_I/AAAAAAAAD7Q/jcohIb29tZs/pennines137_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="321" height="480" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-21250880795183065332010-06-29T00:48:00.001-07:002010-06-29T00:48:19.905-07:00Hebden Bridge to Stoodley Pike<p>On our holidays!  A landscape photography course in the Pennine district of North Yorkshire, with <a href="http://www.hfholidays.co.uk/">HF Holidays</a>, tutored by <a href="www.derekforss.com">Derek Forss</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>Our first walk started from Hebden Bridge, from there we walked up to Stoodley Pike to see the monument to the desposition of Napoleon.  not sure why a monument to Napoleon is in North Yorkshire!</p> <p>The canal at Hebden Bridge</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmk3UvymSI/AAAAAAAAD48/zqJP1y75mZE/s1600-h/pennines0053.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 005" border="0" alt="pennines 005" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmk4uaiujI/AAAAAAAAD5A/TOWmwBM_hxI/pennines005_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="302" height="451" /></a> </p> <p>Our first glimpse of the monument</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmk57d5ZsI/AAAAAAAAD5E/4eD942ntYoY/s1600-h/pennines0123.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 012" border="0" alt="pennines 012" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmk62HOkII/AAAAAAAAD5I/jv4mO0xATsE/pennines012_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="451" height="302" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmk7jD3_vI/AAAAAAAAD5M/oDvz70aZsDY/s1600-h/pennines016%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 016" border="0" alt="pennines 016" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmk8g22q4I/AAAAAAAAD5Q/GbqAj4opg9U/pennines016_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="315" height="470" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmk9noX9UI/AAAAAAAAD5U/29ADo7tSy80/s1600-h/pennines0181.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 018" border="0" alt="pennines 018" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmk-j4iPXI/AAAAAAAAD5Y/kTfoNyG23BY/pennines018_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="313" height="467" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmk_shknOI/AAAAAAAAD5c/kjKHEGf5Dp8/s1600-h/pennines023%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 023" border="0" alt="pennines 023" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlA6XMRVI/AAAAAAAAD5g/x-Wtu8pDe3k/pennines023_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="316" height="472" /></a> </p> <p>Back down a very steep descent to Hebden Bridge.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlCfnJlwI/AAAAAAAAD5k/25NKjQ4ugcA/s1600-h/pennines043.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 043" border="0" alt="pennines 043" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlDaDyKsI/AAAAAAAAD5o/EHj1PmG4w6A/pennines043_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="446" height="299" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlE1BTwuI/AAAAAAAAD5s/xJtXI4q8lqk/s1600-h/pennines052%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 052" border="0" alt="pennines 052" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlF_vW8JI/AAAAAAAAD5w/RSLDPciUk0I/pennines052_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="451" height="302" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlHGDpw7I/AAAAAAAAD50/NhMkzuWLG-k/s1600-h/pennines055%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 055" border="0" alt="pennines 055" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlIpSKP9I/AAAAAAAAD54/PhH2RoT094Q/pennines055_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="327" height="488" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlKc-CiCI/AAAAAAAAD58/bQo-gKsS-yc/s1600-h/pennines058%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 058" border="0" alt="pennines 058" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlLpY50tI/AAAAAAAAD6A/Kgy_1cktblI/pennines058_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="461" height="309" /></a> </p> <p>And here is THE bridge – 500 years old this year.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlM0eDK8I/AAAAAAAAD6E/sFsdcvt2jGk/s1600-h/pennines064.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 064" border="0" alt="pennines 064" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlNy_oQFI/AAAAAAAAD6I/cq6kGBtjoT4/pennines064_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="463" height="310" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlPeqNKUI/AAAAAAAAD6M/DNSLlNulX1M/s1600-h/pennines0711.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pennines 071" border="0" alt="pennines 071" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCmlQg9d4kI/AAAAAAAAD6Q/FfCY2bznx0E/pennines071_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="470" height="315" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-16866948340194748742010-06-22T02:36:00.001-07:002010-06-22T02:36:04.761-07:00Walk to Cissbury Ring<p>We bought ourselves new walking trousers for our walking/landscape photography holiday so we had to try them out this morning:</p> <p>We parked in the south end car park, and walked up diagonally across this field, which was yellow with buttercups and vetch:</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCDszWLAcI/AAAAAAAAD2c/cU1KBnZYUTg/s1600-h/craft%20289%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="craft 289" border="0" alt="craft 289" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCDtnQZsKI/AAAAAAAAD2g/xNTaykXBfus/craft%20289_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="297" height="444" /></a></p> <p>  <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCDvDXt84I/AAAAAAAAD2k/6PxFZRa8edY/s1600-h/craft%20292%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="craft 292" border="0" alt="craft 292" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCDwW5NJuI/AAAAAAAAD2o/fTdyzlwVrYs/craft%20292_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" height="255" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCDxIJkGvI/AAAAAAAAD2s/IlIyLu2ilto/s1600-h/craft%20294%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="craft 294" border="0" alt="craft 294" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCDxzlIUFI/AAAAAAAAD2w/Ca8UEcf50Vk/craft%20294_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="290" height="433" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCDzBJ7CeI/AAAAAAAAD20/qyYSzSClyDQ/s1600-h/52%20walks%20031%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 031" border="0" alt="52 walks 031" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCDzoMeP2I/AAAAAAAAD24/6z_xpAncRVw/52%20walks%20031_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="237" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCD0-707yI/AAAAAAAAD28/MSQZ9josynQ/s1600-h/52%20walks%20025%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 025" border="0" alt="52 walks 025" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCD1mUWqLI/AAAAAAAAD3A/MIk_v22o4_M/52%20walks%20025_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" height="255" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCD27zgzrI/AAAAAAAAD3E/BnaDf2Qx0_s/s1600-h/52%20walks%20026%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 026" border="0" alt="52 walks 026" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCD3gSIAgI/AAAAAAAAD3I/fhaanof1MPc/52%20walks%20026_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="387" height="259" /></a></p> <p>This field overlooks Findon valley and High Salvington on the other side of the valley</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCD44qV39I/AAAAAAAAD3M/6ojdbHG-mTE/s1600-h/52%20walks%20027%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 027" border="0" alt="52 walks 027" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCD6CbDu4I/AAAAAAAAD3U/ZQYbfU_waZ8/52%20walks%20027_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="382" height="256" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCD7Bgm6eI/AAAAAAAAD3Y/qlUDT5CHtB4/s1600-h/52%20walks%20029%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 029" border="0" alt="52 walks 029" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCD8QS-ucI/AAAAAAAAD3c/zbzjEv3d_rU/52%20walks%20029_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="387" height="259" /></a></p> <p>Cissbury Ring belongs to the National Trust:</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCD-E6X1kI/AAAAAAAAD3g/hmgZla-UTfk/s1600-h/craft%20295%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="craft 295" border="0" alt="craft 295" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCD_bdyAjI/AAAAAAAAD3k/1NAZQ6Cu760/craft%20295_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="388" height="260" /></a></p> <p>My two lovely walking companions!</p> <p>    <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCEADJIEJI/AAAAAAAAD3o/bqmkKNhawOs/s1600-h/52%20walks%20028%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 028" border="0" alt="52 walks 028" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCCEAxBd6AI/AAAAAAAAD3s/dtW-Oaifmb0/52%20walks%20028_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="259" height="387" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-70734598527894568552010-06-22T01:58:00.001-07:002010-06-22T01:58:35.344-07:00Evening walk to the beach<p>We always take Merlin for a walk after tea.  Merlin knows the routine and follows us about while we clear up after eating until we are ready to take him!  Maurice prefers to go to the park, but sometimes I persuade him to my favourite place – the beach!</p> <p> </p> <p>First we have to walk down the road:</p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB63CvW89I/AAAAAAAAD1U/EmERtQ3KQZI/s1600-h/52%20walks%20002%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 002" border="0" alt="52 walks 002" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB638InbsI/AAAAAAAAD1Y/m7_iQ6qzE-U/52%20walks%20002_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="268" height="400" /></a> </p> <p>Then through Marine Gardens where they have just planted these red coleus which look fab next to the yellow phormium:</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB64y4w19I/AAAAAAAAD1c/IuqfdRHKCf4/s1600-h/52%20walks%20003%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 003" border="0" alt="52 walks 003" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB66B44WmI/AAAAAAAAD1g/LmKlNy1Pk_E/52%20walks%20003_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="278" height="415" /></a> </p> <p>The tide was quite high, but the water very calm:</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB677OcZ2I/AAAAAAAAD1k/VIB1BhN6KgU/s1600-h/52%20walks%20010%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 010" border="0" alt="52 walks 010" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB69jjcpbI/AAAAAAAAD1o/XpYrtUxHQV4/52%20walks%20010_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="269" /></a> </p> <p>Merlin couldn’t resist going in!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB6_EQ7pWI/AAAAAAAAD1s/nP-uD6RssNk/s1600-h/52%20walks%20011%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 011" border="0" alt="52 walks 011" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB7BFT8FUI/AAAAAAAAD1w/6IISBYjXw4s/52%20walks%20011_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="273" /></a> </p> <p>Ugh!  A very wet smelly dog:</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB7C4idApI/AAAAAAAAD10/bN8p2gq2akk/s1600-h/52%20walks%20012%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 012" border="0" alt="52 walks 012" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB7EJ8uOjI/AAAAAAAAD14/r1pOEJFrZSQ/52%20walks%20012_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="277" /></a> </p> <p>The sun was trying to peek through as it went down:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB7F1_-Y9I/AAAAAAAAD18/ENNJIoR7kaM/s1600-h/52%20walks%20015%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 015" border="0" alt="52 walks 015" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB7GiByy9I/AAAAAAAAD2A/tORfaXwFhMo/52%20walks%20015_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="283" height="422" /></a> </p> <p>Making long shadows of the three of us!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB7IDASNLI/AAAAAAAAD2E/v56_OrDn2F4/s1600-h/52%20walks%20016%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 016" border="0" alt="52 walks 016" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB7JUjWIaI/AAAAAAAAD2I/8k7NkFu772w/52%20walks%20016_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="431" height="289" /></a>  </p> <p>We walked along towards the pier:</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB7KgBGnnI/AAAAAAAAD2M/H7EpZQVKgyo/s1600-h/52%20walks%20022%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 022" border="0" alt="52 walks 022" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB7LNir3dI/AAAAAAAAD2Q/SQRfOQezjh0/52%20walks%20022_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="433" height="290" /></a> </p> <p>It looks quite Mediterranean here!</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB7MrQlwXI/AAAAAAAAD2U/QQCPYgjOuY0/s1600-h/52%20walks%20023%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="52 walks 023" border="0" alt="52 walks 023" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TCB7OD3KV5I/AAAAAAAAD2Y/znaFuqVCLok/52%20walks%20023_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="436" height="292" /></a> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-87885649305018552612010-06-11T09:52:00.001-07:002010-06-11T09:52:59.010-07:00Walk round Chichester cathedral<p>We had a ‘hub’ day today for work.  Our hub is all projects within Sussex, Isle of Wight and Hampshire.  It was held at Vicar’s Hall at Chichester Cathedral, which was a great venue.  I couldn’t resist going out for 30 mins at lunchtime for some photos:</p> <p> I love all these little pathways all round the cathedral close.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJppGdANFI/AAAAAAAADxA/WsRhmeNE0OU/s1600-h/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20001%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round chichester cathedral 001" border="0" alt="walk round chichester cathedral 001" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJpqI-7VPI/AAAAAAAADxE/I5XJ5375dzI/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20001_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="356" height="474" /></a> </p> <p>This is from the back of the cathedral.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJprTM4tcI/AAAAAAAADxI/RCpaRU-c4eM/s1600-h/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20003%5B8%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round chichester cathedral 003" border="0" alt="walk round chichester cathedral 003" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJpsUae24I/AAAAAAAADxM/354JXiPdrtA/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20003_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="355" height="473" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJptEgClPI/AAAAAAAADxQ/SY6NNGy0XV8/s1600-h/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20005%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round chichester cathedral 005" border="0" alt="walk round chichester cathedral 005" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJpt9DClNI/AAAAAAAADxU/WGixP_9U9MQ/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20005_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="471" /></a> </p> <p>Don’t you just love a flying buttress!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJpu9gjzZI/AAAAAAAADxY/SCxQ2E43XcE/s1600-h/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20006%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round chichester cathedral 006" border="0" alt="walk round chichester cathedral 006" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJpwM7j2TI/AAAAAAAADxc/4NWnzfnehxU/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20006_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="361" height="480" /></a> </p> <p>This modern tapestry hangs behind the altar.  It is really stunning, and I love the way the middle looks lit up!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJpxgumxQI/AAAAAAAADxg/tmZfmfng9Iw/s1600-h/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20009%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round chichester cathedral 009" border="0" alt="walk round chichester cathedral 009" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJpzBwOXEI/AAAAAAAADxk/QEPRQ7rmGmA/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20009_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="378" height="284" /></a> </p> <p>I think this might be my favourite bit – the cloisters.  There is a really good cafe just off to the left.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJp0PmlDqI/AAAAAAAADxo/l-0db6z09A8/s1600-h/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20014%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round chichester cathedral 014" border="0" alt="walk round chichester cathedral 014" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJp01O19cI/AAAAAAAADxs/mt3l000ZFTQ/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20014_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="383" height="288" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJp1oNjlOI/AAAAAAAADxw/VfoKMM-Zl0M/s1600-h/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20015%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round chichester cathedral 015" border="0" alt="walk round chichester cathedral 015" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJp288LhPI/AAAAAAAADx0/aYLAtOl1z8g/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20015_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="376" height="500" /></a> </p> <p>Here’s the team!  I am on the left.  Next is Eric, then Claire, Tracey, Judi, Jacqui and Sue.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJp4Uu9jjI/AAAAAAAADx4/ISYRJVqJu2I/s1600-h/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20016%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round chichester cathedral 016" border="0" alt="walk round chichester cathedral 016" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJp5JjRrJI/AAAAAAAADx8/kXhdx-Qup28/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20016_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="458" height="344" /></a> </p> <p>The day finished at 3pm, so we were very naughty and went for a cup cake in a really gorgeous little cafe!  This is blueberries and cream.  Isn’t it pretty!</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJp50RoLiI/AAAAAAAADyA/WBI9Fpv4Gzs/s1600-h/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20019%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round chichester cathedral 019" border="0" alt="walk round chichester cathedral 019" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TBJp6RWFOLI/AAAAAAAADyE/9H1AjnVB9ws/walk%20round%20chichester%20cathedral%20019_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="411" height="309" /></a> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-28319729181610459852010-05-31T12:12:00.001-07:002010-05-31T12:20:05.101-07:00Walk at Goodwood, Lavant area<p>It was time to do our monthly long dog walk so we got the map out and decided to go over to Goodwood:</p> <p> </p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJdWWK8wI/AAAAAAAADts/aQ-qCqJ1N30/s1600-h/img178%5B10%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="img178" border="0" alt="img178" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJfCyqI5I/AAAAAAAADtw/ydD8B8oMYuY/img178_thumb%5B15%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="173" height="244" /></a></p> <p>We started at the ‘P’ in the top right hand corner, and walked south to East Lavant, and then back up in a big loop.  The walk was 4.5 miles and took about 1.5hours.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJhc9IpgI/AAAAAAAADt0/BUMC8VpNIB4/s1600-h/walk%20no%2020%20001%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="walk no 20 001" border="0" alt="walk no 20 001" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJii3x1gI/AAAAAAAADt4/IRKEFCdMyh8/walk%20no%2020%20001_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="353" height="237" /></a> </p> <p>We soon met these young bulls!  Merlin had a strop with them and barked at them!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJkNt4trI/AAAAAAAADt8/SyVZmgaKk5s/s1600-h/walk%20no%2020%20014%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="walk no 20 014" border="0" alt="walk no 20 014" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJmy4gfaI/AAAAAAAADuA/8SBzg_6e86E/walk%20no%2020%20014_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="251" height="375" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJofK8hlI/AAAAAAAADuE/BFlcxPWnFXc/s1600-h/walk%20no%2020%20021%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="walk no 20 021" border="0" alt="walk no 20 021" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJp4brb6I/AAAAAAAADuI/vHMoENstDBs/walk%20no%2020%20021_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="355" height="238" /></a> </p> <p>The village of East Lavant is really pretty.  I had to tear Maurice away from a rahter nice looking country pub, but even the tables outside were laid up with white napkins and cutlery – not the sort of place for scruffy old us to go in for a quick pint!  So we sat on a bench at the cricket ground and had our flask of coffee</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJsSpG5hI/AAAAAAAADu8/fzcnEqtPJwA/s1600-h/walk%20no%2020%20027.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 20 027" border="0" alt="walk no 20 027" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJtuM8LuI/AAAAAAAADvE/wkW0G0wmj6I/walk%20no%2020%20027_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="261" height="390" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJvq3HZXI/AAAAAAAADuU/smZqnnNKS8M/s1600-h/walk%20no%2020%20031%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="walk no 20 031" border="0" alt="walk no 20 031" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJw2Snd1I/AAAAAAAADuY/yD1dsmI64nE/walk%20no%2020%20031_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="363" height="243" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJzqOTO3I/AAAAAAAADuc/jfcJVWodK7w/s1600-h/walk%20no%2020%20034%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="walk no 20 034" border="0" alt="walk no 20 034" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJ23Q_AKI/AAAAAAAADug/J2G0f-T0QRc/walk%20no%2020%20034_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="366" height="245" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJ4yvAxUI/AAAAAAAADuk/NL-1A2y6oLk/s1600-h/walk%20no%2020%20035%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="walk no 20 035" border="0" alt="walk no 20 035" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJ7CoKs4I/AAAAAAAADuo/SZgV0KfQPn0/walk%20no%2020%20035_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="369" height="247" /></a></p> <p>Walking back up the hill was pretty until we reached a field full of sheep and lambs that we had to cross!  Maurice had to keep a real tight grip on Merlin!</p> <p>  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQJ-U5nGbI/AAAAAAAADus/l8Z0c0eh9LE/s1600-h/walk%20no%2020%20037%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="walk no 20 037" border="0" alt="walk no 20 037" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQKBgNZBXI/AAAAAAAADuw/_UigazNy5Bo/walk%20no%2020%20037_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="295" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQKEqdTwiI/AAAAAAAADu0/ugylahdA6SU/s1600-h/walk%20no%2020%20040%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="walk no 20 040" border="0" alt="walk no 20 040" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/TAQKFnlgO1I/AAAAAAAADu4/iyCtuAkCtQA/walk%20no%2020%20040_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="417" height="279" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>The last bit was along the top and wow what a view!  These pictures don’t so it justice – the first one is looking down towards Chichester, and the second one is looking west towards the Isle of Wight, which rises out of the sea like a great big whale from this angle!</p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-20294361522670997742010-05-20T12:46:00.001-07:002010-05-20T12:46:22.514-07:00Walk along East Worthing beach<p>It has been a lovely day today so Idecided to take dog and camera over to other sied of town for a change</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WQ3A_gfFI/AAAAAAAADqA/_FlAk8nwqTQ/s1600-h/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20011%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round east wthg 011" border="0" alt="walk round east wthg 011" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WQ3yL4T2I/AAAAAAAADqE/AajBwubz1lY/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20011_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="560" height="188" /></a>  <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WQ434GlLI/AAAAAAAADqI/Pb_OoMQas0U/s1600-h/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20004%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round east wthg 004" border="0" alt="walk round east wthg 004" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WQ5_AqqiI/AAAAAAAADqM/FR0yoms4JJw/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20004_thumb%5B11%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="558" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WQ7qT5AuI/AAAAAAAADqU/1Ywd0QFFGUk/s1600-h/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20003%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; 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border-right: 0px" title="walk round east wthg 017" border="0" alt="walk round east wthg 017" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WROriBicI/AAAAAAAADrQ/mJC7Dtt2_c4/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20017_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="518" height="311" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRPqXhsAI/AAAAAAAADrU/kSDT95qoH1A/s1600-h/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20021%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round east wthg 021" border="0" alt="walk round east wthg 021" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRQvqG0KI/AAAAAAAADrY/wQP5tRC-aG0/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20021_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="265" height="396" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRRbKm9KI/AAAAAAAADrc/O3vUh7y4loE/s1600-h/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20024%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round east wthg 024" border="0" alt="walk round east wthg 024" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRSWTmenI/AAAAAAAADrg/_kbUWt98EE0/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20024_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="262" height="391" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRTnEy5EI/AAAAAAAADrk/EjJDSu3AbYc/s1600-h/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20026%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; 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border-right: 0px" title="walk round east wthg 030" border="0" alt="walk round east wthg 030" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRZWVseDI/AAAAAAAADr4/1ehaqmtegqI/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20030_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="441" height="295" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRaEe7cRI/AAAAAAAADr8/kpZ3dt9H7nc/s1600-h/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20033%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round east wthg 033" border="0" alt="walk round east wthg 033" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRbMglzjI/AAAAAAAADsA/bEclDZKggsw/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20033_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="243" height="363" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRcAul_HI/AAAAAAAADsE/vN7hcOCZvr4/s1600-h/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20036%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round east wthg 036" border="0" alt="walk round east wthg 036" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRdQ1YD9I/AAAAAAAADsI/V4I8E3HxDOA/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20036_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="388" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRefbZizI/AAAAAAAADsM/2BbM1ZsHrnA/s1600-h/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20041%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round east wthg 041" border="0" alt="walk round east wthg 041" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRgY9g97I/AAAAAAAADsQ/BnGcuJtJbLY/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20041_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="265" height="395" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRhcsIfxI/AAAAAAAADsU/7xC1mj9pK2A/s1600-h/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20042%5B8%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk round east wthg 042" border="0" alt="walk round east wthg 042" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_WRjLWUzBI/AAAAAAAADsY/1sHa4z826KI/walk%20round%20east%20wthg%20042_thumb%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="232" height="392" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-80949611146854709832010-05-19T06:52:00.001-07:002010-05-19T06:52:40.600-07:0052 walks – A walk round my garden<p>Just had to do this while the Spring flowers and blossom are still out!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_Ps4aOFA9I/AAAAAAAADnw/4wx3EAUO5Hc/s1600-h/garden%20086%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="garden 086" border="0" alt="garden 086" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_Ps5WgegTI/AAAAAAAADn0/0FhhJCLpduw/garden%20086_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="389" height="261" /></a> </p> <p>This is the view from my back door</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_Ps6dCbzcI/AAAAAAAADn4/RwrPMOlCv3A/s1600-h/garden%20087%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="garden 087" border="0" alt="garden 087" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_Ps7c6QxaI/AAAAAAAADn8/S3fXecnyKcA/garden%20087_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="317" height="474" /></a> </p> <p>Down the path on the left hand side.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_Ps8rsPXdI/AAAAAAAADoA/qN4JrQn2DDs/s1600-h/garden%20088%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="garden 088" border="0" alt="garden 088" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_Ps9rxnSmI/AAAAAAAADoE/geEvokcc3fc/garden%20088_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="321" height="479" /></a> </p> <p>The little shed at the bottom was the children’s paly house.  My Dad made it, but sadly the children very rarely played in it because of the spiders!!  We made a mistake putting it so far down the garden, it should have been nearer the house.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_Ps-v_DTnI/AAAAAAAADoI/cvOIC2jAdb4/s1600-h/garden%20092%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="garden 092" border="0" alt="garden 092" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_Ps_cNKlAI/AAAAAAAADoM/wtEu7zx-_WY/garden%20092_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_PtAAOxYEI/AAAAAAAADoQ/y-WECKDyXSY/s1600-h/garden%20093%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="garden 093" border="0" alt="garden 093" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_PtAss9DfI/AAAAAAAADoU/Q91Txx-c3O4/garden%20093_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a>   <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_PtBO6bXYI/AAAAAAAADoY/YCCm_hGEqCc/s1600-h/garden%20094%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="garden 094" border="0" alt="garden 094" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_PtBpdCS1I/AAAAAAAADoc/BqZhXEHtD5Y/garden%20094_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="156" height="208" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>I can’t go in the garden without my macro lens!  Here’s a geranium, a euphorbia and another geranium!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_PtCroA7sI/AAAAAAAADog/ZxptmWofJ4k/s1600-h/garden%20101%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="garden 101" border="0" alt="garden 101" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_PtDawQk7I/AAAAAAAADok/KC23nx8x938/garden%20101_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="261" height="390" /></a></p> <p></p> <p>Back up the path on the right hand side.  Looks like this one needs a bit of weeding!  (Actually these paths are the bane of our lives, always weedy!)</p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_PtEckzhgI/AAAAAAAADoo/adGJrnRjHwQ/s1600-h/garden%20103%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="garden 103" border="0" alt="garden 103" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_PtFEes5TI/AAAAAAAADos/2rNWaFnqLlA/garden%20103_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="273" height="407" /></a> </p> <p>This path leads up to the back of the little summer house up by the house.  It is our dumping ground!  The summer house is on a turntable and should swivel, but I don’t think we would get it to work now.  We sometimes sit in it and have a cup of coffee.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_PtGRgty7I/AAAAAAAADow/pil727jWiwI/s1600-h/garden%20104%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="garden 104" border="0" alt="garden 104" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_PtHp2WAfI/AAAAAAAADo0/8nQCyzTr7NU/garden%20104_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="432" height="289" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_PtI7BvFUI/AAAAAAAADo4/raHd-Q7oM6k/s1600-h/garden%20105%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="garden 105" border="0" alt="garden 105" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S_PtJ3bGMnI/AAAAAAAADo8/__yIe13uUfc/garden%20105_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="431" height="289" /></a> <p>And finally, here’s my greenhouse – not in the sunniest spot in the gardne as it is under the shade of a large pine tree.  At the moment it has potatoes in the border, and some bedding plants on the staging at the back.</p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-60352637205099100042010-04-28T09:38:00.001-07:002010-04-28T09:38:51.090-07:00walk round Bosham<p>This is walk number 17.  I am not keeping up with this project each week, and often wonder whether to jack it in!  But anyway, here’s today’s walk, which was wonderful!  I took Mum for lunch at a lovely garden centre near Chichester, and then we drove down to Bosham which is in the area called Chichester Harbour.  It is such a lovely village!</p> <p>We parked in the village and walked down to the quay, and were able to walk around to the other side of the lagoon as the tide was going out.  At high tide the water laps that wall and there is no path.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9hkb3SM__I/AAAAAAAADkk/KWjC7UWwEQk/s1600-h/walk%20no%2017%20001%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 17 001" border="0" alt="walk no 17 001" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9hkdLU3R1I/AAAAAAAADko/TXmE2hAKDeM/walk%20no%2017%20001_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="437" height="284" /></a> </p> <p>This si from further round the other side of the lagoon.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9hkeqkXM3I/AAAAAAAADks/o6uIv6LCSbY/s1600-h/walk%20no%2017%20003%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 17 003" border="0" alt="walk no 17 003" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9hkgC0dRcI/AAAAAAAADkw/j_GAyKsOM4c/walk%20no%2017%20003_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="443" height="295" /></a> </p> <p>Then we walked back and round past the church.  You have to careful where you park here on the quay, that bit where the ice cream van and cars are parked is submerged at high tide!  Bet lots of cars have got wet!!!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9hkhKDEXSI/AAAAAAAADk0/LrnjK9K5img/s1600-h/walk%20no%2017%20009%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 17 009" border="0" alt="walk no 17 009" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9hkh2myluI/AAAAAAAADk4/p0ED_r639Cg/walk%20no%2017%20009_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="443" height="297" /></a> </p> <p>There’s plenty of wild life about:</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9hkjLu81jI/AAAAAAAADk8/Y_FnmfSLI0M/s1600-h/walk%20no%2017%20010%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 17 010" border="0" alt="walk no 17 010" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9hkka60W4I/AAAAAAAADlA/sffXXWq764c/walk%20no%2017%20010_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="471" height="290" /></a> </p> <p>And here’s Mum!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9hklOl5czI/AAAAAAAADlE/RgT5-4LDxYM/s1600-h/walk%20no%2017%20012%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 17 012" border="0" alt="walk no 17 012" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9hkmE6R2PI/AAAAAAAADlI/cwNEvx770Jk/walk%20no%2017%20012_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="264" height="406" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-16478277154303995042010-04-25T13:13:00.001-07:002010-04-25T13:13:24.754-07:00work colleagues<p>Lots of changes going on at work, and last Tuesday we went to a ‘Change management’ workshop at Lodge Hill (fabulous venue) run by Spurgeons our new employer.  It was a lovely day and Lodge Hill is in gorgeous grounds, so we had to take a few pics!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9SiRYd9edI/AAAAAAAADjc/mNjQ414nSK4/s1600-h/family%20centre%20034%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="family centre 034" border="0" alt="family centre 034" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9SiSD40kfI/AAAAAAAADjg/2N3CxHTRrac/family%20centre%20034_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="357" height="281" /></a> </p> <p>Me, Judi, Tracey</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9SiTu7sY0I/AAAAAAAADjk/jcO-5bOSVEs/s1600-h/family%20centre%20035%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="family centre 035" border="0" alt="family centre 035" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9SiUrsVkMI/AAAAAAAADjo/oFq-69aYIUo/family%20centre%20035_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="369" height="273" /></a> </p> <p>Tracey, Me, Jane and Judi</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9SiV1L9SZI/AAAAAAAADjs/kIzDXb4oNT4/s1600-h/family%20centre%20037%5B8%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="family centre 037" border="0" alt="family centre 037" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9SiWkXjOcI/AAAAAAAADjw/4ucQen1rRXQ/family%20centre%20037_thumb%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="425" height="278" /></a> </p> <p>Me, Tracey, Jane, Sue and Judi</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9SiX9qPXlI/AAAAAAAADj0/FYjtnAgxIhY/s1600-h/family%20centre%20038%5B15%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="family centre 038" border="0" alt="family centre 038" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S9SiYs0wnZI/AAAAAAAADj4/cIRlFdzRIb4/family%20centre%20038_thumb%5B18%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="424" height="325" /></a> </p> <p>Me, Tracey, Jane, Sue, Judi and Justine</p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-33598756437183797602010-04-09T03:19:00.001-07:002010-04-09T03:19:12.628-07:00Walk on Brighton Pier<p>Just as a contrast to Worthing Pier we went to Brighton Pier!  It has loads more shops and fun fair rides on it than Worthing:</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77-6Xd3FxI/AAAAAAAADfw/c8S70dbObME/s1600-h/brighton%20005%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="brighton 005" border="0" alt="brighton 005" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77-6x4SINI/AAAAAAAADf0/aNi_fIRIvAs/brighton%20005_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="406" height="275" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77-79Uhm5I/AAAAAAAADf4/3DsAVfQm8xo/s1600-h/brighton%20012%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="brighton 012" border="0" alt="brighton 012" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77-9jniMHI/AAAAAAAADf8/pjS4URl33vs/brighton%20012_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="296" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77--u-QNGI/AAAAAAAADgA/bgqYVytd7gE/s1600-h/brighton%20015%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="brighton 015" border="0" alt="brighton 015" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77-_C7VFLI/AAAAAAAADgE/dCJmoH7EstQ/brighton%20015_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="270" height="358" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77-_5reGlI/AAAAAAAADgI/uWx2VAsvCco/s1600-h/brighton%20017%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="brighton 017" border="0" alt="brighton 017" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77_AqEGpQI/AAAAAAAADgM/qvnk9DiOuPI/brighton%20017_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="263" height="349" /></a> </p> <p>The only money we spent was to buy an ice cream and a coffee!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77_BTExfEI/AAAAAAAADgQ/Pd1sp99cHw8/s1600-h/brighton%20022%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="brighton 022" border="0" alt="brighton 022" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77_Cb0jIcI/AAAAAAAADgU/nhx6ZZ1UXU4/brighton%20022_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="254" height="338" /></a> </p> <p>It was a really beautiful sunny day and quite warm!  The pier was packed with people:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77_DS6-Q6I/AAAAAAAADgY/DcVKTqxf0NM/s1600-h/brighton%20024%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="brighton 024" border="0" alt="brighton 024" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77_D0xMDvI/AAAAAAAADgc/ggAtok3dLeI/brighton%20024_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="257" height="341" /></a> </p> <p>Love this view looking east:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77_FJrLlaI/AAAAAAAADgg/0BaZlSbe4hw/s1600-h/brighton%20029%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="brighton 029" border="0" alt="brighton 029" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77_FlRJ3II/AAAAAAAADgk/7Rrx8lf99X4/brighton%20029_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="307" /></a> </p> <p>Here’s the pier from the shore.  Notice the fish and chip kiosk in the foreground.  There must be hundreds of places to buy fish and chips in Brighton!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77_HCd6mHI/AAAAAAAADgo/O9Y9q6eBxCg/s1600-h/brighton%20036%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="brighton 036" border="0" alt="brighton 036" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S77_Hi6zw9I/AAAAAAAADgs/omDREqDJ--g/brighton%20036_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="387" height="291" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-8103278951868213642010-04-05T07:07:00.001-07:002010-04-05T07:07:34.509-07:00walk along Worthing Pier<p>I am a bit behind with my walks, so when we walked into town along the seafront this morning I thought I would photograph my walk along the pier.  Unfortunately the batteries in my camera died, so I borrowed DH’s camera.  As the sun was so bright I couldn’t see what I was taking!!!</p> <p>There are always lots of shows on at the Pavilion theatre on the landward end of the pier.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nub1a4C0I/AAAAAAAADew/UfRESnuEnMc/s1600-h/walk%20no%2013%20002%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nucth-ehI/AAAAAAAADe0/zaXIuXvI5k4/walk%20no%2013%20002_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="311" height="300" /></a></p> <p>The buildings on the pier are very art deco in style.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nud4wBMiI/AAAAAAAADe4/Gewev06l7n0/s1600-h/walk%20no%2013%20003%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nuegzjiQI/AAAAAAAADe8/-X8BdwnqG4A/walk%20no%2013%20003_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="420" height="316" /></a> </p> <p>This is the night club at the end of the pier.  Just imagine all those girls trip-trapping along the wooden slats in their ultra high heels late at night!</p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nufyY5vYI/AAAAAAAADfA/v3FzS5i7FiY/s1600-h/walk%20no%2013%20008%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nugrOeUlI/AAAAAAAADfE/cFPDH7RfOGY/walk%20no%2013%20008_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="422" height="318" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>There are always lots of fishermen fishing off the pier:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nuh24VKzI/AAAAAAAADfI/vi0BYjUH-TM/s1600-h/walk%20no%2013%20010%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nujNrcywI/AAAAAAAADfM/leGij6WLkAw/walk%20no%2013%20010_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="424" height="316" /></a> </p> <p>I am trying to get a feel for the art deco style here!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nukB-bWGI/AAAAAAAADfQ/PkZx2sydCg8/s1600-h/walk%20no%2013%20015%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nulQDKbeI/AAAAAAAADfU/OYI-1Upeo7U/walk%20no%2013%20015_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="272" height="362" /></a> </p> <p>And finally:</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7numWICv6I/AAAAAAAADfY/BWko3wzufKw/s1600-h/walk%20no%2013%20014%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7numyVW_CI/AAAAAAAADfc/HL-ETitspVc/walk%20no%2013%20014_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="405" height="286" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nunqUxULI/AAAAAAAADfg/gm3CxDyzIfQ/s1600-h/walk%20no%2013%20016%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nuoOER5MI/AAAAAAAADfk/EiEGShaJo58/walk%20no%2013%20016_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="412" height="310" /></a> </p> <p>But they didn’t say no kitesurfing over the Pier! (picture from Littlehampton gazette last November)</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nupGFMAeI/AAAAAAAADfo/EjpNLITbXbY/s1600-h/pierjumper%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="pierjumper" border="0" alt="pierjumper" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7nupQiBPFI/AAAAAAAADfs/Yqmv2RcGz7o/pierjumper_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="369" height="240" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-43039148730257386162010-04-03T10:19:00.001-07:002010-04-03T10:19:23.750-07:00walk number 12<p>I am a bit behind with my walks.  But this afternoon we decided to go out with the dog, along the Ilex trees:</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4PeiL1hI/AAAAAAAADdI/gg2wKpMlmNI/s1600-h/walk%20no%2012%20001%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 12 001" border="0" alt="walk no 12 001" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4QnH559I/AAAAAAAADdM/9Y6gAr_21J8/walk%20no%2012%20001_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="241" height="359" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4STQjYaI/AAAAAAAADdQ/hYS9vQQkSnQ/s1600-h/walk%20no%2012%20003%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 12 003" border="0" alt="walk no 12 003" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4TyCxmCI/AAAAAAAADdU/J193ibQp4ug/walk%20no%2012%20003_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="388" height="260" /></a> </p> <p>through the park in Ferring where they were playing football:</p> <p> </p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4V5YEDXI/AAAAAAAADdY/DVKMGHT08_c/s1600-h/walk%20no%2012%20008%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 12 008" border="0" alt="walk no 12 008" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4XAXJGDI/AAAAAAAADdc/AzGpcO6fOI4/walk%20no%2012%20008_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="376" height="252" /></a> <p>down the Rife (which was pretty full today and which Merlin couldn’t help but go in for a swim!) to the sea:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4YQKRttI/AAAAAAAADdg/y-nJwdAr_Kc/s1600-h/walk%20no%2012%20011%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 12 011" border="0" alt="walk no 12 011" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4ZfaKnmI/AAAAAAAADdk/aBK7OCZFdEo/walk%20no%2012%20011_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="251" height="374" /></a> </p> <p>At the beach end of the Rife is the Bluebird cafe where we had a cup of tea, and ate our hot cross buns</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4aynPNAI/AAAAAAAADdo/MYXP-QTCGWY/s1600-h/walk%20no%2012%20020%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 12 020" border="0" alt="walk no 12 020" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4b1TGUsI/AAAAAAAADds/fzHtTev_UbY/walk%20no%2012%20020_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="254" height="379" /></a> </p> <p>Merlin watches very intently for a crumb!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4dYYzU_I/AAAAAAAADdw/hsNLie-SQMM/s1600-h/walk%20no%2012%20018%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 12 018" border="0" alt="walk no 12 018" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4eo00OsI/AAAAAAAADd0/ilgZz6ZghHo/walk%20no%2012%20018_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="269" /></a> </p> <p>And back along the seafront, where the wind got up and it was very chilly!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4fkC6J1I/AAAAAAAADd4/oZLMoX_xGcg/s1600-h/walk%20no%2012%20021%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 12 021" border="0" alt="walk no 12 021" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4givw-OI/AAAAAAAADd8/FF_yPkc6mgM/walk%20no%2012%20021_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="395" height="258" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4iKrk5GI/AAAAAAAADeA/op70zpL6NVc/s1600-h/walk%20no%2012%20023%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 12 023" border="0" alt="walk no 12 023" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4jLBBkQI/AAAAAAAADeE/HXXQB03dwFA/walk%20no%2012%20023_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="399" height="264" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p>And then back up through the trees and to the car.  This picture shows the view looking back towards the sea, much better on a hot summer’s day!!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4krtvLxI/AAAAAAAADeI/l-4zMi_2r1s/s1600-h/walk%20no%2012%20026%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 12 026" border="0" alt="walk no 12 026" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S7d4mGQgo7I/AAAAAAAADeM/mvlJ43ce6ko/walk%20no%2012%20026_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="396" height="262" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-36928944623059783412010-03-28T04:31:00.001-07:002010-03-28T04:31:15.170-07:00Tom’s 18th Birthday party<p>We had a fabulous time at Tom’s 18th birthday party last night.  It was held in the Dome, in the top room which is actually the dome.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6891j67l1I/AAAAAAAADcE/Vb1QOaj7l7o/s1600-h/weekend%207and8%20sept%2C%20030%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="weekend 7and8 sept, 030" border="0" alt="weekend 7and8 sept, 030" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6892NwXVkI/AAAAAAAADcI/qzJZRQpug1A/weekend%207and8%20sept%2C%20030_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="215" height="321" /></a> </p> <p>This is what the dome looks like inside.  It was the 2 floors you can see in the picture above, the top floor being like a gallery.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6893ZAsLNI/AAAAAAAADcM/ZfoFgttGNsE/s1600-h/Tom%27s%20party%20006%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Tom's party 006" border="0" alt="Tom's party 006" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6897sIzNlI/AAAAAAAADcU/7o2ZJq6dwAY/Tom%27s%20party%20006_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="259" height="344" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6899KCHPoI/AAAAAAAADcY/09LYfE-L1N4/s1600-h/Tom%27s%20party%20004%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Tom's party 004" border="0" alt="Tom's party 004" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6899sXWbqI/AAAAAAAADcc/IDoAerHPrNM/Tom%27s%20party%20004_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="397" height="299" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>Here’s Tom, Lucy, Kirsty and Steve arriving in the stretch hummer:</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S689-gB1cqI/AAAAAAAADcg/kEep_04lt50/s1600-h/Tom%27s%20party%20002%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Tom's party 002" border="0" alt="Tom's party 002" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S689_GUXIQI/AAAAAAAADck/k6-Joj0I2DU/Tom%27s%20party%20002_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="304" /></a> </p> <p>And finally a rather nice one of Maurice and Lucy:</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S689_-eiM1I/AAAAAAAADco/o75ITyHberY/s1600-h/Tom%27s%20party%20014b%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="" border="0" alt="" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S68-AX0TvzI/AAAAAAAADcs/kBuSZEKMecE/Tom%27s%20party%20014b_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="285" height="379" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-35319488195596363192010-03-21T10:28:00.001-07:002010-03-21T10:28:17.572-07:00Walk no 11<p>I have not kept up with ‘52’ walks, but here’s one we did today:</p> <p>We decided as it was such a nice day to walk the dog somewhere a bit different.  But all the places we could think of would have had sheep and lambs – not a good idea with Merlin!  So we decided to go up to Cissbury Ring, an iron age hill fort just north of Worthing:</p> <p>It is quite a steep climb up from where we usually park.  Merlin loves to run on ahead and then run back down the hill towards us!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6ZXCdcVpNI/AAAAAAAADa8/sIbreQedSwY/s1600-h/walk%20no%2011%20001%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 11 001" border="0" alt="walk no 11 001" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6ZXDBwIrxI/AAAAAAAADbA/HeOpoHn7M84/walk%20no%2011%20001_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="416" height="279" /></a> </p> <p>Walking through the gate onto the actual ring itself</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6ZXEWF3FqI/AAAAAAAADbE/PsPdf9YvZ_o/s1600-h/walk%20no%2011%20004%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 11 004" border="0" alt="walk no 11 004" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6ZXFch_xsI/AAAAAAAADbI/DP3UwG8XVSQ/walk%20no%2011%20004_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="277" /></a> </p> <p>We walked on the lower path today, and round the other way!  </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6ZXGSCDKhI/AAAAAAAADbM/5AZZEdxG6CI/s1600-h/walk%20no%2011%20008%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 11 008" border="0" alt="walk no 11 008" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6ZXHZkE_NI/AAAAAAAADbQ/-zxAXAxfoms/walk%20no%2011%20008_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="277" /></a> </p> <p>The path in the distance goes over towards Lancing clump, a place I frequesnted as a child!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6ZXIEfJevI/AAAAAAAADbU/LI73nzolg2o/s1600-h/walk%20no%2011%20010%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 11 010" border="0" alt="walk no 11 010" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6ZXJOJMKrI/AAAAAAAADbY/GnZ4kiUyiiI/walk%20no%2011%20010_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="252" height="376" /></a> </p> <p>Views to the south and the sea.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6ZXJ3JqdwI/AAAAAAAADbc/IJlwpDlOyQA/s1600-h/walk%20no%2011%20011%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 11 011" border="0" alt="walk no 11 011" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6ZXKosS5xI/AAAAAAAADbg/7OhuBBNcxf8/walk%20no%2011%20011_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="443" height="297" /></a> </p> <p>Views to the north and fields!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6ZXLUoIydI/AAAAAAAADbk/Dp3iXEfl8d8/s1600-h/walk%20no%2011%20012%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 11 012" border="0" alt="walk no 11 012" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S6ZXMEO6fZI/AAAAAAAADbo/H5SMBf_Hpbw/walk%20no%2011%20012_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="291" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-8364799419465008082010-02-26T02:57:00.001-08:002010-02-26T02:57:59.637-08:00walk number 8 – Ferring Beach (again!)<p>It is one of my favourite walks!  The sun was shining so I took my camera, and nearly didn’t take my hat!  Glad I did – cos it was a cold wind!  The greensward is so soggy and muddy!  Merlin just loves splashing in the puddles, and was very muddy when we got home!  Right at this moment he is lying on my hall carpet making it muddy and smelly!!LOL!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epA_1JSLI/AAAAAAAADTU/JVbPkijIBUM/s1600-h/walk%20no%208%20008%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 8 008" border="0" alt="walk no 8 008" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epBrMCB2I/AAAAAAAADTY/mDgaK4LMjZA/walk%20no%208%20008_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a>  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epCdQ05WI/AAAAAAAADTc/AYeAoYh7ank/s1600-h/walk%20no%208%20001%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 8 001" border="0" alt="walk no 8 001" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epDGLGwzI/AAAAAAAADTg/8M9O4yeOXGY/walk%20no%208%20001_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="224" height="334" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epD5m5YzI/AAAAAAAADTk/85Sz-OkFSRE/s1600-h/walk%20no%208%20002%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 8 002" border="0" alt="walk no 8 002" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epEaARETI/AAAAAAAADTo/fMs14cF4TCw/walk%20no%208%20002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epF8vrwUI/AAAAAAAADTs/tkvJ1X6uE5o/s1600-h/walk%20no%208%20003%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 8 003" border="0" alt="walk no 8 003" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epGYC6SCI/AAAAAAAADTw/e2qT9S1DFXc/walk%20no%208%20003_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="323" height="217" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epHqMB5DI/AAAAAAAADT0/zJ6QgI_w9_s/s1600-h/walk%20no%208%20004%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 8 004" border="0" alt="walk no 8 004" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epINg28RI/AAAAAAAADT4/0IE_XIsFJEY/walk%20no%208%20004_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epJryalQI/AAAAAAAADT8/D7ZNUpt78q4/s1600-h/walk%20no%208%20005%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 8 005" border="0" alt="walk no 8 005" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epKVjDi8I/AAAAAAAADUA/wIdJZQAL-iY/walk%20no%208%20005_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epLYiLpVI/AAAAAAAADUE/ddg8ut_ntUc/s1600-h/walk%20no%208%20006%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 8 006" border="0" alt="walk no 8 006" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epL7dnCZI/AAAAAAAADUI/tQPzk--IT5w/walk%20no%208%20006_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epM1wt8dI/AAAAAAAADUM/T9e_J95aICk/s1600-h/walk%20no%208%20007%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk no 8 007" border="0" alt="walk no 8 007" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S4epNbmoPfI/AAAAAAAADUQ/zBzBedFreds/walk%20no%208%20007_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-52214624002241121572010-01-31T08:02:00.001-08:002010-01-31T08:02:32.123-08:00walk no 6 Worthing Seafront<p>I decided to take my camera with me on a walk along Worthing seafront this morning as it was so nice and bright.  Abit chilly though, look there’s still frost on Marine Gardens</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpQjoNwJI/AAAAAAAADNM/gCtK0dEaF5c/s1600-h/walk%206%20002%5B14%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk 6 002" border="0" alt="walk 6 002" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpRtgmZII/AAAAAAAADNQ/30T3yxg_dM4/walk%206%20002_thumb%5B12%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="403" height="270" /></a> </p> <p>I always have to take a picture of these beach huts!  They are doing a lot of work to the prom, reinstating the cycle route, so that’s workmen stuff in the background.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpSbt5klI/AAAAAAAADNU/EYWnAYuTUOo/s1600-h/walk%206%20004%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk 6 004" border="0" alt="walk 6 004" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpTGwbU5I/AAAAAAAADNY/QDReYdpGsq0/walk%206%20004_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="271" /></a> </p> <p>Then I decided to concentrate on the buildings on the seafront.  Here’s a bit of Heene Terrace:</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpUBnjtcI/AAAAAAAADNc/4jeAef4-WQE/s1600-h/walk%206%20005%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk 6 005" border="0" alt="walk 6 005" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpVMYBCYI/AAAAAAAADNg/ABujzCPozRk/walk%206%20005_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="233" height="348" /></a> </p> <p>And the Beach Hotel.  They are due to do some alterations to this building, but I love the 1940s/50s style:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpWvACZ0I/AAAAAAAADNk/_5HtnU98nP4/s1600-h/walk%206%20007%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk 6 007" border="0" alt="walk 6 007" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpXeTdHKI/AAAAAAAADNo/-VOKmtRi9ao/walk%206%20007_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="396" height="265" /></a> </p> <p>I think that little cottage is called the ‘Fisherman’s Cottage’, peeping through the palm tree!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpYWpw_8I/AAAAAAAADNs/wBK1WKmWtzY/s1600-h/walk%206%20009%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk 6 009" border="0" alt="walk 6 009" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpZADC6-I/AAAAAAAADNw/JKIzSd2sHLU/walk%206%20009_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="268" height="400" /></a> </p> <p>Then I decided to take pictures of the seafront shelters:</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpaUFGxkI/AAAAAAAADN0/8YdPvH3x5A4/s1600-h/walk%206%20012%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk 6 012" border="0" alt="walk 6 012" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpbRXZ8EI/AAAAAAAADN4/N1z4Z43WuJ0/walk%206%20012_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="388" height="260" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpcRpeuNI/AAAAAAAADN8/AHyR4z5aDJs/s1600-h/walk%206%20008%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk 6 008" border="0" alt="walk 6 008" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpdPWxpxI/AAAAAAAADOA/z4h8nasgHUQ/walk%206%20008_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="390" height="261" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpeBcCyqI/AAAAAAAADOE/RHWBOlHvmJA/s1600-h/walk%206%20013%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk 6 013" border="0" alt="walk 6 013" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpfPwho9I/AAAAAAAADOI/AXDEhhmvzuE/walk%206%20013_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="396" height="265" /></a> </p> <p>And then back up Grand Avenue.  This is Dolphin Lodge at the end of Grand Avenue.  It was originally built as a hotel, but has always been flats.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpgDaDRHI/AAAAAAAADOM/-brQtqyb1jI/s1600-h/walk%206%20014%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk 6 014" border="0" alt="walk 6 014" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WphAWCwZI/AAAAAAAADOQ/i3FzZ57gPSg/walk%206%20014_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="269" /></a> </p> <p>The ‘new’ bit on the seafront end has this amazing mosaic on the side.  I love the 1960s feel to it!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpiSR7bsI/AAAAAAAADOU/5B0olALUzuI/s1600-h/walk%206%20018%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk 6 018" border="0" alt="walk 6 018" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpjBWc2LI/AAAAAAAADOY/Uc7-AnF6A0w/walk%206%20018_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="261" height="389" /></a> </p> <p>Here’s one of the Ilex trees of which Grand Avenue is famous for!  I didn’t realise how much this one leaned over until I took this picture!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WpkdXqqVI/AAAAAAAADOc/stKaTTnD_xM/s1600-h/walk%206%20021%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="walk 6 021" border="0" alt="walk 6 021" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S2WplqQuCxI/AAAAAAAADOg/BmwjXbn9MuU/walk%206%20021_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="265" height="395" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15781051.post-83646395018461471852010-01-20T11:44:00.001-08:002010-01-20T13:00:11.488-08:00January 20th<p>The 3rd prompt for 52in10 challenge is ‘What would you tell your younger self?’</p> <p>Well, I know what I would say….  Go to university – do NOT take the job as a trainee accountant!  I was 17 when I met Maurice and although it sounds corny, it was love at first sight!  I took my A levels (Maths, Physics and Chemistry) and was applying to university to do Biochemistry.  I even applied and sat entrance exams for Oxford!  But, we decided that we couldn’t live without each other and wanted to get married.  <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S1duvHmM1_I/AAAAAAAADKc/lsOpPyUXbb8/s1600-h/img004%20%282%29%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="img004 (2)" border="0" alt="img004 (2)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S1duxYI3xQI/AAAAAAAADKg/k2wVVMBPhC4/img004%20%282%29_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="244" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>So I  didn’t go to university, I got a job as a trainee accountant.  I qualified as an accountant – and worked in accountancy for 10 years, eventually having my own clients when I had the children. </p> <p>Well, we have been very happily married for 31 years now, and our children are 18 and 21.  I did go to university- when I was 39, and took a degree in Neuroscience.  (One of my greatest achievements - I got a first!)  I am glad I did go eventually, but it was not the same as going when you are 18.  The children were young, and I didn’t have time or inclination to socialise.  I really enjoyed my degree, and it bought up huge regrets that I didn’t go earlier, and have a career in Science.  It has taken me years to work through the regret, first of all blaming others for not ‘making’ me go (!) and then realising that it was MY decision, and at that time NO ONE would have persuaded me otherwise.  So I guess what I would say would be ‘go and get a science job!’ not ‘go to university!’.  I have absolutely no regrets about getting married, and have had a very happy life!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S1duyvc87MI/AAAAAAAADKk/fD81w3u6Z4c/s1600-h/wigu1%20copy%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="wigu1 copy" border="0" alt="wigu1 copy" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fmzgpiu6ehA/S1duzUE7woI/AAAAAAAADKo/D647lTiFqmQ/wigu1%20copy_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="255" height="341" /></a></p> Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006686534903023371noreply@blogger.com3