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Post by Dutchy on Sept 21, 2006 8:20:24 GMT
Gosh I love these kind of threads.
I'll have to go out and get some of my area now.
Ad a Dutch touch.
Dutchy
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Post by Dr Bill on Sept 21, 2006 8:49:42 GMT
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Post by Plocket on Sept 21, 2006 9:20:10 GMT
Nottingham cathedral looks so much smaller than I imagined it!!
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Post by Dr Bill on Sept 21, 2006 9:22:42 GMT
Nottingham cathedral looks so much smaller than I imagined it!! It isn't much bigger than an ordinary parish church really. But then the Catholic population in the mid 19th century must have been relatively small so it would have been adequate I suppose |
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Post by Plocket on Sept 21, 2006 9:24:52 GMT
I always imagine Nottingham to be a fairly big place, what with it's history - the fair etc.
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Post by Dr Bill on Sept 21, 2006 9:56:04 GMT
Nottingham is a fairly sizeable city (I can't give you any figures I am afraid). But of course Catholicism was fairly low key in the first half of the 19th century and funds were limited. The cathedral was completed in 1844. Here is some more information if you are interested www.stbarnabasnottingham.org.uk/pugin.html |
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 22, 2006 18:08:51 GMT
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Post by MamIDdau on Sept 22, 2006 21:33:31 GMT
View into a field down the road...  View from the front window taken just before work started on our roof  View from the back door over the valley across the River Conwy  |
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Post by MamIDdau on Sept 22, 2006 21:34:31 GMT
BTW Piccies are at my parent's house which is where I still call home even though I've just moved house lol
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Post by MamIDdau on Sept 22, 2006 21:37:30 GMT
Oh and just down the road.....  |
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 23, 2006 9:22:56 GMT
Wow Aprilaydee. The latter one being where you moved to? ;D The view I have got is less noble but still very nice  And this one of the cows on the next field  Oh and my house, We live in the right hand half. The house is 11 years old now.  Our castle still needs some turrets but we are waiting for that lottery ticket to come true. Dutchy |
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Post by MamIDdau on Sept 24, 2006 18:55:38 GMT
Ah Dutchy, where I've moved to is rented so it's the landlord's light. It still works though. Lots of work to be done in the garden anyway, the house hasn't been lived in for the 6 months prior to us moving in so the garden has been left to its own devices for too long.
Good job I didn't take a photo of the veggie patch....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2006 6:40:22 GMT
Finally I got round to taking a couple of pics of where I live. These are taken two mins round the corner from bessie mates lounge window. Hillington industrial estate with the Campsies in the background  Glasgow Airport is out there somewhere  I wish I had his view, but I can go look whenever I want ;D |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Sept 26, 2006 9:25:21 GMT
well, LL, this is where oldmoley spends much of his time... a one-time Victorian showpiece garden - now 7 acres gone to wilderness, but retrievable, in parts, with a lot of patience...  |
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Post by Plocket on Sept 26, 2006 9:36:36 GMT
WOW!!!!! Is that your house in the middle?
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Post by lottielady on Sept 26, 2006 9:53:25 GMT
Oh OM what a fantastic place to live. There was a thread on the beeb a while back about what would be our ideal garden, and yours fits the descriptionl for quite a few of us. All I would need to add is a gothic ruin and I would be in my element. Thank you so much for posting the photo.
LL x
<going of to deam smiley>
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 27, 2006 17:36:00 GMT
Wow OM I do love the look of that. On the down side do you have to do that garden on your own  I feel my Artrose kicking in just by looking at it. Ah just to sit back and relax there wow. I wish you many gardeners ( volunteers or you will be broke soon ). Dutchy |
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Post by Main Admin on Sept 28, 2006 19:33:55 GMT
Heres some more of Elgin, well on the outskirts anyway.... From one side of my old house...  From the other....   And where I go fishing...  |
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Post by Plocket on Sept 29, 2006 17:05:45 GMT
Beautiful photos CB!
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Sept 29, 2006 17:17:06 GMT
OH and I absolutely love Scotland. We haven't been able to get up there this year  Great pics CB! |
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Post by andy on Oct 1, 2006 6:47:16 GMT
I live in the county town of East Sussex, Lewes. We're about 10 miles north west of Brighton and sit right on the river ouse. Famed for its history, bonfire night and Harvey's brewery, Lewes is a reletively small town with a population of around 15,000. A walk around the town will see many very old buildings dating back to the 15th century, a castle, priory ruins and some fantastic churches. But Lewes is famed for one thing.....it's bonfire celebrations. On Nov 5th (this year it'll be the 4th), the town is invaded by up to 50,000 people who come to watch a spectacle of torch lit processions, amaizing fancy dress and superb fireworks displays. I'm lucky enough to live overlooking the flood plains (Lewes was very badly flooded in 2000) and the river ouse. Apart from a very small single storey school, there is nothing but countryside when i look out of my back garden. The photo below shows north Sussex taken from the top of our estate. If anyone's interested, here's a website which gives details about the bonfire plus other world wide events such as the international "pea throwing championships". www.lewesonline.com/index.php Andy |
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Post by magrich on Oct 1, 2006 11:53:38 GMT
 you are all making me feel very inadequate!!! I don't have a digital camera or a phone which takes pictures (dinosaur!!) I live in manchester (suburbs) and only about 15 mins drive from moorland. My son lives in leicester (like cherrypeabrain in a 3 bed semi). he only moved in a couple of weeks ago , but the man who had lived there was a agrdener, so off to a good start. keep the pictures coming..........you never know, I might just invest..
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Post by MamIDdau on Oct 1, 2006 12:12:37 GMT
hehe Andy, I like the sound of the pea throwing championships.
Where abouts in Manchester do you live magrich? I grew up in Altrincham and my sister lives in Northenden. I was lucky where I lived cos I was near the River Bollin and only a short drive from other peaceful areas and places like Dunham Massey.
We're having a housewarming/bonfire night party here on 4th November. I shall be watching the fireworks from the conservatory because I'm a wimp and I don't like loud noises :-D
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 13, 2007 14:12:44 GMT
Just sat and read through this thread while we had a shower of rain  some lovely pics  Thought I would add Belvoir Castle to the places near where I live  It's actually in Lincolnshire and I'm in Leicestershire but it is only about 20 minutes up the road from me |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Jul 14, 2007 19:44:22 GMT
I live in Mexborough south Yorkshire Our house  Front Our house  Back Mexborough Train Station  The great flood 2007  View of farm at back of Morphy Richards factory Usually fields not a lake ! A view out of town over the countryside, we are lucky round here as we are surrounded by lovely countryside. The fields at the back of the station are the same place as in the flood picture!  |
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Post by cjhomebird on Jul 14, 2007 20:31:47 GMT
This is te view fromj the top of our garden in one direction. Our Town is an old town famous for fishing tackle and springs, but sadly most of the original manufacturers have long gone, their factories turned into flats or demolished. CJ  |
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some lovely pics 
