Greek toilets were,and are,pretty grim, but I still remember a loo in a rest-room in a village, partly Bedouin, in the middle of the Sinai between Israel and Cairo - it had a tree growing out of the floor, all the tiles buckled and broken, and the top protruding through the roof. The locals then tried to sell us bottled water, most of which were already open, or half empty! Oh the joys of travel and broadening your horizons!
I know a campsite like that, Frank. Stayed there for a week. No one tried to clean it though!
Fairygirl, I don't find clowns scary - I find them tragic. They make me want to cry, not laugh. Norman Wisdom had the same effect on me.
My last caravanning experience of Scotland was a few years. we were up in the highlands and had wonderful weather, then the rains came, the river filled up, I took dog for walk and came back to chaos as the warden had said we had 10mins to clear the site before it was inundated Everyone helped everyone else, awning was thrown into Loo. Sodden dog was thrown into car and we were directed to a rough site - no electricity but clean toilets. Roads had land slides absolute nightmare. While there gas ran out so no hot meal though we did manage to have a hot drink before it went. We knew the caravan battery needed replacing - chose that night to not work and the torch battery went as well.
Hardly slept that night for the sound of the nearby waterfall storming over the rocks.
We retreated to Stirling, topped up the gas, electricity meant the lights worked and other caravanners helped us with the crumpled sodden awning.
Now we always have a wind up torch and radio, Make sure the battery is checked every year and the last visit to Scotland we stayed in a hotel, but we have a hankering to go see the Highlands again
Well, hello Pentillie! You make me feel like calling myself Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
It is a village in Wales whose name means "Saint Mary's Church in a hollow of white hazel near the swirling whirlpool of the church of Saint Tysilio with a red cave." Apparently. it is the second longest place name in the world, the longest being a place in New Zealand. However, I think it was a made-up name intended to attract attention on the railway timetables and so get people to visit this place in the back of beyond. Not sure if that is shrewd or silly.
Do you know anything about the origins of the name Pentillie? I know, because I read it earlier, that it is a castle. How did you come to be born there? Cornish is related to Welsh in that they are both Celtic languages. In Welsh, Pen means 'top', as in the top of a mountain or field. That's about the limit of my Welsh, I may say.
Never mind toilets in France or Greece, just hope you never have to go to one in India (except for posh hotels). Stand up ones like France but no toilet paper, just a tap with a tin under it and you're supposed to use your left hand (the right one is for eating)!
Hi, Swiss Sue. I see what you mean!! I have Indian friends who say they never want to return to India, although they were middle class and doing well, because of the dirty conditions in their area.
i have been thinking again about calling myself by that long Welsh name. What would people call me for short?
Rosa, I rather admire the spunk of someone who wants to to back to the highlands for another dose after an experience like that! (I hope I haven't just used a very rude word!! And I don't mean 'highlands'!) BTW, I do realise how utterly bigoted I am being, in case I am about to receive hate male from offended Scots folk... I am joking. Sort of.
Well, hello Pentillie! You make me feel like calling myself Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
That's easy for you to say......... It's ok GG I forgive you...it's just 'mountain envy' cos ours are bigger than yours All this talk of toilets....Cairo- ye gods!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
GG - Pentillie Castle was built 300 years ago by Sir John Coryton. His widow married James Tillie, and as the Cornish Pen means the same as the Welsh, being built high above the river, the name becomes self-explanatory.
During and after the Second World War, expectant mums were taken to Pentillie as all the hospitals in that part of Devon and Cornwall were badly damaged or full of civilian and military casualties - thus my birth cert shows Pentillie as place of birth, and what a lovely place it is, the views across to Dartmoor are lovely.
We are known as the Pentillie Babes, and the current owner, Ted Coryton, is hosting another Babes reunion day in three weeks. The castle featured a couple of times recently in the Caroline Quentin TV programme on Cornwall.
If GG changes her name to that long Welsh town we will call her LL - I will probably call her Mamm-Wynn Kembres!
AT LONG LAST I can get a word in ,Why is it that some not all, infrequent users ask how do you do this or that The BBC bless their hearts , have provided at the top of the page HOW to lot of info can;t go wrong ,
Derek woof woof
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Hi clogerhead, I too am an infrequent user of this site ... but... I love reading what others like me have discovered and want to know what others like me - want to know.. so to speak. I do watch the BBC gardening programmes and have recorded a few so that I can watch them again ana again to pick up some expert tips. But the nice thing about the gardening forum (for me at least) is reading little gems from gardeners like me who are not experts and are learning new things all the time. Hope this explains why we ask how to do this or that. Cheers
Thanks Sterelitza
Derek - I hope this puts your comments in perspective. Can we move on now, as, ofcourse, Mature people... and please dont shout at me!
AT LONG LAST I can get a word in ,Why is it that some not all, infrequent users ask how do you do this or that The BBC bless their hearts , have provided at the top of the page HOW to lot of info can;t go wrong ,
Derek woof woof
sterelitza wrote
Hi clogerhead, I too am an infrequent user of this site ... but... I love reading what others like me have discovered and want to know what others like me - want to know.. so to speak. I do watch the BBC gardening programmes and have recorded a few so that I can watch them again ana again to pick up some expert tips. But the nice thing about the gardening forum (for me at least) is reading little gems from gardeners like me who are not experts and are learning new things all the time. Hope this explains why we ask how to do this or that. Cheers
Thanks Sterelitza
Derek - I hope this puts your comments in perspective. Can we move on now, as, ofcourse, Mature people... and please dont shout at me!
AT LONG LAST I can get a word in ,Why is it that some not all, infrequent users ask how do you do this or that The BBC bless their hearts , have provided at the top of the page HOW to lot of info can;t go wrong ,
Derek woof woof
sterelitza wrote
Hi clogerhead, I too am an infrequent user of this site ... but... I love reading what o
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I know a campsite like that, Frank. Stayed there for a week. No one tried to clean it though!
Fairygirl, I don't find clowns scary - I find them tragic. They make me want to cry, not laugh. Norman Wisdom had the same effect on me.
My last caravanning experience of Scotland was a few years. we were up in the highlands and had wonderful weather, then the rains came, the river filled up, I took dog for walk and came back to chaos as the warden had said we had 10mins to clear the site before it was inundated Everyone helped everyone else, awning was thrown into Loo. Sodden dog was thrown into car and we were directed to a rough site - no electricity but clean toilets. Roads had land slides absolute nightmare. While there gas ran out so no hot meal though we did manage to have a hot drink before it went. We knew the caravan battery needed replacing - chose that night to not work and the torch battery went as well.
Hardly slept that night for the sound of the nearby waterfall storming over the rocks.
We retreated to Stirling, topped up the gas, electricity meant the lights worked and other caravanners helped us with the crumpled sodden awning.
Now we always have a wind up torch and radio, Make sure the battery is checked every year and the last visit to Scotland we stayed in a hotel, but we have a hankering to go see the Highlands again
Well, hello Pentillie! You make me feel like calling myself Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
It is a village in Wales whose name means "Saint Mary's Church in a hollow of white hazel near the swirling whirlpool of the church of Saint Tysilio with a red cave." Apparently. it is the second longest place name in the world, the longest being a place in New Zealand. However, I think it was a made-up name intended to attract attention on the railway timetables and so get people to visit this place in the back of beyond. Not sure if that is shrewd or silly.
Do you know anything about the origins of the name Pentillie? I know, because I read it earlier, that it is a castle. How did you come to be born there? Cornish is related to Welsh in that they are both Celtic languages. In Welsh, Pen means 'top', as in the top of a mountain or field. That's about the limit of my Welsh, I may say.
Never mind toilets in France or Greece, just hope you never have to go to one in India (except for posh hotels). Stand up ones like France but no toilet paper, just a tap with a tin under it and you're supposed to use your left hand (the right one is for eating)!
Hi, Swiss Sue. I see what you mean!!
I have Indian friends who say they never want to return to India, although they were middle class and doing well, because of the dirty conditions in their area.
i have been thinking again about calling myself by that long Welsh name. What would people call me for short?
Rosa, I rather admire the spunk of someone who wants to to back to the highlands for another dose after an experience like that! (I hope I haven't just used a very rude word!! And I don't mean 'highlands'!) BTW, I do realise how utterly bigoted I am being, in case I am about to receive hate male from offended Scots folk... I am joking. Sort of.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Still no notifications!!!!!
During and after the Second World War, expectant mums were taken to Pentillie as all the hospitals in that part of Devon and Cornwall were badly damaged or full of civilian and military casualties - thus my birth cert shows Pentillie as place of birth, and what a lovely place it is, the views across to Dartmoor are lovely.
We are known as the Pentillie Babes, and the current owner, Ted Coryton, is hosting another Babes reunion day in three weeks. The castle featured a couple of times recently in the Caroline Quentin TV programme on Cornwall.
If GG changes her name to that long Welsh town we will call her LL - I will probably call her Mamm-Wynn Kembres!