Loving all these photos, from all the corners of the world we live in - how they differ in geography, architecture, altitude etc. I can no longer travel, and so enjoy seeing all the lovely scenes in our big wide world. We had a fabulous holiday or two in the Dordogne, camping and canoeing, but never got further than Europe before illness prevented me from travelling further afield. In my dreams .....
Asking why we are not part of the United Kingdom - this subject crops up many times to do with postage costs, whether companies will send to the Channel Islands because we are not part of the U.K. and competitions not applicable to the Channel Islands, and I am sure 101 other reasons why not being part of the U.K. is a hindrance. I am no historian but the Channel Islands used to belong to France. In fact men from here joined William the Conqueror in his quest to become King of England. When King John came to the throne of England a treaty was signed relinquishing all French rights to the islands. This is all simplified but basically the islands are in the Bay of Normandy but still within the English Channel. We still have many French road names and most true Guernsey people have French ancestors although we all speak English now. We do have our own Government but the Queen is the head and can sit in on any of our Government meetings, she also elects our Rectors as head of the church of England. I imagine I will have lost a lot of you by now, but for those still hanging in and who are interested there are various Guernsey websites that can explain our history far better than I have.
Thank you GD, that was interesting. Now I'm off to look at Google! I know a couple of people who are now living in Dordogne but came from the Channel Islands.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Papi Jo - GD mentioned the fact about Guernsey being in Britain but not the UK. I simply wondered about the reason. I knew it wasn't part of France - or not now anyway.
Thank you for the explanation GD
Will have a look at the jigsaw site Pat. I use Fairygirl55 as Fairygirl on it's own was already taken. I can see myself getting quite hooked...
Now where's that photo of the Ring of Steall when I was up there...that would take a while
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Johnny, I just had a look at the world clocks and found Calgary is 7.15pm while I am 12.15 pm. That'll help me work out "when" you are. I too am interested in history, so have found the recent posts very interesting. Our Australian "white" history dates from the 1770s so we dont have REALLY old historic buildings etc, but still lots of interesting tales of exploration and settlement. My husband spends a lot of effort on genealogy for both his family and mine. It's amazing what he finds. We are both basically from England, Ireland and Scotland.
A few pictures from our walk in the sunshine yesterday and today's brooding evening sky.The first picture is known as Churchill Avenue, the second is a Chelsea winning garden by Hugo Bugg which was donated to this site after the show in May, the third picture is showing 3 of the Bailiwick islands, the fourth is the distant Normandy coast in France and lastly the sky tonight.
Sadly no aym - our old home was 3 flights tall but still had no sea view - we live about 1 mile inland f but with trees and a hill blocking the view of the sea. Our "newer" home is just a very low cottage with very little view at all.
There are downsides to living by the sea aym - sand blowing into the garden, pebbles hurled onto the roof (stormy seas), prevailing salty winds (rusty cars), need I go on. We are in a great place here, surrounded by fields but I love going to the beach to walk, sit etc. We can all dream that the grass is greener on t'other side but is it really???
No moody skies in Glen Etive yesterday. We have to make the most of those good days - we don't get too many of them before the grey ones come back for winter
En route - a stop at Loch Lomond, looking south east as the sun was coming up..
and Ben Lomond from the same spot, further along to the north
Approaching Bridge of Orchy, Beinn Dorain with the early sun highlighting her eastern flanks
Beautiful Ben Starav (right) and the ridge across toone of it's neighbouring Munros, Glas Beinn Mhor
View back across to the other side of the glen - Beinn Fhionnlaidh on the left
Played about with effects on the camera, beside the Allt Ceitlein
Pano of the craggy north faces of the corrie running from Stob Coire an Albanaich and Beinn Chaorach
The slabs of rock on the corrie
and on the ascent
On the way back out - the back ends of the two 'Bookils' - Buchaille Etive Mor (right) and Buchaille Etive Beag (left) . The translations are The Big Herdsman and The Big Herdsman's Little Brother
Long view of the two ridges
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The summer months are the worst - especially in forested areas and near water, so our glens with wtaerfalls ar eparticularly bad. The perfect habitat for them.
Lochsides in humid weather is where they like to hunt the tourists....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Loving all these photos, from all the corners of the world we live in - how they differ in geography, architecture, altitude etc. I can no longer travel, and so enjoy seeing all the lovely scenes in our big wide world. We had a fabulous holiday or two in the Dordogne, camping and canoeing, but never got further than Europe before illness prevented me from travelling further afield. In my dreams .....
Asking why we are not part of the United Kingdom - this subject crops up many times to do with postage costs, whether companies will send to the Channel Islands because we are not part of the U.K. and competitions not applicable to the Channel Islands, and I am sure 101 other reasons why not being part of the U.K. is a hindrance. I am no historian but the Channel Islands used to belong to France. In fact men from here joined William the Conqueror in his quest to become King of England. When King John came to the throne of England a treaty was signed relinquishing all French rights to the islands. This is all simplified but basically the islands are in the Bay of Normandy but still within the English Channel. We still have many French road names and most true Guernsey people have French ancestors although we all speak English now. We do have our own Government but the Queen is the head and can sit in on any of our Government meetings, she also elects our Rectors as head of the church of England. I imagine I will have lost a lot of you by now, but for those still hanging in and who are interested there are various Guernsey websites that can explain our history far better than I have.
Thank you GD, that was interesting. Now I'm off to look at Google! I know a couple of people who are now living in Dordogne but came from the Channel Islands.
Papi Jo - GD mentioned the fact about Guernsey being in Britain but not the UK. I simply wondered about the reason. I knew it wasn't part of France - or not now anyway.
Thank you for the explanation GD
Will have a look at the jigsaw site Pat. I use Fairygirl55 as Fairygirl on it's own was already taken. I can see myself getting quite hooked...
Now where's that photo of the Ring of Steall when I was up there...that would take a while
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Johnny, I just had a look at the world clocks and found Calgary is 7.15pm while I am 12.15 pm. That'll help me work out "when" you are. I too am interested in history, so have found the recent posts very interesting. Our Australian "white" history dates from the 1770s so we dont have REALLY old historic buildings etc, but still lots of interesting tales of exploration and settlement. My husband spends a lot of effort on genealogy for both his family and mine. It's amazing what he finds. We are both basically from England, Ireland and Scotland.
A few pictures from our walk in the sunshine yesterday and today's brooding evening sky.
The first picture is known as Churchill Avenue, the second is a Chelsea winning garden by Hugo Bugg which was donated to this site after the show in May, the third picture is showing 3 of the Bailiwick islands, the fourth is the distant Normandy coast in France and lastly the sky tonight.
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Sadly no aym - our old home was 3 flights tall but still had no sea view - we live about 1 mile inland f but with trees and a hill blocking the view of the sea. Our "newer" home is just a very low cottage with very little view at all.
There are downsides to living by the sea aym - sand blowing into the garden, pebbles hurled onto the roof (stormy seas), prevailing salty winds (rusty cars), need I go on. We are in a great place here, surrounded by fields but I love going to the beach to walk, sit etc. We can all dream that the grass is greener on t'other side but is it really???
Excellent visibility yesterday GD. A bit of a brooding sky tonight. .. . . rain on the way?
Lovely photos GD. Particularly the moody sky
No moody skies in Glen Etive yesterday. We have to make the most of those good days - we don't get too many of them before the grey ones come back for winter
En route - a stop at Loch Lomond, looking south east as the sun was coming up..
and Ben Lomond from the same spot, further along to the north
Approaching Bridge of Orchy, Beinn Dorain with the early sun highlighting her eastern flanks
Beautiful Ben Starav (right) and the ridge across toone of it's neighbouring Munros, Glas Beinn Mhor
View back across to the other side of the glen - Beinn Fhionnlaidh on the left
Played about with effects on the camera, beside the Allt Ceitlein
Pano of the craggy north faces of the corrie running from Stob Coire an Albanaich and Beinn Chaorach
The slabs of rock on the corrie
and on the ascent
On the way back out - the back ends of the two 'Bookils' - Buchaille Etive Mor (right) and Buchaille Etive Beag (left) . The translations are The Big Herdsman and The Big Herdsman's Little Brother
Long view of the two ridges
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
No midges now - too cold
The summer months are the worst - especially in forested areas and near water, so our glens with wtaerfalls ar eparticularly bad. The perfect habitat for them.
Lochsides in humid weather is where they like to hunt the tourists....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...