Popular Post bielesibub Posted June 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2022 Just come back from a sit down by the Hamble, for a bit of 'mindfulness time. Got back and made me think there are worse places to be... is anyone else sad like me and have a favourite spot to sit? When I was a kid it was on Pigeon Park (St Philips Cathedral) steps in Brum. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ingram85 Posted June 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2022 This bench in Clovelly. A beautiful view in a picturesque seaside village. Been about 5 times in my life and it always reminds me of the first time I ever went in 1991 or ‘92 I think. Me and my brother had gotten a proper telling off by my mom for behaving like brats (which we were) and we then had to sit on the bench with her for a lovely family photo…. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 30, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2022 I first visited Clovelly with my parents in the early 1960s. Beautiful unspoilt Devon fishing village. Went there again on my honeymoon in 1982. Couldn't believe what I saw. Yes, the cobbled street was much the same, but at the top of the village was a massive car park, and you could only get in by buying a ticket in the glass-walled visitor centre, through the turnstiles and the gift shop. I could have cried. God only knows what it's like now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted June 30, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2022 Was in the Lake District all last week. Takes some beating when the sun shines (which, miraculously, it did). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ferguson1 Posted July 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) Crantock Beach, Cornwall. Going back in four weeks and can’t wait. Was taken to Cornwall every summer growing up and now I’m doing the same with my children. It holds a special place full of memories of rockpooling, sitting in a blow up orange dinghy with my brother for hours, shell hunting etc. Just great times and away from the stress of everyday life. Edited July 2, 2022 by ferguson1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fruitvilla Posted July 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2022 My backyard 20 minutes ago 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted July 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 30/06/2022 at 21:39, mjmooney said: I first visited Clovelly with my parents in the early 1960s. Beautiful unspoilt Devon fishing village. Went there again on my honeymoon in 1982. Couldn't believe what I saw. Yes, the cobbled street was much the same, but at the top of the village was a massive car park, and you could only get in by buying a ticket in the glass-walled visitor centre, through the turnstiles and the gift shop. I could have cried. God only knows what it's like now. It’s just up the road from where I grew up and was considered as our wedding venue. It's very much thr same as it was 30 years ago and that's due to the car park/visitor centre which generates money for the (privately owned) village which helps preserve the aesthetic. Still has the cobbled streets and donkey's as the car park stops people being able to drive into the village and the single road that loops behind the village and down to the Quay but that's residents only and is kept secret to not spoil the look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 It's a shame this thread got moved to the Travel section, I'd have thought it was more about memories and stories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielesibub Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 11 hours ago, sharkyvilla said: It's a shame this thread got moved to the Travel section, I'd have thought it was more about memories and stories. I agree, don't think I intended this to be about travel as when I could walk I used to be able to easily walk to the spot on the Hamble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielesibub Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 Next door to Swanwick Marina this morning - noice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielesibub Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 Son is at football training just up the road from Lee-on-the-Solent. Worse places to while away an hour. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 12, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) Can't find a decent picture, but sat outside O'Sullivan's bar in Crookhaven in West Cork, drinking a Murphy's and looking out into the bay. Just a tiny village on the edge of nowhere. They have tables right on the edge of the water. More than once I've watched dolphins in the bay while drinking my pint. That walrus that was knocking around the British Isles also rocked up here on his travels You can see the pub by the mural on the wall here And this is where the village is The edge of the world Edited July 12, 2022 by Stevo985 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 View out my WFH office today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Annual Sozopol jaunt. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNVillan Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 This is my view of Lake Superior from the golf course that I work at. Whenever I get stressed at work, I try to take a step back and think “I have a fantastic office view” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNVillan Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 (edited) Another picture Edited August 3, 2022 by MNVillan Can’t figure out how to turn the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2022 On 12/07/2022 at 09:31, Stevo985 said: Can't find a decent picture, but sat outside O'Sullivan's bar in Crookhaven in West Cork, drinking a Murphy's and looking out into the bay. Just a tiny village on the edge of nowhere. They have tables right on the edge of the water. More than once I've watched dolphins in the bay while drinking my pint. That walrus that was knocking around the British Isles also rocked up here on his travels You can see the pub by the mural on the wall here And this is where the village is The edge of the world Today 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielesibub Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 Sat with my son after a football match up in Petersfield. Sat in the car, next to a slipway on the A27 looking down Portsmouth Harbour on 08/10/2022. Sunny. Love looking at the water, maybe I should've joined the Navy instead of IBM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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