England Trip

[Bogon]

Well done Nat.

Really looking forward to your report on Christchurch.
Family had property there and spent a lot of time in Christchurch/Mudeford/Bosocmbe and Highcliff.
By the pics, you must have been the youngest girl in Christchurch when you went. Loads of old fogeys pottering around that way.
Anyways. Get some blisters on your fingers and start typing and adding pics as soon as possible!

[taxexile]

A nameless statue




i think its kenny everett.

[Cujo]

A nameless statue




i think its kenny everett.

Looks like he just got out of the bath to greet unexpected gusts.

[Cujo]

A nameless statue




i think its kenny everett.

Looks like he just got out of the bath to greet unexpected gusts.

Actually his body language seems to be saying
" I fucking told you before, CALL before you drop over."

[natalie8]

The start of a good trip report Natalie. Thanks.

Thanks, asta.

One of my friends is actually in a cottage near the beach in Aberdaron this week. Very peaceful, catches up with his reading , and looks at the sea. Not much else to do.

Sounds ideal for a writer or artist. I bet the winters aren't so nice though.

Last time I was there, it was around this time of year, and the cliffs that back up to the little graveyard were taking a good old battering from the sea. According to one local, a coffin was exposed to the elements after that.

You've peaked my curiosity even more now.

good start nat,wearing a coat at the beach ?

Helloooooo, it was cold. I went there from Dubai which had highs of 36 at that time. I had to say the weather was amazing most of the time I was in England. On this morning, the breeze was brisk, so you would get a sunny patch and it felt warm, then the wind would blow the clouds in and it felt cold. I was constantly taking my jacket off and putting it back on again. Undrneath I'm only wearing a tank top or a singlet with a scarf. I made the most of layering.

[natalie8]

I'm enjoying your trip report. Keep the pics coming.

Thanxxxxxxxxxx. Many more to come.

Magnificent pictures - magnificent country. I spent just over a year in Dorset some 30 years ago; never had I realized there were so many shades of green. Thanks for the memories.

JJ, for me too. I've lived in Dubai for almost 4 years now and every time I go back to UK, I'm blown away. I'll be moving to London in February and I'm really looking forward to it.

When will you be posting your pics of the sights of ...........Brighton He He

'Coming' soon.

Nice to see what the original Canterbury looks like.

It's a really nice place. The town is very compact making things easy to get to on foot or in a very short drive. I keep seeing place names that I know in Canada, but it's not the same by far.

[natalie8]

The coastline west of Weymouth is quite spectaular so looking forward to reminiscing over a few your pics Nat.

It is, and it ended up that Weymouth was a spur of the moment decision while we were in *Bournemouth*, hee hee.

Devastated that you forgot to include my home town Salisbury during your trip but maybe next time eh?

Definitely next time. We wanted to go that way and go to Stonehenge, but our time was running out, so we went down to Weymouth and Durdle Door instead.

Wouldn't be your name inside that heart perchance would it?

Not my name, but a favourite name of some of our posters here.

Nice photos. Sometimes forget that all architecture isn't framed by bamboo scaffolding......

5555555, ya. There's a bit of a culture shock when you go to a country where people queue properly, say sorry if they bump into you, follow rules (although the rules can be a bit much at times).......

Is that your Chinese cousin Natarie in the pic or are you just squinting because you're looking straight into the sun?

Any time the sun came out it was blinding. I didn't want my picture taken, but hubby keeps insisting. I kept telling him to hurry up. There are better pics of me coming up.

[natalie8]

Well done Nat. Really looking forward to your report on Christchurch. Family had property there and spent a lot of time in Christchurch/Mudeford/Bosocmbe and Highcliff. By the pics, you must have been the youngest girl in Christchurch when you went. Loads of old fogeys pottering around that way. Anyways. Get some blisters on your fingers and start typing and adding pics as soon as possible!

There really isn't any report on Christchurch, unfortunately. The weather started to get nasty after lunch, so we just found a place to stay and went to the pub.
I'll post the next couple of batches now. )))))

Looks like he just got out of the bath to greet unexpected gusts.

That's what I was thinking when I saw him too. WTF? I guess it's 'art'.

[Travelmate]

Do we need any more pics of Natalie?

[natalie8]

There'a only a handful of pics for this place, which is just outside of Hastings. Very pretty place.

We spent the night at Rutland Guest House. Rutland Guest House for bed and breakfast in Hastings and St Leonards On Sea East Sussex It's right on the beach which has free parking. The owner, the rooms, the garden and the breakfast were all superb.

This is our view of the garden









The shower in our room



The beach from our window. We could hear the waves crashing on the shore all night. Beautiful!



Some beautiful buildings











Lunch, and for the life of me I can't remember where this was. We had stopped in a smallish town and I'm blank on which one it was. Anyway, the food was good and the beer was great.

[Cujo]

It all looks very ye olde.

[Travelmate]

Proper sized plates!

[natalie8]

The beaches are pebbly all the way to Bournemouth, then the beach has nice fine sand. I never looked up why this is, so maybe a local can fill us in.



Eastbourne











Beachy Head

The car park is in the middle of nowhere and has spaces for about 5 cars, yet they're still strict on the parking laws. We were the only people there.



This was at the top of a big hill and the wind was wicked!







It even has its own soccer field / football pitch













A group of students was there cleaning up the beach, just down the stairs from the railing that you see in the previous pic.





I wanted to give myself creative license for this shot, but it didn't turn out as well as I had expected. When I looked at the building, it seemed to blend in with the cliff. The pic doesn't quite look like this, but I still like it because you can see the heaviness of the clouds and the strenght of the building.

[natalie8]

For you, loosebowels. Is there any connection for you here?

!
Badgers



















More beautiful buildings in prime real estate. Several are hotels and retirement homes.

[Cujo]

Don't see many people about.

[natalie8]

There weren't. It could be because of the weather, it had been rainy off and on, but very windy and cold.

[armstrong]

Gray - Check
Cold - Check
Depressing - Check.

yep. i don't need to go back for quite a while

[natalie8]

armstrong, I know!!!! I don't like cold weather, I much prefer hot, hot, hot. I even like the summer here. That's the only thing I'm not looking forward to when I move there.

[Travelmate]

when I move there.

...Why?

[natalie8]

My husband has been working there for a year now, at the Olympic stadium. I'm going to go there to join him.

[alwarner]

Nat - Beachy Head is a famous suicide spot!!

[natalie8]

I can see why!

[natalie8]

In a nice spot on the way







Hayling Island has its own steam train that goes from one end of the beach to the other. It was just getting ready to depart when we got there

Amini fun fair

[bsnub]

Sad to look at those steeples soon they will have taller minarets as the muzzies take over.

[natalie8]

That exotic place that we hear so much about from one of our most infamous posters. Well, we finally got to see it for ourselves. The weather was beautiful that day.

We went there through The New Forest which is really pretty



Nearing the water

















Yum



A nice little park with loads of big fat squirrels