tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post1205341023987737941..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: A short, sunday walkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-21349792827060703542011-01-10T01:41:17.552-08:002011-01-10T01:41:17.552-08:00You cannot get 'in' the castle, Dibakar, i...You cannot get 'in' the castle, Dibakar, it is a facade - just one elevation with no rooms.<br /><br />I am just about to do a post about the land of 'Mickey', Boston Lady, because Groucho has reminded me that it might make a good story.<br /><br />That tree is in 'Parade Garden', Cro (a Victorian pleasure garden in the middle distance), so it's probably exotic, but I don't know the name. Those things are spiky seed-pods, I think.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-35938729043110310542011-01-09T21:26:11.712-08:002011-01-09T21:26:11.712-08:00re Sham Castle/sinister figure pic. What are those...re Sham Castle/sinister figure pic. What are those brown things on the tree in foreground? Unfallen Chestnut husks perhaps? Or something more exotic!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14737103521273509412011-01-09T20:16:02.751-08:002011-01-09T20:16:02.751-08:00Please no MacDonalds or KFC, altho as a yank who m...Please no MacDonalds or KFC, altho as a yank who must survive in the land of Mickey, I understand "grouchy" and his feelings. Except it is the reverse for us! Life is all about perspective and I certainly have enjoyed yours of late.... Ann TBLThe Boston Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211110867604264641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-52531371438716241742011-01-09T19:29:55.757-08:002011-01-09T19:29:55.757-08:00I wish I had been in the enigmatically beautiful S...I wish I had been in the enigmatically beautiful Sham CastleDibakar Sarkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11461627971193736382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-4381271267761982132011-01-09T16:34:24.821-08:002011-01-09T16:34:24.821-08:00I always wonder when/if you sleep!I always wonder when/if you sleep!Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562775041134498313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-47528104606343057932011-01-09T16:30:04.291-08:002011-01-09T16:30:04.291-08:00Thank you very much Olive - I will look into that ...Thank you very much Olive - I will look into that in the (our) morning. You will see the results later I hope!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-2542628433944875642011-01-09T16:26:22.908-08:002011-01-09T16:26:22.908-08:00Tom you could try the template Minima Stretch. Go ...Tom you could try the template Minima Stretch. Go to Design, then Edit HTML, then scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see old templates from 06 or 07 one of which is Minima Stretch. In this one you can use XL photos like I use over at my place. I hope this helped.Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562775041134498313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-491473234136403532011-01-09T15:11:21.085-08:002011-01-09T15:11:21.085-08:00I've just looked it up, and yes - it does look...I've just looked it up, and yes - it does look lovely. It's not too far away in Hampshire, so I will make a trip as soon as I can dig the car out of the glacier.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-22679144727122160942011-01-09T15:07:31.630-08:002011-01-09T15:07:31.630-08:00Mottisfont? I've never heard of it, but I'...Mottisfont? I've never heard of it, but I'll look it up and visit. Thanks Grouch.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-49969360556553004342011-01-09T12:32:52.850-08:002011-01-09T12:32:52.850-08:00no....south east of youno....south east of youJimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497874766764411664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-78836042211462715042011-01-09T12:26:01.204-08:002011-01-09T12:26:01.204-08:00Tom, there is a wonderful Abbey south west of Bath...Tom, there is a wonderful Abbey south west of Bath called Mottisfont. It hold a national collection of old roses in a magnificent walled garden. Well worth a look see when you start up the car up in June.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497874766764411664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-89014813606060804982011-01-09T12:12:32.820-08:002011-01-09T12:12:32.820-08:00P.S. I've just noticed a sinister figure stand...P.S. I've just noticed a sinister figure standing to the left of Sham Castle which I did not see when I took the picture. That's the thing about telephoto lenses, it's only a matter of time before I record a murder - like 'Blow-up'.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-71122028447798115092011-01-09T12:08:38.184-08:002011-01-09T12:08:38.184-08:00Probably, Cro.
Probably, Groucho. I tried to loo...Probably, Cro.<br /><br />Probably, Groucho. I tried to look as English and local as I could when I took my pictures. There used to be a lapel-badge you could buy here in Bath which said, "I am NOT a tourist". I thought that was a bit mean - I actually like tourists, and try to show them stuff which is not obvious (until they make their excuses and run away). The graffiti and the town house are both not obvious, but the tree and the castle are, for example.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-73893113583410292062011-01-09T11:37:14.211-08:002011-01-09T11:37:14.211-08:00Are4 those all the crude, rude American tourists t...Are4 those all the crude, rude American tourists taking photos at the Abbey?Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497874766764411664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-40723449409301762672011-01-09T10:54:26.793-08:002011-01-09T10:54:26.793-08:00I do like a good Folly. Maybe someone will build a...I do like a good Folly. Maybe someone will build a Chateau several miles away from our wee cottage, just to have the view of my 'Tower'.<br /><br />Cart before the horse?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-55896615022439489382011-01-09T10:39:36.190-08:002011-01-09T10:39:36.190-08:00P.S. I'm trying to change the layout of this b...P.S. I'm trying to change the layout of this blog so that it will show unclipped videos, which is why I have put all the other stuff down below. I cannot work out how to enlarge and centralise the main pictures in 'design' with this format. Any got any ideas?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-22172615182768312282011-01-09T08:20:01.215-08:002011-01-09T08:20:01.215-08:00I've never been to York!I've never been to York!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-53978214632985480082011-01-09T08:12:32.909-08:002011-01-09T08:12:32.909-08:00I have never been to bath,
but it looks lovely!
I ...I have never been to bath,<br />but it looks lovely!<br />I lived in york for a couple of years and it reminds me of that...except rather grander!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com