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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Calypso on September 05, 2008, 12:31:50 PM
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We had a lovely trip through Cornwall. This day we spent approximately six hours in the car driving around looking for something to do. As you can see, what we ended up doing was visiting traffic jams. This particular one was for at least two hours. The weather was terrible; it was cold, windy and rainy.
(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/CornishTrafficJam.jpg)
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The sat-nav was a particular help:
(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/ConfusedSat-Nav.jpg)
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Here is another road through Cornwall. There was no traffic jam, but why would there be. We were in the middle of nowhere. Please note the weather:
(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/AnotherRainyCountryLane.jpg)
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Spoke too soon, a country lane traffic jam:
(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/CrappyDay1.jpg)
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We did eventually see things:
(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/Priory40.jpg)
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(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/ScarboroughCastle1.jpg)
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(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/Bath2.jpg)
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(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/Tintagel12.jpg)
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(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/Yorkminster11.jpg)
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(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/Yorkminster1.jpg)
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(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/Wells14-1.jpg)
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(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/Priory43.jpg)
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(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/CornishCoast5555.jpg)
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(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/RobinHoodsBay2.jpg)
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(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/Bournemouth2.jpg)
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Some nice photos, Calypso, but did you miss out the ones of you and Mince, laughing and running hand-in-hand across the beach?
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I love the latter pictures. I was looking for one of Mince by the cashpoint.
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I love the pictures generally. Even the traffic jams.
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Thank you. I made lots of photos. Mince was embarrassed. Speaking of photo-ops, I wish I had made a picture of Mince running around and dodging waves. It was a sight to behold. Well, it was sight anyway.
A seaside pier:
(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/Bournemouthpier.jpg)
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A search and rescue team nearby waits in anticipation for the moment when Mince finally shoves Calypso into the sea.
(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/Bournemouth7.jpg)
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Great photos Calypso!
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In those pictures. Which one's the wan
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Damn, pressed send too early.
In those pictures, which one's the wanderer who travelled with you, Calypso? Is it the berk on the pier?
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A search and rescue team nearby waits in anticipation for the moment when Mince finally shoves Calypso into the sea.
(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Pilotera/Bournemouth7.jpg)
Is that mince with the yellow bathing hat
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Oh, I do love to be beside the seaside, oh, I do love to be beside the sea...
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Oh, I do love to be beside the seaside, oh, I do love to be beside the sea...
...unless Mince is there.
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Damn, pressed send too early.
In those pictures, which one's the wanderer who travelled with you, Calypso? Is it the berk on the pier?
I don't know what a "berk" is. The only pictures Mince is in are the one he wandered into by mistake. I'm in only one picture.
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A search and rescue team nearby waits in anticipation for the moment when Mince finally shoves Calypso into the sea.
Is that mince with the yellow bathing hat
Sadly it's not.
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Oh, I do love to be beside the seaside, oh, I do love to be beside the sea...
I did not get to sit beside the beautiful seaside. It was too cold, windy and rainy. I did bring my swimsuit. At least Mince was spared the horror of that sight!
Tom: Great photos Calypso!
Thank you. :)
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So he only saw you out of your swimsuit. You don't have to share this information you know, Calypso.
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Lovely photos, Calypso. :) Looks like you had some sunshine. I seemed to avoid most of the rain on my little holiday, until I got to Gloucester last Thursday - that rhyme about Dr Foster comes to mind. On the way down there, my sister very cleverly handed over the driving to me just around Manchester on the M6. I'd forgotten what British motorways are like in the pouring rain with lorries and spray everywhere and 6 lanes across and you just know that the lane you want is right over the other side. ..0
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I wonder if I would be able to drive in G.B. - not only because of the different side of the road but because of all the traffic. We have a four-way-stop in the centre of our town - I only go to the city about once a month and there they do have stop lights. The things that really scare me are the round abouts (we call them traffic circles) there is one in Edmonton - but now they went and put one in Sylvan Lake too! I will have to find a different route next summer when visiting the relatives. Round abouts are very confusing - should you go or shouldn't you? I usually go when someone behind me starts on the horn.
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I did not drive while I was in England. I might have tried except Mince's car is not an automatic. I can't drive a standard-shift. I was amazed at how narrow the streets are in England. It was odd to see signs that tell people to "give way" because the road was only big enough for one car. You don't really see that in America. I could not see how most cars even fit through those places where there are speed controls. I think they had yellow poles or blocks you had to drive between like at a drive-thru branch of a bank.
Roundabouts are very confusing. It took me a little while to realize that they were intersections. Almost all intersections in the US are in the shape of a +. Most of these intersections have traffic control lights. Many have lights specifically for left-turns too. Driving in America seems much easier.
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Diane, Roundabout rules state that (in Canada) unless you are actually ON the roundabout, you should give way to traffic coming from your left. There should never be any traffic coming from your right, but in a very rare case it might happen, so look both ways when coming to a halt or slowing for a roundabout (traffic circle).
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I did not drive while I was in England. I might have tried except Mince's car is not an automatic. I can't drive a standard-shift. I was amazed at how narrow the streets are in England. It was odd to see signs that tell people to "give way" because the road was only big enough for one car. You don't really see that in America. I could not see how most cars even fit through those places where there are speed controls. I think they had yellow poles or blocks you had to drive between like at a drive-thru branch of a bank.
Roundabouts are very confusing. It took me a little while to realize that they were intersections. Almost all intersections in the US are in the shape of a +. Most of these intersections have traffic control lights. Many have lights specifically for left-turns too. Driving in America seems much easier.
I had not heard of those speed control posts - I guess that would put an end to drunk driving. I can drive a standard - but it would be confusing having to use your left hand to shift.
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Diane, Roundabout rules state that (in Canada) unless you are actually ON the roundabout, you should give way to traffic coming from your left. There should never be any traffic coming from your right, but in a very rare case it might happen, so look both ways when coming to a halt or slowing for a roundabout (traffic circle).
Thanks Malc - it sounds good when you read about it but normally I only came upon one every three years or so - and then it was a case of an "Oh shit!" feeling that comes over me. :o
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Diane, Roundabout rules state that (in Canada) unless you are actually ON the roundabout, you should give way to traffic coming from your left. There should never be any traffic coming from your right, but in a very rare case it might happen, so look both ways when coming to a halt or slowing for a roundabout (traffic circle).
That would probably be me! In a few years' time, watch out - it's going to take a long time for me to learn to give way to the left on a round-about! ???
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Diane, don't ever think about driving when you're over in the UK again. We have Roundabout Fever on this island these days, with not just bigguns, but mini-roundabouts springing up at every crossroads in every town, village or hamlet. My sat-nav can't keep up with the little b*ggers!
Mind you, the right/left thing doesn't present too much problem with the mini variety - most people just drive right over the top of them.
I used to like driving - these days I love it!
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In Hemel Hempstead there is a roundabout that you can go right or left so you have to be extra careful.
They have six mini roundabout around a large one.
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Are you sure you're not thinking about the famous "Magic Roundabout" in Swindon, Peter?
(http://www.haitchdrivertraining.co.uk/images/smr.jpg)
(http://www.armin-grewe.com/holiday/wiltshire/magic-sign1.jpg)
I drove through it after a match there once - it's a nightmare.
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That's just barmy. Somebody wants a good slap for coming up with that one.
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I just noticed - you can see a bit of Swindon's ground in both pictures. Funny how these threads always turn to football.
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I shall have nightmares about the magic roundabout.
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Peter's right. There's one in Hemel Hemstead too...
(http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/CustomPages/GetImage.aspx?ImageID=20856)
(http://www.robertjohnkaper.com/img/photography/20050918124823.jpg)
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Peeps you did not believe me. I am crushed.
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You'd end up a bit dizzy if you found yourself lost and went round all of them ??? I suppose it is easier to get to the correct road though as compared to, say, Spaghetti Junction.
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I did believe you, Peter - that's why I did some research and found those pictures. Apparently there's one in Chelmsford too.
I got this from Wikipedia:
The town of Swindon in Wiltshire, England, is known for its "Magic Roundabout". This roundabout is at an intersection of five roads and consists of a two-way road around the central island with five mini-roundabouts where it meets the incoming roads. Traffic may proceed around the main roundabout either clockwise via the outer lanes, or anti-clockwise using the inner lanes next to the central island. At each mini-roundabout the usual clockwise flow applies.
Similar systems are found in various places in England, most famously the Moor End roundabout in Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire), which has six intersections; but also one in High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire) and the Denham Roundabout in Denham (Buckinghamshire), the Greenstead Roundabout in Colchester (Essex) and the Sadler's Farm Roundabout in Benfleet (Essex); "The Egg" in Tamworth (Staffordshire); and the Hatton Cross Roundabout in London. Magic roundabouts are also known as "Ring Junctions", while larger ones are sometimes known as "Gyratories".
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A person could go out to buy a tin of beans and never find their way home again.
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Has anyone besides me noticed that Mince has not posted in this topic? He hasn't posted his thoughts at all (not that he has many thoughts.) Is it possible that Mince is embarrassed (or ashamed) that he went on holiday with me? :o
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or maybe he just went out to buy a tin of beans...
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I had noticed that he'd gone a bit quiet.
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Has anyone besides me noticed that Mince has not posted in this topic? He hasn't posted his thoughts at all (not that he has many thoughts.) Is it possible that Mince is embarrassed (or ashamed) that he went on holiday with me? :o
I think the rest of us are just grateful that he's leaving us alone and not hounding us for our grammatical errors!
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Is it possible that Mince is embarrassed (or ashamed) that he went on holiday with me? :o
I enjoyed the holiday.
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Is it possible that Mince is embarrassed (or ashamed) that he went on holiday with me? :o
I enjoyed the holiday.
Thank you, Mince. I'm so underwhelmed!
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I don't want to pry....
....so I won't. :-X
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I was trying to say something that could not be taken the wrong way. I failed.
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I was trying to say something that could not be taken the wrong way. I failed.
What's that supposed to mean, eh? Are you lookin' at me?
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I'm reading the book by Patricia Cornwell where, after examining a phenomenal amount of evidence, she reveals who she thinks Jack The Ripper was.
You can Google it anyway, so I'll tell you: She believes the artist Walter Sickert was the Ripper and says so quite blatantly and openly many times in the book, despite the fact his family are alive and well and handling his estate. To date she hasn't been sued.
Anyway, that apart, one of the items she tracked down was a guest book from a Cornwall hotel wherein Sickert has vandalised many pages of previous guests comments with doodles and multiple corrections of their grammar and spelling. The handwriting and crude sketches closely match that of the letters the Ripper sent to taunt the police at the time.
I just thought that was interesting.