Just out of sight. I used to have a curiosity to find out what was just over the hill - or just out of sight. Hartshead Pike was my first place. I eventually went there on a bicycle - along the canal track and footpaths - all by myself. Do you have any strange places that you felt that you had to visit? I felt I really should have gone to north wales this year because it was 50 years since my father and I went for a bicycle tour there and took a photograph of us on a bridge in North Wales. I didn't go.
Josh: Was that in carboniferous limestone? Was it just underground natural caves or was it man-made? The only other thing I had heard about was(is?) a christian mission of some kind in France which has a strongly religious 'feel' to it - not in imagination but in reality. And the other thing, of course, is Lourdes. Some strange miracles appear to have been performed there.
I don't recall...all I remember was that I was in Paris and I walked through the catacombs...very creepy, strange place.
A pot hole is completely different from a mine. Its air is always fresh, no matter how deep you go whereas a mine (disused, of course) usually smells from the very moment you put your foot in it.
I've been to Chartes (I think that's the right spelling) It was beautiful. And I got 3 hours to visit the British Museum. Wasn't enough. And the Van Gogh museum is absolutely wonderful. I would like to visit Scotland... tho I don't know why. I neither fish nor play golf.
But you can eat porridge in Scotland. Be careful, though. I understand that they have salt with their porridge. I prefer Golden Syrup. And you have got to watch the midges and take your own blanket to sleep on - i.e. the kilt, or something like it.
I also forgot that if you can't recognise a tune then you can listen to the bagpipes. Mind you, a lot of people like them, I understand.
Hmm, this is an interesting thought...I hadn't really given much thought in recent years about travelling...just figured with kids, etc. that we couldn't really afford to go anywhere really exotic..well, different...but know that I'm restricted to this continent as hubby dislikes flying (and shows like Mayday do NOT increase his interest) and hates lots of water (so cruises are out of the question). Despite that he loves to travel, providing that he is at the controls. I admit that I've always wanted to go to New York to see the museums and all the other touristy sights but especially the museums...I went to Ottawa on a business course once and was interested in seeing our Parliament buildings but was unable to get in for a tour as Peta was there protesting something so wasn't allowed inside. That would have been interesting, I think as the buildings are quite impressive from the outside.
Cant beat The Big Apple. Nope, cant do that. Lived there for six years, so I guess thats where i got the "never sleeps' part of me from huh?
I wanted to go into a particular office in the centre of London that always intrigued me. It is an office in what was the Shell-Mex building, but I am quite sure I will never go there.
Why not Philip? If you've always wanted to go there and you live in the same country (and it's not a huge country like Canada or the U.S.) why wouldn't you check out the place? I always think of England being so small that one could travel around it quite easily...although I have heard that the roads are narrow and there is alot of traffic and that London traffic is worse than New York...Is that true?
I worked in London for a while - right near the M25 - the motorway (freeway) that surrounds London. The traffic then was pretty bad but I understand it is much worse now and getting worse and worse by the day. And then the asylum seekers ask why we say we cannot house them. If many more people come and live here the whole of the U.K. will sink. The office I envied is not available to the public so I would not be welcome and it would cost me 15 to 20 to get there from here. It isn't worth it. The roads in the U.K. are not too bad tnese days - if there weren't so many cars. There are motorways (freeways) all over the place and you can get from A to B. Why you would want to go is another matter altogether. The advantage is that if you live in a forgotten county (like Suffolk) then there are no motorways and no one very much comes to stay in the county.
