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What made your day that little better pt. II?

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  1. PawelStroinski wrote
    Local Hero?

    Is that a reference to the movie?

    Yes it is. Anne's most favouritest film in the world.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2012
    I have no particular interest in bird watching, Alan, but you walk in some beautiful surroundings, that's for sure!

    Oh, and congrats to franz_conrad on his engagement!
    I am extremely serious.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2012
    I love seeing exotic and strange bird life ( there's a cue for you Steven ) and I've seen plenty around the world particularly in Bolivia, India and Nepal, I never know what they are unless they are large birds of prey.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  4. Thor wrote
    I have no particular interest in bird watching, Alan, but you walk in some beautiful surroundings, that's for sure!

    Oh, and congrats to franz_conrad on his engagement!

    Thanks Thor for taking the time and visiting Anne's blog.
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2012
    Timmer wrote
    I love seeing exotic and strange bird life ( there's a cue for you Steven ) and I've seen plenty around the world particularly in Bolivia, India and Nepal, I never know what they are unless they are large birds of prey.


    I saw THESE but I don't know what they're called?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2012
    And lots of THESE in both India and Nepal and I do know that they are Himalayan vultures, in flight they are beautiful and majestic.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2012
    Timmer wrote
    And lots of THESE in both India and Nepal and I do know that they are Himalayan vultures, in flight they are beautiful and majestic.


    Unlike when they are on TERRA FIRMA
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  8. Timmer wrote
    Timmer wrote
    I love seeing exotic and strange bird life ( there's a cue for you Steven ) and I've seen plenty around the world particularly in Bolivia, India and Nepal, I never know what they are unless they are large birds of prey.


    I saw THESE but I don't know what they're called?

    Where did you see these?
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2012
    Nepal.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorFalkirkBairn
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2012 edited
    There you go Tim:

    http://imagesforwallpapers.blogspot.com … e.html?m=1
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2012 edited
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    There you go Tim:

    http://imagesforwallpapers.blogspot.com … e.html?m=1


    Darn, I should have known that, the bird also appears on one of Nepal's banknotes, or at least it did when it was still a Kingdom, I've no idea what's on the notes since it became a Democratic Republic.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2012 edited
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    As promised, Anne's blog entry on our visit to Anglesey and our encounter with the osprey.

    I often have to look up the names of the birds because I don't know what they mean in English. Thanks for sharing Anne's blog. Do you shoot with a special camera?

    Some beautiful nature so close to you both! The little rocky islands with light watch tower are lovely. How far is this from home Alan?

    Liked the page of Skye. What a stunning place! Elgol looks brilliant. I understand why you go back! The names of these places sound all Middle-Earth-like. smile
    Kazoo
  13. (Thanks Thor!)
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
  14. Bregt wrote
    Thanks for sharing Anne's blog. Do you shoot with a special camera?

    No, I don't think that it's a particularly special camera. We use a Lumix/Panasonic DMC-FZ7 and actually find it quite a frustrating camera. It does take nice scenery photos but we could do with having a camera with interchangeable lenses so we can increase the versatility of the camera.

    Bregt wrote
    Some beautiful nature so close to you both! The little rocky islands with light watch tower are lovely. How far is this from home Alan?

    The Skerries are about 70 miles from where we live. It is a relatively quick main route there and takes us about 80 minutes to get there by car.
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 17th 2012
    Bregt wrote
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    As promised, Anne's blog entry on our visit to Anglesey and our encounter with the osprey.

    I often have to look up the names of the birds because I don't know what they mean in English. Thanks for sharing Anne's blog. Do you shoot with a special camera?

    Some beautiful nature so close to you both! The little rocky islands with light watch tower are lovely. How far is this from home Alan?

    Liked the page of Skye. What a stunning place! Elgol looks brilliant. I understand why you go back! The names of these places sound all Middle-Earth-like. smile


    I wouldn't be surprised if Tolkien took inspiration from names in Skye, isn't most of LOTR based around The Lake District in North England?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  16. Timmer wrote
    I wouldn't be surprised if Tolkien took inspiration from names in Skye, isn't most of LOTR based around The Lake District in North England?

    I don't know about that - Anne is the big fan of Tolkien's work. But Wikipedia does state that some of the locations and characters were inspired by the author's childhood in, of all places, Birmingham.
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  17. But I see that there was a ring discovered in Cumbria that had Runes carved on it that were remarkably similar to those used by Tolkien:

    http://www.lakestay.co.uk/ringmini.jpg
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 17th 2012
    I'm sure about the Lake District/cumbria connection but I just don't remember where I read or heard it?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeApr 17th 2012
    My leg is doing a bit better. I've got some feeling back and it is a little stronger. I still need the brace and my cane but I feel somewhat stable.
    Tom
    listen to more classical music!
  20. That is good news Tom.
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      CommentAuthorCristian
    • CommentTimeApr 17th 2012
    I bought a pair of Garmont boots. I can't wait to go hiking! Unfortunately the weather is bad at the moment so I have to wait a couple of weeks.
    http://cristianlee.1x.com/
  22. Today, 20 years ago, Anne and I were married in a lovely church in Sale Moor, South Manchester. Like today, the weather was showery, cloudy and a bit cold but it was the Easter weekend and the church was decked out with flowers for Easter Sunday (that saved us a bit of money!) and was a great place to get married in.

    I can't believe that it is 20 years! The time has flown by. But we are both just as happy now, 20 years on, as we were on that wonderful day.

    Tonight we are off to a teppan-yaki restaurant for a meal to celebrate, so looking forward to that.
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2012
    That's wonderful to hear. Congrats Alan and Anne. punk
    Kazoo
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      CommentAuthorFalkirkBairn
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2012 edited
    Bregt wrote
    That's wonderful to hear. Congrats Alan and Anne. punk

    Cheers Bregt!

    I am wondering how many people here haven't been alive for 20 years!

    :feeling old:
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2012
    biggrin
    Kazoo
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2012
    Congrats on the anniversary, Alan (and Anne)!
    I am extremely serious.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2012 edited
    Congratulations Alan & Anne beer

    EDIT :-

    I've always kept diaries and I just had a look to see what I was up to on this day in 1992, on that Easter weekend ( today was a Saturday ) me and a large group of friends went camping in the Brecon Beacons, the weather was very good ( can you believe that Alan, my diary says blue skies and sunshine...this is Wales we're talking about! biggrin ) and me and another friend Paul were the only two to spend the day hiking, saw horses and their foals on the hillsides and sat around a big camp fire getting drunk in the evening.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  28. Cheers everyone!

    Tim, on that day back in 1992 it was cold, cloudy and drizzly in Manchester. All the bridesmaids were absolutely frozen. Luckily though, the drizzle stopped long enough for our wedding photos to be taken outside.

    I used to keep a diary when I was younger. Maybe did it for about 10 years - last couple of years of primary school and then into high school. Once I had gone through that stage I decided to get rid of them - I never wrote much about myself in them: they were mostly about things that happened to me.
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2012 edited
    So Wales got all the good weather back on that day? spin

    It's never been a "Dear Diary" for me, my diaries aren't very detailed unless it's specific stuff like big travels or special events ( like a wedding wink ), I never write day to day details and many of my diaries have weeks of blank pages. Still, it's nice to be able to compare how two different worlds were doing lo those years ago on an exact date, one a momentous day, the other a weekend in the country.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  30. Congratulations on the anniversary, Alan!
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