What's 'Great' about Britain!

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http://www.turnipnet.com/radio/downyourway.wav

Down your Way with Jack de Manio.
Great nostalgic British tune too.

[Marky B]

England's highest cliffs

North York Moors CAM - Staithes

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Marky B

[john audley]

Nostalgia! In the late 1960s this song was believable

'England swings like a pendulum do
Bobbie on bicycle two by two
Westminster Abbey the Tower of Big Ben
The Rosy Red Cheeks of the little children'

[Dame Starry]

Originally Posted by john audley Nostalgia! In the late 1960s this song was believable 'England swings like a pendulum do Bobbies on bicycles two by two Westminster Abbey, The Tower and Big Ben The Rosy Red Cheeks of the little children'

....and sung by an American!

DS x.

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by Marky B England's highest cliffs North York Moors CAM - Staithes Ta Ta Marky B

Highest cliffs in England, at 679 feet.
The Kame on Foula in the Shetlands is 376m (1,233 feet) high.
That's almost twice as high!

Steve

[christoph404]

Originally Posted by Steve Crook Highest cliffs in England, at 679 feet. The Kame on Foula in the Shetlands is 376m (1,233 feet) high. That's almost twice as high! Steve

Not as far North as that is the highest mountain in Britain, for softies you can get a gondola half way up and walk the rest, there are two routes, an "easy" tourist route which is a marked path or the more dangerous ridge walk which is favored by regular and experienced hill walkers. The view is breathtaking and you will find some snow up there all year round in the ravines that don't catch much sun. Im of course talking about Ben Nevis just outside Fort William, standing at 4,406 feet or 1,344m, the view and the smell of the fresh air at the top is quite exhilarating.

[Mark O]

Memorial to the Women who served in World War II........

[Steve Crook]

A memorial to just one of them in Stockwell


It was started as a project in a local school and the children had all drawn various paintings showing the history and cultural diversity of the area. As you go round the other side you can see various other things such as the Empire Windrush that brought the first wave of Carribean immigrants who came to help us after the war. There are big red London buses (there's a bus garage just down the road) and many other things. These were then "tidied up" by local artists and put into a design for the mural that we see before us today.

The big piece about Violette Szabo was included because she lived just a few hundred yards from this spot which is just a short way up the road from Stockwell tube station

Steve

[Marky B]

Our long distant footpaths,part 1:

Home - Pennine Way - National Trails

Mind,I have only done three miles of this:Tan Hill to Keld.

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Marky B

[Marky B]

LDFP 2

Home - Cleveland Way - National Trails

I have done most of this,but not together.

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Marky B

[Marky B]

LDFP 3

The West Highland Way, Milngavie, Fort William, Walking in Scotland

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Marky B

[Freddie Freeloader]

Mark The Bee....couldn't agree more.

I've walked the Pennine Way in it's entirety. Alone.

An amazing experience.

I've also walked the West Highland Way, The Ridgeway, Dales Way and (twice) the Coast to Coast.
All great. All the epitome of Great Britainosity.
But the PW is really something special. Especially in the company of Alfred Wainwrights beautiful guidebook.


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Freddy F

[sensa yuma]

Our History- may not be PC any more- but I'm proud nonetheless!!
Our Armed Forces.
Our warm Real Ale..
Oatcakes.....
People like Sir Bobby Charlton.

[Mark O]

Originally Posted by Steve Crook A memorial to just one of them in Stockwell It was started as a project in a local school and the children had all drawn various paintings showing the history and cultural diversity of the area. As you go round the other side you can see various other things such as the Empire Windrush that brought the first wave of Carribean immigrants who came to help us after the war. There are big red London buses (there's a bus garage just down the road) and many other things. These were then "tidied up" by local artists and put into a design for the mural that we see before us today. The big piece about Violette Szabo was included because she lived just a few hundred yards from this spot which is just a short way up the road from Stockwell tube station Steve

An interesting and very colourful memorial Steve!..........there's similar murals in all the subways under the Elephant & Castle roundabout, I was a bit self-concious to take pics with people milling around but I wish I had now!

[penfold]

Originally Posted by sensa yuma Our History- may not be PC any more- but I'm proud nonetheless!!

There's History and there's History...it depends on points of view. In the words of the immortal Bard (Of Barking) 'Yours is the Land of Hope and Glory, Mine is the Green Fields and the Factory Floor....'...but we're both still patriotic...