Just an ordinary day in my life.... pics...

hollydolly said:
I didn't just speak of the bluebells... I posted the pics. They are in my backyard basically... don't need to go to the new forest to see them
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You must forgive me any errors Holly, I took my wife out for a meal this evening, we not only enjoyed our meal and the live band but I also imbibed on a glass or three of Merlot. We were celebrating our 54th wedding anniversary.
 

Brings back memories of my visit. (I was the tourist; my host was a native.) So pretty and serene there. At the time it was just before the wedding of Charles and Diana so there were lots of tourists and crowds in London, but I remember St. James' Park feeling uncrowded and peaceful. There were band concerts at noon and pelicans on a lake there.

Loved the drive to the West Country and visiting a thatched roof pub along the way. We stopped at one pub that was very old, and the doorways were really low. When I asked why it was explained to me that way back in the way back, like in the 1700s, most people simply were much shorter! Always wondered if that was so or if it was due to the building settling over the years and my leg was being pulled...

Oh, my. Winchester Cathedral. Stonehenge. Bournemouth.

Wish I could go again and stay longer, much longer. Brits seemed to be (and probably still are) so much more civilized than Americans!
 
hollydolly said:
Happy Anniversary HC>.. to you and your wife..... 👩‍❤️‍👨🥂
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Thank you kind lady, much appreciated.
Georgiagranny said:
Brings back memories of my visit. (I was the tourist; my host was a native.) So pretty and serene there. At the time it was just before the wedding of Charles and Diana so there were lots of tourists and crowds in London, but I remember St. James' Park feeling uncrowded and peaceful. There were band concerts at noon and pelicans on a lake there.

Loved the drive to the West Country and visiting a thatched roof pub along the way. We stopped at one pub that was very old, and the doorways were really low. When I asked why it was explained to me that way back in the way back, like in the 1700s, most people simply were much shorter! Always wondered if that was so or if it was due to the building settling over the years and my leg was being pulled...

Oh, my. Winchester Cathedral. Stonehenge. Bournemouth.

Wish I could go again and stay longer, much longer. Brits seemed to be (and probably still are) so much more civilized than Americans!
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That is some compliment, but I must disagree. A school friend of mine married an American. He held some rank. He was a one star surgeon general in the US army. They lived in your State of Georgia, Savannah to be precise. We used to visit them twice a year, stay a couple of days then go off exploring. How Americans made us feel so welcome, inevitably our accents were always a talking point, but that aside we both found the welcome and the hospitality, second to none. Sadly both my friend and her husband have passed away and since then we haven't travelled all that much. One thing we have enjoyed though is visits to London. When you live there you see it through different eyes, but as a visitor and with time to take in the sights, it becomes a whole new experience.
 
hollydolly said:
As I'm one of the few Brits on here I thought some of you might be interested in seeing pics of an ordinary day's shopping and travel for me... and see how it differs or not to where you live...

I went shopping to the supermarket first.. glorious day.. then to the town cafe for a drink.. then to the Museum to see a Textile exhibition, just a very small exhibition in a small town Museum.. then home again.. and as I drive through the woods to get home, I stopped and took some pics of the carpets of Bluebells ... enjoy...

Supermarket ( tesco )...outside..

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Inside...
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Oh, I love your pix! Thanks for posting the link since I have know idea where I am or how I got here! 😁 But I'm glad that I got to see these pictures!
 
Well, I just feel like hopping on a plane and going for a visit, but sadly it won't happen this year. I love the way tescos lay out the store, so much room to move around. It looks like that majestic building might have been a cinema, kudos to tescos for renovating rather than demolition and erecting a new store. Bluebells bring back many happy memories of picnics in the bluebell forest. I might be biased but IMO Britain is God's country. And right now He is certainly giving you brilliant weather, whereas we are having the worst spring. Lakesideo_O not much to say, I am not a mall shopper and if I was to go I would most certainly forget where I put my car. I know Ringwood very well also happy memories of visits to the New Forest and the ponies.
 
RobinWren said:
Well, I just feel like hopping on a plane and going for a visit, but sadly it won't happen this year. I love the way tescos lay out the store, so much room to move around. It looks like that majestic building might have been a cinema, kudos to tescos for renovating rather than demolition and erecting a new store. Bluebells bring back many happy memories of picnics in the bluebell forest. I might be biased but IMO Britain is God's country. And right now He is certainly giving you brilliant weather, whereas we are having the worst spring. Lakesideo_O not much to say, I am not a mall shopper and if I was to go I would most certainly forget where I put my car. I know Ringwood very well also happy memories of visits to the New Forest and the ponies.
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no it was actually a factory back in the day... from 1920's or 30's ...

Well tbh here in the south and East we generally have the best weather in the UK.. so we're blessed in that way... it's the North and west that gives the rest of us a bad name weather wise, :LOL:
 
hollydolly said:
Well tbh here in the south and East we generally have the best weather in the UK.. so we're blessed in that way.
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So it was you who went and put the mockers on the weather! We were going to take our old MG down to Christchurch Quay today to join in the "Classics on the Quay," car show. The rain is persisting down at present, the MG won't be coming out of the garage anytime today.
 
horseless carriage said:
So it was you who went and put the mockers on the weather! We were going to take our old MG down to Christchurch Quay today to join in the "Classics on the Quay," car show. The rain is persisting down at present, the MG won't be coming out of the garage anytime today.
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Not me... lol... I knew it was going to rain today so I made plans to stay home.... but just to irritate you further.. it's not raining here.... :ROFLMAO:...but it's forecast to, before 3pm
 
Georgiagranny said:
Brings back memories of my visit. (I was the tourist; my host was a native.) So pretty and serene there. At the time it was just before the wedding of Charles and Diana so there were lots of tourists and crowds in London, but I remember St. James' Park feeling uncrowded and peaceful. There were band concerts at noon and pelicans on a lake there.

Loved the drive to the West Country and visiting a thatched roof pub along the way. We stopped at one pub that was very old, and the doorways were really low. When I asked why it was explained to me that way back in the way back, like in the 1700s, most people simply were much shorter! Always wondered if that was so or if it was due to the building settling over the years and my leg was being pulled...

Oh, my. Winchester Cathedral. Stonehenge. Bournemouth.

Wish I could go again and stay longer, much longer. Brits seemed to be (and probably still are) so much more civilized than Americans!
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St James' Park is one of my favourite London parks. :)
 
a few photos I've taken of many at Regent's park...these were taken on my old phone, so excuse the quality

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....and me a few years ago...
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...also at the end of the canal towpath..on the regents canal just before Camden Market is this glorious Chinese restaurant... altho' thinking about it, it might not have survived the pandemic..

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hollydolly said:
I have to admit to never having gone to Victoria Park :)
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It's in Bow, London E3. My old stomping ground.
Victoria Park was opened to the public in 1845 in order to give the East End of the city a park like Regent's Park. Victoria Park also used to have its own Speakers' Corner. You’ll find a variety of trees such as oak trees, horse chestnut trees, cherry trees and hawthorn trees across the park as well as a variety of flowers and fauna. There's a lot of information about Victoria Park on Wikipedia.
 

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