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Undertoad 08-04-2007 09:15 PM

(bag of crisps.)

Uisge Beatha 08-04-2007 09:28 PM

:lol: Touché, UT.

DanaC 08-04-2007 09:30 PM

I must admit, even though I know that 'chips' means 'crisps', I did automatically think of chips, as in fish'n'chips.

Uisge Beatha 08-04-2007 10:19 PM

As long as they're potatoes, call 'em chips or call 'em crisps, deep fry 'em or French fry 'em, I'll take a double order......... Ah, not that I'd eat them all by myself. No, I was uh.....going to share them with Dana and SG. Yeah, that's it.

xoxoxoBruce 08-04-2007 11:33 PM

Did you really think they were that impressed with your zucchini?

DanaC 08-05-2007 04:15 AM

Everyone knows a girl likes a bit of zucchini

Griff 08-05-2007 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 371584)
(bag of crisps.)

*makes note to write in English next time*

Sundae 08-05-2007 09:31 AM

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Okay, I've kept some of these fairly large because I think it's justified. I hope I'm not taking up too much space in doing so. When I have more access to this laptop I'll start linking them via a hosted site rather than attaching them.

These are from the top of Observation Hill - where the Greenwich Observatory is and through which the meridian runs.

First picture shows the Naval College, with Canary Wharf (see previous photos) behind it. The water you can see is the River Thames. I kept the grass in the foreground to give it proper depth and to show how popular it is on a sunny day.

Second picture is the view if you turn slightly further left (anti-clockwise). Roughly centre is the dome of St Pauls, to the right is The Gherkin - a recent addition to the skyline - and on the left you can just see the top of Telecom Tower (formerly the Post Office Tower) poking above the white building.

Sundae 08-05-2007 09:33 AM

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Another one from the hill, this time with some tourists to give it a proper sense of location.

And the Old Observatory.

Sundae 08-05-2007 09:34 AM

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Self explanatory tourist pictures

xoxoxoBruce 08-05-2007 09:46 AM

Prince Phillip's concern with new buildings being too generic is well founded, in my opinion. The picture with the Korean girls in the foreground could very well be in the Orient. The observatory, however, is unique. Thank you, SG.

Sundae 12-14-2007 04:17 PM

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Not taken in Greenwich, but not worth starting a new thread for.
Some pics taken out and about with Teri in London on Tues & Weds.

I have learned that I need to stabilise the camera when taking pictures in low light. Ahem.

Teri on Hungerford Bridge and the same view further along the bridge.

Sundae 12-14-2007 04:22 PM

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Boats on the canal in an area of London called Little Venice.
And Camden Lock (hippy/goth/emo market area, but still a working lock) Teri is part of the Narrow Boat Trust who still have working boats, so we went there for her.

Sundae 04-02-2008 04:47 PM

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Okay - some pictures I'm finally getting the chance to show you - taken with you in mind.

I went for a walk at the end of last year on a perfect British Winter day - a little bright for me eyes (which leaked) but still and cold and clear. Again, I have kept them fairly large as the gods are in the details. Well, the putti anyway.

The route: across Hungerford Bridge, as in the photo with Teri above, up through Trafalgar Square and through Leicester Square to Piccadilly Circus, then up Piccadilly to Green Park. Across Green Park to Buckingham Palace at the top of The Mall.

First pic - Buckingham Palace from the gates of Green Park
Second pic - The gates of Green Park with Buckingham Palace behind me

Sundae 04-02-2008 04:49 PM

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The Victoria Memorial, which stands aloof from the traffic in front of Buckingham Palace


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