Results tagged “Weather” from UK and Japan 2010
Sunrise over the English Channel
Dover Castle
Entrance to the tunnels at Dover Castle
Buildings under the White Cliffs in Dover
White Cliffs of Dover
These clouds made me cry
Channel ferry
White Cliffs of Dover at St Margaret's Bay
White Cliffs of Dover at St Margaret's Bay
White Cliffs of Dover at St Margaret's Bay
White Cliffs of Dover at St Margaret's Bay
White Cliffs of Dover at St Margaret's Bay
Heading down to the tunnel to the Chunnel landfill
Going through the tunnel
White Cliffs of Dover from the Chunnel landfill
Chunnel landfill
Dog Poop bin!
Heading back out
Reminding Europeans to drive on the left
Naughty person on board!
Battersea Power Station
Gates open at Buckingham Palace
Canadian War Memorial in Green Park
Queen Victoria statue from Green Park
Rear of Buckingham Palace
Rear of Buckingham Palace
Pond in Buckingham Palace grounds
Security at the back of Buckingham Palace
Geotagging - Day 29
Fairly standard night and breakfast. Still think it's probably the best hotel we've had so far this trip.
I went for a walk down to the beach while Stu was getting ready. Not a terribly nice beach, and separated every twenty metres or so with walls to stop erosion. Walked west to get a better look at the circus tent looking thing. Didn't find out what it was until I looked it up just then - it's a Butlins Holiday Park.
Beach at Bognor Regis
Bathing Boxes at Bognor Regis
Bathing Boxes at Bognor Regis
Grand Hotel, Brighton
Brighton Pier
West Pier at Brighton, finally destroyed by fire in 2003
Brighton Pier
Brighton Pier
Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Brighton Clock Tower
Seven Sisters at Beachy Head
Seven Sisters at Beachy Head
Getting stuck behind flocks of sheep is a minor hazard travelling in England
Long Man of Wilmington
Drove drove drove. Stopped at a Scottish Restaurant for lunch.
Saw France on the way into Dover :)
And finally made it to Dover Castle just after 4pm. The place closes at 6pm. And it was raining. Have I mentioned how much it rains here? Decided to go in anyway. £13.90 each. We definitely should have gotten English Heritage membership :/ They asked us if we wanted to go on the 5pm secret war tunnels tour and we said yes. But that was way at the bottom of the castle, and the tower etc were way up the top. Which meant we had a grand total of half an hour to explore the castle :(:(:( Which was a shame because it was a very cool castle to explore. Rather than directing you in one way and out another, you can go in and just explore little nooks and crannies and rooms and stairways and corridors. It was a lot of fun, but we just didn't have the time to do it justice :( In fact I actually managed to lose the sweetie which was quite stressful because we had to get down to the tunnels.
Dover Castle
Dover Castle
Entrance gate at Dover Castle
Dover Castle
Dover Castle
Interior of Dover Castle
Interior of Dover Castle
Corridor in Dover Castle
View of Dover from the top of the castle
Top of Dover Castle
Top of Dover Castle
English Channel from Dover Castle
Dover Castle
Dover from Dover Castle
St Mary in the Castle church
Dover Castle
Interior of Dover Castle
Dover Castle
Entrance to the tunnels
So left when the tour was done and headed for the hotel.
Stopped at the Battle of Britain Memorial. It was raining. A lot. And windy. Which was bad for my camera but in one way it was good because there was noone else there. Had the place to myself. Managed a couple of photos, with and without rain on the lens.
Battle of Britain Memorial
Battle of Britain Memorial
Battle of Britain Memorial
Supermarine Spitfire Mark I replica at the Battle of Britain Memorial
Battle of Britain Memorial sign
Got to the hotel. Internet access is a pain cause you really need a wifi username and password for each device. And the fire alarm has gone off for ten seconds tonight. Yay. But the nicest thing about this hotel is its location, with an outlook to the English Channel. Can see France! :) The moon over the water was amazing before.
Went out to get a pizza for dinner. At the local Pizza Hut. Most expensive pizza I've ever eaten. £11.99 - which is $25AUD for a standard size pizza!! Gah!!!! Just a plain old pepperoni pizza. Insane, totally insane :( Still, it was actually quite nice.
Hoping for five minutes of sunlight tomorrow morning to see the cliffs, that's all I'm asking. It can rain the rest of the day, but some sun on the cliffs would be nice... kthxbai!
Newquay
Headland Hotel, Newquay, used in the 1990 movie "The Witches"
Tiny little roads
Horse-drawn wagon in Polperro
Polperro
Cornish Piskies!
Muddy harbour in Polperro
Muddy harbour in Polperro
Harbour in Polperro
Polperro
Polperro
Polperro
Cornish Pasties
Seagull at Lyme Regis
Cliffs at Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis
Stu at Lyme Regis - hey look! Sunshine!
Stu at Lyme Regis
This is as far as we got before we couldn't go any further
Cliffs at Lyme Regis
Cliffs at Lyme Regis
Cute cloud
Entrance to Portsmouth
HMS Warrior, Portsmouth
HMS Warrior
Spinnaker Tower
The only things open in Portsmouth after 6pm
Spinnaker Tower
View from our hotel in Bognor Regis
Geotagging - Day 27
Tourist train in Newquay
Newquay
Beach at Newquay
Cool house on top of rocks in Newquay
Beach at Newquay
Beach at Newquay
Beach at Newquay
Bridge to the isolated house at Newquay
Fountain at Newquay
Having lots of weather here on holiday - yeah, story of our holiday!
Port at Padstow
The Seafood Restaurant at Padstow
Port at Padstow
Cornwall
Stu at the entrance to Land's End
Lighthouse at Land's End
Rocks at Land's End
Rocks at Land's End
Signpost at Land's End
Stu at Land's End
Karen and Cutie at Land's End
St Michael's Mount
St Michael's Mount
St Michael's Mount
At least the parachute wind surfers were having fun
Geotagging - Day 26
Menai Bridge
Brittania Bridge
Llanfair station
Llanfair station
Welcome to Wales!
Canal boats near Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Canal boat going across Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Turning a canal boat
Canal boats near Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Near Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Iron Bridge
River Severn from Iron Bridge
Iron Bridge
Funny sign on the M6 near Birmingham
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral
Stained glass in Gloucester Cathedral
Interior of Gloucester Cathedral
Organ in Gloucester Cathedral
Quire in Gloucester Cathedral
Altar in Gloucester Cathedral
Roof of Gloucester Cathedral
Stained glass in Gloucester Cathedral
Cloisters in Gloucester Cathedral
Harry runs out here when the floor is covered in water from Myrtle flooding the bathroom
This is the corner where the kids see Mrs Norris hung and the writing in blood
"enemies of the heir beware"
Me in Gloucester Cathedral cloisters
"It's written in blood!"
This corridor is used in a couple of scenes too
Chapter house of Gloucester Cathedral. This is McGonnagal's transfigurations classroom.
This room was being used for a function, and I was able to get a quick snap of the room
before they locked it up.
No Moaning Myrtle in the girl's bathroom though
The kids walk out this door when Harry remembers Hermione doesn't know about the troll
Cloister in Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral
Swindon Magic Roundabout
Geotagging - Day 23
So this morning started off very slowly. The pace set by the hotel and the timing and delivery of breakfast. *Heaps* of food which is always dangerous heh. I'm sooo going to need to go on a diet or something when I get home heh. Had a chat to the owners as we were checking out about the bombing/crash 22 years ago. They actually knew people on the street that was hit (I'm sure I read about them in wikipedia last night) - the parents and daughter were killed but the two boys were out of the house and survived. They were given a heap of compensation money and had different lives because of it. And they're both dead now. One of them had a son who is destined to be worth £23 million when he comes of age. Went for a quick drive around Sherwood Crescent to see where it all happened. 11, 13 and 15 where the plane hit are just a garden now, they didn't rebuild the houses there. Perhaps because noone was left to rebuild them..
Sherwood Crescent, Lockerbie. A large part of the plane fell here
So then headed south. The idea being to stop at Gretna to see the first/last house in Scotland and stand on the bridge over the river that forms the border with England and get a photo. Except the exit we wanted wasn't marked and we missed it. And it was about eight miles further south to the next exit so I decided it wasn't worth it and missed out altogether.
Fail.
Welcome to England!
So continued south. Bought petrol. Oh yes, this country doesn't believe in windscreen squidgees at service stations, so you can't actually clean your windows here.
Fail.
Then headed out into the Lakes District. The idea being to drive a loop around Keswick to some of the lakes then past Windermere and out. Well first let me warn you. If you're just here for a drive around and some photos, forget it. The only way to get photos is if you're a hiker. This country doesn't believe in cars. And certainly not in parking. And views of lakes from the road? Forget it. Pretty much no such thing. Didn't get a single photo of Buttermere and a very crap one of Windermere simply because a) there's nowhere to stop and b) there are so many trees between the roads and the lakes that you can't even get photos from the car. It was pretty much epic..
Fail.
Heading for the Lakes District. On the A66 near Threlkeld
Bassenthwaite Lake
Heading down B5289 towards Crummock Water
Fields off B5289 near Crummock Water
Fields off B5289 near Crummock Water
Sheep on the road
Crummock Water
Crummock Water
South end of Crummock Water
Buttermere
Heading up Honister Pass
Honister Pass
Honister Pass
Derwentwater, south of Keswick
Thirlmere
Windermere
We were very excited after four and a half hours driving to finally find somewhere with toilets. Of course it was a pay and display carpark. So we found someone else's still valid ticket lying on the ground and used that.
Small win!
Decided to drive on. Thought we were up for a quick visit to Chester to see the walls and the Roman Amphitheatre. Even in the pouring rain. Because it was 3:30pm and we hadn't eaten since breakfast. So thought we'd go into one of the city parking stations. Which was gridlock with people trying to get in and out. We went down one way (after trying to get past someone trying to get out) and found it was actually a dead end. With nowhere to turn around.
Epic. Fricken. Fail.
So decided "screw you Chester" and got the hell out of there as soon as we could.
Fail.
Part of the wall at Chester
So the Welsh border was not far away. Was watching it coming on the GPS and had the camera ready. But it was raining so heavily that firstly my camera was focussed on the rain on the windscreen. And by the time the wipers went, we'd passed the sign. So missed it.
Fail.
Britannia Bridge near Llanfair
Looking through the rain towards Menai Bridge
Island in the water dividing Anglesey from the mainland
Arrived at the hotel. Carpark was full. But someone moved their car so we took their spot. Checked in ok. Room is a bit stuffy so we have the window open. It's raining. It's actually kinda nice to listen to.
Dinner was in the bistro downstairs. I just had a starter which was probably a good thing as don't think would have gotten through a main. There was lots of saladdy stuff, so lots of lovely fibre to counter the meat I've been eating for breakfasts.
8:30pm. Time to wash hair and go to bed methinks.
Hoping for a better day tomorrow...
Geotagging - Day 22
Buckingham Palace in sunlight
Queen Victoria Monument in sunlight
Buckingham Palace gates in sunlight
Westminster Station, as seen in Order of the Phoenix
London Eye
London Eye
Houses of Parliament
Charing Cross station
The Thames
St Paul's Cathedral
Buckingham Palace
At the top of the London Eye
Guys taking photos of themselves
Government buildings including 10 Downing Street and Treasury
Houses of Parliament
Tower of Big Ben
Clock tower and Westminster Abbey
Waterloo Station
Crossing Tower Bridge I had to stop because it was opening!
Interior of Tower Bridge
Tower of London
London office buildings
HMS Belfast
Looking up the Thames
Inside the top of Tower Bridge
Looking down on the road
Furnaces
Engine room
Tower Bridge, with tide as high as I ever saw it
Tower of London
Traitors' Gate from the outside
Tower of London
Tower of London
Traitors' Gate from the inside
State room
Tower of London
Tower of London
Buildings in the Tower of London
Buildings in the Tower of London
The Crown Jewels are in there!
Model of the Tower of London
Tower of London
The Rack! Part of the torture exhibition
Canons
Tower of London
Obligatory me in front of Tower Bridge shot
The Leaky Cauldron!
Harry and Hagrid walk here in the Philosopher's Stone
Geotagging - Day 13