Amusing anecdote! And true... While up north visiting W.B. we drove around and thru the Peak District, and would love to have had the time to do it in a more leisurely fashion. It's absolutely beautiful there! And it's BIG! I only had a lovely Retina IIIc with me at that time, and it got broken just before visiting there. At that time, I was less experienced and didn't take a kit with two or more cameras. I do now! Oh, and I bought a few more IIIcs, so they become the backup... That was in my pre-Pentax days...
So many experiences... so little time. (If I had another 60 years to go, there STILL wouldn't be enough time...) keith whaley Bob Walkden wrote: > > Hi, > > Friday, October 17, 2003, 7:12:45 PM, you wrote: > > [...] > > A couple of the numerous times we've visited that (northern) part of > > England, we visited Whaley Bridge, had the standard touristy shots by > > the road sign, and so on. > > We did notice that place is growing! Between visits, perhaps 18 years > > apart, I hardly recognized the place. > > Anyhow, back on track... > > When we visit, home base is sort of in London, as we fly in and out of > > Heathrow - but we do love to visit London and go over whenever we get > > the chance, so the reference to "up by Nottingham" is partly because we > > think from London as a point of reference. > [...] > > >> Never heard it described as being up by Nottingham though. Not a Southerner are > >> you? ;-) > > Whaley Bridge is probably not more than about 50 miles or so from > Nottingham - pretty close by US, Canadian and Aussie standards; a huge > distance by English standards :o). I was at school in the Peak > District, not all that far from Whaley Bridge. > > I remember about 25 years ago talking to an elderly American in Munich > who was on his first visit to Europe since WWII. I asked what he > thought was most remarkable about Europe. He said "Well, your cities are > all so close together". > > -- > Cheers, > Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
