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What I Did This Weekend - In Pictures!
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tek-monkey
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I know it's not the weekend but I took a week off work so it counts for me! Went to jurmula, took a walk down a cold beach, then round Riga Xmas market
Gramaisc
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I also took a walk to a cold beach yesterday - although this one was a bit smaller and 300m above sea level.
These mountains, although below 600m these days, used to be over 3,000m in the distant past. Weathering and glaciation has, literally, ground them down to the present day profile.
Being made from Old Red Sandstone, the fact that the process is still going on produces a small, but steady amount of lovely fine sand, which eventually makes it down to the sea and replenishes the beaches.
Occasionally, the profile of the streams causes small sandbanks, like this one, to form.
tek-monkey
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Sandbanks on rivers are very common here in Latvia. No mountains though, hardly even hills, but think the country is pretty much just sand under a bit of soil.
Carole
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We also have been taking a walk on the beach this week, we have been to Norfolk for a few days.
Although it was cold, were blessed with sunny dry days.
We took a bracing walk on a deserted beach followed by a fabulous lunch at The Dun Cow at Salthouse on the North Norfolk Coast.
Although it was cold, were blessed with sunny dry days.
We took a bracing walk on a deserted beach followed by a fabulous lunch at The Dun Cow at Salthouse on the North Norfolk Coast.
Carole
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While we staying in Norfolk we visited Holkham Hall and booked in for the Candlelight Tour of the house and their Christmas decorations.
This was of particular interest to me because I was interested, and had read Anne Glenconners book of her time at Holkham and her marriage to Colin Tennant.
Anyway, it took 70 people nearly a month to put up the decorations.
This was of particular interest to me because I was interested, and had read Anne Glenconners book of her time at Holkham and her marriage to Colin Tennant.
Anyway, it took 70 people nearly a month to put up the decorations.
Carole
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After driving back from Norfolk and getting back late afternoon, we quickly unpacked and had cheese on toast then went to pick up our Great Great Nephews.
We’d got tickets for the Panto dress rehearsal “Jack and The Beanstalk”, at Stafford Gatehouse.
Wow, we loved last year but this surpassed it, we laughed so much all the way through.
Just such a joyous evening.
Honestly, it doesn‘t matter how old or young you are, this show has something for every age group. Go see, thoroughly recommend.
We’d got tickets for the Panto dress rehearsal “Jack and The Beanstalk”, at Stafford Gatehouse.
Wow, we loved last year but this surpassed it, we laughed so much all the way through.
Just such a joyous evening.
Honestly, it doesn‘t matter how old or young you are, this show has something for every age group. Go see, thoroughly recommend.
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Carole
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After a wonderful few days in Norfolk, then the Panto last night, it was back to reality today.
I had to go to Telford to learn how to drive again, otherwise known as a Speed Awareness Course.
26 people on the course and about 18 of them were pensioners. Only 3 were under 30.
I did spend quite a bit of time wondering about the demographics of that.
My conclusion was that possibly/probably the young drivers caught out opted to do the “online course”.
The older people chose the physical course….. “well it’s a day out and a chance to meet new people“.
I had to go to Telford to learn how to drive again, otherwise known as a Speed Awareness Course.
26 people on the course and about 18 of them were pensioners. Only 3 were under 30.
I did spend quite a bit of time wondering about the demographics of that.
My conclusion was that possibly/probably the young drivers caught out opted to do the “online course”.
The older people chose the physical course….. “well it’s a day out and a chance to meet new people“.
Gramaisc
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After several days of the apocalypse, today was predicted to be quite nice - and it was.
We headed out up a river valley, into the mountains and past a megalithic tomb.
The path along the river has rather less likelihood of people falling into the ravine these days.
At the high point of the walk, the change in the weather was very apparent.
The windmills have been churning out 70% of the electricity over the last 24 hours.
However, the winds of previous days also left us with a few obstacles to overcome - but we got round, over or under each of them.
We headed out up a river valley, into the mountains and past a megalithic tomb.
The path along the river has rather less likelihood of people falling into the ravine these days.
At the high point of the walk, the change in the weather was very apparent.
The windmills have been churning out 70% of the electricity over the last 24 hours.
However, the winds of previous days also left us with a few obstacles to overcome - but we got round, over or under each of them.
Gramaisc
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A 12km walk today, with just the hard-case stalwarts. Seven of us.
Mostly just below the cloudbase and it was all OK in the end.
Mostly forest road, but a bit of a diversion down a dodgy path through the forest, to find the river.
Then up to the headwaters of the second-longest river.
Mostly just below the cloudbase and it was all OK in the end.
Mostly forest road, but a bit of a diversion down a dodgy path through the forest, to find the river.
Then up to the headwaters of the second-longest river.
Gramaisc
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Today's venture out proved to be very popular - 35+ turned up.
The target of the walk was a hilltop tower that is now ascendable via a steel spiral stairway.
The view from the top is quite open, being above the trees and with the morning's drizzle having given up.
I had pressed on ahead of the main group, with half a dozen feral children, in a (failed) attempt to tire them out.
This meant that we were able to ascend the tower before the others arrived. Unfortunately, nobody had had the foresight to bring a Thermos of boiling oil to keep the parents at bay.
We lost three of the kids just after the tower, but nobody noticed for a while - they eventually found us by getting to the last part of the route via a shot-cut. I don't think we left anybody else behind.
On the way back, we popped in to a convenient pyramid.
The target of the walk was a hilltop tower that is now ascendable via a steel spiral stairway.
The view from the top is quite open, being above the trees and with the morning's drizzle having given up.
I had pressed on ahead of the main group, with half a dozen feral children, in a (failed) attempt to tire them out.
This meant that we were able to ascend the tower before the others arrived. Unfortunately, nobody had had the foresight to bring a Thermos of boiling oil to keep the parents at bay.
We lost three of the kids just after the tower, but nobody noticed for a while - they eventually found us by getting to the last part of the route via a shot-cut. I don't think we left anybody else behind.
On the way back, we popped in to a convenient pyramid.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Not really the weekend, but it's xmas so it's all a weekend? Went for a drive yesterday to test the new car, ended up in Church Stretton. Looking for a free car park google sent us up a rather steep hill, where we realised the crappy fog was only at ground level.
Gramaisc
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Today was originally planned as a day off for the walking group, but public demand led to doing a fairly local one and a dozen turned out for it. I did it once before, about two years ago, and it seemed a lot easier today. 12 km in three hours on a variety of terrain, with some fair ups-and-downs.
We managed to stay below the cloud base all the time.
Approaching the return to the start, much sooner than I had predicted.
Next weekend is promised to be a bit harsher, weather-wise - we'll see.
On the way home, we checked to see if, just possibly, three horses might have escaped - just in case they had.
They had.
We eventually found them in what they clearly considered to be a better field, about a mile away.
Help was summoned, to bribe them with a few carrots, and they were returned to their 'proper accommodation'.
Tired now.
We managed to stay below the cloud base all the time.
Approaching the return to the start, much sooner than I had predicted.
Next weekend is promised to be a bit harsher, weather-wise - we'll see.
On the way home, we checked to see if, just possibly, three horses might have escaped - just in case they had.
They had.
We eventually found them in what they clearly considered to be a better field, about a mile away.
Help was summoned, to bribe them with a few carrots, and they were returned to their 'proper accommodation'.
Tired now.
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
The perpetual weekend continues.
This year dawned as a much better day than yesterday was, so the New Year's Day Walk was a very pleasant affair.
It started in a nearby village, where they have carefully maintained their anti-Viking defences, despite them being fairly quiet recently.
It then proceeded, via some fairly sharp inclines, into the surrounding hills.
The somewhat hard going precipitated the group fragmenting into several smaller groups, each proceeding at their own mutually acceptable paces.
2/3 of my group of three had no tolerance for people stopping to take photos...
This year dawned as a much better day than yesterday was, so the New Year's Day Walk was a very pleasant affair.
It started in a nearby village, where they have carefully maintained their anti-Viking defences, despite them being fairly quiet recently.
It then proceeded, via some fairly sharp inclines, into the surrounding hills.
The somewhat hard going precipitated the group fragmenting into several smaller groups, each proceeding at their own mutually acceptable paces.
2/3 of my group of three had no tolerance for people stopping to take photos...