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A few random photos
St Olave's church where Samuel Pepys (pronounced Peeps) worshipped - he of the diaries that described the Great Fire of London
Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square with the National Gallery behind. The church is St Martin in the Fields - it's quite a long time since it was in fields
The Shard behind St Magnus the Martyr Church from Fish Street Hill (brilliant road name) The Shard is the tallest building in London, but it doesn't look it. It's actually on the far bank of the river
Looking up Cannon Street from Mansion House towards St Paul's Cathedral
St Olave's church where Samuel Pepys (pronounced Peeps) worshipped - he of the diaries that described the Great Fire of London
Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square with the National Gallery behind. The church is St Martin in the Fields - it's quite a long time since it was in fields
The Shard behind St Magnus the Martyr Church from Fish Street Hill (brilliant road name) The Shard is the tallest building in London, but it doesn't look it. It's actually on the far bank of the river
Looking up Cannon Street from Mansion House towards St Paul's Cathedral
How interesting.Good evening all. We have walked a long way today.
It's postcard time.
Starting with Trinity House near the Tower of London - home to the Lighthouse Authority and the (sea) Pilotage Authority
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Look closely at this - there are tortoises with 5 toes! It's very old and the silversmith probably hadn't ever seen anything as exotic as a live tortoise
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Lovely piccies as usual.
Good evening, Laura.Evening roomies
The vaulted ceilings, staircases and sheer opulence of some of these places never ceases to astound me.
Good evening, Linda!
In 1683, Pepys was the chap in charge of the English evacuation of Tangier, Morocco.A few random photos
St Olave's church where Samuel Pepys (pronounced Peeps) worshipped - he of the diaries that described the Great Fire of London
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Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square with the National Gallery behind. The church is St Martin in the Fields - it's quite a long time since it was in fields
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The Shard behind St Magnus the Martyr Church from Fish Street Hill (brilliant road name) The Shard is the tallest building in London, but it doesn't look it. It's actually on the far bank of the river
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Looking up Cannon Street from Mansion House towards St Paul's Cathedral
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Ooh that's a new one to me. He had his fingers in many pies. He was an extraordinarily powerful man.
He wrote of his Moroccan stuff in a different, later diary to the famous one, having stopped years before fearing he'd go blind. But the Moroccan one is pretty boring and mostly deals with business matters.
It is incredibly accurate.Good evening, Lena.
Very funny and largely accurate.
I particularly love the description of German as over-complicated Dutch. To me, Dutch is German with al the vowels doubled... it's quite easy to understand if you speak bad German... which I do (O Level Grade C 1982 - don't know how I passed)
Also Finnish - does anyone speak it. It's just not like any other language. And as for Denmark v Norway... friends from both countries are equally insulting
I particularly like the comment about baguettes and also 'Brazilian'!
The Greek maths symbols is good too.I particularly like the comment about baguettes and also 'Brazilian'!
My knowledge of the Greek alphabet is entirely from doing Maths to A Level ... we have been able to sound out Greek words for years and then work out from the sound what it meant
I remember seeing a film poster which taught me that the letter B was replaced by Mu and Pi together in Greek. We sounded out an actor called Rompert Redford
Not long to my birthday!
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If you like birthdays you can have 23 of mine !Not long to my birthday!
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I do like.If you like birthdays you can have 23 of mine !
But three days is quite enough for me.
I don't want to be spoiled.
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Hello my dears long time no talk. I was going to read through the posts since I've been gone but it's nearly 2500 :rolls eyes: I don't believe I'll be doing that. How is everyone?
long time no talk. I was going to read through the posts since I've been gone but it's nearly 2500 :rolls eyes: I don't believe I'll be doing that. How is everyone?
Hello, Michelle!Hello my dears
Yes, it's been too long.
Lovely to hear from you!
I'm good, wifey and Tidgy, too.
What about you ?
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We're doing wellHello, Michelle!
Yes, it's been too long.
Lovely to hear from you!
I'm good, wifey and Tidgy, too.
What about you ?
we've both been busy submitting paperwork to buy a house finally. Buddy and Earl are both doing well too. Have I missed anything exciting?
Love to all.We're doing well
And good luck with the house, bit of a nightmare, but worth it in the end.
Lyn's computer is broken so she's not on at the moment, John's been very busy, is thinking of a job change and has just given up smoking, Linda's been visiting lots of places and posting amazing pictures, Ed had another op on his heart, but has recovered well, Grandpa's still drinking Bud, Mooz has just had a nice few days away, Gillian's returned after a break from the CDR, Sabine wrote a wonderful story she posted in here, Lena's settling in nicely in Denmark, Yvonne's been about quite a lot, haven't heard from Noel for a bit, Oh, and i'm doing a version of "Esio Tro" which you can read here : http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/esio-trot-by-tidgys-dad.159608/ if you get the time. having great fun doing it.
Comments here in the Cold Dark Room, as trying to keep the book thread down to just the book at the moment.
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My goodness! Everyone has been so busy!
Proud of Jon! Its hard to quit smoking, I know from my own experience. I miss seeing everyone's avatars! I dreamt of the forum last night
