What is your view?

[Oliver Buckle]

Still haven't worked out how to post pictures, but here are some of Hastings country park and Bodiam castle, both quite close.

hastings country park car park - Google Search

bodiam castle - Bing

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Hmm, seems that some other castles have crept in there, and you will need to click on 'Photos' for the country park ones.

 

[pepper]

I was excited to see this thread and all the different pics. Sometimes it's nice to take a break from gardening and see/share other things.. that's what general chat is for on forums, side topics. The world, people, buildings and history, science, space, it's all epic to me when I see beautiful things in pictures that I would otherwise never get to see.

 

[Sheal]

For 24 years I lived on the Isle of Man and was back there recently visiting my elder daughter and family. The island is sandwiched between northern England and Ireland in the Irish Sea.

The Manx flag is a triskelion, officially adopted in 1932.

11th century Castle Rushen in Castletown at the southern end of the island.

The clock, still in working order was presented by Queen Elizabeth I.

Looking onto Castletown's outer harbour.

The Irish Sea on a not so good day.

 

[zigs]

Looks fantastic Sheal

Love the clock

The stonework behind it looks like blue lias limestone. I thought the Island was all granite.

 

[zigs]

On a clear day here you can just make out the wind turbines on the North sea...

On a bad day you can see the seagulls

 

[Sheal]

Sorry Zigs, I don't know what type of stone it is but I'm sure you could find out. Unlike Aberdeen (the granite city) the island has a mixture of stone. A house I owned there had sandstone corners called quorns or querns - I can't remember exactly.

Yes, I can see the turbines - and the pesky seagulls.

 

[Sheal]

A house I owned there had sandstone corners called quorns or querns - I can't remember exactly.

I remembered earlier. Both of the above are wrong - they are quoins.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

I remembered earlier. Both of the above are wrong - they are quoins.

Yes, a quern is a small hand mill for grinding flour. I remember reading about an excavation where they found sandstone querns and all the skeletons had worn flat back teeth from sand in the flour.

 

[DirtMechanic]

I remembered earlier. Both of the above are wrong - they are quoins.

There should be a dictionary of words that are tricky to google past the ai.

 

[Sheal]

Yes, a quern is a small hand mill for grinding flour. I remember reading about an excavation where they found sandstone querns and all the skeletons had worn flat back teeth from sand in the flour.

Thanks Oliver. I did look them up knowing that my choices were wrong and then 'quoin' came to me eventually.

 

[Sheal]

There should be a dictionary of words that are tricky to google past the ai.

I agree with that, but it doesn't help having an old brain that plays tricks on me from time to time.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Out and about on errands. this caught my eye. Amish clothes on the line puffing in the wind, and their pumpkins and mums below.

 

[Sheal]

For those of you that like historical buildings. 17th century church in Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England.

An older 11th century church below that I came across by accident outside Berwick-on-Tweed.

 

[Sheal]

Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England.

An old fashioned sweet (candy) shop.

 

[Sheal]

Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England. Built in the 11th century it replaced an old fort on the same mound.