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Falkirk Wheel

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:57:15 GMT

A visit to the Falkirk Wheel.

Video of Wheel (1)
Video of Wheel (2)

Arthur's Seat

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:48:52 GMT

Walk up Arthur's seat, views across

Edinburgh and The National Museum Scotland.

View of Scottish Parliament building from Salisbury Crags.

View across Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Castle.

The Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Panoramic view of Edinburgh

View standing on the top of Arthur's Seat.

View to the top of Arthur's seat.

The entrance hall of the National Museum Scotland.

Edinburgh Castle

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:28:43 GMT

Visit to Edinburgh Castle.

View from entrance to castle.

Entrance to castle.

View over Edinburgh from castle.

Back towards ramparts.

Mons Meg, a gift to James II in 1457.

Interior of Queen Margaret Chapel built in

the 12th century.

The Scottish National War Memorial, opened in 1927.

Hall at the castle.

The one o'clock gun, first fired in 1861.

A bagpiper on the Royal Mile.

Princes Street gardens.

Arras

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:36:41 GMT

Modern art piece at the Musée des Beaux Arts.

Artisan making Arras porcelain.

Arras

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:21:16 GMT

Place Victor Hugo

Arras war memorial.

Memorial wall.

Small section of the memorial wall.

Entry to ?Muir de fusiliers?

Memorial stones on the Le Mur des Fusillés.

Garden in Cité Nature.

View across the Grand Place.

Statue inside church on Place d'Ipswich.

Coupe du Monde de Rugby...

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:05:37 GMT

War memorial in Place du Maréchal Foch in Arras.

Tongan dancer outside café in Lens.

Les Géants outside Stade Felix Bollaert, a local tradition.

The stadium starting to fill up.

The 'Siva Tau', the Tongan version of the Haka.

Just after kick-off.

Video of the Siva Tau

Arras

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:56:58 GMT

View towards Arras cathedral from the bell tower of the town hall.

Place des Héros... the road off the top left leads to the Ibis hotel, the green and red banner can just be seen.

Looking over towards the Grand Place.

Bell tower and town hall.

Eagle lecturn inside the cathedral.

Relics of Thomas Beckett inside the cathedral.

Slightly wonky photo inside the cathedral!

Commonwealth war memorial inside the cathedral.

Grand Place at night.

Trip to Fowey

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:05:10 GMT

View down into Polruan

View across to Fowey

The road-ferry from Bodinnick to Fowey

The Fowey Cricket Club rules!

Fowey castle

Rob outside the caravan on the campsite

Me outside the caravan

Mevagissey

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:55:50 GMT

View down into Pentewan from the coastal path on the way to Mevagissey

View down into Mevagissey

The harbour at Mevagissey

The lighthouse at the end of the harbour wall at Mevagissey

View of the Jungle in the Lost Gardens of Heligan from outside

A rare sight of a patch of blue sky!

Visit to the Eden Project

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:44:36 GMT

Panoramic of the Eden Project

The Eden Project from the cycleway on the way in

Piglets made out of cork in the Warm Temperate Biome

The Outdoor Biome

Large statue in the Outdoor Biome

Stream running in the the Humid Tropics Biome

Rice paddies

The steamy Humid Tropics Biome

Looking across the Humid Tropics Biome

Waterfall inside the Humid Tropics Biome

Looking back from the waterfall

Lily pads

The Humid Tropics Biome on the left, and the Warm Temperate on the right.

Movie of the leaf

Rob skimming stones at Charlestown

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:11:40 GMT

The Lost Gardens of Heligan

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:06:35 GMT

Visit to the Lost Gardens of Heligan

Sculpture of the Giant on the Wooodland Walk

Sculpture of the Giantess on the Woodland Walk

Lady with hoop, with roses growing up the middle

Looking down into the 'Jungle'

One of the four pools in the 'Jungle'

Robert on the boardwalk in the 'Jungle'

Another of the 'Jungle' pools

A banana plant

Some very friendly sheep in the 'Meadow'

An unidentified bird that was common in the area

Part of the working Victorian vegetable garden

The walled garden

A stile on the walk back from Heligan to Pentewan

Robert on the stile

A concrete cow in Pentewan

The Ship Inn in Pentewan where we ate dinner (url?)

The Pet's Corner at the campsite

The other pig sleeping in the barn

Video of the pig

Pentewan

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:40:46 GMT

Looking across the beach at Pentewan

A catamaran that had just set off from Pentewan beach

A sea anemone in a rock pool

The cafe where we had lunch outside

The square in the centre of the village

View from the coast path down over the bay at Pentewan, and its campsite