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• July 29, 2010
• 22:46

  I hate Zoto!!

   » ‎ Terry Wong
  Just went through those pictures I uploaded and linked to blog during the time Zoto was free, as as soon as it was not free and I did not pay, my pictures links were all broken and I am trying to tidy up… Zoto should at least keep those links!!

• 16:08

  Quirky London

   » ‎ talfryn.net
  
  

  Where you’ve to pay to be a bum…

  Where morning crowds gather at Buckingham Palace for a glimpse of the guards in red tunics and bearskin hats…

  Where anti-war protesters camp out (34 days and counting) on a hunger strike right on Parliament Square…

  Where conspiracy theories abound…

  Where the 2012 Olympic is set…

  Where one simply can’t get enough of things British…

  Where two legs just aren’t good enough…

  Where the average chair can’t quite make the cut…

  Where you’ll find stars and red carpets right next to Chinatown…

• 13:50

  North East England, Scotland and the bits in between – Part 2

   » ‎ talfryn.net
  
  

  We bought a sporting kite from the shop at Seahouses. Lovely beaches, strong breeze, deep blue skies, so why not? Had some great fun tagging at the strings after we returned from the Farnes.

  Bamburgh, capital of the ancient city of Northumbria, was most famous for its imposing castle. Mucked about on the hills behind the Bamburgh Dunes in the late evening, waiting for the sun to descend behind the castle.

  The Holy Island of Lindisfarne is a funny one. Accessible only during low tides, across a motor causeway. We went on Saturday but there were people in their Sunday best, presumably for some important church function or another. The first monastery was founded there by a St Aidan in 635AD, and it’s been the site of Christian pilgrimage ever since. Now the skeletal ruins of the Lindisfarne Priory remain.

  It was a few hours’ drive away from Northumberland National Park . The weather was being miserable, so we mostly stayed in the car, driving along a section of Hadrian’s Wall for a while. Most memorable was the Forest Drive, one of the highest roads in England. We were blanketed by a thick layer of fog as we got to the middle of the forest. Otherwise quite scenic most of the time.

  Still misty and grey, we reached the Borderlands. There were two huge boulders marking the English-Border line: on one side was etched ‘Scotland’ and the other, ‘England’. Passed through the Scottish town of Jedburgh and its Abbey before returning southwards towards our lodgings in Belford.

  Our adventures in the north being over, we headed London-bound on Sunday, dropping by the City of York. Easily one of the more beautiful cities in this part of England. Gothic architecture melded with Victorian and the modern. Historical town walls and ramparts surround the city centre, much of it still intact and walkable. Plenty of green spaces, and very happy people.

• 13:06

  The Farnes

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  Finally, after years of yearning. This was a far more accomplishable trip, unlike my other dreams of going to South Africa, Madagascar, South America and the likes.

  We made it off the coast from the Seahouses harbour, and spent a good four hours circling the handful of Farne Islands. Thousands of seabirds – gannets, terns, guillemots, cormorants, shags, puffins. Saw colonies of grey seals too. Made a landing on Inner Farne, the largest of the islands. The Artic and Common terns got real close, so close you’d trip over them or get shat on if you’re not careful. Puffins flew clumsily overhead with rows of fish in their bills. They had short fencing and proper boarded footpaths so it did feel a bit like a zoo or a wetland centre. It was amazing out there nevertheless.