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Post by kissmekate on Sept 13, 2011 16:53:28 GMT
Just looked at the pics again and noticed I'd forgotten to mention the most important thing: your son's a very good-looking young man!  |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Sept 27, 2011 12:15:05 GMT
Just a few pics from my day out last Wednesday (the one with the bus/train/bus/steam train/ bus/bus/train/bus journeys - no wonder I was tired afterwards!):  The steam train I travelled on from the little seaside town of Swanage to the ruins of Corfe Castle. This is a much-cherished heritage railway.  The castle itself, taken through the gatehouse entrance.  A clearer view.  A view from the ruins over the lovely Dorset countryside.  Closer to the Keep.  Another view over the countryside (the blue sky hadn't disappeared, I was just shooting into the sun)  Through an arch into the Keep.  A view over the village of Corfe, from almost the highest part of the ruins.  Back to the seaside: Swanage Bay  And another. It was late afternoon and getting chilly, hence the lack of bathers!  One of the gulls that kept me company while I waited for the next bus.  Uncle Cullen got to Swanage before me!  |
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Post by kissmekate on Sept 27, 2011 12:17:26 GMT
Ohhh, those are so beautiful! Looks like a lovely day out. Love the steam train (for all the Harry Potter fans: doesn't it look like the Hogwarts Express?  ) My favourites are the ones taken through arches and other openings. Breathtaking colours! |
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Post by rueful on Sept 27, 2011 13:29:12 GMT
Those are absolutely gorgeous! Great photography, GE2! Thank you for sharing them with us.
(I agree, the train is very Hogwarty, kate!)
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Post by lovethemanrs on Sept 27, 2011 13:54:17 GMT
GE2 - love the photos especially the archway and the gate shots.
Will show them to my lovely hubby later cause he luvs steam trains..that will make his day.
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Post by megagem on Sept 27, 2011 14:02:54 GMT
Love the steam train (for all the Harry Potter fans: doesn't it look like the Hogwarts Express? )  It does! That's awesome! Gorgeous pics, GE2!!! When I was younger, I saw a pic of the Swanage Castle ruins and I always thought of them when reading The Famous Five books when the children would spend their days at the ruins on Kirrin Island. For some reason Swanage seemed to match the island's ruins perfectly to me (except for the fact that the ones in the books were on an island, of course). Awww I miss England  |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Sept 27, 2011 14:27:30 GMT
Thank you, ladies! Meg, the castle is actually 6 miles out of Swanage, at a very pretty little village called Corfe. There is a TPOTE connection - in her feud with Stephen, Queen Maude/Matilda's dependants held the castle. (Don't think Tom would have visited it, though! ) |
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Post by megagem on Sept 27, 2011 14:45:09 GMT
Ahh, I see now!  Sorry, I missed that completely. That area looks so beautiful, and I love the TPOTE connection! That's so cool! |
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Post by judypatooty on Sept 27, 2011 15:19:44 GMT
Gorgeous pictures, GE2! What a lovely day out you had. (I'm sure my father and mother have ridden that train. My dad was a fanatic about steam railroads and knew the history of virtually every line in the world. And he'd ridden on just about any line that was still running.) |
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Post by kissmekate on Sept 27, 2011 16:32:07 GMT
MeThere is a TPOTE connection - in her feud with Stephen, Queen Maude/Matilda's dependants held the castle. I love how we always manage to find connections with the Rufuniverse in just about anything! |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Sept 27, 2011 18:07:29 GMT
We just have a keen sense of Rufus, that's all! ;D
(LTM, I can PM you the other steam train pics I took, for your hubby, if you like?)
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Post by nell on Sept 27, 2011 19:20:51 GMT
Ohhh, those are so beautiful! Looks like a lovely day out. Love the steam train (for all the Harry Potter fans: doesn't it look like the Hogwarts Express? ) My favourites are the ones taken through arches and other openings. Breathtaking colours! Love the pics GE2 - It doesn't look like too bad a day after all. Even if you missed the guys from the inbetweeners!  KMK I saw the Hogwarts Express earlier this month. I slept at the station for a couple of nights (not on the platform I swear! :  unlike GE2's sunny weather is rained persistently. |
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Post by kissmekate on Sept 28, 2011 7:21:52 GMT
That's cool, Nell  Next time I go to London I have to see Platform 9 3/4! |
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Post by lovethemanrs on Sept 28, 2011 10:09:02 GMT
We just have a keen sense of Rufus, that's all! ;D (LTM, I can PM you the other steam train pics I took, for your hubby, if you like?) That would be great if you don't mind. My favourite pet anorak will be 'chuffed' to bits when he sees those x |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Sept 29, 2011 0:04:51 GMT
See my PM, LTM!
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It does! That's awesome!
Sorry, I missed that completely. That area looks so beautiful, and I love the TPOTE connection! That's so cool!
unlike GE2's sunny weather is rained persistently. 
Next time I go to London I have to see Platform 9 3/4!