Tornado Splash looks fun
We stopped off at the National Botanic Garden in Wales today on our way to St. David’s. The walled garden looks especially good at the moment.
The glasshouse was used as the set for a very creepy episode of Dr Who
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If you want to pop in for a cuppa on your way home then give us a shout.
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Where I was this weekend: camping at a farm near Shrewsbury for Shrewkfest, a ukulele festival.
Very mixed camping, though some of the motorhomes had trouble getting round the corners to the campsite.
A gently sloping field, with hills on both sides. (And sheep. Who do not shut up all night.)
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The Silence of the Sheep.
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After a nine hour journey past three crashes and then M5 car park that’s Bristol I have arrived on the south coast. Nice view from the caravan.
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Whereabouts on the south coast?
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Near Exmouth
Ah further west than me!
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I live just outside Poole in Dorset
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We have plans to go Lyne Regis, which is also nowhere near you. But closer!
Lol - nice place tho!
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The Rochdale Canal has been gradually emptied.
The Canals & Rivers Trust are blaming “thieves” rather than leaks.
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The Wet Bandits strike again!
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I was just perusing some photos from our last trip to Europe. This is Dinant in Belgium, which is lovely. The citadel on the cliff top has a lot of interesting history, and the people who look after it have put together a very impressive audio-visual experience if you go through it – definitely more than we were anticipating. The cathedral below is grand, and the whole area is extremely picturesque. We really enjoyed our visit!
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I walked along the River Thames from Isleworth to Kingston. Technically, I started walking from home towards the river, but yes. It took me around 2.5 hours when I started the journey at the London Appentice pub in Isleworth and ended when I diverted away from the riverside in Kingston.
Fun detours were had which added into the time
WARNING: I will be photo dumping
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RICHMOND
HAM - the horses are from the Ham Polo Club and there’s a match that was about to start when I walked around. I didn’t took a photo of the Ham House - a manor house - because I think it looks shit and I have to pay to get in.
TWICKENHAM - so much foliage/foresty that you dont often see the river
TEDDINGTON - just after the Teddington Lock
KINGSTON - ended my journey when I walked away from the river and towards the town centre. Explored downtown a bit. @EnterTheWyvern invited me to drop by and have a chat, which was very lovely!
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That’s a massive babcock.
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Okay, I have a kinda stupid question (set your expectations low for this one).
Why does England still have a “Royal” navy? You’re not a monarchy any more, are you? I mean, you still have a monarch, but you’re a… whatsit… parliamentary constitutional monarchy? Like, it’s not a kingdom… right?
Oh. Wait. You are still a Kingdom. United, one might say. So despite the fact that you have a parliament and a Prime Minister that runs things, you still have the King as the “actual” head of your government (no stones, I think he’s technically still the head of my government as well, which is all sorts of idiotic), which means the navy isn’t the government’s, but his?
But is the navy the arm of the parliament (and therefore not “Royal”), or the arm of the King (and therefore “Royal”), or is it just an artifact of a time when the government and the king was the same thing, and nobody wanted to pay to change the name?
Also, I don’t recognize that flag. I thought England, but that’s just white and red, yeah?
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