Rodger Pettichord Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Hi all. If you visit this thread each week, you have noticed that posts come in from all around the globe. Recently, I realized that not only do our participants live in many places but also those places are among some of the world's most beautiful locations. And that realization pointed me to this week's topic. THIS WEEK'S MEANINGLESS TOPIC: What scenery where you live do you most enjoy? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukcip Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) Burning Blue Design Little Gransden. It might not be the most advanced scenery out there but 30 years ago, as a spritely 17 year old, I did my first solo there. And they've done a good rendition. Edited June 29, 2023 by Pukcip 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 Clarification: I meant real scenery, not flight sim. But what ever makes you happy makes me happy too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukcip Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 In that case - Durdle Door. Just magical 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Pukcip said: In that case - Durdle Door. Just magical Oh my goodness, Graeme. How very, very beautiful! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Cataract Gorge. It's about half a Km behind where I live in Summerhill Launceston. It flows down into the Basin which has public swimming pools for free and picnic and play areas. I can still hear the water rushing down the gorge now after recent rain falls. Sorry I can't do any pics I never really learnt. It's worth looking up though. cheers Gumby 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 40 minutes ago, gumbypickett said: Cataract Gorge. t's worth looking up though. cheers Gumby So I did look it up, Grant, and was much impressed. Lovely bridge, scenic variety (I liked the rocky canyon), and lots of recreational options. There was one shot of the river at flood--WOW! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Hello Rodger, this guide is about a village close to where I live.Walk: Deep Dale and Bishop Wilton, East Riding of Yorkshire | Countryfile.com It may not be dramatic but there are far worse places to be. In the opposite direction is this bridge, which is older than the USA and still carries all the traffic over the River DerwentStamford Bridge (bridge) - Wikipedia 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, gumbypickett said: Cataract Gorge. It's about half a Km behind where I live in Summerhill Launceston. It flows down into the Basin which has public swimming pools for free and picnic and play areas. I can still hear the water rushing down the gorge now after recent rain falls. Sorry I can't do any pics I never really learnt. It's worth looking up though. cheers Gumby Oh I can understand this, Gumby. I was there in 2002 for the first time, and do not forget it. I do have a picture of myself on the Alexandra suspension bridge, and I look much younger than today... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 21 minutes ago, Stillwater said: Oh I can understand this, Gumby. I was there in 2002 for the first time, and do not forget it. I do have a picture of myself on the Alexandra suspension bridge, and I look much younger than today... My Grandfather helped rebuild it after the 1929 floods. Imagine the amount of water flowing down back then. I live up in the higher suburbs, so I'm safe. cheers Gumby 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, gumbypickett said: My Grandfather helped rebuild it after the 1929 floods. Imagine the amount of water flowing down back then. I live up in the higher suburbs, so I'm safe. cheers Gumby Did they still have the Stillwater restaurant and accomodation back then? I left L'ton college across the road back in 1985 and can't remember. cheers Gumby 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Nick Cooper said: Hello Rodger, this guide is about a village close to where I live.Walk: Deep Dale and Bishop Wilton, East Riding of Yorkshire | Countryfile.com It may not be dramatic but there are far worse places to be. In the opposite direction is this bridge, which is older than the USA and still carries all the traffic over the River DerwentStamford Bridge (bridge) - Wikipedia Lovely! Coming from a very mountainous area, I actually do more often like rolling hills and dales. But I do not catch how they can play football on such a small bridge. 🤔 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John York Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Winsford. It's a small village with thatched cottages and seven, yes seven, stone bridges. Beautiful place about half and hour by car from where I live in lovely Minehead, Somerset. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 5 hours ago, Nick Cooper said: Hello Rodger, this guide is about a village close to where I live.Walk: Deep Dale and Bishop Wilton, East Riding of Yorkshire | Countryfile.com It may not be dramatic but there are far worse places to be. In the opposite direction is this bridge, which is older than the USA and still carries all the traffic over the River DerwentStamford Bridge (bridge) - Wikipedia Perfect for the for legged companions Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 There is no scenery for me to enjoy where I live (Central Florida). The best I can do is my swimming pool. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Our Whitsunday 74 Islands - sailed in them for 3 years - you can go there via Hamilton Airport this a panorama of the famous Hill Inlet 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 8 hours ago, gumbypickett said: Did they still have the Stillwater restaurant and accomodation back then? I left L'ton college across the road back in 1985 and can't remember. cheers Gumby At least the restaurant was there in 2002. If someone wonders, where I chose my forum name… 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, W2DR said: There is no scenery for me to enjoy where I live (Central Florida). The best I can do is my swimming pool. Same in my eyes here. I just don’t have a swimming pool… 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 Here in the Pacific Northwest of the USA, we are blessed with all the scenery there is. I mean that literally. In the adjacent states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, most of the world's geography is reproduced. When I was an advisor to foreign students at Washington State University, they used to marvel that within a few hours' drive, they could find their home geography -- alpine mountain ranges, oceans, high plains, drylands, rolling hill reaches, lakes, rivers, canyons, rain forests, fjords, and a whole bunch of volcanos, Including the one near my old home town that blew its top in 1980. Not bragging, it's just the luck of location, and I happily also celebrate the beauty of the places highlighted in the posts above. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryisenor Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 About 40 miles west the front ranges of the Rockies stretch of in both directions as far as you can see. Never get tired of that view. Larry 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 wow there are some wonderful places mentioned above, I have had to google a few and they look lovely, living in a big City I don't have many views, the classic is Brunel's Suspension Bridge with a nice balloon floating over it when the fiesta is on....we have a 2 year old static caravan in Somerset, it's our little escape we both like to go to, there's a beach, very flat but I wouldn't go in the water, but do you know what, if you go there at the right time on a summers evening when the sun is dipping it's absolutely lovely, really enjoy watching a sunset with the wife and the water looks better at that time to... I am very envious of some of your views and areas you can go walking in, but we do have nice stuff in the Uk and I do like the Cotswolds which isn't far from me... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Wain -- if I were to answer this question based on my early 34 years in the UK and where do I go to when I come over there - it also would be the Cotswolds' My Great Grandmother was born there -and many an annual camp in the Boy scouts - and the villages are beautiful. Here's a copy of my 2nd oil painting of the famous Castle Combe village 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 18 hours ago, Stillwater said: At least the restaurant was there in 2002. If someone wonders, where I chose my forum name… Finally Gerold I know where your avatar name originates. I've always liked your forum name 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 20 hours ago, John Heaton said: Our Whitsunday 74 Islands - sailed in them for 3 years - you can go there via Hamilton Airport this a panorama of the famous Hill Inlet 14 hours ago, wain71 said: wow there are some wonderful places mentioned above, I have had to google a few and they look lovely, living in a big City I don't have many views, the classic is Brunel's Suspension Bridge with a nice balloon floating over it when the fiesta is on....we have a 2 year old static caravan in Somerset, it's our little escape we both like to go to, there's a beach, very flat but I wouldn't go in the water, but do you know what, if you go there at the right time on a summers evening when the sun is dipping it's absolutely lovely, really enjoy watching a sunset with the wife and the water looks better at that time to... I am very envious of some of your views and areas you can go walking in, but we do have nice stuff in the Uk and I do like the Cotswolds which isn't far from me... One of life's pleasures Wayne is the sun setting over the ocean (with a drink in hand) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfish55 Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 (edited) Has to be the famous white cliffs of Dover, a great location to fly over at around 1500 ft. Less than twenty five minutes flight from my home aerodrome of Headcorn. Edited July 2, 2023 by flyingfish55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 On 7/1/2023 at 12:00 PM, boetie said: Finally Gerold I know where your avatar name originates. I've always liked your forum name And one fine day I will find out what "boetie" stands for... 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 On 6/30/2023 at 5:10 PM, Stillwater said: Same in my eyes here. I just don’t have a swimming pool… I can correct myself. There are some nice places near my home, I just consider them "normal" in everyday thinking. Like the Herrenhäuser Gärten: 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 4 hours ago, Stillwater said: I can correct myself. There are some nice places near my home, I just consider them "normal" in everyday thinking. Like the Herrenhäuser Gärten: Wow, Gerold, sehr beeindruckend! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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