Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Sorry, just a slip of the mouse! Even as an honorary Lanky, I respect you Yorkies. No war of the roses here. Whitby is a hellofalot nicer than Blackpool. Jerry Douglas Sharp wrote: > LANCASHIRE!!!!, Jerry - shame on you :-) > Lancashire is west of the Pennine Range and thankfully caught all the > rain that was heading east towards where we spent our vacation :-) > > Whitby is of course in the fair County of Yorkshire, though indeed it > is just North of RHB . > > Actually Ian Carmichael (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Carmichael ) > lives there, it's also where Arthur Brown (Crazy World of Arthur > Brown - greatest hit "Fire") comes from too, Captain Cook was an > apprentice there, his ships Endeavour et al where built there, the > story of Dracula begins there (we always take a self-catering holiday > apartment at the top of the house where Bram Stoker lived) and Lewis > Carrol (Alice in Wonderland) often stayed there too. It was also > sometimes home to the "Railway King" George Hudson before (and some > time after) he had been run out of the country and fled to France. > Cheers > Douglas > > Jerry Lehrer wrote: >> Doug und Jack, >> >> Gosh, I never knew that Whitby was a favorite retirement place for >> the rich and famous! I am neither, but I retired 5 1/2 years >> ago but went back to work after 4 years of it! >> >> I assume you mean the Whitby in Lancs, just noth of Robin Hood's Bay? >> >> Jerry Lehrer >> La Jolla CA >> >> >> >> Jack Maddox wrote: >>> Douglas, >>> I know what you mean about retirement. I have 3 years to go and >>> feel like an inmate scratching the days off on the wall. >>> Jack >>> >>> Douglas Sharp wrote: >>>> Thanks for your kind comment, Jack, >>>> glad you liked them - it's a lovely place. We're hoping to retire >>>> there when we're "rich and famous" enough :-) ( I'm just doing my >>>> VAT and income tax returns - retirement day now seems a very long >>>> way off) >>>> Cheers >>>> Douglas >>>> >>>> Jack Maddox wrote: >>>>> Douglas, >>>>> I like them all. Thanks for sharing them. >>>>> Jack >>>>> >>>>> Douglas Sharp wrote: >>>>>> A couple more from our recent vacation, on the streets of Whitby >>>>>> on a stroll in the West Cliff part of town and down by the harbour: >>>>>> >>>>>> You never know when you'll need a new one (Slightly Monty >>>>>> Pythonesque) >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Whitby/20070803-_MG_6365-Edit.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Tea Room shadows >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Whitby/20070730-_MG_6262-Edit.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Silver Street, Whitby >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Whitby/20070807-_MG_6450-Edit.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Fortune Teller >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Whitby/20070730-_MG_6282-Edit.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> If you like them let me know, if you don't then tell me why >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Douglas >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >