Grasmere, the Lake District, England.
Hah, I wish! You do wonder how much the photographer for that wallpaper made...
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The Lake District, England.
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Some of the Lake District's finest mountain scenery: Grisedale, Lake District, England
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It finally stopped raining for long enough to get a solid New Year's Day hike into Grisedale, one of my favourite Lake District valleys.
Exactly right.
The Hoad Monument, above Ulverston in Cumbria, England.
Nailed it. This is especially true with football in the UK. People are literally born and brought up with the expectation of supporting a certain team.
This was also exactly why I moved away from Spotify.
900-years of history.
Today I learnt!
There's casinos in Auckland, NZ?
Its design is inspired by medieval wooden siege engines, which were propped against castle and fort walls to help invading armies breach defences. Adopting and inverting that same intention, the Auckland Tower borrows the design of those historic constructs to allow visitors to “breach” the castle’s history and allow people to freely explore.
This is the Banqueting Hall, built in 1370 CE, so it is truly medieval. It remains furnished with its original Dais table, behind which hangs a tapestry gifted to the family by a visiting Henry VIII.
Thanks! Yeah there were a lot of folk taking sneaky snaps of that Ferrari.
Now back in use since October 2020. Originally built in the late 1800s. Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire.
It’s about a 60-foot drop. All the plants are bracken, which turns a lovely rusty hue in the autumn.
Stanage Edge, Peak District, England
The archway leading to Reynard's Cave in Dovedale, the Peak District, England.
Actually chuckled heartily.
Yeah it's absolutely crackin' anywhere up there!
The Great Ridge, towards Back Tor, in the Peak District, England.
I'm in Kendal! Not a hardship to get to bonny Ulverston.