Room With a View (another photo thread)

View from just outside our window of our nearest neighbours (my sister) - taken 27 Feb 2004

Playing by the rules, taken 10 minutes ago. The view from the the kitchen.

Geoff

Listening every day planning to "not fade away"

Hey Geoff,

I'm going to have my garden re-designed in the near future and your pic has given me some very interesting ideas!

Thanks!

Regards,

JonR

Here's a quick snapshot of our backyard, as seen from the balcony outside our bedroom. We're in the process of adding a little, bricked patio area, which explains the bit of excavated soil on the deck. There's also a ravine back there, but sadly, no babbling brook or quaint waterfall.



BTW, my office is in the room on the right edge of the picture. It also has a door onto that balcony, which is a pleasant escape when I'm having a tough day.

-=> Mike Hanson <=-

Taken just now out of the lounge window:

nick.lees at btinternet.com

Nick has a hidden oasis of calm and one of the best views in the town.

Still I like where I am now.

Tom

Actively enjoying it all

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We're in the process of adding a little, bricked patio area

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Thought you had a big mole there for a minute Mike.

Tom. Is that Snow still on them there Scottish hills, or is it an old photo?

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Originally posted by greeny:
Tom. Is that Snow still on them there Scottish hills, or is it an old photo?

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There is still quite a bit of snow on the higher hills but I doubt there is much above Crieff.

It's a shame I don't have a camera with me today. My office is attached to the Livingston football ground and has a balcony overlooking the pitch. The Scottish womens team are training there now so I've just been out on the balcony for a look.

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Originally posted by greeny:
Tom. Is that Snow still on them there Scottish hills, or is it an old photo?

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Taken on 16 Jan 2004 (no digital for a more recent shot). Steve is right, all the snow's gone from round here and everything is green and fresh.

Tom

Actively enjoying it all

This picture was taken at the top of one of the White Mounth munros on Saturday and the hills you can see in the background with snow on them are the Cairngorms.



There were quite a few patches of snow higher up (1000m+) on the hills we were on as well. I always like this time of year for hillwalking as it's fun encountering snow on a hot day (hot enough for sunburn).

View from my office-at-home window this evening.

That is what I call a water feature...

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Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:
View from my office-at-home window this evening.

_That_ is what I call a water feature...

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I like canals and that'd be a great view to have out the window. I used to live nearly as close as that to the union canal.

Hope that wall is in good nick Bruce

A very good point. The lower part of the house (formerly the lock house) is below canal level, built into the embankment. It had a slight amount of water leak from the canal last year and we are currently taking British Waterways to court over compensation! In general we figure that it has been here for 200yrs without collapsing/flooding or generally falling apart so it will be good for my lifetime in all probability.

Anyway a waterfall in the garden might be quite nice.

Bruce

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In general we figure that it has been here for 200yrs without collapsing/flooding or generally falling apart so it will be good for my lifetime in all probability.

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Yeah, that's what I thought about Equitable Life .....

Yeah, sorry Bruce. Being a structural engineer I can't help but notice.

Well I can't top the staggering views you all seem to have, as I live in a small terraced house in narf london.

But we've done the best we could with the garden, and this is the view from my back door.