Room With a View (another photo thread)

Posted by: greeny on 19 May 2004

Thought it might be interesting to see what people saw from their lounge/garden/terrace or whatever.

In my case I work in a bedroon and stare out over the north Derbyshire hills, a nice enough rural setting.
But I'm sure some of you have more interesting views. So lets see those: City scapes; Back alleys; trees; neigbours bedroom!!! etc

PS - Photo taken 10 minutes ago through the bedroom window
Posted on: 19 May 2004 by Geoff P
Playing by the rules, taken 10 minutes ago. The view from the the kitchen.

Geoff

Listening every day planning to "not fade away"
Posted on: 19 May 2004 by JonR
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! Smile

Regards,

JonR
Posted on: 19 May 2004 by Mike Hanson
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. Frown



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 <=-
Posted on: 20 May 2004 by greeny
quote:
We're in the process of adding a little, bricked patio area


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?
Posted on: 20 May 2004 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by greeny:
Tom. Is that Snow still on them there Scottish hills, or is it an old photo?


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.
Posted on: 20 May 2004 by Steve G
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).
Posted on: 20 May 2004 by Bruce Woodhouse
View from my office-at-home window this evening.

That is what I call a water feature...
Posted on: 21 May 2004 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:
View from my office-at-home window this evening.

_That_ is what I call a water feature...


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.
Posted on: 21 May 2004 by Rasher
Hope that wall is in good nick Bruce Smile
Posted on: 21 May 2004 by Bruce Woodhouse
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
Posted on: 21 May 2004 by Rasher
Yeah, sorry Bruce. Being a structural engineer I can't help but notice.
Posted on: 08 June 2004 by rodwsmith
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.