The view from my "office"

[love_the_life]

Balmoral, Scotland, UK. Royal Estate entrance.

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We stayed in a cottage on the estate a few years ago. It was one of the small ones close to the castle. They have quite a few they rent out when HM is not in residence. It comes with an automatic gate opener for those main gates. Good fun to drive through!

 

[coriander]

Parked outside the home office today..... here for the Cup:

 

[Captain Halliday]

A stormy afternoon in DRW.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

QF1578 flying in to MCY - it flies into the Sunshine Coast at 18.15 each afternoon - and crosses the coast usually very close to our house - this photo taken from our patio. The plane and crew stay overnight and it becomes QF1579 departing at 06.35 the next day. I will be on that flight on Wednesday - the first of my 3 flights that day to get to LST.

 

[ellen10]

Great photos everyone!!

 

[RooFlyer]

Persepolis ( sigh)

 

[VPS]

My daughter lived in a flat where the bird's (Stork's?) beak is pointing (Hanbury St). The Stork and the fellow hanging upside down (obscured to the left of the Stork) are two of the best pieces of street art I have seen around London.

I wish I'd gone further then but sadly leaving London today and heading home next week. Plus I walked into a barrier walking home last night and can hardly walk and if you can't walk in London then you're stuffed.

 

[JohnM]

Mausoleum of the nephew of the Eighth Imam, Shiraz, Iran.

The mirror work has to be seen to be believed!

 

[RooFlyer]

More of Persepolis - I'll spare everyone the history (and the context), but abt 5th century BC (correction from before! - thanks to JohnM ) and very Persian.


Bas relief is the name of the game:









Capital Griffins!



Nearby was a superb bonus I wasn't expecting - the Necropolis of the rulers of the time of Persepolis. Not quite Petra, but the rock is a bloody sight harder! Tombs of 4 kings here (4th off to the right)



Usurped Roman Emperors (one being ?Valerian?) paying homage to Shapur I (abt 260AD):




From about 280 AD, showing horse mounted battle between the Romans and the Persians (Bahram II won )

 

[Geegeela]

Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Down at the old port and the beach.

 

[Denali]

Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Down at the old port and the beach.

My husband is forcing a 1 night stay in Aberdeen, as he has a friend there, so enjoying the photos as I wasnt sure if I wanted to visit here.

 

[Geegeela]

My husband is forcing a 1 night stay in Aberdeen, as he has a friend there, so enjoying the photos as I wasnt sure if I wanted to visit here.

If you are able, it is definitely well worth the stay - two nights would be better.

The Silver Darling restaurant at the port is a nice thing to do.

 

[drron]

Nick Nairn's restaurant at the Aberdeen HGI wasn't bad either.

 

[Denali]

Nick Nairn's restaurant at the Aberdeen HGI wasn't bad either.

We are staying at a Hilton, cant remember which one though

 

[OATEK]

I wish I'd gone further then but sadly leaving London today and heading home next week. Plus I walked into a barrier walking home last night and can hardly walk and if you can't walk in London then you're stuffed.

Here you go - the complete canvas!

 

[Pushka]

Ubud Bali. Waterfalls.

 

[Pushka]

And Rice Terraces. By no means the best that Bali has to offer. We saw some much more impressive terraces neat Rinjani Volcano a few years ago now.

 

[Pushka]

And rice terraces. I’ve seen better in Bali though. It was so freakin hot and humid and so many awful uneven stairs with no rail. And huge step drop. Was totally knackered by the time I got back up and had to sit on a step or faint!

 

[Pushka]

Geez. I dunno whatz happening. Too many G&T’s?

 

[VPS]

Here you go - the complete canvas!
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wow that is really impressive - thanks