"Oh to be in England ..."

[robinturner]

Oh God, why am I here and not in England? Take a look at this picture from lakelandcam.com:

Comments

[katminnaar.livejournal.com]

Pretty. :)

There are places around Napa that look just like that!

[solri.livejournal.com]

Napa - that rings a bell. California wine country?

[katminnaar.livejournal.com]

Yep, northern California. Rolling hills, vineyards, river and streams, and quaint little bridges like the one in the pic you posted. :)

[oblomova.livejournal.com]

Oh sure, it *looks* idyllic. But just wait til you and your other billy goat friends try to cross that bridge and the troll underneath it tries to eat you! These things happen! I read it in a book. (And I bet George W. Bush read the same book and is preparing a preemptive strike on all quaint storybook bridges in FairyLand.)

[solri.livejournal.com]

Well we all know Bush is Sauron and Balir is Saruman. The Shire is not safe.

[oblomova.livejournal.com]

Heh. I saw an improvisational comedy revue this past weekend called "Frodo-a-Go-Go: The Rings Recycled." The funniest cheap laugh in the whole thing was that they renamed Arwen as "Aerosmith."

take me home country roads

[asteriskhere.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of Pennsylvania in the late fall or early spring. And yes, it's like Napa is all year round.. Why am I here in California and not back in Pennsylvania? Why? ;)

[hfx-ben.livejournal.com]

When I did my "back to the land" thing in the hills of Cape Breton Island (raised 5 healthy kids ... and lost my career and my last penny as well) the brook at the foot of our land looked a lot like this ... minus the bridge, but still. There was this huge old apple tree right beside it ... *sigh*

The Lake District

[ankh156.livejournal.com]

Is the rainiest part of the British Isles. I lived in Lancaster for 3 years, we went there all the time. It's true.

I still love it though...

And...

[ankh156.livejournal.com]

I was once dragged up the steepest face of the Langdale Pikes like a piece of luggage.

Literally breathtaking !

[cibetky.livejournal.com]

The Romantic wanderer in me cries: "Oh to be there as well!"

Re: The Lake District

[solri.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's wetter than the left-wing of the Tory party. Most of my childhood holidays were spent in the Lakes, Wales or the West coast of Ireland, with the result that these days I hardly even notice rain. I find Ankara terribly dry - you get rainstorms during the brief springs and autumns, and virtually no rain the rest of the year.