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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2008-01-23 07:29 pm

Worcester In Flood-time

I've been celebrating my 57th birthday by rushing round the country looking at historic and beautiful places and taking of photographs. 

I'll start posting properly tomorrow but as a taster here's a picture I took on the way home. This is Worcester cathedral with a lake in the foreground that is normally playing fields.

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[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-01-23 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you

We had to park illegally so I could jump out the car and take this.

[identity profile] veronica-milvus.livejournal.com 2008-01-23 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
A friend of mine tells me he has taken a rowing eight round the (horse)racecourse at times like these. Great cathedral, too, Bad King John is buried there.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-01-23 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
This is what you get when you put your sporting facilities on a flood plain.

I have a soft spot for Bad King John- probably because he's one of history's underdogs- but also because I share his taste for big red india rubber balls.
sovay: (Lord Peter Wimsey: passion)

[personal profile] sovay 2008-01-23 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy birthday!

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-01-24 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks

[identity profile] zoe-1418.livejournal.com 2008-01-23 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy belated birthday!

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-01-24 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks

[identity profile] margaretarts.livejournal.com 2008-01-23 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)

Looks a tiny bit like Mont St-Michel from here!

http://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/media/images/a/k/mont_st_michel_3_1.jpg

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-01-24 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
Mt. St Michel is fabulous.

A small difference is that with Mt. St Michel the water is supposed to be there.

[identity profile] mummm.livejournal.com 2008-01-23 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh dear lordy... more flooding! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-01-24 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
The English midlands have been badly affected.

And it's still raining...

[identity profile] mummm.livejournal.com 2008-01-24 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm very sorry to hear that!

[identity profile] bob924.livejournal.com 2008-01-24 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Happy Birthday! My "Best Wishes."

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-01-24 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] kaysho.livejournal.com 2008-01-30 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Birthday to you!

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-01-31 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks