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DurinsBane
 Post subject: Real Scenery.
PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:36 pm 
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Thought I would start a thread where members can share 'real scenery' from places where they live or travel too.

Today, I drove up to a place called 'Hepburn', about 3 miles from 'Holy Island' which is situated near Berwick Upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
Takes me about 45 minutes to an hour to get there depending on traffic.

Arriving, 5 minutes from destination, last picture will see me stood atop that hill.
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Start of journey, following the trail...
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Up into the forest...
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A man made tent/shelter...
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Taking a break and enjoying the scenery...
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A long way down...
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Atop the first peak...
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The last assault, first picture was taken on the road (not visible) in the middle of this pic...
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Destination achieved...
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England has some real beautiful places...I really must visit sometime soon!
Those are some great shots Brian, and great idea for a thread topic. I'll have to see what I can dig out and post here. :D

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Brian, did I ever say that you look a bit like Hannibal Lecter? :shock:

right, so here's some pics of my Holiday in Afrika a while back ....

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How did that elephant get there?

So there were taken in Liwonde National Park in Malawi. Beautiful park, beautiful country and very friendly people.

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Great idea Brian! Some nice WIP shots (Walking In Progess) :wink:

Those pics remind me of Ithilien in the film. I'll see what I can dig out.
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Managed to scrounge up some pictures from a holiday in 2006 in good old Weymouth. Unfortunately I managed to get myself in hospital on the second day and stop myself from being allowed to get my head wet but it was a good enough holiday nonetheless.

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And some pictures of Durdle Door :)

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Well, here's a few shots from my holiday to Mordor... errr Lanzarote.

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Who lives in a pond like this, Precious?

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Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking.

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The taming of Smaug

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Broodling of Dol Guldur (not crabs, honest)

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Place an 'X' on the spot you think the Fellowship will exit Moria.

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In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.

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We're going to see her.

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Dead Marshes, 5 miles.

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Beware the Watchers of Karna.

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The Corsairs are late. Again...

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Taking some time out with the A-Z. Unintentional gesture towards father-in-law...

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Is it me Jake, or did you capture Peter Jackson leaping to his fate from one of the cliffs :?:
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DurinsBane wrote:
Is it me Jake, or did you capture Peter Jackson leaping to his fate from one of the cliffs :?:
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Haha, OMG, It does look like Peter Jackson! :lol:

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This is a picture of a waterfall in Letchworth State Park in New York State.
I have more pictures locked away on my laptop and will try to upload them as soon as I can get it up and running again.

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Lovely rock formation. Could be a sleeping dragon.

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Pembrokeshire coast. It was pretty windy.

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Archer on Whitesands bay, last December.

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Should this be 'Dol' Amroth?

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Great to see that waterfall again Dave...love it.

Nathan...now thats my kind of scenery !

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I saw this thread and thought I should add some of my pictures. A week or so ago I spent a week up in Scotland for my Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award. Basically the expedition part of it comprises of spending 4 days out walking and camping in the Wilderness and the Scottish Highlands is definitely wild!

So anyway, here are some of the pictures. There are quite a lot so rather than uploading them onto One Ring I've compiled them together on a web page. Oh and I'm the one, second from the left in the group photo in the car park. Enjoy!

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Had a day out at Kielder Reservoir 2 days ago, heres some snaps from walking around the reservoir...
Start of walk after 40 minute drive...
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Looks like a lovely and peaceful place there!

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Wow John your pics look exotic!

Dave, looks like an awesome waterfall to get White-water rafting on :wink:

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Lovely rock formation. Could be a sleeping dragon.


What do you mean 'could'? I thought it was a crocadile when I glanced at it lol

Brian and Serin B - as always British countryside rules! British weather, not so much :D

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Cow muck aye! The kind of stuff you used to deliberately jump in with your wellies. I haven't done that in so long, too long...

Everyone is posting their pics so I thought I'd join the crew. These are from a day out in the Lake District, Buttermere to be exact. The Mountain we were climbing is called Haystacks however Buttermere Lake was our starting point.

The beginnings of a new adventure
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There were some gorgeous trees dotted around the path, and off towards the lakeshore. However I wasn't sure if this tree would withstand the might of my powerful arms :wink:
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Path deviating from the main track, reminded me of the Parth Galen scene
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The Door into Khazad Dum
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At this stage my mum went trigger happy because of some lame hen
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You don't wan't to know how many hen pics we have on our hard drive now lol, too many!

Anyway, looing back at where we have just walked from
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And looking forward at our route up the mountain
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At the first major 'summit'/ledge (rather large ledge really)
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We have come to the 'Endless Stairs' of Cirith Haystacks, just had to take a pic of this
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Buttermere Lake below
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The Forbidden Pool
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Yay! Now I know what Sam must have felt like after climbing Mount Doom :wink:
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The journey down was shorter in distance and easier to traverse, thank goodness for that!
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This is one of my favourite photos, reminds of what Lothlorien or perhaps the purer areas of Mirkwood 'wood' look like.
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Only a small trek over a bridge and past about 500 yards (I play golf :wink:) of low-lying grasslands and we were there, back at our car.

It took about 6 hours but we had lunch up there and a few breaks. It's an easy climb, with beautiful views and lots of fun to be had. I would recommend climbing it on a warm summers day. Hope those pics of 'Real Scenery' are of some kind of inspiration to you all.

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Absolutely Beautiful pictures Jack! I really wanted to go to the Lake District before... now even more so!

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Jack, those are awesome images mate (apart from the chicken ... lunch?) !!! Beautiful scenery !!!
I can get to the lakes and back in a day, but to be honest, its a bit much to fit into a day for me...I envy your trip!

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Absolutely Beautiful pictures Jack!

I couldn't have said it better Red!
Wow!! :shock:

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Nice images. Me likey.
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