The World is a wonderful place thread.

[Eccles Blue]

Thanks, Eccles. It's a really nice place mum moved to about 7 years ago. She was living on the East Lancs in Swinton up until my stepdad passed.
So glad she moved to Wales...best thing for her. And the cat;) And I visit her more now than when she lived up the road in Swinton!

My eldest moved to Penmaenmawr when he was made redundant in Warrington and I love going to visit. Not been this year yet because of my health but hoping to go soon. The views from his windows are of the Great Orme on one side and Puffin Island and the Menai Straits and at the back onto the hills. I love it. :-)

 

[Marklr]

My eldest moved to Penmaenmawr when he was made redundant in Warrington and I love going to visit. Not been this year yet because of my health but hoping to go soon. The views from his windows are of the Great Orme on one side and Puffin Island and the Menai Straits and at the back onto the hills. I love it. :-)

Isn't it a treat when a close family member moves somewhere nice like that? haha. As long as we can get there!

 

[MCFC Wirral]

I had a nice day out in Coventry yesterday. Friendly service in The Slug & Lettuce and then a pub afterwards.

Train home was delayed but the young group of lads were chatting to me about football.

 

[hilts]

We were lucky to have been born in the best period.

We are on the verge of a big downturn I believe.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Sitting in blue car park with the rain pissing down. Isn’t life sweet.

 

[Phil1]

I love my life. But then I tend to live it and don’t sit indoors all day watching news programs designed to keep every **** in perpetual misery and fear.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

I spotted a Goshawk ,out in the countryside, on the way to 5 a side footy at Matlock Derbyshire 2 weeks ago. I was absolutely gob smacked, having only seem this secretive bird of prey twice before in my entire life .it was perched upon a silver horse box out in a field, surprising as id never seen this bird away from the cover of a wood / forest before.

I was buzzing for the next few days and texted as many folk as possible that I knew would be interested, good news should be spread !
I love nature, birds in particular , esp Birds of prey ,for their beauty, dexterity and hunting methods .

The World is indeed a wonderful place when nature shoes itself , for those with eyes to see....

 

[paulchapo]

I love my life. But then I tend to live it and don’t sit indoors all day watching news programs designed to keep every **** in perpetual misery and fear.

That is the absolute truth. During covid was the worst time as people were trapped indoors a lot of the time. Daily national briefings, death tolls, more curbs to freedom, then lifted, then reapplied. Horrendous psychological torture and worse if you let it get to you. I stopped watching any news and wouldn't watch any of those horrible programmes like This morning, Lorraine and such shite. Just concentrating on family and any nature you could watch or experience, along with feel good films and comedy programmes helped.

 

[normskih]

I went hill climbing and hiking last week...DESPITE my Long COVID. I was completely knackered, but better than I usually am.
Spent some days down at my mums in Wales last week (looking after her house and cat while she went away) and went for a good walk with the missus to a village called Knucklas across the hills.
I'd heard there was a castle there, so we went looking for it. Through some woods, across an orchard, through more woods, up some big steps....paths that were barely visible. ALL uphill. Lynn gave up, but I carried on up...I wanted to see the castle. I got to the last part but collapsed, out of breath. So I crawled! I was determined! Anyway...I made it, but, guess what? There was no fckin castle! This was it: https://www.google.com/maps/@52.3637898,-3.1035931,3a,75y,220h,110t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPpT6znpqWEsBiwjf0GEFo6exY0bAG3vb-i-dOG!2e10!3e11!6s//lh5.ggpht.com/p/AF1QipPpT6znpqWEsBiwjf0GEFo6exY0bAG3vb-i-dOG=w900-h600-k-no-pi-20-ya81-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkxOC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw==

So glad that I made it...the views were well worth it. Made me feel ALIVE. The ruins of the castle were used to build the nearby viaduct. It's just a mound now. Back in sunny Salford now...recovering. Painful joints and muscles!

Beautiful place, that.

 

[A57 the snake]

It’s the little things in life what make your day like a little acknowledgment from a driver after giving way or letting someone out in a junction or getting a thank you for keeping a shop door open for someone it’s the little things which keeps us going. Just been out walking the dogs in the peaks and was so quiet, it was bliss , I don’t take things for granted we’re lucky when so many can’t do this . Our lives may not be perfect but there’s many, many folk and families worse off.