Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Post cards’

073_british_postcards_edin_01Scotish Pipers,
Edinburgh
073_british_postcards_inver_01High Street,
Inverness,
Inverness-Shire
073_british_postcards_lakes_01The Old Bridge House,
Ambleside,
The Lake District
073_british_postcards_london_02City of London
Policeman
& Routemaster
double-decker

Between 1973 and 1983 I spent every summer holidays on the British Isles (A few summers since then I’ve gone elsewhere, but not often ;-)). It is in no way an exaggeration to say that there was no other book I opened more often during those ten years than “Hamlyn’s Road Atlas To The British Isles”. It was used when planning the trips, and since I usually rode shotgun it laid open in my lap throughout the trips. Even to day I can still just reach out my hand as I sit here with my PC at my desk and pick the book out of the bookshelf above me –Ted

Enhanced by Zemanta

Read Full Post »