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View towards Eskdale Bridge

pkkirkwood — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:12:44 MDT

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Such a pity the weather wasn't like this at the campsite from which we'd planned to bag some peaks.

Tea

pkkirkwood — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:56:32 MDT

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Managed to squeeze in 10 mins outside for a cuppa after the Muncaster walk.

Muncaster Fell

pkkirkwood — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:56:05 MDT

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Caught a miniature train to the coast then walked back. Fine route. (Pic by Bertie).

Campsite in the rain

pkkirkwood — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:55:50 MDT

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Ingleborough

pkkirkwood — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:55:15 MDT

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The Lakes were still too gloomy and ominous on the Sunday so we came home - stopping for a walk in the Yorks Dales on the way.

Thornton Force

pkkirkwood — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:55:09 MDT

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The signature pic of the weekend. Another nice substitute walk.

Pointer

pkkirkwood — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:54:30 MDT

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Haven't done one of these pics for ages ...

Breakfast

pkkirkwood — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:54:16 MDT

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Bertie contemplates a toasted bagel. Great gadget.

Piel Island

pkkirkwood — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:54:04 MDT

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Visited this tiny island near Barrow on the way to the Lakes. Just a castle,three houses and a pub there.

Piel Castle

pkkirkwood — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:53:35 MDT

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The landlord of the pub is, by tradition, also crowned King of Piel. We bought a Fruit Shoot off him.

Return from Piel

pkkirkwood — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:53:34 MDT

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A good island to add to the collection - and a fun boat trip into the bargain.

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pkkirkwood — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:48:32 MST

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Boxing Day

pkkirkwood — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:24:57 MST

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Pooh sticks posers.

Boxing Day walk

pkkirkwood — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:24:38 MST

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Pooh sticks.

Boxing Day walk

pkkirkwood — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:24:11 MST

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Close to the ending - the pub around the corner and not the church, I hasten to add.

Boxing Day walk

pkkirkwood — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:23:09 MST

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The mound is part of what many think to be the remains of a Roman fortification.

Boxing Day walk

pkkirkwood — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:22:26 MST

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The unofficial group photo (and the fifth on the self-timer set).

Around the table

pkkirkwood — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:12:27 MST

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The pudding lighting takes an age - but bear with it.

Boxing Day walk

pkkirkwood — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:56:31 MST

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The official group photo.

Boxing Day walk

pkkirkwood — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:54:54 MST

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Kings of the castle.

Boxing Day walk

pkkirkwood — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:53:21 MST

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364 days until the presentation of the next calendar to Grannie and the first pic is in the bag.

Boxing Day walk

pkkirkwood — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:51:39 MST

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And another swinger.

Twister

pkkirkwood — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:51:17 MST

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Polly stretches for a right hand green.

The dinner

pkkirkwood — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:49:55 MST

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I made four toasts: to the chef (of course), Grandad (much better), Adam (new career secured) and the ceiling. Rather predictable but it's my party and I'll toast if I want to.

He's been ...

pkkirkwood — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:49:54 MST

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Bertie opens his stocking wearing his favourite present - which he calls his "wolf hat".

Blencathra: approach to Sharp Edge

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:44:32 MDT

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This is the most hair-rising feature on a major walk in Lakeland.

Blencathra: tottering up Hall's Fell Ridge

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:36:25 MDT

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Blencathra: start of the ascent

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:35:55 MDT

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On Friday (28th) the girls went to the yoga show at Olympia and the boys went for a walk in the Lake District. Have to say this shot looks like an oil painting. The summit is the pimple in the middle.

Blencathra:

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:35:48 MDT

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Super day out in the Lakes. We both really want to return to bag some more peaks next year.

Blencathra: Sharp Edge (close-up)

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:34:44 MDT

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Blencathra: end of Sharp Edge

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:34:36 MDT

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Blencathra: overlooking Scales Tarn

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:34:05 MDT

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Blencathra: Bertie tackles the step

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:33:54 MDT

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So proud of the lad for getting around this. I thought he'd cry and perhaps even want to turn back.

Blencathra: "the bad step" close-up

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:33:34 MDT

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Blencathra: "the bad step" on Sharp Edge

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:32:14 MDT

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The worst bit is the bad step, indicated here. The drop either side isn't sheer but you don't want to fall at this point.

Table football action

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:27:53 MDT

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Adam looks apprehensive at the back ...

Fountains Abbey: owl and bat trail

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:27:40 MDT

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Bertie, as always, makes a good table.

Fountains Abbey: let's all do the Grannie walk!

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:27:20 MDT

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Pace several steps, stand upright, place your hands on your hips and say "ahh!". Then inisist that "I'm quite all right!" when someone enquires about your condition.

Fountains Abbey

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:26:44 MDT

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Bertie and Polly don't seem convinced that Ben will make it to the top. But he does.

Fountains Abbey

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:26:35 MDT

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Nicely framed shot, though I say it myself.

Fountains Abbey: sheep

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:26:23 MDT

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Ben seems to be having as much fun as it's possible to have when astride a sheep.

Master chefs

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:26:18 MDT

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Ben and Poll set about making the Mars bars mousses.

Druid's Circle: hermits

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:25:23 MDT

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The philanthropist challenged people to live at the circle in silence for seven years in return for food and an income. The longest survivor lasted 4.5 years. These two stayed about 4.5 minutes.

Druid's Circle

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:25:10 MDT

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Pixie on a rock top.

Druid's Circle

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:25:04 MDT

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Polly looks like she's modelling for a new shampoo as she makes her way up a tower of rock.

The other druid's circle

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:24:29 MDT

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Made out of Jenga bricks by Bertie on the chessboard that night.

Druid's Circle

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:23:04 MDT

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This is basically a folly built to provide labour for the unemployed by a Victorian philanthropist. Great place to clamber around and very off the beaten track.

Forbidden Corner

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:21:38 MDT

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Card games with the bears. The other boy is Bertie's chum, Owen.

Forbidden Corner

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:21:07 MDT

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Happy cousins.

Forbidden Corner

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:20:38 MDT

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The official team pic.

Fountains Abbey: spinning cousins

pkkirkwood — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:20:37 MDT

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Slippery customers

pkkirkwood — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:08:22 MDT

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An afternoon at the racees

pkkirkwood — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:06:11 MDT

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The bottom of Gaping Gill

pkkirkwood — Fri, 9 Sep 2011 07:04:25 MDT

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Bertie runs to the towel (Alderney)

pkkirkwood — Fri, 9 Sep 2011 05:31:58 MDT

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Nosing around Fort Tourgis (Alderney)

pkkirkwood — Fri, 9 Sep 2011 05:23:10 MDT

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Flight to Alderney

pkkirkwood — Fri, 9 Sep 2011 05:21:21 MDT

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Fair to say it's a tight little number. The seats flip back coupe-style for you to get on board.

Bicycle assault course

pkkirkwood — Fri, 9 Sep 2011 05:16:32 MDT

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Those planks removed to make way for insulation in the loft really come in handy.

Tour of new kitchen

pkkirkwood — Fri, 9 Sep 2011 04:53:11 MDT

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Kirky gurns again

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 03:55:04 MDT

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Hate taking pics of myself (for the magazine). Feel such a nerd and so vain and takes ages.

In the frame

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 03:53:48 MDT

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This giant frame has been placed outside Betty's in Harrogate.

Cubs climbing day

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 03:41:51 MDT

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A 'must' for Grannie's calendar. Perhaps we should make it an all action edition this year.

Cubs climbing day

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 03:41:50 MDT

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An honorary Cub - who's now thinking of joining Scouts.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 03:21:11 MDT

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One of our favourite days out.

Wimbledon

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 03:01:33 MDT

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If I'm not the last to go please could someone spread my ashes here, All England Club willing? I adore this place.

SS Great Britain

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:56:07 MDT

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This photo point even has steps leading up to it. Not the most original shot of the trip, then. Truly outstanding attraction.

Purton Hulks

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:54:37 MDT

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These are boats that were deliberately driven into the banks of the Severn to shore up a stretch of it which practically buts up the canal. The river nearly burst through in 1909. The boats have since become silted in.

Purton Hulks

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:52:40 MDT

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Purton Hulks

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:51:48 MDT

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Peculiar place - and a nice counterpoint to SS Great Britain.

Bristol: obliging seagull

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:51:30 MDT

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Purton Hulks tour

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:50:35 MDT

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Beck finds the contents of her hankie more interesting that the endless ramblings of our guide. (He was something of a trainspotter when it comes to beached boats).

Tyntesfield

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:50:14 MDT

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This is a Victorian Gothic pile owned by the National Trust. Reminded me a bit of Bearwood.

Tyntesfield

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:49:31 MDT

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Beck rests in a restored garden seat.

SS Great Britain

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:49:29 MDT

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The cabins were very evocatively recreated. We could almost smell the pong and feel the ocean swell beneath our feet.

SS Great Britain

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:48:48 MDT

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Ahoy, shipmates!

BRISTOL: Wesleyan chapel

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:48:47 MDT

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Beck reads the sermon.

SCILLY: Pilot gig racing

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:22:36 MDT

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These are races between traditional Scillonian rowing boats and takes place two evenings a week. I squinted into the sunset from the harbour wall.

Garrison entrance

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:21:38 MDT

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Toiling up the hill towards the old garrison. I asked a passer-by to take this shot - and, of course, he took it before I got to the gate.

Tresco Abbey

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 02:21:37 MDT

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What a wierd species. Looks like an artificial Christmas tree. Have to say that I found the garden a bit of a disappointment.

Bishop Rock lighthouse

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:32:17 MDT

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Sadly this is as close as I will get to the US this year. Great thrill to get out to this place. An incredible feat of Victorian civil engineering.

Boring sunset

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:31:32 MDT

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Still had to take it. (This is what I was squinting into).

Porth Hellick Bay

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:30:27 MDT

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There was seldom more than about half a dozen people on any beach - and none on this one, encountered on my first evening.

Penninis lighthouse

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:29:56 MDT

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Self-timer special for Cycling Active.

Pelistry Bay

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:29:26 MDT

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You come across lots of this stone sculptures on the beaches. Some are like figures looking out to sea.

Harold Wilson's Gannex raincoat

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:29:07 MDT

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Equally hideous. Note the coffee stains on the lapel.

Harold Wilson's holiday bungalow

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:28:37 MDT

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Hideous building - but he loved it.

Bryher from Tresco

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:27:53 MDT

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Glorious view, the best of the trip. I could've stayed here for ages.

Tresco castle

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:27:20 MDT

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And a close-up of the castle.

Valhalla, Tresco

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:26:42 MDT

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This was a melancholy collection of figureheads from wrecked ships located next to the Tresco garden - and much better, in my view. You'd have loved it, Beck.

Tresco Abbey Garden

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:26:10 MDT

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Insert your own big boobs joke here.

Tresco helicopter

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:25:52 MDT

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Tresco was a too manicured and perfect for me. The island is like a golf course. Rather pleased with itself too.

Pilot gig racing: back in harbour

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:25:26 MDT

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Lovely end to the day.

St Agnes: kitten rock

pkkirkwood — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:24:21 MDT

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Can you spot the kitten? Lots of curiously shaped rocks on this island.

St Agnes

pkkirkwood — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:18:36 MDT

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Golf buggies, some with numberplates, are the main form of motorised transport on may islands. They sum up Scilly: small, slow and well suited to the elderly.

St Agnes: maze from stones

pkkirkwood — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:18:06 MDT

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Supposedly constructed by a bored lighthouse keeper's son in the 18th century.

St Agnes

pkkirkwood — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:17:34 MDT

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Sunbathing, Scilly style

pkkirkwood — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:17:22 MDT

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Came across this makeshift deckchair just when I was ready for my Co-op sarnies. I don't often full smug on my solo sojourns - but on Scilly I did. (Almost missed some Scottish adversity, in fact).

St Agnes from the Island of Gugh (pronounced goo)

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This was round the corner from my sarnie stop.

St Agnes

pkkirkwood — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:16:30 MDT

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Favourite pic of the set. Simply Caribbean.

St Agnes

pkkirkwood — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:15:39 MDT

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Stunningly clear sea ...