Hi John. Comments interspersed:
>Cleethorpes, which is cheek-by-jowl with Great Grimsby (you >are clearly a man "in the know" about this "Great" place!), Honest, I dragged a box on my routeplanner between Sunderland and London, and right a bit to the coast. That area is about half-way, and on the sea. I've never been. >is an ideal base for photographing the seals at Donna Nook, >just south of the mouth of the Humber estuary. Doona Nook >gets busy at weekends but it is the #1 seal photo site in >the UK. Now that the North Sea seal distemper virus >outbreak appears to be over, restrictions on access to Donna >Nook will soon be withdrawn, if they haven't already. Donna's Nook will do nicely :-) > >Cleethorpes is also a good base for photographing the local >fens and "Dutch houses". The Fens of North East >Lincolnshire differ substantially from those in East Anglia >because they remain much as they were when built in the 17th >century. That sounds great. >If I recall correctly, the builder of the Dutch-style fen >drainage system, with it field drains, carrier drains and >man-made "rivers" and dykes (clay embankments) was >Vermuyden, who settled in the area with many of the Dutch >workers after the system was complete. This explains the >existence of the enchanting "Dutch houses", a surprising >number of which still remain despite the tendency for the >land to subside, taking the foundations with it. The history! The history! >The East Anglian fens have lost the vast majority of 17th >and 18th century features because of the vast changes to the >landscape that have taken place in the succeeding centuries. >Not so the North East Lincolnshire fens, where many >(photographically) charming, nay enticing, features remain. >Not a lot of people know that! We've got a fens but it keeps falling down. Boom boom. >Of course Cleethorpes is a traditional and fairly downmarket >bucket-and-spade, kiss-me-quick and fish-and-chips seaside >resort, but it is actually quite refreshing to "slum it" >every now and again <g>. Skegness is actually slightly more >refined but it lacks the sheer wealth of photo opportunities >that the area around Cleethorpes boasts. I'm sold. So does this mean you're willing to co-ordinate? You da man! >B&B in Cleethorpes is cheap, with top quality local bacon, >eggs and tomatoes forming the "Full English" breakfast. That's the best thing you've written ;-) Seriously, it sounds V. interesting and I'd be up for that. Just need a Fawlty Towers to hole up in... Cotty ____________________________________ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ ____________________________________ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ ____________________________________
