The view or two from my "office"

[OZDUCK]

I was comparing Whitby to Scarborough with our driver. He said that over the last few years Whitby had received a lot of 'council money' and had been spruced up. Scarborough had meanwhile been pretty much neglected.

 

[VPS]

Today’s office was a long neglected historic property near Sorell. New owner has the determination and the money to restore it. Today was the second working bee just to get some of the yard in order. I was asked to be pyromaniac-in-charge.

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What an excellent job

 

[Captain Halliday]

Dawn walk office.




Shorncliffe, Queensland.

 

[GDSman]

View of Niagara Falls (well I can hear more than I can see) office…

 

[OZDUCK]

Goathland Station - Hogsmead Station in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.



But more importantly I got to see the only operational LNER Class L4 (Mallard class) steam train - Sir Nigel Gresley - in action. This train holds the post WW2 speed record for steam trains in the UK of 112 MPH

 

[Bundy Bear]

So yesterday I was here running my 9th marathon


Berlin Brandenburg gate

And Today on the way home
Doha airport

 

[OZDUCK]

Leeds

County Arcade



Thornton's Arcade

 

[VPS]

Leeds

County Arcade

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Thornton's Arcade

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You are triggering a lot of very enjoyable memories for me

 

[OZDUCK]

You are triggering a lot of very enjoyable memories for me

Leeds seems to have done a pretty good job with its historic city centre. We also visited The Corn Exchange and the historic market building yesterday.

 

[Rugby]

Beautiful Ballina by the Sea

 

[Flashback]

The Palace Museum (Forbidden City), Beijing; the day before China's national day....

 

[OZDUCK]

Royal Armoury Leeds

 

[TheRealTMA]

Royal Armoury Leeds

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Good to see the English are prepared!

 

[OZDUCK]

Leeds

Corn Exchange - 1864



Kirkgate Market - 1857. Marks & Spencer started here

 

[goldenhorn]

This is my view for the last 3.5 hours while SQ 256 has been sitting on BNE tarmac due to a technical issue (aux power). Hopefully will be taking off in 45 min as the flight has now been rescheduled.

To their credit they did bring around a second glass of Champagne and warm nuts.

 

[Rugby]

Last nights sunset office, The Richmond River, Ballina.

 

[Flashback]

Nanjing, Golden Week .... so glad our hotel is an oasis of calm right on the middle of the chaos, even has a cool walkway connecting the sets of rooms right over one of the main streets.

1 way systems in place for people.. streets blocked off, etc. But it seems to work! Adds a lot of extra steps to get back to the hotel though

 

[GDSman]

Killing time in the YYZ Plaza lounge (BA doesn’t have a lounge any more) waiting for BA92 to LHR connecting on to GVA. World’s worst Oktoberfest decorations and someone has a ‘we wish you a merry Christmas’ ring tone which they normally let go through a whole verse before answering. Joy…

 

[goldenhorn]

63rd floor Swissotel. Hotel is completely packed and air quality is bad from fires in Borneo. F1 starts next week. Hopefully better air when we are back here in 2 weeks.

 

[Muppet501st]

Table Cape Tulip Farm Tassie office
Gotta love a QLD long weekend escape
A week too early, and most will be blooming.