Originally Posted by Turtle (Post 1122354)

How fitting! Davemac started this very enjoyable thread, and now wins for making the 10,000th post. I'm chuffed :)

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1122357)

a silly (but probably appropriate;)) song for DiG on his return to the Reich.

Originally Posted by Turtle (Post 1122354)

How fitting! Davemac started this very enjoyable thread, and now wins for making the 10,000th post. I'm chuffed :)

Originally Posted by Turtle (Post 1122356)

Last Monday the 'Ladies Who Don't Walk Anymore' became the 'Ladies Who Do Walk, Occasionally.' Some of us are getting up there in age, and while we used to enjoy good long walks in years gone by, arthritis, bursitis and all manner of ills have taken their toll for some of us. Usually we just get together for tea and coffee for each birthday that comes along throughout the year. Lately we've been moved to do more than that, and actually walk together again - at least until the ice and snow arrive.

It was a chilly, crisp morning, about 3 degrees when we set off, but clear and sunny. Here's a photo diary of our hour long walk.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1122357)

Fitting indeed ... I don't check on the number of posts either; and I'm glad I didn't win with a silly (but probably appropriate;)) song for DiG on his return to the Reich. Much better a really neat set of pics ... esp. those of Mercer Park. O for the days when I waxed the slide and got shiite for coming home all cut and bruised.:alright:

Congrats Davemac ...

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1122369)

Appreciated Eric :) But although we're back in Beer & Bratty land I've still got a few happy hol snaps to post to finish off our UK marathon. So just grin & bear it Folks they're nearly over, that said, here's the penultimate melange!

Arrival at Dover court Harwich Thursday evening - Our abode for the night "The Cliff Hotel" in all its faded grandeur - Time & tide wait for no man & commerce continues apace - Memorial for the Merchant seamen who risked just as much as the fighting men to keep our little Island free - The "Cliff" by day - Enjoying a "full English" & watching other folk graft ... marvellous - The morning constitutional along the beach - Arty beach stuff - Harwich Lifeboat the "Albert Brown" - Harwich Lifeboat & Station.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1122380)

Thanks,.......I think you are probably of an era, as I am, when the play equipment was a real health and safety nightmare, the slides were of a height that if you fell off the top a broken bone was guaranteed, the umbrellas that could easily give you a bang under the chin, and a rocking horse that if you put a hand underneath would amputate a limb, and the swings on a concrete base that every dare devil tried to get to the "bumps". Modern equipment is wobbly stuff on big springs, with bouncy rubber bases, but do the kids get the same enjoyment ?

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1122381)

number 7 is interesting.

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1122389)

Well Done, Congratulations to our creator.

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1122392)

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A lovely walk on Formby Beach and sand dunes today

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1122395)

I keep meaning to go there......wonder if the bus runs along the coast road?