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Greedy Dave’s Turn….
Greedy Dave has kindly sent in a couple of photos from his ‘neck of the woods’ We’ve had a great response from this and it’s nice to see the type of photographs that mean something to you.
Here’s Greedy Dave’s selection and I’ll turn the blog over to his capable hands. Thanks Dave, the photos are great….
Hey, thanks Miles.
Firstly, I feel quite guilty that I was away from Internetland when you all posted your, ‘It’s your blog,’ accounts. But if ever there was a straggler then it’s me.
It’s nearly a year now since I move to Inverclyde, on the West coast of Scotland. I’m native to Manchester in England but when my job moved up here last year I felt it was the ideal time both to get away from the city and also to have a little adventure.
My new town used to be a major ship building town. Sadly the last remnants of that industry can only be found further up the Clyde towards Glasgow, but we’ve survived still as a cargo port, not to mention a port-of-call for cruise liners including the QE2 and the Grand Princess. Bette Davies once moored here, amongst other dignitaries. An amusing anecdote I’ve heard since being here is that the Royal Navy cherry-picked this part of the world for its submarine bases and manufacturing because of the almost incessant cloud cover, shielding it from enemy spy satellites. After a rain-drenched 2008 I’m happy to believe this is true!
I’m not going to sugarcoat things, the relocated job has been pretty stressful. I’m sure my forehead was smaller before moving here, but when you have a place to escape to like this everything else pales away.
Thanks for putting these pics up, Miles.
GDave
March 21, 2009 @ 1:02 pm
GDave,
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Thank you for sharing your lovely photos. Last year we toured the Highlands and saw some of this area too. You most certainly have some lovely places to escape to. I hope that you have the time and opportunity to savour those.
I appreciate your honesty about not ’sugarcoating’ things. We often do and especially when we reminisce. However, when we find our little escapes they put the smiles back in our faces, don’t they
Elsie
March 21, 2009 @ 2:10 pm
GDave,
Elsie is SO right — we need our little escapes to put things in perspective. These are hard times and having a place such as you feature here makes all the difference in the world. Great scenes, but I’m still a little confused as to where these photos were taken. I’ve been to Glasgow, and spent time traveling up the west coast of Scotland to Oban and out to Mull, but I don’t see Inverclyde on the maps I’ve referenced. Are you southwest of Glasgow by the Firth of Clyde?
I really enjoyed Glasgow — my daughter went to school at the U of Glasgow. Beautiful school, great city, good music, and friendly people. She also went to school in London, so I’ve been to the UK a few times.
Thanks GDave and Miles. I love seeing the landscape of England and Scotland. Beautiful country!
Melissa
March 21, 2009 @ 3:12 pm
GDave,
I imagine the place to be ruggedly attractive with lots of dramatic skies. Reminds me of a time in Devon on a beach when there was an almighty storm, huge sea and thundering thunder…. I loved it. Chunks of fossils were dropping off the banks and everyone was running for cover…. except for a few thrill seekers
Is it quiet where you live? Must seem an enormous change compared to Manchester… have you settled and are you happy in Inverclyde?
Cid
p.s. my most outrageous earrings were bought from the Corn Exchange in Manchester, I’ve still got them and have yet to find anything quite like them… fortunately some would say
It’s a marvelous place to shop and see a play as I recall.
March 21, 2009 @ 7:25 pm
GDave
In keeping with the site theme:
from Manchester to Scotland.
From the frying pan into the fire
What’s the fishing like up there ?
Cheers
Rod
March 21, 2009 @ 7:26 pm
Elsie,
I certainly have things I want to achieve and experience while I’m here the Highlands being one. I am open to any travel tips you have! Such nice words, thank you.
Melissa,
Sorry I was a little vague with my desciption. I’m about 25 miles to the Northwest of Glasgow, right on the bank of the Clyde. It’s still classed as the Firth (saltwater and there are 2 tides each day) but much, much further inland than Oban and the Isle of Mull. You must get your daughter to recommend some hang-outs in Glasgow that only a student would know.
Cid,
Wow, what you described sounds like a scene from Indiana Jones! It’s quite a soft landscape here. I’m in the Lowlands where it’s very hilly but not mountainous. It is very quiet but that’s a welcome contrast, besides it’s only a 40 min train ride into Glasgow if I start getting pangs for the city. Wow yeah, the Corn Exchange and Affleck’s Palace have all the outrageous earrings and faux leopard skin a girl could ever want!
Rod,
I’ve spent a year here, plus 2 years working for HBoS and I’m still having difficulty with the language!! Unfortunately, all down the Esplanade they’re signs warning against consuming the sealife, which is a shame because it’s teeming with mussels. Further out West I’m sure it’s fantastic. (on a calm day!)
Thanks all for your comments. Hey once we’re all done posting pics of ‘Our World,’ what do you think our next readers’ contribution to Miles’s blog should be???
GDave
March 21, 2009 @ 11:19 pm
GDave,
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‘what do you think our next readers’ contribution to Miles’s blog should be’?
Perhaps: Food we have cooked (with photo as evidence!)? No cheating
Elsie
March 22, 2009 @ 8:55 am
Elsie,
Easter isn’t far away and there are simnel cakes to be made and trees to decorate….. an excellent excuse for a photograph.
The windows of the continental chocolate shops are a joy at this time of year especially… working in one must be like a dream come true although I’d hate to end up like the Mayor in Chocolat, sprawled out in the window after a night of over indulgence
Cid
March 22, 2009 @ 9:38 am
Cid,
Oh, you are ahead of the game. You are right, preparations will have to be made. Watch this space ~ ~
Elsie
March 22, 2009 @ 2:49 pm
Poor man, his blog has been hijacked. That’s what you get when you make people feel so at home, Miles. Wish we could share a bottle of fine wine and some appetizers while waiting for the next installment.
:-)
Melissa
March 22, 2009 @ 6:50 pm
GD
When you understand what they are saying it’s time to come home
Slainte
Rod
March 22, 2009 @ 7:07 pm
Rod,
I thought “slainte” was an Irish expression. Are you messing with our minds, or is this one that the Scots use, too?
Annie
March 24, 2009 @ 5:13 pm
Annie
both I believe, though I only ever come across it in books and on screen in relation to Jocks !
It may be more popular nowadays in Scotland than Ireland.
It’s not used in England anyway so who cares
Mud in Your Eye
Rod
March 24, 2009 @ 7:09 pm
Greedydave nice pictures
March 25, 2009 @ 9:40 pm
G-Dave, awesome pictures and excellent narrative!
March 27, 2009 @ 8:39 am
Sharon & Xenny,
Thanks to you both. Really appreciate it.
GDave
PS. Xenny, where the hell have you been, man? I ate chocolate and cinnamon pancakes in your honour on Shrove Tuesday last month. (Chocolate & cinnamon is a S.African recipe, right?) Made myself rather pourly by over-eating too!!
PPS. Sharon, Miles says he’s really enjoying reading your book draft and can’t wait to see it in print.*
* Statement may not be true but you’re the person I’ve got my money on as the Miles Collins Blog mystery author.
March 28, 2009 @ 11:17 pm