Thanks for the feedback about the Hampton Court flower show which I see
is scheduled for July 5-10. I had no idea. The house I'm staying at is
normally occupied by the son of some very good friends. The son is on
assignment in London for several years. During that particular 3-day
time period in Esher my wife and three other lady folk will be going to
Paris. My friend and his son will be off on a fishing trip or some
other father/son bonding exercise. I'm left alone with the house for
the long weekend. We have no plans to hire a car in England. Our hosts
do not have a car in Esher and I'm told one can get anywhere from their
house very easily via public transport.
The mother is deathly afraid of flying (and has never done so) but wants
to see her son who has been in London now more than a year. So she
asked my wife if she'd accompany her to the UK on board the Queen Mary
II. So my wife leaves well ahead of me. I'll travel with the father by
plane and arrive at Heathrow on June 22 and return on July 12. We'll
use the Esher house as a base but plan to spend much of our time in
Scotland in Glasgow and Edinburgh. We'll get there and back by train
but hire a car for touring about in Scotland.
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/1/2011 3:17 PM, Jon Mitchell wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
>
> I was about to reply that I drive right through there every day on my way
> to/from work, so could pop by for a beverage at a suitable local hostelry.
> However, on consulting my diary I see that I have taken that week off.
> Reason for taking the week off ? It's the Hampton Court Flower Show that
> week. Not that I want to go to the show - just that I can't get to work in
> under 3 hours each way during that week.
>
> If you are there to see the show then I really hope you enjoy it. If not,
> then I really hope you aren't hiring a car - the whole area becomes pretty
> much gridlocked all day for the entire week. If you are on the Esher side
> of Hampton Court you should be just about OK, but as you get closer to
> Hampton Court it gets pretty jammed up.
>
> If you do manage to get out and about through the traffic, there's a great
> place for a walk called "Bushy Park" just the other side of Hampton Court.
> Lovely for photos in the very early morning, especially if there's a mist
> over the ponds and the deer are around.
>
> I hope you enjoy your stay, and get plenty of photo opportunities.
>
> Jon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 June 2011 19:03
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: [OM] OFF LIST - was: OT words
>
> Meet me in Esher On Friday, Saturday or Sunday the 8th, 9th or 10th of
> July and you'll get a chance to hear my midwestern accent... as modified
> by significant stretches of living in California, Virginia, Boston, New
> York and Florida. The house I'll be staying at is about 2 miles from
> Hampton Court Palace.
>
> Since I'll have the place to myself and Piers had indicated some
> possibility of him making a trip down to see me I invited him (with the
> house master's permission) to stay at the house if he so desires. I
> haven't heard back on that one yet.
>
> I think you indicated you might be busy at about that time but if you're
> free lets get together. I'm assuming you don't live all that far away.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 6/1/2011 11:57 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>> Just to change the subject a little bit. It would be great to
>> converse with other members, to hear their accents as well as to
>> discuss items photographic.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 1 Jun 2011, at 16:30, Ken Norton wrote:
>>
>>> Of course, with my distinctly disasterous "Inland Northern
>>> American English" with a heavy Northern Cities Vowel Shift all
>>> bets are off.
>>
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