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Title: Been on my hols!
Post by: Plocket on May 16, 2005, 19:06:18: Hi! Back from a week in France - had a fab time and took 311 photos! Here's a very small selection:

Our Gite - a converted water mill on the River Aa
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/Moulin.jpg)

Back of our Gite
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/Houserear.jpg)

View of area including Gite
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/Overview.jpg)

View from the bedroom window - it was noisy at night but we soon got used to it!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/Bedroomview.jpg)

Berck beach
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/Berck.jpg)

Merlimont beach
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/Merlimont.jpg)

The White Cliffs from Wissant beach (squint a bit!)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/DoverfromWissant.jpg)

Wissant beach
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/Wissant.jpg)

Les Jardins de Valloires
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/JdeValloires.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/JdeValloiresoverview.jpg)

and part of the Evolution garden
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/JdeVEvolution.jpg)

My fave beach at Cap Gris Nez
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/CapGrisNez.jpg)
Title: Re: Been on my hols!
Post by: Lord Steve on May 16, 2005, 19:39:58: Hi Plocket - it looks like you had a great time in a lovely location (and the weather looks better than it was here too!)!

Thanks for sharing and welcome back!!
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Post by: honeybee on May 16, 2005, 20:33:25: Glad you had a good time, it looks a perfect place to be to unwind :)
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Post by: Bambi.1 on May 16, 2005, 20:51:44: Hi Plocket,great pics ;D

It looks a beautiful area,and what a great view.

Love France..........great food.........great place.
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Post by: Diana on May 16, 2005, 20:58:05: Glad you enjoyed yourself - good weather by the look of it too!

I love Cap Gris Nés too. When we lived in Kent, we used to pop over for a picnic there + back via cheap-plonk-city!

It's a bit far from NE Scotland now - but your pix bought back fond memories.

Quite spooky there sometimes though - with all the defences half sunk in the dunes.
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Post by: lorna on May 16, 2005, 21:38:00: Sounds like a "holiday success" Thanks for sharing pics. Lorna.
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Post by: Roy Bham UK on May 16, 2005, 21:41:57: Beatiful pics , glad you enjoyed it, welcome home. ;D
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Post by: Gardengirl on May 16, 2005, 21:56:18: Welcome back Plocket - lovely photos :)
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Post by: adam04 on May 16, 2005, 22:07:51: nice pics plocket, dont them wind turbnes spoil the view of the landscape, makes the countryside seem sooo.....Urban!
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Post by: rosebud on May 16, 2005, 23:02:55: Hi Plocket welcome back, great pictures, looks a lovely place. ;D ;D ;D.
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Post by: Mrs Ava on May 16, 2005, 23:04:36: oooo, Lovely Plocket, and I rather like the wind turbines. Am always amazed at their size! Fab Gite!
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Post by: Plocket on May 17, 2005, 08:24:41: Funny you should say that about Les Eoliennes Adam - I quite like them. I find them elegant and of course much better for the planet than nuclear power! The group of windmills near us provides electricity for 94,000 houses apparently - not bad hey?

Thanks to everyone for your comments. We all had a lovely time and I've nearly caught up with the washing now!
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Post by: William O on May 17, 2005, 20:59:46: Ce n'est pas mal eh...

Nice pics Plocket
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Post by: adam04 on May 18, 2005, 22:07:17: Quote from: Plocket on May 17, 2005, 08:24:41
Funny you should say that about Les Eoliennes Adam - I quite like them. I find them elegant and of course much better for the planet than nuclear power! The group of windmills near us provides electricity for 94,000 houses apparently - not bad hey?

Thanks to everyone for your comments. We all had a lovely time and I've nearly caught up with the washing now!

yes they are good for the enviroment and wow! are they small homes there?? i think all them would power about 2 homes in Britain over here, heating i imagine!

they just seem to take over the landscape
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Post by: busy_lizzie on May 18, 2005, 23:02:01: Wonderful pictures Plocket, and lovely place. Glad you had a good time, and thanks for letting us see them. Welcome back. busy_lizzie
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Post by: Plocket on May 19, 2005, 10:07:04: Hi Adam! Funny but the homes we saw in the area we stayed in were pretty big! I know what you mean about them taking over the landscape - they are rather dominating - but at the same time they are so elegant, so powerful looking, very modern but we have to move with the times. I still believe that safer electricity is more important than a view! I believe that we should have similar power in this country and lets face it, we could have off shore windmills so wouldn't even have to spoil the landscape!
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Post by: Glyn on May 19, 2005, 11:38:05: Nice photos Plocket.

;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Margi on May 19, 2005, 13:00:33: Hiya Plocket, and welcome home (belatedly!) Lovely pics, as usual. Especially like the beaches, but I'm a bit of a beachaholic anyway - not for lying on, but for walking along with the wind in your hair and the waves in your ears (so to speak!)

Missed the wind turbines first time round, but went back to look. I think they're wonderful, not only for what they're doing but how they look too. Beautiful!

Margi x
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Post by: Plocket on May 19, 2005, 13:22:42: Hi Margi! That's exactly what I like about beaches the wind in your face and the sound of the waves on pebbles. I love nosing around for pretty stones and shells. The beach at Cap Gris Nez has some lovely stones with holes in if you look carefully - some are flints but some aren't. It's a lovely beach with something for everyone - except when it's high tide then you can't get onto the beach!

I love the windmills/turbines too - I'll find another picci....

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/Hols%20May%2005/Turbine.jpg)
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Post by: GREENWIZARD on May 21, 2005, 18:06:38: enjoyed your pics P :)