picture of the day

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:50 am

Thats from Somewhere up Coniston Old Man. Its beautiful..

off in ten minutes to go trekking over Great langdale.. Pictures to follow. Watch this space!

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 1:02 pm

nice, will have to try and get hold of some of me pics from iceland. Had one which was just an incredible view from the top of Snowfellsjokull. We took snow mobiles up to the top and froma height of 3500ft you could see right across a large portion of the island. Never seen views like i have there

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:10 pm

that the place? looks impressive!

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:20 pm

yip thats the one. Iceland is really one of the most incredible places to visit, the sites of the volcanic island are absolutely magic.

I spent about 5 days there in May, a time when it never goes dark, 3am and its still as bright as midday.

Place is bigger than people might think, iceland itself is around a similar size to Ireland but with a tiny population, 2/3rds of which live in rekjavik.

A friend of mine is half icelandic and lives there so we stayed in her summer house. It was a gorgeous log cabin in the fault valley of a previous earthquake, overlooking a lake and a volcano in the distance.

As I said we took a trip up the glacier on snowmobiles. Also went and saw Gulfoss and Geyser, Gulfoss is a waterfall, Geyser is the Originally named geyser of which all the others around the world are named after.

Also did the Blue lagoon which is the self heated lake due to geothermal energy. Really is a big recommend for anyone that wants something different to experience

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:34 pm

sounds ace mate! apparantly their volcano is overdue an eruption (would be a concern living there!)

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:36 pm

a picture from Saturday

that was before the weather turned dark!

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:36 pm

mjd wrote:a picture from Saturday

that was before the weather turned dark!

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:43 pm

they always due an eruption, although i've asked my mate there to keep me updated on it cos if it looks set to go im on the first plane over i can get. Wanna see it for meself. Studied parts of Volcanology at uni.

The last pic is a beauty, thers really so much to see out there if you just go for a drive and find it, the worlds a nuty place and the sites you can see for youself will blow your mind far more than the latest film or game etc

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:11 pm

yep, we almost got to the top! but the weather turned nasty very quickly.. was funny old day..

some more pics here : And firstly OOH! that road was narrow! two way traffic too! (dangerous!)

Nice!!

Theres Me!! Yum!

Back to Earth! and Reward!!

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:13 pm

that first pic - 12MPH.. lol!

and that seemed too fast down that road!

Demmerz · Post by **Demmerz** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:34 am

You're all wimps if you can't handle a road like that

So what brings mjd in to Coniston/Langdale/Wernside? Also, I think I recognise that pub!

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:46 pm

[quote="Demmerz"]You're all wimps if you can't handle a road like that ]

aye! was an immensely fun road to drive on that!
The lake District is Beautiful (ive always been told) then a mate of mine came up the idea of Walking in the Mountains.. Seemed insane, but once you pop you cant stop!

are you near Cumbria Demmerz?

Demmerz · Post by **Demmerz** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:39 pm

Not really, but I do pop out there now and again because it is a cracking area. It's not quite as far for me as it is for you!