Comments | thymelady: London and Southwark picspam

thymelady

London and Southwark picspam

Dec 08, 2009 21:18

I've been to London and I'm home again, seriously. I didn't lie about it and then go into hiding. gizxmaz is my witness, if nothing else. ;-) Hateful RL interfered at once and made me miss London awfully. There ought to be a major rant about that. But I haven't got the energy, to tell the truth.

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spamjoe December 8 2009, 21:33:13 UTC

Beautiful pics! I just LOVE London.

thymelady December 8 2009, 22:01:28 UTC

I've been thinking a lot about a get-together... Wouldn't that be fun! :-D

spamjoe December 9 2009, 16:50:08 UTC

Maybe we can organise a get-together next year. Yep, that would be fun.

thymelady December 9 2009, 17:27:14 UTC

I'm all for it! :-D

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eyrial December 8 2009, 21:55:32 UTC

You were actually around where I live, ahaha I'm glad to hear you loved it

eyrial December 8 2009, 21:56:10 UTC

GORGEOUS pictures btw!

thymelady December 8 2009, 22:00:38 UTC

REALLY!!! So silly, we should have met up! *facepalm* Next time! There will be a next time, you know! :-D Lucky you...

01cheers December 8 2009, 23:37:18 UTC

Ha, I was wondering if you had secretly stayed behind in London :D

Love the St Paul's pics, and nearly jumped up when I saw The Golden Hinde - guess what, I actually got on board to check it out! (btw am always amazed how cramped the ships were for those long voyages - all those Sabatini descriptions of the luxurious Arabella must have had a big dollop of wishful thinking, or else the Spahish liked their comfort)

And great job with the Wiki links!

thymelady December 9 2009, 09:50:44 UTC

I'm a fan of old ships, actually. I'm a member of a local club that takes care of and sails a galleon from 1900. It has a motor, small kitchen and real toilets now - but it's cramped. And lovely, let me tell you. I never sleep better than aboard that ship. :-)

But as far as I know, the Spanish did love their comforts. But according to the Hornblower series, they had galley slaves on many ships and they stank!

Thanks about the Wiki links. Some of them are probably not 100% but there are always other links on Wiki too. ;-)

Secretly staying in London - I wish!!!

01cheers December 10 2009, 00:16:03 UTC

I never *sailed* in anything bigger than 45ft so I really envy you ;) I am not a trained skipper or anything remotely of that sort though, but I loved the experience. But I am also something of a fangirl when it comes to visiting old ships because, of all things, my never-ending writing project, heavily Sabatini-inspired, is set in England and the Caribbean in the early 18th cent - and since a good deal of it takes place at sea in the West Indies (no, am not a POTC fan, just a Sabatini fan!), I just have to get onboard 16th...19th century sailing ships to get the feel of it (you know how OCD I am about research ;) ) BTW ever since I saw the Divine Richard as Gizzy I absolutely realised that one of my central characters, another good-bad-boy, looks like him ;) so I guess I could say I became obsessed with watching him for research purposes too :D

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thymelady December 9 2009, 09:52:15 UTC

Glad you liked it! I was pleasantly surprised by that photo myself.

Missing London, you and me both.

gizxmaz December 9 2009, 17:20:25 UTC

It's true - you were in London, totally! And I love the pictures! I've seen a few of these, but many are new for me! LOVELY!!!! *happydance*

....I miss London too now... Darn RL. *facepalm*

And yes we should met up in London again with a few LJ-people... :-D
(Or well.... You can meet them. I'm too shy for that myself...)

Thank you for a wonderful time! HUGS!

thymelady December 9 2009, 17:26:49 UTC

HAHAHAHAHA!!! You'll meet them too! I'll let you hide behind me the first days. They'll see your lovely hair and know you're there. :-D After a while, I think you'll be enjoying it greatly!

Such praise from you for my small attmpts at photographing... *blushing* It means a lot to me!! ♥

I get a *northgasm* when ever I see that icon of running Lucas! The thighs, honey!! 8-D

gizxmaz December 9 2009, 19:17:46 UTC

Hahaha, well... That sounds good. Still, I AM very shy... And when I'm shy my english is sounding like tree cats in a washing machine... But maybe that'll fix itself... ;-) ♥

Well, I've changed userpic now... But I'll have the running Lucas now... Here you go! *Northgasm* ordered!!! 8-D

gizxmaz December 9 2009, 19:21:35 UTC

Okej, nu ska jag vara lite dryg och skriva på Svenska... Men jag HATAR när jag glömmer "h" i tHree! Jag vet ju att three är 3 och tree and träd. Men jag brukar ALLTID mixtra ihop dom på något konstigt vis! X-D
Men jag tror du förstår vad jag menar... THREE* cats! ;-D

Men trä-katter kanske också låter roligt!
♥

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