If you are in lookout of a good natural place to vacation in the UK, then maybe your initial selection should be Lake District. This is a very beautiful area that is filled with lots of greenery, trees, a beautiful lake and of course, a beautiful landscape. If you are on the lookout for a place filled with peace and quiet, then there is no alternative place that you can select besides Lake Dist
Todayonline reported that the Jurong East Lake District transformation could translate into high resale prices for properties in Jurong East and the neighbouring towns including Bukit Batok, Clementi and Jurong WestJurong East has always been viewed as a rather lacklustre "ulu" estate with just over 22,000 homes. Even neighbouring Bukit Batok and Clementi have over 32,000 and 24,000 homes respecti
These 3 photos were taken at Wrynose Pass, Lake District National Park in England.The Wrynose pass is a mountain pass between the Duddon Valley and Little Langdale that reaches an altitude of 393m.At the top of the Wrynose Pass is the Three Shire Stone, marking the meeting point of the historic counties of Cumberland, Lancashire and Westmorland.Wrynose is part of the old Roman road named the 10th
Have you ever been to the Lake District in the UK? If you are in the UK, and you haven't been to the Lake District- then, you are missing one of the most beautiful places on earth! If you are a tourists and not been to the Lake District, you are missing one of God's greatest creation! :) I personally have been to the Lake District several times and I still want to go there again and again. It's like a magnet- the gorgeous lakes, the gorgeous green mountains and hills, well, even the journey there is a journey of magic views! Picturesque, simply amazing. Lake District, located in Cumbria, is a holiday lake district which attracts not only local tourists daily, but also foreign tourists. Planning a holiday to the lakes is surely exciting. What can you expect to see and do there? First of all
April 5, 2008 Singapore's very own Lake District Jurong is set to shed its industrial image with a stunning makeover By Jessica Cheam JURONG tends to conjure up unflattering images of factories and sleepy suburbia, but the area is slated for a stunning makeover that will transform it into Singapore's only lakeside destination. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday unveiled a vision for a revamped Jurong, starting with a new name: the Jurong Lake District. The ambitious plan, to be implemented over the next 10 to 15 years, involves building new waterways, 1,000 private homes, 2,800 hotel rooms and adding 750,000 sq m of office and retail space. The Jurong Lake District, which at 360ha is the size of Marina Bay, will consist of two precincts. One is the 70ha Jurong Gateway, wh
Uncle Jim went climbing in Borrowdale today with Jim 2 and Alan 1. He didn't ask me to go climbing with him which I have to admit was a bit of a relief. I have been worrying he might ask me ever since we got here.Uncle Jim is exhausting. He never sits still. If he's not digging holes or climbing, he's juggling or cooking or drinking beer or tinkering inside the engine of his Landrover.Me, Mum and Miv drove down to Bowness by Lake Windermere to visit The World of Beatrix Potter. Miv didn't really want to go but she had no choice. It was The World of Beatrix Potter or climbing with Uncle Jim and his lunatic friends.There was a sign at the entrance which asked you to switch off your mobile phone while inside like you have to at the cinema. Miv got all stroppy until Mum promised to buy her a double choc mint chip ice cream with a flake if she shut up.Miv stopped complaining once we were inside. Although she did sigh a lot which spoilt some of my enjoyment of the scene of Peter Rabbit i
Mum and Miv went off shopping in Carlisle early today.I went to work with Uncle Jim.Uncle Jim is a psychopath.I thought a Park Rangers job would be driving around all day drinking cups of tea in cosy farmhouse kitchens and eating generous slices of cake made by ruddy-faced farmer's wives while pet lambs lay their sad woolly heads in your lap.Not so!While normal people park their cars in a car park and take the lift to work, Uncle Jim parks his National Park Rangers Landrover at the bottom of a mountain and walks for miles and miles up it carrying his tools over his shoulder like one of the seven dwarfs. He then spends all day digging holes on the side of the windswept mountain, exposed to all the elements, just so he can drag boulders around to put in the holes. And he says it is the best job in the world!He was in charge of two other dwarfs (helpers) called Jim and Alan. I had to call Uncle Jim, Jim 1 and the other Jim, Jim 2. Jim 2 thought this was hilarious. The two Jims and one Al
There isn't a lot to do in Keswick.This morning we went to the Cumberland Pencil Museum - "The Home of the First Pencil".It is also the home of the world's longest pencil - 7.91 metres (25ft 5 inches) long. It is deep cadmium 6 (yellow).The entrance to the museum is through a replica of a graphite mine under a sign which said, 'Mind Your Head'. Uncle Jim had to stoop all the way. People in olden times must have been very short.Miv refused to come into the museum. Instead she sat outside on a wall so she could carry on texting her friends.Graphite is a form of carbon. It was discovered by shepherds in Borrowdale in Tudor times. In the beginning they used it to draw on their sheep. How stupid is that?! Everybody knows paper is much better to draw on!Borrowdale graphite was very expensive and was transported from the mines to the Tower of London by armed stage coach. In the eighteenth century smugglers used to smuggle graphite out of the Lake District on pack horses. That must have be
Uncle Jim lives in a tiny two bedroomed terraced house full of climbing ropes and crampons in Keswick (pronounced Kez-Zik not Kes-Wick). It took us six hours to get here; two and a half of them were spent trying to get out of Norfolk.Miv spent the whole journey texting her friends on her new mobile phone.I was only car sick twice.Uncle Jim is Mum's younger brother by six whole years but he is a lot taller than Mum. He has to duck his head just to get in his own front door and when he is inside he takes up a lot of room.Since I saw him last he has grown a ponytail and is scruffier than Dad. He calls Mum Ali (short for Alison) like Dad used to. It seems odd to hear Mum being called by her real name again. I notice that Miv has tried calling her Ali a few times but I think I will stick to Mum.Uncle Jim is a good cook. We had lamb curry with naan bread for tea.I am too tired to post anymore this evening. Uncle Jim has gone down the pub. Mum and Miv are sharing a bedroom but I've got to s
I've not posted anything for ages...I hope that's going to change, as there are at least a few weeks when I'm not expecting to be quite as busy with work as I have been.Anyway, I've been continuing to try to get a bit better with watercolours. Here's a recent effort. The scene is in the English Lake District.
