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Albert Bennink Posts: 1 Joined: 6th Jul 2008 Location: Netherlands | quotePosted at 11:37 on 8th July 2008 Hi, greetings from Holland, to all you loving people out there,Since I’m new on this forum, let me first introduce myself. My name is Bert (short for Albert) and we (my wife and I) life just outside a small village in the most northern part of the Netherlands. We have been traveling along the Uk quite a lot off times over the last couple off years.I only stumbled over this site last Sunday, after a long trip trough the UK (from Newcastle to Aberdeen, from there through the Lake District to Liverpool and further on down to Wells near Bath. We’ve finished this trip by staying at the Lizard in Cornwall for a couple off days.)I was just looking for pictures of all the places we’ve been so far, but it stuck me that there are hardly any pictures on the web of all the beautiful spots England has to offer.So, I’m not a real photographer, but I like to shoot pictures of all the beautiful spots and share them.I’m nearly, (this Friday is my Birthday) 58 years young, had the opportunity to retire at 55 and still have a lot of friends in the UK. Not to mention our daughter, who has been married to a Scotsman and lives in a small village just outside Aberdeen.So you see, we’ve been able to visit a lot of your beautiful country over the last couple of years. |
Peter Evans Posts: 3863 Joined: 20th Aug 2006 Location: UK | quotePosted at 13:05 on 8th July 2008 Hello Albert. Welcome to the site. Hope you have lots of photos to post from this visit. Now that you have found us, please come back in and have a chat with us. We are all slightly mad, but thats what helps to make it a fun site. You will find enough photos to last you months of looking. |
Jo Adams Posts: 231 Joined: 23rd Sep 2006 Location: UK | quotePosted at 13:05 on 8th July 2008 Welcome to this lovely web site Bert. You've certainly seen a lot of England. I love your area of the Netherlands but unfortunately haven't been there for a few years now. No doubt some of the "welcomes" you will get will mention that we are all mad - don't believe it. Some of us are normal!!! |
Jo Adams Posts: 231 Joined: 23rd Sep 2006 Location: UK | quotePosted at 13:06 on 8th July 2008 You beat me to it Peter - but only by seconds! |
poe Posts: 1132 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 13:15 on 8th July 2008 Hi Albert and welcome to the site We hope you enjoy it here. Thanks for sharing your photos |
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 15:13 on 8th July 2008 Hi Bert, welcome! I've lived in England all my life but it looks like you've been to more places here than I have! I'm not one of the mad ones honest!! LOL Happy birthday to from one 57.5 year old to a soon to be 58 year old lol |
Denzil Tregallion Posts: 1764 Joined: 26th May 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 16:33 on 8th July 2008 hello Bert I think one of my friends from Redruth went skiing there once on holiday Im glad you had a good time in England and Scotland |
Denzil Tregallion Posts: 1764 Joined: 26th May 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 16:35 on 8th July 2008 no Mrs Tregallion says he went cycling and all it must have been Austria then sorry about that |
Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 16:40 on 8th July 2008 to the forum Bert. It sounds like you will fit in here very well with you love of England. That is the one thing we all have in common, oh, and the fact that we are all slightly mad too. I hope you are slightly mad, it really does help. I hope you plan on submitting your pictures. We certainly don't expect professional quality, as we are, for the most part (we do have some exceptional photographers here) amateurs who like to, like you, capture the beauty of England (and Scotland, Wales and Ireland). I certainly hope you plan on popping by on Friday, as you may just find a birthday thread dedicated to you. |
Stephanie Jackson Posts: 3911 Joined: 13th Apr 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 17:07 on 8th July 2008 Welcome Bert! Look forward to seeing your pictures from the trip! I love the Lizard - I will see if I have any photos too. The trouble is there are so many beautiful places in England we are bound to miss some but we are all working on it! |