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Post by auntieannie on Feb 18, 2011 22:20:58 GMT
As mentioned in another thread, you wanted ugly... you'll get it. Since I have a few pics available taken during the year, I'll post these first and when time and weather are in synch... I'll get in paparazzo mode. let's start with a beautiful winter's day - a view over the tower of one of the hundreds of churches and chapels in town. Note the red stone is the local material of choice for medieval buildings. The earth is also customary a deep red. I think I have gotten used to it now.
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 18, 2011 22:23:58 GMT
This is the street that has seen as little tampering with as possible in town. From medieval times.
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 18, 2011 23:19:18 GMT
looking up the same street. The two pics were taken at different times, but I notice it is always the same building that has rubbish outside.
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 18, 2011 23:25:53 GMT
The "House that moved" has become a tiny wedding dress shop. More about this building and its story or is it history?
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 19, 2011 0:04:00 GMT
Great pics, Annie. Do you not like the brick because it's so dark? It's so steep there -- I had no idea. Can you see and smell the sea everywhere in town? I'm thrumming my fingers waiting to find out how/when/why the house moved.
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Post by mich64 on Feb 19, 2011 0:09:44 GMT
Of course we want more information. Are you teasing us? The red stone is charming. The shop would be a young girls dream, sitting outside peering into the windows watching the brides come out in their gowns, oh how wonderful the daydreaming would be. Cheers! Mich
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:02:09 GMT
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:08:39 GMT
part of the roman/norman walls surrounding town. These stones have witnessed many generations.
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:12:16 GMT
you'll have to excuse the poor quality of my photography. I should invite FMT or Kerouac ... or any of you more talented people. You'd have a field day here!
Bixa, my comment about me getting used to the red earth is that I used to not be able to stop staring at the earth before. I'd make up lots of stories about why it is red, wondering how deep the red goes. Does it ever get brown? does it ever get lighter? ...
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:17:31 GMT
Custom House, on the Quay. Now housing the city council's archaeology department. "Constructed in 1680-1, Exeter's Custom House was used by Customs and Excise until 1989, the building has an impressive sweeping staircase and ornamental plaster ceilings." (from the council's website)
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:25:43 GMT
A little wooden bridge, part of a popular walkway by the Quay/river Exe side. In the background you can see some of the old storage buildings, they've been converted to restaurants and clubs nowadays. They were part of the woollen industry, see this article: www.exetermemories.co.uk/EM/exeter_wool.html
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:27:56 GMT
Storage cellars have become wood workshops and touristy shops. It was too early in the season last year when I took these pics for the shops to be open on a weekday evening.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 19, 2011 9:28:07 GMT
Excellent pics...more please
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 19, 2011 9:28:33 GMT
Coo...that was quick!!
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:29:47 GMT
I hope they are not too big... those pics!
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:35:35 GMT
It was still cold, even though the sun was out... I was worried about those eggs. Never found out if they hatched. These swans had built their nest right by a pub along the walkway. silly birds!
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:38:41 GMT
Palm trees are popular in the area. There were discussions last year about banning them from the waterfront in the Torbay area (where Agatha Christie had a house), where they are omnipresent. Apparently on Health & Safety grounds!! It kept the local population busy for a good while.
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:40:36 GMT
by the river. the water had gone back down now so the residents will soon tidy the area
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:42:04 GMT
more modern residential buildings right by the weir. much too near the water for my taste.
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:44:07 GMT
springtime!
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:44:59 GMT
more signs of spring
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:46:49 GMT
the weir
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:48:22 GMT
the lighthouse and some recently placed stone benches
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:49:16 GMT
view of the footpath from the other side of the river
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:52:28 GMT
the Exeter canal starts here. It goes to Topsham, a village a few miles away, where the estuary of the river Exe opens. If you visit Topsham, you might think you mistakenly took a ferry to the Netherlands. It indeed was an outpost of the Oranje kingdom and the architecture along the waterfront shows this link.
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:53:18 GMT
there you can see where I stood to take the previous pic. I wish I could capture the atmosphere of this place on a foggy winter night. Perfect for a halloween decor.
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:57:03 GMT
we're almost back onto the Quay now. (sorry I confused you by showing pics of both sides of the river at the same time
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:58:01 GMT
As soon as the sun is shining, people gather here
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 9:59:20 GMT
a popular restaurant on the Quay. it serves large pizza, mainly.
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 19, 2011 10:00:03 GMT
ready for the summer.
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