tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post116092777624928267..comments2023-10-12T15:59:35.120+01:00Comments on radiogandy: Quiet Sunday - 13C - Going to get coolertracyjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00914991294683176018noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-1161004593967753872006-10-16T14:16:00.000+01:002006-10-16T14:16:00.000+01:00Thanks for the canal pic, reminded me a lot of the...Thanks for the canal pic, reminded me a lot of the Birmingham canal system with the old factories and wharfs. Not a lot of people know this but there are more miles of canals in Birmingham than Venice....I can understand Y getting stuck half way up the Laxey wheel as at this point you have to duck to get under the connector rod.Believe it or not I don't like heights at all but will climb these things and look out. The Laxey wheel isn't that high in the realm of things but the view and where it's built make it seem a lot highjer. Certainly one of the gems of th IOM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-1160941495066950112006-10-15T20:44:00.000+01:002006-10-15T20:44:00.000+01:00You are right. I am no habitual early riser but i...You are right. I am no habitual early riser but it is usually fine ‘fost off’.<BR/><BR/>I can understand Jill absolutely, being something of an acrophobic myself – I am scared by the Heights of Abraham or any suspension bridge. And yet I used to go up 30’ ladders without even a wall behind them (viz, to arches supporting the roof of the Riding School at Thoresby Hall before it became a theatre), no trouble.<BR/><BR/>Despite RadioG’s praise, the head is crude and unfinished, which I am happy to believe gives it a certain charm. Take a photo by all means but I’ll send one to be going on with.<BR/>And yes, thanks, Sandra has already discovered spelt and finds it very acceptable. I won’t mention the Romans though.<BR/><BR/>Like the canal pic. So many warehouses look better than more ‘important’ buildings (eg County Hall). ‘Honesty’ is the word which comes to mind; ‘Form Follows Function’ or, as Corbusier said, I think with the same idea in mind, ‘A house is a machine for living in.’ (he said it in French, of course, being Swiss).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com