Eversholt is a small village about 8 miles distant north of Houghton Regis. http://www.eversholtvillage.co.uk/ for more information.
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19 June 2013
Milton Bryan & Pond
Depending on your starting point, the location of this delightful pond in Milton Bryan is between 6 and 7.5 miles from Houghton Regis. Head north to Toddington, take Park Road northwards. The thatched building and the Red Lion are on the main road. The thatched private dwelling house has a post box underneath one of its windows. Near this point locate Pond Lane. Before long you'll come across this wonderful pond.
05 June 2013
Castle at Mahmutlar is Being Left to the Cows
Mahmutlar Turkey, pictured by me in May this year.
I'm a regular visitor to this area and I've long thought that something more should be made of these ancient castle(?) walls. I actually know very little about them. But I do feel that they should be a feature to be proud of, not left to wildly growing shrubbery, and the neatly planted cow pats from the random cows staked to the ground to prevent them wandering away (poor things).
It's in an area near to Alanya in the south of Turkey, an area increasingly enjoyed by people from many different countries, all looking for something to do, and somewhere to walk on a nice summer's day. So why not tend the area as a public garden, put up information plaques, and really make something of it?
This is a disgrace. Dumped, broken aquaduct. It is not the enticing family friendly entrance to the area that it should be.
Junked aquaduct piping that once brought water to irrigate the nearby orange groves and banana plants.
Builders rubbish is allowed to be tipped on the site of this ancient monument.
A cow staked to the ground bars the way of an intrepid archaeologist.
No explanation.
Someone is actually proud of their flag. But are they proud enough to care about their heritage?
Weeds and overgrown wild bushes disgrace the historical asset.
Banana plants and runner beans are allowed to run along the edge of what could be part of the castle ruins.
Year by year the surrounding banana plantations get smaller and smaller and the rapidly built high rise apartment block developments get closer and closer. It's just plain criminal to leave a heritage asset like this.
I'm a regular visitor to this area and I've long thought that something more should be made of these ancient castle(?) walls. I actually know very little about them. But I do feel that they should be a feature to be proud of, not left to wildly growing shrubbery, and the neatly planted cow pats from the random cows staked to the ground to prevent them wandering away (poor things).
It's in an area near to Alanya in the south of Turkey, an area increasingly enjoyed by people from many different countries, all looking for something to do, and somewhere to walk on a nice summer's day. So why not tend the area as a public garden, put up information plaques, and really make something of it?
Above: Taken in 2008, and here, below, is virtually the same angle in 2013 ... |
This is a disgrace. Dumped, broken aquaduct. It is not the enticing family friendly entrance to the area that it should be.
Junked aquaduct piping that once brought water to irrigate the nearby orange groves and banana plants.
Builders rubbish is allowed to be tipped on the site of this ancient monument.
A cow staked to the ground bars the way of an intrepid archaeologist.
No explanation.
Someone is actually proud of their flag. But are they proud enough to care about their heritage?
Weeds and overgrown wild bushes disgrace the historical asset.
Banana plants and runner beans are allowed to run along the edge of what could be part of the castle ruins.
Year by year the surrounding banana plantations get smaller and smaller and the rapidly built high rise apartment block developments get closer and closer. It's just plain criminal to leave a heritage asset like this.
It's a shame.
04 June 2013
Mahmutlar 4 Images Ring The Changes
Gorgolu Apartment views 2005, compared to 2013
More 2013 views at http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/adwturkey2013
More 2013 views at http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/adwturkey2013
29 May 2013
Alanya's Pirate Bay
If you walk around Alanya Bay you're sure to encounter friendly pirates, beckoning towards you, for you to come on board for a trip to sea. You decide to go on board. You are charged a princely sum, and when they're ready to go ... "we go in 5 minutes", they'll tell you ... an hour later and they're off. You find that they're all in it together and they just take you around the headland where you can ... walk the plank and swim in the sea (like you couldn't do that from the beach?) ... anyway I'm sure it's all jolly good fun.
Shortcut to this page http://is.gd/alanya
Selavi - aptly named. |
26 March 2013
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