Via via Porteplume: mei 2013

vrijdag 24 mei 2013

Whitby

NL: Hier op de foto: Whitby, Noord Oost Yorkshire. Het is het de afgelopen paar dagen afwisselend zonnig, koud en winderig geweest maar wij zullen niet gauw de sfeer vergeten van de vele kleine stadjes & dorpjes aan zee en ook de prachtige "Moors" gebied hier rondom Egton waar wij kampeerden.

F: Sur cette photo: Whitby, Nord Est du Yorkshire. Les derniers jours le temps a été changeant chaque jour et même chaque minute... Soleil, nuages gris et vents ont prêté à nos images des villes & villages côtiers cette atmosphère si saisissante des régions du Royaume-Uni. Et les balades sur les "Moors" (Les landes) autour du village où nous campions, Egton, ont été extraordinaires...

E: Here on this photo: Whitby, North East of Yorkshire. For the last few days we have got stormy weather but also bright spells and great gray skies. We won't easily forget that part of Great-Britain with its picturesque little towns & villages at the sea and also the moody "Moors"around Egton, the place where we were camping.

woensdag 22 mei 2013

Yorkshire

Newton-under-Roseberry

E: In late spring Newton Woods is an amazing place to hear varieties of birds and to admire the stunning blue carpets of bluebells.

NL: In mei zijn de Newton Woods gevuld met vogels getsjirp en bedekt met een zee van boshyacinten, de befaamde "Bluebells".

F: En mai, dans les bois de Newton Woods, on entend toutes sortes d'oiseaux et les sous-bois sont recouverts d'un tapis bleu et odorant, les fameuses "Bluebells" ou jacinthes des bois.

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Here above: Roseberry Topping, on the left.

* Chris Rea dedicated the song Chisel Hill from the album Shamrock Diaries to Roseberry Topping.

Roseberry Topping can be seen from many miles away and was long used by sailors and farmers as an indicator of impending bad weather. An old rhyme commemorates this usage:

When Roseberry Topping wears a cap, let Cleveland then beware of a clap!

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Here under: The Woods around Roseberry Topping

From Wikipedia:

Newton under Roseberry is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the A173, between Great Ayton and Guisborough and is close to the base of Roseberry Topping.
The village is situated near the edge of the North York Moors National Park, and also close to the border of Redcar and Cleveland withMiddlesbrough and the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire.

* A reference to Newton under Roseberry was featured in the folk-rock group America's "Hat Trick" from the Hat Trick album. The exact lyric stanza is:

Newton-Under-Roseberry-Topping
And it's cold and it's wet
And you feel like you're part of all time

How true!