Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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21 January 2011
10:5289760Thought it might be of interest to show these. Calais was extremely clear at dawn this morning, its not normally as clear as this and with a touch of mirage too. In the centre of the pics you can spot the famous Hotel de Ville..that spectacular piece of architecture in central Calais, a couple of miles inland.Im breaking out the fine wine and the garlic as Im almost living there...wonder what it would be like to live there...
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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21 January 2011
10:5489761stunning shots paul, the colours are breathtaking.
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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21 January 2011
11:4589771Wow, super photos, especially the top one.
Calais often looks dramatic when the sun is streaming down from behind clouds. Here is a photo I took a couple of years ago when it looked like a thermonuclear warhead had exploded over the town.
Several hi-res photos in this sequence at:
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21 January 2011
12:2089772Stunning photos PaulB and Ed.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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21 January 2011
13:0289773Was an amazingly clear morning, saw it but had to get to work !
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Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
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21 January 2011
13:3789782Yes saw how clear it was on the way to work this morning, sounds great to live there with their very laid back life style not like our rush here and there one.
Alec Sheldon
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21 January 2011
14:0489788Great shots Paul, you can almost see the companys name on that massive container ship.
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21 January 2011
14:0789789Great pics, confirms my opinion that the best way to view Calais is from this side of the channel.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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21 January 2011
14:1589791Well I worked in France it was just Ok nothing to write home about.But you are right they never rush about at work and they stoped for two hours for dinner,next to our 30mins.They are all great photos.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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21 January 2011
14:4089792Never fails to amaze me how close France looks some days !!
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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22 January 2011
09:3189880Thanks guys re the comments and well done Ed and Paul..fab shots. Yes I think France is getting closer..might be a shift in dem continental plates following the earthquake last year..
Heck of a long lens there Paul. Im sure I can see picnickers on the cap!
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31 January 2011
16:3890866
Add a photo: (JPEG only, max. filesize 2Mb)
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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31 January 2011
17:4890870
Hi Lorna..here is your picture. Problem was it was bigger than the 2MB max we are allowed. You have to reduce them a tad before upload and then they will pop up easy enough. I have reduced it to 600pixels wide in this case and the pix dont suffer qualitywise at all. Give it another go soon.
Picture by Lorna J.
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31 January 2011
22:1090904fankyooooo
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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31 January 2011
22:2790906The pictures on the thread correspond to a research I've been making the last few days: that the ancestors of all the Celts of the British Isles passed through Dover before settling all over Britain, Scotland and Ireland.
With the modest boats of thousands of years ago, they would have made the crossong to Dover, as the White Cliffs of Albion are visible in Calais as much as the Gaulic cliffs are visible from here.
The pictures of the Sun rising over the English Ocean are fantastic!
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31 January 2011
22:2990907It is a Channal not a ocean.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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31 January 2011
22:3490908lorna
lovely photo, i am assuming it is samphire ho, am i wrong?
vic
the water was a lot wider centuries ago, it may have been referred to as an ocean.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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31 January 2011
22:4390911No it has always been a channal never a ocean. Ocean in the Dictionary= Great body of water surrounding the land of the globe.Channel= Natural or artificial bed of running water , wider than strait ,joining two larger pieces or seas ie- English Channel.
Guest 707- Registered: 1 Dec 2010
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31 January 2011
22:4790912HowardYES..
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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1 February 2011
00:1990917That's right, Howard. For people crossing in boats thousands of years ago, it was an ocean-going achievement.
Lorna, you must have taken your picture around 3 in the afternoon. It blends in well with the others.
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