Rupert Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 If there was one spot in the UK I'd most recommend for a single trip, it'd probably be either Wales or Cornwall. The climate is much nicer and they're blessed with great sea views. And yes, lots and lots of rocks! Among the piles of rocks I found most impressive in Wales are the Caernarfon and Conwy Castles. These shots are of Conwy. Again. These shots are taken with ORBX Globabl plus ORBX for various of the British Isles. Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Another splendid find Michael. Very nicely displayed too. :cool: :cool: :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Amazing pics Michael :cool::cool::pilot: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner simpilot Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Enjoyed your pics again Michael. Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 Thanks Folks! The thing that most impressed me when visiting there, thankfully recreated in ORBX is the government tunnel! Today there is a "swing bridge" which moves out of the way for ships to enter the area. Also there is a 19th century? suspension bridge which allowed travel across the straights. But look again, do you think you see a tunnel coming out of the castle? Actually for centuries anyone hoping to travel from one point to another across this bay had to literally go through the castle!! Where their fare could be inspected and tariffs charged accordingly! Until the suspension bridge was built you literally had to go through the castle to travel from one area of Wales to another!!!! Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzaro Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 And let's not forget Conway's other (and possibly most important) claim to fame: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_Gum3OJKgTc/UceBxoDd9QI/AAAAAAAAA5o/SjEnb_ETTjM/s1600/Conwy,+smallest+house.JPG Apparently copy and paste bypasses forum size restrictions. Who knew? -- Bob [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i7-7700 3.6GHz / GTX1660 6GB / 32GB RAM / 49" Samsung CHG90 / WIN10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightsimg Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Hi! Wales was once home to a British TV series called the Prisoner they passed at TV in France about the mid-1980's! A thrilling one where a / or more retired spies were kept prisoners into a Welsh coastal village! Gérard Guichard, Dijon, Burgundy, France. i5 Intel processor, 4 Go of Ram, Nvidia GeForce 920MX, DirectX 12.0, and FSX Gold Edition with SP1, SP2. My personal flightsim website is at http://flightlessons.6te.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzaro Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 It sure was Gérard. A town called Portmairion. My wife and I were there in 1994. (oh, how young and skinny I was :() A very interesting little town. Have a look at the Wiki entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmeirion -- Bob [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i7-7700 3.6GHz / GTX1660 6GB / 32GB RAM / 49" Samsung CHG90 / WIN10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 Sad to say, I've wasted time traveling to Portmeirion as well. I don't know what it looked like forever ago. But the only time I went it looked like a wasted and deserted movie set almost anywhere in the world. As to the smallest house, I missed that. However I did hoist a pint in the "smallest pub in GB" which was in Margate and as I recall there were three seats. And Molly I took up two, the publican's dog occupied the third and I wouldn't have been brave enough to talk him out it either!! Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightsimg Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 the publican's dog occupied the third lol Gérard Guichard, Dijon, Burgundy, France. i5 Intel processor, 4 Go of Ram, Nvidia GeForce 920MX, DirectX 12.0, and FSX Gold Edition with SP1, SP2. My personal flightsim website is at http://flightlessons.6te.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Rock on Michael, great shots! :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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