Posts by Chris Waugh
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Southerly: Getting There is Half the Fun, in reply to Carol Stewart,
the weirdest cheese ever – brown with a peculiar sugary texture.
And toothpaste tubes of "caviar", or at least, some kind of roe.
Funny thing is, every Norwegian I met hated fish. They associated it with poverty - something to do with a famine in the 19th century, during which Queen Vic took pity on them and gifted them fishing rights to a huge slice of the North Sea. They were quite happy when the oil was discovered, but fish retained that association. At least, that's my barely half-remembered version of what I was told.
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Southerly: Getting There is Half the Fun, in reply to David Haywood,
Indeed all the sardines and herrings you can eat – and more!
I was tempted to try the hvalbiff I saw in a fish market in Trondheim - having just spent a year in Changsha I'd certainly seen and eaten weirder. But I did meet one vegetarian in Trondheim. I have no idea how he survived, because other than him and his girlfriend (who claimed to be the world's first blonde Goth), every Norwegian I met considered a healthy, balanced meal to be a large pile of meat and a couple of boiled spuds.
Definitely go to Nidaros Cathedral, it's amazing!
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Capture: Upside Down, Inside Out, in reply to Jos,
Where would you be without your walnut tree
In the hospital or infirmary? Oh, sorry, wrong song.
Loving this thread. Great shots everybody.
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Great place to camp.
Well, I can think of worse things than dams to put up in these misty mountains.
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Another cellphone point and hope. Sunlight rippled on the Guishui River twixt the planks of a bridge.
Shadows of tall trees.
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Landing.
Pavillion.
Homeward bound.
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Last pillar.
You can have your day either hazy or ripply.
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Stairway...
Pillars.
And again.
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I need a telephoto lens.
Cos these birds ain't dumb, they know to keep their distance.
Got me a dragonfly, though.
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More wetland reflecting.
How the park got its name?
Shelter was hard to come by. I really regretted not having taken 50 litres of ice-cold water with me.
