Thread: Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics II.

Originally Posted by stuarth44

we are lucky in some ways, often I'd camp on the Turkish Bosporous Coast, to listen to the ships , but all of the Tr and Ua coast is a rubbish tip, it is a great pity

As 'er indoors would attest I have always wanted to visit there, I don't know why, as I have heard some ropey old stories about the Bosphourus & some residents.

Maybe it is a distant ANZAC connection, or the grub but something was nudging me. Four brothers of my very distant family went to Gallipoli 3 were KIA & the last got a special dispensation to come back being the only remaining Son who could work the Market Gardens here. Still, their names are carved into a small monument at Lenswood

Too late now, ironically we have flown over it several times on the way to the UK but I wasn't aware of it's importance until after we finished our OS travels.

It is no wonder the coast looks like a tip when one considers all the Med rubbish is sucked in & out of the Dardanelles with tides but it shouldn't stop the authorities looking after the joint. You can only imagine the crap in the Med itself also being sucked in & out from the Atlantic/Bay of Biscay.

Originally Posted by 4bee

As 'er indoors would attest I have always wanted to visit there, I don't know why, as I have heard some ropey old stories about the Bosphourus & some residents.

Maybe it is a distant ANZAC connection, or the grub but something was nudging me. Four brothers of my very distant family went to Gallipoli 3 were KIA & the last got a special dispensation to come back being the only remaining Son who could work the Market Gardens here. Still, their names are carved into a small monument at Lenswood

Too late now, ironically we have flown over it several times on the way to the UK but I wasn't aware of it's importance until after we finished our OS travels.

It is no wonder the coast looks like a tip when one considers all the Med rubbish is sucked in & out of the Dardanelles with tides but it shouldn't stop the authorities looking after the joint. You can only imagine the crap in the Med itself also being sucked in & out from the Atlantic/Bay of Biscay.

the drive on that coast was outta this world
I visited ANZAC Cove could not bare it , sat n wept
but it is all of the coast, the TURKS go to the beach, just leave their rubbish right there.

Originally Posted by stuarth44

the drive on that coast was outta this world
I visited ANZAC Cove could not bare it , sat n wept
but it is all of the coast, the TURKS go to the beach, just leave their rubbish right there.

Not necessarily a Good spot it seem????'s

The Loathe Boat: the honking cruise ships ‘ruining’ Istanbul’s port | Environment | The Guardian

Modern cruise ships are huge. A cousin who is in the navy sent me a picture a few years ago when he was short based in Sydney. He was from memory on the 6 floor in the base and normally had a view of the city from his window. All you could see in the picture he sent was a window in the cruise ship that was parked next to them. Seems it was too big to fit at the cruise terminal and the only place to put it was on the navy base. Of course having thousands of civilians transition g the base from the ship to the city was a security nightmare

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Originally Posted by 3toes

Modern cruise ships are huge.

A pic from NY Post. That’s the Titanic in the foreground.

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Originally Posted by 3toes

Modern cruise ships are huge. A cousin who is in the navy sent me a picture a few years ago when he was short based in Sydney. He was from memory on the 6 floor in the base and normally had a view of the city from his window. All you could see in the picture he sent was a window in the cruise ship that was parked next to them. Seems it was too big to fit at the cruise terminal and the only place to put it was on the navy base. Of course having thousands of civilians transition g the base from the ship to the city was a security nightmare

That was more than ten years ago. QE2 I think. They put a dolphin in Campbell's Cove so she can berth at SCPT. There are even bigger cruise ships these days.

A friend of mine has just returned from a cruise - he was on the 11th floor of a 16 floor ship!