Photography road trip in the UK, 2016?

[RobC]

Devon Cream teas can't be bettered. Scones, cream and jam or is it scones jam and cream, no one is quite sure.

 

[RobC]

Forgot a link to the national Parks website which are different from AONBs.

http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/quick-guide-to-the-uks-national-parks

Basically the variety of what there is to see is so great that we can only give you a few pointers to places we may know. If you do your research and look up all the places in the AONB and/or National Parks you can make a plan of the things you really want to see and take it from there.

Canterbury and Winchester are nice places as well. So is Christchurch on South Coast.

If you happen to be in Sussex in mid June and are into cars, get some tickets for the Goodwood festival of speed. Its the ultimate car show in the world. You can get close up and personal with the cars and drivers. Most of the great drivers from past and present attend. Fantastic photo opportunity if you are into cars and motorsport. You'll see the greatest multi million pound cars from the past and present racing on the hill climb. This is a truly mega event that happens every year.

https://grrc.goodwood.com/section/festival-of-speed/#DpJyMztyDxJ1ozgY.97

 

[Steve Roberts]

Interesting sure but highly overated as a vistor attraction.
Avebury also has a manor and museum yo

Indeed. Stonehenge was great when you just pulled in off the road, strolled in and picnicked on a convenient stone (40 years ago) but now it's the Stonehenge Disneyworld Experience you can't get near it for fences and other people and every time you turn a corner it costs you money! Again, stuff Stonehenge and head for Avebury.

Steve

 

[Steve Roberts]

Devon Cream teas can't be bettered. Scones, cream and jam or is it scones jam and cream, no one is quite sure.

Always a good argument to be had whether 'scones' is pronounced as it's spelled (to rhyme with 'cones') or 'sconns' (to rhyme with 'dons').
In Devon, local yokels (like me) favour the former, whereas the nobs tend to go for 'sconns' (for some reason I can't fathom).

Does the word even mean anything to our US friends?

Steve

 

[RobC]

its so variable that even the OED gives both pronunciations:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/scone?q=scones

 

[BrianShaw]

Devon Cream teas can't be bettered. Scones, cream and jam or is it scones jam and cream, no one is quite sure.

I've been reading along but biting my tongue because my best photographic experience of all times has been in the North of England. But I can't help intruding just to say "I totally agree!" . But which is it; I keep hearing that it makes a difference... And no matter which way I do it I'm told I'm wrong.

 

[BrianShaw]

American scones, especially those sold at Starbucks... You wouldn't even recognize them as scones. There something all together different.

 

[frank]

Basically short bread biscuits, right?

 

[Sirius Glass]

When I asked a waitress where does Devon cream come from, she said, "From the store, right?

 

[BrianShaw]

Basically... With the addition of too much sugar sprinkled on top. Yuck.

 

[FujiLove]

Just don't remind them that they drive on the wrong side of the road as opposed to driving on the "right" side as the rest of the world does!

I enjoy being a human cliche, so decided to go backpacking for a year after university. I travelled from the UK to Singapore, then on to Malaysia. Next I flew to Australia and picked strawberries to earn enough to travel on to New Zealand. After that it was Thailand, then back in the UK twelve months later.

In all that time, crazy Malaysian and Thai taxi drivers overtaking on blind bends were the only cars I saw driving on the right.

 

[RobC]

a couple of silly place names to visit

Fryup in North Yorkshire

or in Wales

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch

 

[Sirius Glass]

Bring a very wide angle lens to photograph the train station sign on the train platform at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch!

 

[Alan Johnson]

If you want to fit the most into your 2 weeks note that London is the centre of the rail network.
http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk/se/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en&timeOffset=15
Start from Charing Cross or Victoria for Kent, Victoria for Sussex, Waterloo for Hampshire, IOW and Dorset,
Paddington for Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Kings Cross or Euston for the Midlands and North, Liverpool Street for Norwich and Essex.
Here is a map of the mainly underground railway (tube):
http://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf

 

[Tis Himself]

Don't know what you're planning in the way of accommodations, but every time I've visited the U.K. I've only stayed at B&Bs. Even in London there are countless small hotels which offer breakfast. It's not only enjoyable to chat with other travelers over breakfast, but occasionally there are times when they are from areas that you plan to visit and can offer pointers of sights to see. Another advantage of B&Bs is that the proprietors are usually steeped in information about the area and are typically more than willing to share it, including not only places to see, but the best places to shop. I like to travel to experience different cultures and customs. What better way is there to do this than to have conversation around the breakfast table or over a pint at the local?

 

[pentaxuser]

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch

To be fair, Rob, I have only ever heard such extreme language when someone in a pub innocently said that he was thinking of writing an article about metering

pentaxuser

 

[Steve Smith]

Bring a very wide angle lens to photograph the train station sign

And don't call it a train station... It's a Railway Station!!


Steve.

 

[ronnies]

I enjoy being a human cliche, so decided to go backpacking for a year after university. I travelled from the UK to Singapore, then on to Malaysia. Next I flew to Australia and picked strawberries to earn enough to travel on to New Zealand. After that it was Thailand, then back in the UK twelve months later.

In all that time, crazy Malaysian and Thai taxi drivers overtaking on blind bends were the only cars I saw driving on the right.

You can add India and Japan to the list that drive on the left.

Ronnie

 

[RobC]

Bring a very wide angle lens to photograph the train station sign on the train platform at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch!

You wouldn't want to be photographing this one. Might be a bit far out of your way being in Ireland:

Crinkley Bottom

 

[Steve Roberts]

And don't call it a train station... It's a Railway Station!!


Steve.

One of the (many) things that irritates me is when people (usually young) refer to a 'train station'. I could also include people who say "these ones" and "those ones" when "these" and "those" are perfectly adequate. Add on young people who punctuate their conversation with "like" every other word and it's apparent that I spend a lot of time being an irritable, grumpy old fart!
Steve

 

[Steve Smith]

One of the (many) things that irritates me is when people (usually young) refer to a 'train station'. I could also include people who say "these ones" and "those ones" when "these" and "those" are perfectly adequate.

The one currently irritating me is the question "where are you at?" when "where are you?" would be sufficient.


Steve.

 

[benjiboy]

I enjoy being a human cliche, so decided to go backpacking for a year after university. I travelled from the UK to Singapore, then on to Malaysia. Next I flew to Australia and picked strawberries to earn enough to travel on to New Zealand. After that it was Thailand, then back in the UK twelve months later.

In all that time, crazy Malaysian and Thai taxi drivers overtaking on blind bends were the only cars I saw driving on the right.

 

[benjiboy]

Just don't remind them that they drive on the wrong side of the road as opposed to driving on the "right" side as the rest of the world does! [/QUOTE
Britain isn't the only place they also drive on the "wrong" side of the road they also do in India, South Africa, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the West Indies, the reason we drive on that side of the road is historical, that was the side you mounted a horse from.
I don't think the O.P. has much to fear about beaten up in a pub in the U.K. or anywhere else, believe it or not we are quite civilised and have been so for almost a thousand years and most people consider the U.S.and Americans as our friends and allies, and just as Brits are generally treated generously and hospitably by Americans when visiting the U.S, we do the same for them, and even the children here speak English

 

[SchwinnParamount]

Great responses so far. They've been so interesting, you've enticed my wife into coming along! ... and I wanted a quiet two weeks away from trouble and strife.

I'm not sure if I should be thanking you

 

[RobC]

Handy to have a driver and porter for your equipment.