Wax on, Wax off 04/05/2008
 

Not much of a 'news' item this one so I will keep it short and sweet. We discovered the Oriental Gardens in Nelson the other day. Built by Nelsons Twin Town in Japan (funny, British towns always seem to be twined with radioactive Russian hamlets or industrial French cities) the gardens were really lovely - lots of carp, water, quiet little places for picnics and a pagoda that inspired us to undertake some Ninja training (Lisa has previous experience of being a baby faced assassin and Buster loves nothing better than practicing his stealth attacks so we did have some prior experience). If your ever in Nelson (I know, its quite a long drive from de-Preston) then I can think of worse places to sit on a sunny afternoon and contemplate your naval.

 


Comments

Steve

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:55:28

Can't quite tell if you're holding the 'crane' pose there, or just tumbling backwards into the pond...

 

Million Dan

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:03:00

Both!!

 

JP

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:20:00

"funny, British towns always seem to be twined with radioactive Russian hamlets or industrial French cities"

Actually most are German, it was to help improve Anglo-German relations after the 2nd World War.

 

Pedant

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:06:34

Cheers John - your almost correct but wrong. The quote below is from de-Prestons councils website on the subject of twinning..

'The making of European links via Twinning began in Preston 1948 with Almelo in the Netherlands. This grew to include Nimes, France in 1955, Recklinghausen, Germany in 1956 and finally Kalisz, Poland in 1989. The first three cities were chosen on a like for link basis of population, ethnicity and employment sectors.

The rationale behind all twinning initiatives was, and is, to encourage greater tolerance and understanding throughout all organisations, and to encourage friendship and business opportunity at national, European, local and individual levels.'

xxxx

 

percy

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:45:34

Never mind that rubbish - tell us how the flora and fauna grow in those parts. My sunflowers are starting above soil.

 

PJ

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:14:24

From current news reports plats grow very well out here - both indoors and outdoors!

 



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