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Isisbridge said:

Beautiful November light.
18 months ago ( translate )

Howard Somerville replied to Isisbridge:

Yes, there was, all day today. But where I was there was only so much to take and it had to be taken in a hurry. But I did manage for the first time ever to get a shot (albeit not a perfect picture) of Cookham, a beautiful village/small town but cluttered up 24/7/365 with cars.
18 months ago

Isisbridge replied to Howard Somerville:

Tell me of a village that isn't.
18 months ago

William Sutherland said:

Superb shot!

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18 months ago ( translate )

Howard Somerville replied to Isisbridge:

Castle Coombe. And, perhaps, Lower Slaughter, Bibury and a couple of others. Those preserved-in-aspic picture-postcard villages, being major tourist attractions, have (usually ginormous) car and coach parks and the "villagers''" own cars are kept off-road. But others like Laycock and West Wycombe, despite being as popular with second-homers and trippers, are nevertheless permanently cluttered up and spoiled.
18 months ago

Isisbridge replied to Howard Somerville:

I passed through West Wycombe on a single-decker bus and had great difficulty getting any shots between the parked cars, as can be seen in this D-rated picture.
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18 months ago

Howard Somerville replied to Isisbridge:

Well I did manage to get a shot, and a perfectly good one at that - 51 years ago.

West Wycombe (1972)
18 months ago

Isisbridge replied to Howard Somerville:

Fewer cars in those days, and I bet you weren't on a bus.
18 months ago

Howard Somerville replied to Isisbridge:

I've been notified by Ipernity that Isisbridge has added this to their[sic] favourites. I'm obliged to all of you, and would like to thank the others as well.
18 months ago

Isisbridge replied to Howard Somerville:

Not the main picture of Cookham, but the above one of West Wycombe.
18 months ago

Howard Somerville replied to Isisbridge:

That is understood. By "this", I was referring to the latter.
18 months ago

Isisbridge replied to Howard Somerville:

So why did you feel the need to announce this mundane event?
18 months ago

Howard Somerville replied to Isisbridge:

I was just curious to know what others, apart from yourself, constitute Isisbridge, Isisbridge having added it to their favourites.
18 months ago

Isisbridge replied to Howard Somerville:

I guess you would prefer them to use the default 'his' where the gender is unknown?
18 months ago

Howard Somerville replied to Isisbridge:

In grammatical English, when the gender is unspecified, "His" means his or her, so yes, I would prefer them to use it.
18 months ago