Chris H#'s photostream  

SOOC (except crop)
"It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment”
Marcus Tullius Cicero

After dinner puzzles and brain teasers are quite popular with the family at Christmas....

If I could choose the life I please
Then I would be a boatman
On the canals and the rivers free
No hasty words are spoken
My only law is the river breeze
That takes me to the open seas
If I could choose the life I please
Then I would be a boatman....

The largest castle in Wales and the second largest in Britain after Windsor Castle. Built mainly between 1268 and 1271, it is an early example of a concentric castle with extensive water defences. Despite being mostly untouched by the Civil War of 1642-1648, damage inflicted by Cromwell's Parliamentary Army in 1648 is said to have led to one of the most notable features of the castle, its leaning south-east tower. The tower stands 20 metres high and leans 3 metres out of the perpendicular.

“Time doesn't seem to pass here: it just is.”
(J.R.R. Tolkien)

Wales' second highest summit (2,907 ft), located in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales.
This photograph, taken from the third highest peak, Corn Du (2,864 ft), is the result of two images stitched together using Arcsoft Panorama maker. (apart from this, it's SOOC.)

Needs To Be Viewed Large And On Black-Please Click Here!