Very true. It can take me days to find things I know are there and just hiding. There is a lantern in the pile that I have not seen for about five years. I know it's there but my one example of Optimus 300 seems to have become invisible. Could be displayed better perhaps but I convince myself that I like chaos. ::Neil::
Phew! That's alright then ; I look at all these photo collections of orderly lines of lamps and thoughts of running away to sea start to crowd in on me. i could hammer in more nails to hang off if the floor was clear enough to put a step ladder up Hey Juan, not long now ! you must be getting excited? pb
If you find one Juan please let us know! Only one I heard of for Primus parts (and it might be old information so no longer any good) is City Hardware in Goswell Road EC1. That's not far from the Barbican. No idea if they still have anything lamp/stove related.
Hi David. I'm looking for the burners,, I don't know exactly the name of the part: I have a couple of lanterns that start fine but after a while the light dims and the dome becomes red dull. On the tilley, If I swap the burner with other lamps the problem remains with the burner, but it is my only Vapalux.
Hello. We say better than never. I went there on september, last year, and I went to many places, unfortunately 15 days is too short, but it is better than nothing. York, The North York Moors National Park, Edhimbugh, Oxford (and some sorrounding areas like Moreton in Marsh and a great pathway), Bath, London. Great time, just the last day was a rainy day. Lovely places, friendly people, good meals (I now miss fish and chips). I don't know when I'll be back there but I hope no so far. Thanks to everyone for the advices that I followed, with the exception of the Dickensian London (I now regreat it). Special thanks to David and Trev: without their help it would be impossible to do the Pickering - Whitby journey by steam train. It was a pity that I couldn't met more fellow collectors, especially Neil who introduced me to the collection of pressure lamps. I couldn't find lamps or lanterns to buy, just a miners lamp which later I discovered it was a reproduction... Finally, some pictures I took there. Best regards. Juan
Juan, the day that David and myself met up with you and your wonderful family will be something I will remember all my life. I do not know what you were anticipating, but I think that we were not what you were expecting. For myself and David I can say that we had a fantastic day with you, your wife, your daughter and son. We had lots of laughs, steam trains and fish and chips with mushy peas all washed down with cups of strong British tea, with a splash of milk. You are a very lucky man to have such a great family. If you or any of your family want to visit Britain again then please contact us. Best regards, Trevor
Agreed, Trevor - it was a memorable day, right enough! The only thing that worried me slightly was Juan and his family going back home speaking Geordie-English! Trevor and I have also 'entertained' Iain Perkin (Canadian Iain) from over at CCS and showed him around north-east England, the Lake District and even as far afield as Scotland. I'm sure that, with a bit of notice, we'd be delighted to do it again for any CCS/CPL members visiting here - just let us know your itinerary and we'll sort something out. We also met another CCS member from the USA at Ross's house when he was touring around the UK. I can't believe I've forgotten his name now - but I rarely go to CCS anymore so that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it...
Looks like you had a good time and saw a reasonable cross-section of the UK in such a short time. Great pictures.
I've just remembered it was Ed Winskill - hurrah! How on earth could I (or anyone) forget Ed? - great bloke!
Yes, Derek. Nice trip, we waalked a lot and we came back very tired but very happy. You need a live to know UK, but we have a good idea. A lot of places remained on the plans. At the end, the children were experts on how to travel by tube or bus. In London we rented an appartment near the London Bridge . Nothing is very central in London because its size, but from there we went everywhere easily by underground.
Coincidentally, I'm reading a very good history book on London's Underground. Started back in the 1850,s it was the World's first railway of its type with Paris and New York following forty odd years later. They made mistakes of course, and some of the effects are with us today, but something had to be done to alleviate the congestion of road traffic, and the volume of horse manure, which increased threefold in UK towns from 3,000,000 tons in the 1830's to the end of the Victorian age (1901). The effects of the railway on London was as great as the Great Fire of 1666 in that it cleared acres of slums for the development of a transport system, and once again - the wealthy City had no desires for this interloper to spoil its prestigious domain!
No, but one of the major uses of Thames sailing barges was to carry the street sweepings out to Kent, Essex and East Anglia for use in horticulture and agriculture, returning with clay, bricks and cement, and of course hay and straw. Not a fan of rhubarb myself preferring apple crumble, but remember getting out the bucket and shovel whenever the dustcart, or rag'n bone mans horse dropped - straight on the roses!
There is a lot of things to see in London, even related to ths undreground: I know you can visit some old places, but I couldn't see neither the Transport Museum in Covent Garden because I was always late ... too many things to see and to do in London.
Juan, there are people who have lived in London all their lives and don't see or know much more than a fraction of it. As is so often the case, when the history and museums are on your doorstep, they get put aside for travel farther afield.
Don't know about days but an hour is certainly not enough. It is a bit chaotic and there are rather a lot of them. There are lamps here I have not seen for years. ::Neil::
Ok, I didn't go to these places on 2016 during my first trip to England but I went a couple weeks ago. We say something like "best late than never". Great advice, thank you, @Derek.
@Juan Ah! you made it back ! I see you were in Hay.. a nice part of the world, but if you are interested in books then you will need a large suitcase.. so many bookshops ! are you still touring or are you home now? regards pb edit : i see that you managed to see a lot of places the last time you were here !
I'm back at home now, @podbros . Nice to visit Wales and England again. Pity we had no time to do the NC500 in Scotland but it will be there for long time ... I had to buy a new carry-on because of the Tilley I bought. I just had a little backpack and I had no option. And as I already bought it, I bought another wick lantern at a shop on Stow on the Wold ... Not many pressure lamps and lanterns around there.
And yes, I could visit many places now. To do so I rented a car. Not easy to drive on the left side of the road on the narrow roads of the countryside.
