green and pleasant and all that...

[magfish]

you'd think after living in this country for nearly 15 years, i really should have visited more than three of its top ten natural wonders:

oooh, pretty

(and in fact, i'm not sure driving past the cheddar gorge on my way to glastonbury every year and sailing past the white cliffs of dover every so often really counts. so, that'll be just the giant's causeway at age 8 then *blush*)

so, how many of these have you seen? how many of them were actually worth seeing? what british natural wonder would you recommend instead? (i think i'm going to have to get to those welsh cave-y things this year, they look like they could be pretty impressive)

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[blue-condition.livejournal.com]

I've only seen four - Cheddar Gorge, Loch Lomond, the White Cliffs, and the Jurassic Beach.

My own favourite landscapes are probably the Yorkshire Dales (particularly Calderdale), not that they're particularly wondrous.

Surprised the immense complex of sand dunes to the South of Southport didn't cop a mention.

[magfish]

Surprised the immense complex of sand dunes to the South of Southport didn't cop a mention.

the poll was conducted by the radio times and five. five probably doesn't have any coverage down there so that limits the local voting. ;-)

well, at least my three (one if i'm honest) isn't totally shameful - but they're all just too far from london to visit on a day trip, see!

[rich-r.livejournal.com]

Cheddar Gorge (it was raining)
White Cliffs of Dover (does sitting at Dover ferry terminal count?)
Giant's Causeway (smaller than I imagined, although the tide was in)
Loch Lomond (lunch/toilet stop on way to Oban)
Nearly made it to Lundy, but the weather was too bad, so the cancelled the trip.

[magfish]

i have decided that seeing the white cliffs of dover doesn't count if you are travelling out of dover and happened to glance out a window at the right time... ;-)

the tide being in would be a definite disadvantage at the giant's causeway!

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

I've only been to Loch Lomond, which is very pretty.

[magfish]

what is it about some of these places that makes them so much prettier than, say, another lake, though? that's what i don't get in some of the cases - i mean, obviously some are just plain odd and/or unusual and merit a mention for that reason alone (like the giant's causeway), but there are lots of amazing lakes in this country, so why loch lomond in particular? i don't get it (then again, i haven't seen it, so maybe that's why i don't get it!)

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

I don't know - I grew up in the Lakes and nowhere there gets a mention in the top 10 even though parts of it are really beautiful.

[magfish]

which is actually surprising, as polls in this country generally can't stop banging on about how gorgeous the lakes are! (also never been - my god, what on earth have i been doing for the last 15 years?!)

[jhaelan.livejournal.com]

Ditto here, I walked the length of the eastern shore when doing the West Highland Way. Glorious place

[magfish]

so loch lomond has it so far with four out of four cats preferring it... i only wish i could run a proper poll - damn me for being a cheapskate free accounter! ;-)