SKYLINE VIEW OF GREEN BRISTOL

Thats a really nice claim to fame 'the happiest city in England' ~ not surprised you live there Tet

what an interesting blog ~ thank you! great idea to show walks around a city.

if i can add a personal note ~ i was lucky enough to have two excellent guides on my walk ~ in the shape of Tet and her OH. It is really lovely to be taken by someone who knows their history and appreciates architecture and views. Thanks again Tet.

Thats so kind of you Sticki, hope we can repeat the experience one day and take you around some of the other places. I know you would love Cabot Tower and Bristol Cathedral and Avon Gorge with the Leigh Woods Walks would be a treat for Ken and me.

You are too kind, it would be nice, have to make a date when the weather is kinder; which will give you time to research the teashops too!!!
I have been taking some photos for a blog of things around here ~ there is of course food involved!!!

Thats a definite then!

yes you are on!! please.

do you know i can imagine you doing one of those bus top tours ~ you would be very good

as it is [without a bus] the GoY tour of Bristol, led by Tet, will be commencing in 2012.

Wonderful views Tet. I get to look over Wellingborough...not quite the same Lol!

We had a super holiday in Bristol one year. Used to have friends there..sadly not any more. We went to the Zoo, and to Weston Supermare and Wells Cathedral...it was a great trip...and the weather was nice too...as if often in in Bristol of course! The bridge is fantastic...we enjoyed seeing it very much...though we didn't cross over ..not that I can remember. Thanks for sharing your lovely blue skies with us...we actually have sunshine here today, first time since last Saturday!

Glad you enjoyed the city and the blog Karen. Yes, lovely day today, going for a walk later. Im so pleased you have some sunshine..I always think of you when watching the forecast on TV and I know it hasnt been a great year for you sunshine wise. Lets hope next year will be really good for you.
Thanks Annella. As you saw, will take Sticki around next year. If anyone visits, do let us know, we would love to take any of you around. It would be our pleasure!

karen, if you had crossed the bridge you would have remembered ~ its spectacular.

Lovely blog Tet, really enjoyed it. I would love to go for a walk with you when I visit your way. It would need to be dog friendly though.

Thats no problem Poppy, the garden is dog proof (as Flori and BJS will tell you) and many places dogs are allowed to roam (tho occasionally on the lead if sheep or deer around)

Lovely! Ill come armed with leads and plastic bags then...lol

Great blog Tet! Have you always lived there?? I lived in Bristol in the 1960s (a flat in Cotham) before getting married, and remember playing tennis at the Ashton Country Club - wonder if that's still there? I also remember a Swedish furniture shop on Park Street where we bought our first armchair, which was modern-looking and not very comfortable!!

I'd love to go back one day . . . and what a lovely accolade to be named the "happiest city". :))

Lovely interesting blog Tet, I've only passed by on m5 when heading for Devon or Cornwall.
we overlook the village -- its on the river Soar in leicestershire we can also see Charnwood forest which is where 'local lad' David Attenborough found his first fossil... (as seen on tv!)

that would be another nice blog pam ~ the view from pam's?? and her famous neighbour???

Interesting set of pics..
thanks for sharing :o)

Brill photos and blog Tet. thank you so much, great skyline there.

did you watch 'frozen planet' what a series!

i did pam ~ brilliant isnt it. did it have bristol on??

great views there Tetra and interesting to read to :o))

sorry Sticki its because it was on my mind having watched it last night......

sorry pam, i do things like that all the time ~ couldnt resist!! hope you didnt mind.
in fact its hard for me to keep to a subject at all.

Thanks Gmage, Sandra, TT, glad you enjoyed.
Pam, we have a great connection with you then as Bristol is where most of the David Attenborough productions were ..um..produced! So, born there, worked here (amongst many other places lol!)
Sheilabub, Cotham was a great place for flats, I had one too before I married, in Arley Hill (led up to Cotham Brow) just off Cheltenham Rd. Tennis still played in roughly same spot but now called Redwood Lodge. And the swedish furnisher disappeared from park street, but reappeared in Eastville as Ikea! Still make uncomfy furniture LOL!

Lovely blog and pics,Tet..I enjoyed reading about Bristol,as we have never stopped off there..we once drove through it,as my poor friend couldn't face any more motorway driving,!..I had never seen as many traffic lights !! There is certainly a lot to see and do..and some lovely buildings ..thanks for showing us around your area..:o)

I love Bristol. If I ever had to live in England it would be either Bristol or Salisbury :o) Both wonderful places

We stayed in the cathedral close in Salisbury once ~ incredible place ~ well worth staying in that particular area overlooking the cathedral if you ever get the chance.

I stayed there for a week once. I loved it. I love the areas all around Bristol and Salisbury aswell. There's something magical about the two places for me :o)

I agree Hywel . . such gentle countryside around the two towns: I could live there too. Or just outside Bath!

Next time Bloomer do stop, B & B available here lol!
Sticki you are so right, Salisbury Cathedral Close is a wonderful place. Once had tea at Mompesson House.
Hywel, you are welcome to Bristol any time, a nice place always welcomes an appreciative visitor.
Sheilabub, better choose Bristol, loads cheaper to live here than Bath or Salisbury!!!

We all happy people in Bristol !

See what I mean folks! And Brian's a very happy bunny too!

Thanks for the tour of Bristol, Tet. lovely place and I especially like the place names....the closes and the brows...lol. It's a trip I've longed to take. Maybe some day!

Actually Lori, funny you should say. We live in Knowle which means hill and the Suspension bridge is in Clifton which was originally Cliff Town (its situated beside the gorge).

Certainly plenty to see and do Tet, visited many years ago when we were looking for somewhere to live, it was part of OHs patch.

Then you will have no trouble in finding us when you visit DD!!
You are up late.

My dad always called a small hill "a little knoll"...lol.

Tet I am always up late......cannot sleep lol

Someone else up late girls. Just received a loveydove message from a janeuu! I have flagged it, but not removed it. Do you know if I should or wait for boys to read?

I have had two from this person this morning,Tet..must love me a bit more..I flagged it immediately..and left it at that..I think the boys will deal with it...

Me too, from "janeuu" . . . I suspected I would not be the only one! Tet, I flagged the message and explained to the boys, and left it for them to see and delete, and they've done just that.

Great, I just noticed it had gone. Thanks girls. Prefer to have garden friends these days lol!

Mmmm, phew! :)))