Comments on: Windsor Castle http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/21/windsor-castle/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:46:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/21/windsor-castle/#comment-12171 rob Sat, 22 Apr 2006 06:50:03 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=883#comment-12171 I dont think would be a car boot sale cos is all tents. It looks like maybe some sort of camp, im thinking, although this is a guess, a medievel reenactment festival or something, cos of the white poles in the middle, and the large(ish) crowds gathered around certain stands, I dont think would be a car boot sale cos is all tents. It looks like maybe some sort of camp, im thinking, although this is a guess, a medievel reenactment festival or something, cos of the white poles in the middle, and the large(ish) crowds gathered around certain stands,

]]> By: Tim http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/21/windsor-castle/#comment-12141 Tim Sat, 22 Apr 2006 01:10:22 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=883#comment-12141 I think, cookie monster, that the name you're looking for is "flea market" . But maybe I'm wrong and you think that area is something different than I think it is. I think, cookie monster, that the name you’re looking for is “flea market” . But maybe I’m wrong and you think that area is something different than I think it is.

]]> By: cookie monster http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/21/windsor-castle/#comment-12132 cookie monster Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:42:44 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=883#comment-12132 Cant believe you GSS boys missed this: http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=883&c=0&t=k&hl=en&ll=51.46116,-0.610278&z=16 Any ideas? looks like a big car boot sale (i think our American friends call them rummage sales dont they?) but i cant see old Lizzy allowing such things in her back garden. They have horse trials in Windsor Great park but there doesnt seem to be much evidence of such. I know Prince Phillip is a big fan of Google Sightseeing so maybe he will tell us. Cant believe you GSS boys missed this:

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Any ideas? looks like a big car boot sale (i think our American friends call them rummage sales dont they?) but i cant see old Lizzy allowing such things in her back garden.
They have horse trials in Windsor Great park but there doesnt seem to be much evidence of such.
I know Prince Phillip is a big fan of Google Sightseeing so maybe he will tell us.

]]> By: rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/21/windsor-castle/#comment-12128 rob Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:11:03 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=883#comment-12128 One might also like to know that the boats are more likely to be skulls (2 blade per person) instead of the normal rowing boats, this being the norm in school racing (having partaken in some myself) with the boats in my link seeming to be Quads. Im gonna stop talking now... and present- Boat Houses of the Public Schools! Radley- http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.68597,-1.222248&spn=0.001214,0.002838&t=k&om=1 Eton- http://maps.google.co.uk/?t=k&om=1&ll=51.487658,-0.651267&spn=0.001219,0.002838 Cambridge University and Kings, Ely- http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=ely,+uk&ll=52.39437,0.269307&spn=0.001195,0.003712&t=k&om=1 (Note cambs uni train here for astretch of river- see right upstream :D ) there will be more when I can find them...most of the great ones that I have been to are low res unfortunately. I didnt think I would find that little! One might also like to know that the boats are more likely to be skulls (2 blade per person) instead of the normal rowing boats, this being the norm in school racing (having partaken in some myself) with the boats in my link seeming to be Quads.

Im gonna stop talking now… and present- Boat Houses of the Public Schools!
Radley- Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Eton- Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Cambridge University and Kings, Ely- Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
(Note cambs uni train here for astretch of river- see right upstream :D )

there will be more when I can find them…most of the great ones that I have been to are low res unfortunately. I didnt think I would find that little!

]]> By: Jonathan http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/21/windsor-castle/#comment-12125 Jonathan Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:00:19 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=883#comment-12125 rob, you are spot on about the lake. Apparently it's called Dorney Lake: http://www.dorneylake.com/ And it says, "The main Lake is 2,200 metres long", so the Google maps scale is quite accurate! They have now added a "warm-up channel" alonside it too, which doesn't appear in the Google photo. rob, you are spot on about the lake. Apparently it’s called Dorney Lake:
http://www.dorneylake.com/

And it says, “The main Lake is 2,200 metres long”, so the Google maps scale is quite accurate! They have now added a “warm-up channel” alonside it too, which doesn’t appear in the Google photo.

]]> By: Jonathan http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/21/windsor-castle/#comment-12113 Jonathan Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:43:33 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=883#comment-12113 Then on the other side of Windsor you find Legoland: http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=883&c=0&t=k&hl=en&ll=51.463072,-0.649567&z=15 How many famous sights can you find in the picture? No need to bother going to other parts of the world with Google! Then on the other side of Windsor you find Legoland:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

How many famous sights can you find in the picture? No need to bother going to other parts of the world with Google!

]]> By: rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/21/windsor-castle/#comment-12108 rob Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:19:53 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=883#comment-12108 Jonathan, if you are lucky enough to go to Eton School, these are the kinds of facilities one might expect. Only the best for the princes. ;) It is Eton's personal rowing lake (?), only a handful of public schools have this facility. See the boats?: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Windsor&ll=51.486987,-0.652627&spn=0.000884,0.003047&t=h&om=1 Jonathan, if you are lucky enough to go to Eton School, these are the kinds of facilities one might expect. Only the best for the princes. ;)

It is Eton’s personal rowing lake (?), only a handful of public schools have this facility.
See the boats?: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Jonathan http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/21/windsor-castle/#comment-12106 Jonathan Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:00:48 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=883#comment-12106 Take a look at this long man-made stretch of water on the opposite side of Windsor: http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=883&c=0&t=k&hl=en&ll=51.493141,-0.662184&z=14 It's presumably some sort of reservoir. It's about 2km long (measured using the newly reinstated ruler!) Take a look at this long man-made stretch of water on the opposite side of Windsor:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
It’s presumably some sort of reservoir. It’s about 2km long (measured using the newly reinstated ruler!)

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