posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 02:01pm on 27/05/2008
Gosh. *G*

I guess beauty's in the eye of the beholder! I can't see anything the least bit romantic in my house which is just an old mill-worker's cottage, but I'm more than happy that it seems romantic to you!

Did you find us on the map? I like google maps myself; I like their satellite images + local photos.

So, where are you?
 
posted by [identity profile] mrs-tilford.livejournal.com at 04:23pm on 29/06/2008
I was doing a bit of LJ housekeeping just now and realized that, somehow, I never did respond to your comment, above, and now here it is end of June, and here I am again. And I have a favor to ask of you, if you don't mind.

First, where I am: U.S., Tennessee, Coffee County, Tullahoma, population c. 20,000. Tullahoma is SSE of Nashville, 65 miles as the crow flies, a bit farther if the crow is driving a 12-year-old van on the interstate. The name, Tullahoma, is an old, old native American word: "Tulla", meaning "mud" and "homa", meaning "more mud". (Hmm. That may have been funnier back in the days before we paved over everything.)

Second, yes, I found Withnell (Chorley?) on my tiny atlas map and then on the Google map (which is sometimes hard to follow because you can't get a zoom-in and zoom-out picture at the same time). Google is great except for that one failing: I can't put one finger here and my other finger there and get an idea of where you are in relation to the rest of the country. My short term memory is pitiful, and by the time I've located one place, I've forgotten where I started!

Which actually brings me to the favor-asking I mentioned above. I really do need to get a poster-sized-or-larger map of the U.K., but I don't know from whom to get it. Since you are a lover of maps, I thought perhaps you could point me in the direction of a reputable mapmaker with a website from which I could order, without you going to a lot of trouble.

I'll be very grateful for any information you can give me. Thanks and {{hugs!}}, and whenever I get my longed-for digital camera, I'll send you pix of my front door! *bg*
 
posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 05:03pm on 29/06/2008
Gosh, I have no idea I'm afraid. If I were after a map I'd go to Waterstones or somewhere like that. Are there no bookshops near where you live?
You could try the Ordinance Survey - though their maps are probably more detailed than you're looking for. Ebay...?

I'd just try googling if I were you, because all I'm getting my end are a ton of UK-based links which are no use to you.
 
posted by [identity profile] mrs-tilford.livejournal.com at 05:27pm on 29/06/2008
Nothing in the area in the way of a shop that carries big maps. Looks like a 70-mile trip is in my future or, as you said, Google.

Thanks for your efforts - they're much appreciated. ;^)

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