Re: The header on www.uk.gnome.org

["Rhys Jones" <rhys highfiddletea co uk>]

On 23/10/06, David Lodge <dave cirt net> wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:10:39 +0100, Maria Blackmore <mariab cats meow at>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 08:06:03PM +0100, Alex Hudson wrote:
> >> But yeah, I would agree, and would throw in the Eden project, the
> >> millenial bridge in Newcastle, the Angel of the North, that kind of
> >> thing.
> > It does sound like a job for a montage, doesn't it?
>
> About the only way you can keep everybody happy - the south of England is
> very over represented by our media already (especially the BBC - we don't
> all live in the South East).
>
> > Should we start making a list of candidates?
> > London Eye
>
> Not really - it's quite prosaic - after all, it's just a big ferris wheel
>
> > Millenial Bridge
> > Angel of the North
> > Stonehenge
> > Lake District?
>
> How about one of the chalk figures that dots the UK's countryside (e.g.
> the Kilburn white horse, a common site when I were a lad).

I *think*, though I could be wrong, that chalk figures are essentially
English rather than UK. It's worth pointing out, too, that most of
these are, at the earliest, 19th century inventions (I realise that
the white horse at Uffington, possibly best known internationally
through XTC's English Settlement album sleeve, is the real deal).

How about the highest peaks of the UK? Scafell, Ben Nevis, Snowdon,
Slieve Donard? This would at least counteract there not being many
non-English locations...

Rhys, Swansea
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