I’m from Canada, which is the second geographically largest country on Earth after Russia.
What impresses me most about the UK is how nature has managed to cram in virtually every type of landscape Canada has into a country that’s but a tiny fraction of Canada’s size.
There are mountains in Scotland:
Rolling hills in England:
Wales has a desert:
Lincolnshire, England has flat prairie:
There is the Lake District:
Beaches:
We have these same landscapes in Canada, but you’d need to travel coast to coast to see them all — that would be a lot of travel. In the UK, you could jump in a car and see all these landscapes in only a couple of days if you planned it out right.
I think you have a lot of micro climates and regions because of the Gulf Stream. Ireland blocks and/or stirs up parts , while other parts hit you directly.
Much of your island is pretty far North, but has a more moderate temperature. At least in most areas.
A Canadian would notice the same on their West coast around Vancouver.
A lot of varying climates, topography and such in a very tight areas.
Texas is also like that. Because we are located on a large, tropical body of water and located close to the Rockies and in the Great Plains, we have multiple regions and climates..
Probably a little more spread out than the UK, but not much. I can be in mountains, swamps, beaches or desert in about 300 miles in any direction..
I think you have a lot of micro climates and regions because of the Gulf Stream. Ireland blocks and/or stirs up parts , while other parts hit you directly.
Much of your island is pretty far North, but has a more moderate temperature. At least in most areas.
A Canadian would notice the same on their West coast around Vancouver.
A lot of varying climates, topography and such in a very tight areas.
Texas is also like that. Because we are located on a large, tropical body of water and located close to the Rockies and in the Great Plains, we have multiple regions and climates..
Probably a little more spread out than the UK, but not much. I can be in mountains, swamps, beaches or desert in about 300 miles in any direction..
Your one state alone is longer end to end than the whole of the UK.
I think you have a lot of micro climates and regions because of the Gulf Stream. Ireland blocks and/or stirs up parts , while other parts hit you directly.
Much of your island is pretty far North, but has a more moderate temperature. At least in most areas.
A Canadian would notice the same on their West coast around Vancouver.
A lot of varying climates, topography and such in a very tight areas.
Texas is also like that. Because we are located on a large, tropical body of water and located close to the Rockies and in the Great Plains, we have multiple regions and climates..
Probably a little more spread out than the UK, but not much. I can be in mountains, swamps, beaches or desert in about 300 miles in any direction..
Your one state alone is longer end to end than the whole of the UK.
UK...603 miles.
Texas 801 miles.
Yup, the halfway spot from Texarkana, TX to Los Angeles is El Paso, TX..
I have never been to Scotland, odd that the very island we live in often overlooked when we travel, for oversees places.
Can't you basically ride a bike there from your house?
Not with my knees.
That reminds me when I joined the Dallas Digest forum. I was the only Brit on there, and for some reason they really took to me. I got invites over, they sent flowers when my mum died, they were really lovely people....even though previously they had been a bit suspicious of us Brits.
But....I would get questions asked like, Do you know Princess Diana?
I have never been to Scotland, odd that the very island we live in often overlooked when we travel, for oversees places.
Can't you basically ride a bike there from your house?
Not with my knees.
That reminds me when I joined the Dallas Digest forum. I was the only Brit on there, and for some reason they really took to me. I got invites over, they sent flowers when my mum died, they were really lovely people....even though previously they had been a bit suspicious of us Brits.
But....I would get questions asked like, Do you know Princess Diana?
I have never been to Scotland, odd that the very island we live in often overlooked when we travel, for oversees places.
Can't you basically ride a bike there from your house?
Not with my knees.
That reminds me when I joined the Dallas Digest forum. I was the only Brit on there, and for some reason they really took to me. I got invites over, they sent flowers when my mum died, they were really lovely people....even though previously they had been a bit suspicious of us Brits.
But....I would get questions asked like, Do you know Princess Diana?
Well did you?
Charles always made an excuse not to introduce us.
