Sitting on the balcony at the hotel this morning. Vertigo still there if I look
down too quickly but almost under control. And then a Kestrel flew past about
fifteen feet away. Beautiful, but I don't know if it was the sudden change of
focus but I had to flee indoors. Horrible sensation.
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From: "GERRY WINSKILL" <gwinsk@xxxxxxx>
To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [jhb] Re: Cliff
Date: Fri, May 27, 2016 09:45
I think it was in Funchal that the cathedral has a glass floor,
over a crypt. The distance to the crypt floor was probably only 20
ft but I couldn't get off the glass floor quickly enough.
I'm pretty sure vertigo comes with advancing age, as I used to be
able to climb the ladders to the tops of cooling towers. Standing
on a chair triggers it off these days!
Gerry Winskill
On 26/05/2016 20:33, Fred Stopforth
wrote:
I remember going up B'pool Tower a few years ago[been up a
few times before] and saw that a glass panel had been place
in the floor to look down.To look down it you have to stand on
the glass panel and it felt a strange and uncomfortable
sensation. Fred D207
From:
jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
behalf of Fossil <fossil@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 26 May 2016 20:20
To: JHB Private Email
Subject: [jhb] Re: Cliff
It didn't help that the new observation platform sticks
out from the cliff and has an open grill floor. Jen had
already stepped onto it and seen it was open so she wasn't
amused when I jumped down onto the decking next to her. I
wish women had a sense of humour..
Mike Brook <pot.holer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...and here's a pic that I took at the time
Scary...!
MikeB
From: pot.holer@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Cliff
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 19:18:01 +0100
We've been up to that spot too!
Vertigo, oh yes! I hated it... :-) How strange it
is that I have no problems when looking down from
the cockpit of a PA28 at 2000' yet, stick me on the
top of a cliff at similar heights & I really do
throw a wobbly...!
Glad that you enjoyed Tea at the Ritz, we loved
the ambience and the entertainment. Simple
pleasures!
MikeB
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: bones@xxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Cliff
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 17:51:15 +0100
I think we found the cliff
you may have seen Gerry.
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