Squiffy

United Kingdom \ Member since February 2018

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I can't believe I only discovered this site in 2018. I discovered the World Heritage List back in 2004 and it formed a major focus of my free time for a good decade or so. I never knew that there was such an active community of fellow like-minded nerds out here.

My visits have pretty much fallen off a cliff since 2015 as I have discovered there is a limit to what is responsible or feasible with a young family. Since my honeymoon I've only managed to visit three or four new sites (the 'maybe four' being Pont d'Arc where I visited the replica cave but didn't sneak into the actual inscribed area). So my reviews will be limited to newly-visited sites or ones I have previously visited but are lacking in reviews on the site.

And as my family grows up, hopefully I'll be able to drag them along as I recommence my quest ("Hey kids! Who wants to go and see some German Modernist housing estates?") 

My most impressive site: Petra. Not very imaginative I know, but I just love ancient sites

My proposal for a new site: I definitely believe there is scope for a transnational serial nomination of Brutalist buildings.

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    Viking Age Ring Fortresses
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  1. Angkor 4.72
  2. Galapagos Islands 4.60
  3. Rapa Nui 4.49
  4. Yellowstone 4.49
  5. Victoria Falls 4.48
  6. Tikal National Park 4.46
  7. Bagan 4.44
  8. Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.42
  9. Grand Canyon 4.41
  10. Granada 4.39
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About Squiffy

Member since
February 2018
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Visits
Rank
#334
WHS
167
Tentative Sites
34
Website Participation
Reviews
39
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Reviews by Squiffy

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Carved stag heads supporting a balcony at Erimitageslottet

Par force hunting landscape (Inscribed)

Jægersborg: Par force, of course

And there they were. The deer. Probably around twenty of them, resting unconcernedly on the short-cropped grass of… a local football field. I checked my map. Yep, they were definitely …

Keep reading Squiffy 14/09/25
Koresand, Wadden Sea, Denmark

Wadden Sea (Inscribed)

The Danish Wadden Sea

The sand glistened like mercury ahead of me, wet and silver. Mussel and razor clam shells crunched beneath my feet as I walked, following a line of gull footprints, the …

Keep reading Squiffy 01/09/25
Birkenhead Park by Squiffy

Birkenhead Park (Nominated)

Birkenhead Park

The soundscape of Birkenhead Park could almost have been the soundscape of any country park: the rustle of squirrels in the foliage, the quacking of ducks on the lakes, the …

Keep reading Squiffy 20/11/23
City of York by Squiffy

City of York (Nominated)

City of York

I was in love with a wall. York is famous for having the longest set of medieval walls in the UK, but it was not these crenelated stretches and their …

Keep reading Squiffy 30/10/23
Archaeological Site of Delphi by Squiffy

Archaeological Site of Delphi (Inscribed)

Archaeological Site of Delphi

Suddenly we were alone. The last of the tour buses charged back towards Athens. Looking down over the theatre and the standing columns of the great temple of Apollo I …

Keep reading Squiffy 10/08/23
Painted Churches in the Troödos Region by Squiffy

Painted Churches in the Troöd… (Inscribed)

Painted Churches in the Troödos Region

The old stone houses of Kalopanagiotis crumbled down the hillside. Below, the bridge was out. I had to leave the car and gingerly inch across the span, trying not to …

Keep reading Squiffy 05/05/23
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal by Squiffy

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Can… (Inscribed)

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal

We were 20 metres above ground as we crossed the border. The wide valley of the turbulent River Ceiriog below tried its best to demarcate where England ended and Wales …

Keep reading Squiffy 05/04/23
Ironbridge Gorge by Squiffy

Ironbridge Gorge (Inscribed)

Ironbridge Gorge

Swollen by the night’s rains, the River Severn flowed smoothly through the valley. Above it the delicate lattice-work arc of the bridge leapt like a salmon. Day-trippers crossed the span. …

Keep reading Squiffy 26/07/22
Chatham Dockyard and its Defences by Squiffy

Chatham Dockyard and its Defe… (Removed from tentat…)

Chatham Dockyard and its Defences

Just as the pandemic hit in early 2020 a new £20 note entered circulation in the UK. The portrait on the reverse of the banknote is of the 19th century …

Keep reading Squiffy 23/09/21
Gwynedd Castles by Squiffy

Gwynedd Castles (Inscribed)

Gwynedd Castles

We picked our way through the low dunes to a suitable spot on the sand where we could spread out our picnic blanket. Keeping a wary eye on the ever-circling …

Keep reading Squiffy 14/08/21
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales by Squiffy

The Slate Landscape of Northw… (Inscribed)

The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales

The single-track road to Cwm Ystradllyn wound further into the contours of the Welsh hills, the cottages and farmhouses becoming fewer and further apart with every bend. It was as …

Keep reading Squiffy 07/08/21
Balaton Uplands Cultural Landscape by Squiffy

Balaton Uplands Cultural Land… (On tentative list)

Balaton Uplands Cultural Landscape

A cool September breeze riffled the branches of the fringing trees as I swam out into Lake Héviz. It was definitely better to be in the water than out on …

Keep reading Squiffy 06/05/21
A group of people, dwarfed by the scale of the Perito Moreno Glacier

Los Glaciares (Inscribed)

Los Glaciares

The kick was key. There was a perfect angle and force to drive the front pitons of my crampon into the hard-packed snow. Once I had mastered that, the slopes …

Keep reading Squiffy 04/02/20
The end of the path to Mirador las Torres

Torres del Paine and Bernardo… (On tentative list)

Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins NPs

All we needed was for the icy Patagonian rain to stop pelting down. The morning’s climb would be tough enough without leaning into the face of a squall. And even …

Keep reading Squiffy 27/01/20
Kunta Kinteh Island by Squiffy

Kunta Kinteh Island (Inscribed)

Kunta Kinteh Island

The Lady Jaclene, out of Ramsgate, pushed slowly up the river, red ensign flapping in the hot salt-scented breeze. The River Gambia here was so wide I could see …

Keep reading Squiffy 14/01/20
Saloum Delta by Squiffy

Saloum Delta (Inscribed)

Saloum Delta

The Land Rover came to a stop. Just ahead a roan antelope emerged from the brush and started to step delicately across our path. I was just pulling out my …

Keep reading Squiffy 04/12/19
Petra by Squiffy

Petra (Inscribed)

Petra

The old Bedouin man waved to the west. “My tent is over there.” He lived still in Petra, had done all his life, as had his father and grandfather before …

Keep reading Squiffy 03/12/19
Um er-Rasas by Squiffy

Um er-Rasas (Inscribed)

Um er-Rasas

I had to check twice. There, below the catwalk on which I stood, was a man riding a goose. Close by men fished, oblivious to their goose-riding compatriot. It was …

Keep reading Squiffy 20/11/19
Quseir Amra by Squiffy

Quseir Amra (Inscribed)

Quseir Amra

The road east was long and featureless. Dun unremitting grey plains stretched out on either side as far as my eye could see. Trails of dust hung in the air …

Keep reading Squiffy 19/11/19
Wadi Rum by Squiffy

Wadi Rum (Inscribed)

Wadi Rum

Night fell on the desert. The campfire sank low. Banking up the hard-packed sand behind my head, I lay down on the slope of a dune and gazed up into …

Keep reading Squiffy 18/11/19
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