Where are the 7 lighthouses in windows theme?

Answer 1

A list of all the lighthouses can be found by opening the folder on your PC holding the images and then, with your folder view set to show picture thumbnails, hovering over each picture - you will see basic info on each picture including the title which gives you the location.

The images are normally held in

(system drive - e.g. c:)\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\Lighthous\DesktopBackground

One of these, lighthouses11.jpg, is close to where I live - it's the predominantly blue picture (which must have been edited post shot as I've never seen the light that colour!) of the white lighthouse on top of dark rocks at low tide with a causeway leading out to the small building to the left of it, and it is Corbiere lighthouse off the south-western tip of Jersey, Channel Islands (between France and Great Britain).

Built in 1874, it was the first lighthouse in the UK to be built of reinforced concrete. Fully automatic now, the inside is a working museum with all the old lamp parts and even the lighthouse keepers handwritten logs going back to the 1800's - it is open to the public, with advance booking, a few days each year and I've done the tour a couple of times: a fascinating experience if you don't mind tall spiral staircases (you are given white cotton gloves to wear to protect the brass banister from corrosion! And it helps polish it with everyone going up and down) and highly recommended...

Anyhow, here are some links to more information if you are interested:

http://www.lookatjersey.com/activedetail.asp?activedetailsid=17

http://www.bbc.co.uk/jersey/content/articles/2006/06/15/corbiere_tour_feature.shtml

(this one has interior photos!)

http://www.thisisjersey.com/community/history-heritage/corbiere-lighthouse

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g551611-d664310-Reviews-Corbiere_Lighthouse_La_Corbiere-St_Brelade_Jersey_Channel_Islands.html

Kind regards,

Jonathan