The all new, slap bang up to date 2017 photo a day

[maviczap]

I must do better this year:D

[admin]

I say that every year......

[garynortheast]

Sounds like my old school reports.......

[maviczap]

Lol :-)

[Littlepeahead]

My first go at making a ham yesterday



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My cat waking me up this morning, this one taken on a mobile

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[admin]

That ham looks very tasty

[maviczap]

Yep, and i think that's what the cat is thinking too :-)

[Littlepeahead]

Yep, and i think that's what the cat is thinking too :-)
I gave the cats a little bit of ham each, they sniffed it and walked off. Typical.

[maviczap]

Here's my first of the year. Got a better mobile for when I'm out cycling, so hopefully I'll take more photos & also report fecking dangerous potholes & the like, which I can't do on my current phone, as it doesn't have a camera.

So 'Der Sandman' a German children's puppet character, which is still shown on German Tv. A bit like our Magic Roundabout. This was a tin of buscuits

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[mister c]

Happy New Year to everybody.
I've dug out my old Panasonic bridge camera, bought some new batteries & tried it out yesterday on the dog.
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[Sir Trev]

My first input here of 2017, taken on the last day of 2016 but... FIL was heading back to Shrewsbury by train after spending the festive period at Trev Towers and I volunteered to go with him to make sure he got across Brum OK as he had to change stations as well as train and he is after all 83. It felt odd getting on the train heading west instead of east towards London! Had a bit of a wander around after seeing FIL off at New Street and rather enjoyed the modernity of the library and the odd lizard skin-like exterior of the Selfirdges building on the edge of the Bull Ring shopping centre. Lots of people snap this place and from some angles it's hypnotic to the point of disorientation. But fun nonetheless.

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[Red ones]

Like the angle.

It's one of our funky buildings.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[admin]

Nice shot Sir T. Did you visit the floozy in the Jacuzzi on your visit?

[Sir Trev]

Nice shot Sir T. Did you visit the floozy in the Jacuzzi on your visit?

It certainly is a funky building as Red Ones says and looks even weirder in the flesh, so to speak.

I did wander through Victoria Square John but the weather was so gloomy and there was so much scaffolding and signage going up for the NY Eve celebrations I did not get any shots of the Floozie. Will head back when it's warmer when I'll also have time to wander the canals and the jewellery quarter as well.

[Littlepeahead]

Designed by a Czech called Jan Kaplický with his then suppose Amanda Levete. He died a few years ago. Thet are the same team, Future Systems, who designed the media centre at Lord's which won the Stirling Prize. I worked with her a bit when we came to refurbish the media centre, she was very creative but didn't really understand that as well as looking good the building also had to be fit for purpose. She couldn't understand why it was a problem that the journos sitting on the back row couldn't actually see the cricket if we rolled down the fancy blinds she'd designed.

[admin]

Playing with sweet wrappers, a light box and the new flash gun.

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[admin]

And another one of the moon, this time taken with a Tamron 150-600. Still didn't fill the frame but getting better.

https://c5.staticflickr.com/1/741/31993050652_30976d15bc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QK7KkA)IMG_5183 (https://flic.kr/p/QK7KkA) by John Tapley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/31380744@N08/), on Flickr

[mister c]

And another one of the moon, this time taken with a Tamron 150-600. Still didn't fill the frame but getting better.

https://c5.staticflickr.com/1/741/31993050652_30976d15bc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QK7KkA)IMG_5183 (https://flic.kr/p/QK7KkA) by John Tapley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/31380744@N08/), on Flickr

Looks good John :) I end up cropping mine because I only have a 400mm lens.

Went out to take the dog for a walk this morning. Nice & misty, so took my old Panasonic bridge camera with me

https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/712/31347034723_73cb415144_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PL2KiV)Ghost trees (https://flic.kr/p/PL2KiV) by Colin Hughes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/croozenooze/), on Flickr

[admin]

Looks good John :) I end up cropping mine because I only have a 400mm lens.

Went out to take the dog for a walk this morning. Nice & misty, so took my old Panasonic bridge camera with me

https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/712/31347034723_73cb415144_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PL2KiV)Ghost trees (https://flic.kr/p/PL2KiV) by Colin Hughes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/croozenooze/), on Flickr
I still had to crop this image Colin. It's about a quarter of the original. Love the monochrome shot, I took one similar other day. Just goes to show that you don't need really expensive equipment to get good results.

[Teejayexc]

Went out to take the dog for a walk this morning. Nice & misty, so took my old Panasonic bridge camera with me



Didn't realise you could get cameras that were subject specific :---)

[Sir Trev]

Didn't realise you could get cameras that were subject specific :---)

Snigger

[admin]

I missed the Bridge pun completely, doh! :)

My foggy day.

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[mister c]

Didn't realise you could get cameras that were subject specific :---)

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I still had to crop this image Colin. It's about a quarter of the original. Love the monochrome shot, I took one similar other day. Just goes to show that you don't need really expensive equipment to get good results.
I think it works well. Yours looks like something from the cover of a horror novel, very moody

[admin]

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I think it works well. Yours looks like something from the cover of a horror novel, very moody
It was taken through my front window. No effort required. The sun just happened to be in the right place 😉

[Kenzie]

MSC Istanbul

https://c6.staticflickr.com/1/630/32053637061_0bbc4b4cca_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QQtgyR)

[BanannaMan]

Wintertime is here.


http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s507/thebanannaman/jnsn1_zpsxi76vdar.jpg



http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s507/thebanannaman/jnsn2_zpsplrsmydl.jpg



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[admin]

MSC Istanbul

https://c6.staticflickr.com/1/630/32053637061_0bbc4b4cca_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QQtgyR)
I like that. Very atmospheric.

[admin]

Wintertime is here.


http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s507/thebanannaman/jnsn1_zpsxi76vdar.jpg



http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s507/thebanannaman/jnsn2_zpsplrsmydl.jpg



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You do get proper seasons there. My sister found the same when she lived in Washington.

[Kenzie]

The UK won't get any snow this year, looks like the U.S is hogging it all.

It looks better monochrome

https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/480/32183046915_d494c00554_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/R2UwBe)

[maviczap]

MSC Istanbul

https://c6.staticflickr.com/1/630/32053637061_0bbc4b4cca_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QQtgyR)

The UK won't get any snow this year, looks like the U.S is hogging it all.

It looks better monochrome

https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/480/32183046915_d494c00554_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/R2UwBe)

Both look good, what time were you down there? I went down there about 4 PM, although I turned around before the Viewing area

[Kenzie]

I was down there about 9pm

[Littlepeahead]

A few from my now ancient Samsung S5.

Just a few minutes drive off the main road at Rettendon there's beautiful countryside for stroll. The jolly farmer who owns the land has even created a bench by the steam from a fallen tree that has beer holders carved into it.


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[Sir Trev]

You had better skies than we did today.

[BanannaMan]

You do get proper seasons there. My sister found the same when she lived in Washington.



Going to be -15 tonight.
I wish we didn't have proper winters.

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[maviczap]

This one is a bit fuzzy, as my mobile doesn't do low light :-)

Big full moon, on the sea tonight

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[admin]

Still a good photo. Simple composition which works.

[maviczap]

Thanks John, when i left the office the moon was so bright i thought id get a chance of a good sea shot. But as i drove along the seafront it was obscured by clouds, so i didn't think id get one. Just as i got near home, i could see it was going to appear, so headed the long way home, and got my chance for this photo.

Wish I'd had a good camera with me, but hey ho, thats what this thread is about

[admin]

The best camera is the one you have on you.

[maviczap]

Yep, better to get the shot, whatever the outcome

[garynortheast]

It reminds me of a picture done in the pointillism style of painting Mav. A bit impressionistic too. I like it.

[maviczap]

Today's ironic ship name :-) It wasn't

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[Red ones]

Sir Trev photographed one of our buildings earlier. So here's another almost as hypnotic.

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[Sir Trev]

Cool :)

[BanannaMan]

A bit morbid maybe.

This Ambulance was in our shop today.
The back of which was one of the several places where I came really close to dying in the summer of 2015, and on this very cart!

Seemed much smaller in there today and a bit eerie with the lights all off.
I did not get inside.
Gave me a chill.

Sorry for the poor quality pic.

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[mister c]

A bit morbid maybe.

This Ambulance was in our shop today.
The back of which was one of the several places where I came really close to dying in the summer of 2015, and on this very cart!

Seemed much smaller in there today and a bit eerie with the lights all off.
I did not get inside.
Gave me a chill.

Sorry for the poor quality pic.

http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s507/thebanannaman/M2C_zpsl3jvhxps.jpg

Not too morbid. It must have done it's job as you're still with us (Thank goodness :) )

[Sir Trev]

We're all glad you're still with us Bill. Give the ambulance a pat from us.

[Littlepeahead]

I thought I knew Essex really well but today I found a nature reserve I've never visited before.

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The cafe was cut off due to the high tide, but an hour later all the water in this area had gone again.

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Loads of birds, many just arrive for the winter, which you can't see in the pics as these were just taken on my phone. There are little bridges all across the marshes but we stuck to the main path today.

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There's also a lighthouse boat.

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[admin]

I thought I knew Essex really well but today I found a nature reserve I've never visited before.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170115/ee52600ecf8b1ae0ac3c25706f7d82bf.jpg

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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170115/fe22737d1e855be7fea348ebceceb6f2.jpg

The cafe was cut off due to the high tide, but an hour later all the water in this area had gone again.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170115/89f6a74a92677ad24c2b2ee2adee8c66.jpg

Loads of birds, many just arrive for the winter, which you can't see in the pics as these were just taken on my phone. There are little bridges all across the marshes but we stuck to the main path today.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170115/e8e8f133c55cc0e8ceff619042d398bf.jpg

There's also a lighthouse boat.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170115/72ae21fda2b3e5aaec37354f288991d0.jpg
So where was this?

[Littlepeahead]

So where was this?
Tollesbury Wick, on the road between Maldon and Colchester. We must have ridden past the road down to Tollesbury many times but because it's a dead end never explored the village or realised the extent of the fresh water marshes. You have Bradwell on one side, Mersea on the other.

http://www.essexwt.org.uk/reserves/tollesbury-wick

[maviczap]

Similar theme here, you can't see it, but £'s are floating away as this photo was taken

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[punyXpress]

Spent 3 or 4 holidays there in early 1950s
Stayed on Merrymaid ( hull of ) which was owned by a friend of my Dad.
Also went out on the Susan ( blue top to Mast ) which was fun

His other boat was Heartsease, much bigger and very smart:

[mister c]

I put this on |Facebook this morning. I've been looking for an exhaust for my friend's CBR400 NC29 for weeks & weeks. The power of social media works it's magic once more.
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[maviczap]

View from the pre op room in the hospital. I can see my bothers office at BT on the horizon :-)

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[maviczap]

This mornings vapour trails, better with the naked eye, but nevertheless

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[admin]

View from the pre op room in the hospital. I can see my bothers office at BT on the horizon :-)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/392/32352559565_6988a5e216_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RhTjP8)2017-01-16_08-49-55 (https://flic.kr/p/RhTjP8) by maviczap (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89416312@N07/), on Flickr
Do you work at the hospital or are you in for treatment?

[maviczap]

Wife was in for an op.

[admin]

Wife was in for an op.
Well I hope it goes well.

[maviczap]

I did, she had it done on Monday, she might get released today, fingers crossed.

[mister c]

I did, she had it done on Monday, she might get released today, fingers crossed.
Fingers crossed for a quick recovery :)

[mister c]

Well, the exhaust is now fitted. Need a bit of fuel & the battery charging & I can continue to put it all back together & get it back to it's owner & get paid :)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/croozenooze/2017-01-17%2008.46.49_zpskxh66m3c.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/croozenooze/media/2017-01-17%2008.46.49_zpskxh66m3c.jpg.html)

[Red ones]

A sunset worth playing with I thought.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170118/36484ff3c3c4a6208ea2645d315d3179.jpg

[maviczap]

Fingers crossed for a quick recovery :)

Cheers Col, rest is what she needs, and you don't get that in hospital

Well, the exhaust is now fitted. Need a bit of fuel & the battery charging & I can continue to put it all back together & get it back to it's owner & get paid :)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/croozenooze/2017-01-17%2008.46.49_zpskxh66m3c.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/croozenooze/media/2017-01-17%2008.46.49_zpskxh66m3c.jpg.html)

That is sweet :takeabow:

[maviczap]

A sunset worth playing with I thought.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170118/36484ff3c3c4a6208ea2645d315d3179.jpg

Wow

[BanannaMan]

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Well done Col !!!
Looks Ace!!

[Littlepeahead]

I worked late last night taking pics at an Eddie Jones dinner. The room was almost dark, they had left a couple of easels right in the line of where I would normally shoot from so not the easiest assignment. And I know nothing about rugby.

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1242&pictureid=8130

[admin]

I worked late last night taking pics at a dinner. The room was almost dark, they had left a couple of easels right in the line of where I would normally shoot from so not the easiest assignment. And I know nothing about rugby.

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1242&pictureid=8130
I recognise the face but no idea of his name. Nice shot though.

[maviczap]

The Australian English rugby coach :-)

[chris8886]

The Australian English rugby coach :-)



eddie jones

[Littlepeahead]

eddie jones
Has the shift key broken on your computer?

[ophic]

Has the shift key broken on your computer?
If so, there's a spare one on the right.

[Sir Trev]

To stop my dad moaning about his new laptop being "carp" or "broken" I headed off to Norfolk over the weekend to show him how to use it. For a change I took the train, especially as I could travel out on Friday after peak times cos I is between contracts. After train/walk/underground/train I am wandering around Norwich station killing half an hour before my last train and amazingly Abelio Greater Anglia still use some first generation Diesel locomotives and carriages for some of their rural routes. There were four English Electric type three jobbies stabled there on Friday (Class 37 in TOPS terminology) which I have up on my Flikr pages. Bear in mind these were built in the early to mid-60's to replace mid size steam locos. Below is the reflection in the windscreen of 37405, as if looking up at the overhead power lines that are (finally) spreading out across more of the country, replacing more and more diesel services. It almost looks sad and you can imagine it thinking wistfully about all the lines it has travelled on since it was built in May 1965...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/326/32100265700_6fea69fc5c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QUAfCU)These wires are replacing me (https://flic.kr/p/QUAfCU) by Trevor Laight (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116210840@N03/), on Flickr

[admin]

To stop my dad moaning about his new laptop being "carp" or "broken" I headed off to Norfolk over the weekend to show him how to use it. For a change I took the train, especially as I could travel out on Friday after peak times cos I is between contracts. After train/walk/underground/train I am wandering around Norwich station killing half an hour before my last train and amazingly Abelio Greater Anglia still use some first generation Diesel locomotives and carriages for some of their rural routes. There were four English Electric type three jobbies stabled there on Friday (Class 37 in TOPS terminology) which I have up on my Flikr pages. Bear in mind these were built in the early to mid-60's to replace mid size steam locos. Below is the reflection in the windscreen of 37405, as if looking up at the overhead power lines that are (finally) spreading out across more of the country, replacing more and more diesel services. It almost looks sad and you can imagine it thinking wistfully about all the lines it has travelled on since it was built in May 1965...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/326/32100265700_6fea69fc5c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QUAfCU)These wires are replacing me (https://flic.kr/p/QUAfCU) by Trevor Laight (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116210840@N03/), on Flickr
I'm impressed with your train knowledge Sir Trev.

[garynortheast]

One of the views on my early morning run today.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/garynortheast/jan23view.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/garynortheast/media/jan23view.jpg.html)

[Sir Trev]

I'm impressed with your train knowledge Sir Trev.

Long winter evenings, rubbish on the telly, tablet balanced on my knee and Wikipedia John.

Nice catch Gary - I keep meaning to get up early to try and get some nice misty sunrises but, well, I'm too lazy...

[mister c]

To stop my dad moaning about his new laptop being "carp" or "broken" I headed off to Norfolk over the weekend to show him how to use it. For a change I took the train, especially as I could travel out on Friday after peak times cos I is between contracts. After train/walk/underground/train I am wandering around Norwich station killing half an hour before my last train and amazingly Abelio Greater Anglia still use some first generation Diesel locomotives and carriages for some of their rural routes. There were four English Electric type three jobbies stabled there on Friday (Class 37 in TOPS terminology) which I have up on my Flikr pages. Bear in mind these were built in the early to mid-60's to replace mid size steam locos. Below is the reflection in the windscreen of 37405, as if looking up at the overhead power lines that are (finally) spreading out across more of the country, replacing more and more diesel services. It almost looks sad and you can imagine it thinking wistfully about all the lines it has travelled on since it was built in May 1965...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/326/32100265700_6fea69fc5c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QUAfCU)These wires are replacing me (https://flic.kr/p/QUAfCU) by Trevor Laight (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116210840@N03/), on Flickr
Living in Crewe, I used to see these on a very regular basis. They had a lovely whistling sound to the exhaust & you could hear them from wherever you were in the town. This is a picture off Facebook from a page that I'm on (Not taken by me). It was taken in 1987 before the land was bought for redevelopment. This is where all of the old engines came to die. They were dismantled & sold for scrap.
My house is situated just off this picture to the right. I'm so pleased that the land is now a housing estate :)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/657/32486201465_c1705acf96_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RuGgTP)14045631_10207478395785392_1786621394472139 293_n (https://flic.kr/p/RuGgTP) by Colin Hughes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/croozenooze/), on Flickr

[maviczap]

As i said on your flickr page sir trev, a proper loco

Not as nice sounding as the Deltics, but still a nice sound to hear, unlike these electric trains, which have no soul

[Kenzie]

Not something you see every day

http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/train_spotted_heading_along_the_a14_and_over_the_o rwell_bridge_in_ipswich_1_4860189

[maviczap]

Confusedtree.com


https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/692/32445393206_c62cab0210_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Rr6829)2017-01-23_06-41-19 (https://flic.kr/p/Rr6829) by maviczap (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89416312@N07/), on Flickr

[Sir Trev]

Wow Col - that's a lot of dead and dying stock in that shot. Most of the 37's (and other early diesels) were fitted with steam heating boilers for the elderly carriages of their day or were freight-only sub-classes with no heating units at all. So, when newer electrically heated carriages came on line a lot of the early locos were relegated to freight or scrapped. Some were converted, like the two in passenger service I saw at the weekend which has given them a reprieve. Know what you mean about the sound Mav and remember it well from when these were seen a lot more frequently. What I did find fascinating is putting the loco numbers into Flikr to see how many images of them came up. One of them has been tagged hundreds of times and can be seen in at least four different liveries over the years in Scotland, Wales, pulling specials and charters, engineering and maintenance trains as well as nuclear waste flasks before ending up in Norfolk.

My neighbour has a similar shrub in his front garden Mav and if he ever pruned it properly his would look that nice too. Damned if I can remember what it is though...

[Littlepeahead]

A short walk around Hatfield Forest. We got a bit lost so it ended up as a long walk!

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1242&pictureid=8131

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1242&pictureid=8132

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1242&pictureid=8133

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[mister c]

Washed the bike this afternoon as I had to wait for a parcel to be collected.
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[garynortheast]

Confusedtree.com


https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/692/32445393206_c62cab0210_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Rr6829)2017-01-23_06-41-19 (https://flic.kr/p/Rr6829) by maviczap (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89416312@N07/), on Flickr

It's Viburnum Mav, flowers through the winter and has a glorious scent too!

[garynortheast]

Col that's a lovely looking curvy.

[maviczap]

Yep, lovely shiny curvy Col. Gary, thanks, I know next to nothing about flowers or trees


A lovely afternoon on the quayside

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/778/32349358832_aa4db0e6d9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RhAVm5)2017-01-24_03-04-07 (https://flic.kr/p/RhAVm5) by maviczap (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89416312@N07/), on Flickr

[garynortheast]

The view on yesterday's early morning walk with the hound.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/garynortheast/Running/sunrisetuesdaywalk.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/garynortheast/media/Running/sunrisetuesdaywalk.jpg.html)

Met these guys on my run this morning. They came up to say hallo and have their heads scratched.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/garynortheast/Running/pontrobertrunpigs.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/garynortheast/media/Running/pontrobertrunpigs.jpg.html)

[synXero]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/342/31716255263_66e273c577_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QjE6Hi)
Going Home (https://flic.kr/p/QjE6Hi) by Calum Campbell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/calumccampbell/), on Flickr

Getting the train London -> Edinburgh today to go home for a week and look after my folks. Also going to try and get some astro photography shots! But I am rubbish at it so we'll see how that goes!!

[BanannaMan]

Washed the bike this afternoon as I had to wait for a parcel to be collected.
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Looking good!!!! :thumbsup:

[mister c]

Cheers people. She looked really nice until I did an 80 mile ride yesterday, she's gone back to black :)

[synXero]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/391/32536740525_462a374fa9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RzaioV)
The Corvette at Harperrig Reservoir (https://flic.kr/p/RzaioV) by Calum Campbell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/calumccampbell/), on Flickr

[Bibio]

Harperrig was one of my fishing haunts when i was a kid :-)

[maviczap]

Harperrig was one of my fishing haunts when i was a kid :-)

I can't remember if it was Happerrig or Harlaw where I caught my one and only trout on the fly, when I went on a fluff flinging course there. I'm pretty sure it was Harperrig, but it was about 40 years ago. I do remember the fly or more precisely the lure, which was a sweeny todd

Yesterdays birthday cake for my 12 year old

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/691/32509572516_c4f08ef60d_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RwL4hY)2017-01-27_11-23-19 (https://flic.kr/p/RwL4hY) by maviczap (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89416312@N07/), on Flickr

[admin]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/391/32536740525_462a374fa9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RzaioV)
The Corvette at Harperrig Reservoir (https://flic.kr/p/RzaioV) by Calum Campbell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/calumccampbell/), on Flickr
Nice shot. Interesting how the rear lights have reflected.

[synXero]

Thanks!

First time I've been to Harperrig actually. Love the Pentlands but tend to spend more time around the northern sides of them, cycling and what not.

Harperrig was great, the skies were unreal. But **** me the wind off the reservoir is COLD.

[Kenzie]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170128/4e272eb1bd2bad87fdbe8c9f5059439f.jpg

Sent from my Xperia

[admin]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170128/4e272eb1bd2bad87fdbe8c9f5059439f.jpg

Sent from my Xperia
I'd love a sunbeam. There's something about them...

[mister c]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170128/4e272eb1bd2bad87fdbe8c9f5059439f.jpg

Sent from my Xperia

I'd love a sunbeam. There's something about them...
I used to oggle an S7 when I was a small child. I always wanted one. Great looking machines.

I've been playing with Photoshop again. Picture I took at the Battle of Nantwich last year. Just made it look old
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/487/32421526162_1b04e3139f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RoYNbo)Battle of Nantwich2 (https://flic.kr/p/RoYNbo) by Colin Hughes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/croozenooze/), on Flickr

[Kenzie]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/598/31762757653_0dd13a043e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QoLrfD)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/540/31762758873_9bd24bdcf0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QoLrBF)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/413/32452179641_14df0d3855_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RrFUoD)

[admin]

I used to oggle an S7 when I was a small child. I always wanted one. Great looking machines.

I've been playing with Photoshop again. Picture I took at the Battle of Nantwich last year. Just made it look old
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/487/32421526162_1b04e3139f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RoYNbo)Battle of Nantwich2 (https://flic.kr/p/RoYNbo) by Colin Hughes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/croozenooze/), on Flickr
Brilliant, looks great.

[Kenzie]

The note on the seat explains a bit of history of the bike. Its a 1950.
Spotted this as well

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170128/0f9a65362b62b8319512a523e6ada094.jpg

Sent from my Xperia

[maviczap]

Was that in Bury St Edmunds Kenzie?