The all new, slap bang up to date photo of the day 2023

[Chris_SVS]

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[daktulos]

Just back from Inverness as my wife was running the Loch Ness marathon and I was on photo duty. Here are a few of the non-running photos - it's such a beautiful place, I literally stopped the car in the middle of nowhere (no bike unfortunately) to hop out and take the first two.

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[garynortheast]

Great pictures Daktulos. Great landscapes and moody skies.

[DarrenSV650S]

Nice shots daktulos

[daktulos]

Great pictures Daktulos. Great landscapes and moody skies.

Cheers, both - we had fantastic weather, all things considered. Some rain, but it made the skies interesting.

[Kenzie]

Went to Duxford today for their Finale Airshow, bit fresh but sunny and clear. Not sure if this link will work, but was playing with my 360 camera and was underneath the Vulcan bomber
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[admin]

A great venue, been there a few times. The 360 worked well.

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[Kenzie]

Just experimenting with light today https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231016/22f14806fdc62e12be15a1576366fa5f.jpg

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[garynortheast]

Like that, very atmospheric.

[admin]

Like that, very atmospheric.I agree

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[garynortheast]

Very enjoyable walk this morning, out in the hills behind Llanfyllin with Mabel. Gorgeous autumn day.

Mount Doom and Mordor in the distance. Well...the Breidden Hills wreathed in cloud actually!

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The view from Domen Gastell.

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Two of Mabel, just because.....

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[Kenzie]

Awesome views

[garynortheast]

I'm spoiled for hikes, runs, and views round here.

[garynortheast]

Out for a lovely walk with Mabel this morning. Warm sunshine and gorgeous views.

This has been mostly my immediate view for more than nine years. She's such a good walking/hiking/running companion.

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General views.

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Ooer! Seems appropriate for Hallowe'en...

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Just keeping an eye out for squirrels!

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The results of a spot of foraging - 3.5lbs of big, fat, sweet chestnuts. I'm going to enjoy these.

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[Luckypants]

Wow those are nice fat ones. All the ones I've seen this year have been poor.

[garynortheast]

When i was a kid growing up in Kent, I used to gather loads of big, fat sweet chestnuts. In the forty odd years I've lived here in Sir Drefaldwyn, this particular spot is the only place I've ever found where they grow to an edible size. It was the same last year. The line of trees is in a sheltered spot which gets pretty much full sun all day, so maybe that's why they reach this size. There are literally pounds and pounds of them falling from the trees onto the grass verges and the lane.

Fortunately very few people seem to know about them, which leaves them all to me!

[Craig380]

Great photos, Gary. That house is a bit of a fixer-upper ;-)

[admin]

Nice photos. I guess you're roasting those chestnuts.

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[Sir Trev]

There is a row sweet chestnut trees in the park by Trev Towers - I'll go have a look at their nuts (no sniggering at the back) and see what they're like. I have a couple of corkscrew hazels in the herbaceous borders but they produce tiny things.

[garynortheast]

Nice photos. I guess you're roasting those chestnuts.

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I shall roast some, sow about a dozen in pots, and store the rest to cook with. They keep for months; I still have some left from last year. I just soak them in boiling water for a few minutes, then peel them and add them to soups and stews.

[Luckypants]

Do you not just eat them raw? I love them straight from being peeled, but never heard the boiling water trick.

[garynortheast]

It's just the old, stored ones I put in a jug of boiling water Mike. It helps to rehydrate them, and softens the shell to peel them. The fresh ones I either eat raw or roasted.

[Kenzie]

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[admin]

Nice shot. Suits B&W .

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[Kenzie]

Thanks, had to check out the high tide. Converted to black and white using DXO filmpack.

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[Kenzie]

Took a stroll to get some shots but ended up getting soaked, gave up and came home.


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[Sir Trev]

I do like moody BnW images. Shame you got soaked!

[garynortheast]

I do like that picture. It takes me back to my childhood. I grew up on a caravan site next to a houseboat harbour looking much like that.

[Kenzie]

I thought black and white would suit the mood of the day.

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[garynortheast]

In Welshpool with Mabel today, so we took a walk for a few miles south along the Montgomeryshire canal.

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[admin]

Lovely shots. I might venture out this afternoon to capture the late sun in the local woods and pool. I haven't been on a proper photo walk for ages.

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[Sir Trev]

You had better light it seems Gary than I had today in London. I'll download my pics at some point but I doubt I'll have many keepers.

[Kenzie]

Woodbridge tide mill, shot with my recently cleaned Olympus 45mm F1.8 on my Olympus Pen digital.

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[garynortheast]

Today's excitement. My friend up the road has moved into her house, and the caravan she was living in till the house was finished was taken away this morning.

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[garynortheast]

Out for a run this morning, up to Rodney's Pillar on the Breidden hills. Glorious but cold morning, especially at almost 1000ft.

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[Sir Trev]

Hope you had grippy shoes on Gary - that looks a smidge slippy!

[garynortheast]

It wasn't as bad as it looked Trevor, although the descent was... aah...interesting!

[garynortheast]

Walk with Mabel, and a friend and her dogs, up to Moel Sych, and Cadair Berwyn this morning. Wind on the ridge was bitterly cold and so strong in places that it was hard to stand up. Good, albeit challenging hike.

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[Sir Trev]

Stunning views Gary, and I spy a trig point.

[garynortheast]

Quite right Trevor, That's the Cadair Berwyn North trig point. We bagged three summits in all, both the Cadair Berwyn summits, and Moel Sych.

[yokohama]

Not wanting to be pedantic but it's 2024. Time for a new thread for this year??

[admin]

Not wanting to be pedantic but it's 2024. Time for a new thread for this year??Good point. Well spotted. I'll start a new thread.

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[DarrenSV650S]

Looks beautiful Gary

[garynortheast]

It's pretty stunning up there Darren, but bloody hell that weather was fierce! I shall wait till the summer before I go up there again.