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Popped over for Fleetwood Tram Fest then into Blackpool for a walk.
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Starting on Metcalf Dr. Altham it was a circular walk, first alongside of the motorway then back along the wet bit.
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Out & about terrorising ..... sorry, touring Europe at present so the piccies will tend to be more "Yesterday in pics" as the more normal today! :D
Wanted to visit Friedrichshafen "Zeppelin Museum" yesterday but the town had an open day & it was heaving, spent an hour driving round trying to find a way into the harbour & a place to park, in the end we gave it up as a bad job & went elsewhere. Meersburg am Bodensee, jumped on the ferry across to Konstanz, through to Kreuzlingen Switzerland, along the bodensee shore line on the Swiss side to Rorschac, across to St.Gallen airport/Altenrhein. then round to Bregenz in Austria & back out into Germingland & Home, busy day to say the least. :) Meersburg ferry terminal - Our shiny new jallopy with Witchy one - One of several Zeppelins doing tours above the Bodensee - Witch & Bitch On ferry to Konstanz - Bodensee & Swiss Alps - "Hundertwasser house" x2 - A De Havilland vampire as a roundabout ornament??? - "Hundertwasser" again - Vampire & Hundertwasser |
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Mondays jolly was to Cham in the "Bayerische Wald".
Marktplatz - Brunnen figures represent "Frieden & Fruchtbarkeit" (Peace & Plenty) The "Wald Hexe & Kinder" (Wood Witch & children symbolising Mother nature) "Bilmesschneider" (Mythical/Saga creature & represents failed harvests & hunger) - Grafen Luckner (took part in the French revolution) - Markt platz "Maibaum & Brunnen" - Covered walkways with Marion & the Mong - More Architecture & culture - "Rathaus & Jakobus Kirche" - No comment! Actually where the figure stands below was a well used to draw water for the beasts on market days - The "Burgtor" initially part of the city wall & defence, in 1642 it was taken over by by the towns Brewers to produce the local Weißbier" & as such in the local parlance became known as the "BierTor". |
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Just a few from a drive over Marsden Moor.
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All great but number four is my fave :)
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Cleethorpes yesterday, e it were a hot'un!
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Tuesday saw us at Parsdorf where the Witchy one (& Mum) spent A WHOLE HOUR ....... shopping for a Dirndl (a new frock) leaving me & the mongling to sulk in a hot car :dummy2:
Then it was off to Herrmansdorf (Community farm with beasts, craftshops, cafes & a farm/local produce shop) for dinner, then the obligatory visit to Aying for us tea! :D Hermmansdorf home Brewery - A rather scary Chicken - The Ayinger Biergarten x3 - Marion & Mum - The posh frock - Marion & our lovely serving Wench - Yours truly & my better half, still grinning after 25 years & 1 day! :) |
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With the abundance of swallows on the canal, I thought I`d try and get a few shots of them.
A couple from yesterday, rest from today. 1. Daisy cooling down towards the end of the hottest day of the year....so far. :hothothot 2-5. Swallows 6 & 7. Some threatening clouds, managed to stay dry though. |
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Wednesday & a little me time! We got to go to a couple of Breweries after making me suffer while she was frock shopping. :D
Out to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, then over the Alps into the Austrian Tirol (taking in the Starkenberg brewery) then back to Germany via Mittenwald (surprise, they've got a Brewery too! ;)). And finally back to the Dragons Den, to sit in the garden, unwind & sup Beer ..... Aahh. Garmisch-Partenkirchen x2 - An alpine stream - Through the Alps on the "Hahntennjoch pass" x4 - The Starkenberger Brewery - Loccherboden Kirche - Mittenwald Brewery. |
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ooh Son, it looks so beautiful.....I can almost feel that mountain air doing me good.
It looks just like my imaginings when I read about Heidi (sigh). Love number 9. |
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Thursdays jaunt, Braunau am Inn(Austria), Simbach am Inn(Germany), then up to the Hacklberg Brauerei at Passau for luncheon. On the way home we passed by the Flughafen München, "Franz Josef Strauß" pulled over onto a little farm track, let the mongy out for a gallop & did a spot of spotting for Airyplanes. :)
one of Braunaus city jiggers (the wheel was from a brewers delivery cart that used to deliver to a pub in the said covered jigger) - Brauna from Simbach - Simbach am Inn (twinned with Skipton) x2 - Hacklberg Brauerei in Passau x4 - two Airyplanes on approach to FJS München. |
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While the subject matter makes my flesh creep(i am not a big fan of insects of any kind).....I found myself rivetted by the process and the end results are just about as amazing as anything I have ever seen.
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You've got to admire the dedication, 10,000 photos and 3 weeks work for one final image.
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Oh, yes...I do admire his patience and dedication...and the results are spectacular.
I wish it were closer...I know my daughters lad would love to visit and exhibition like that.......and I would screw up my courage and take him. |
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Friday, last chance to do stuff, so to avoid traffic & tourists :D we stayed local. A trip back to Aying to pick up some dainties from the Brauerei, midday baggin at the "Wirtshaus", then an amble round the village in a feeble attempt to kill off calories (for her, me, I'm just fine whatever the waistline ;)). That done, into the Jallopy & across to FJS Flughafen to have a look at some Airyplanes (AGAIN!)
Aying Brewery - Lady Smug in the Bier Garten - Ah, a light luncheon, Obadzda with rye bread for Witchity & 2 Par Wiener for me - A picturesque local abode - Ah, the impetuosity of youth! Some locals having just married, about to set of on their lifes journey together ...... in a VW Camper! - JU-52 (X3) - DC-3 - Lockheed "Super Constellation" |
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Saturday & the long haul home (640 km & 7.5hrs travelling) we made a couple of detours due to horrendous road works & we even put in a final couple of touristy stops at Holledau & Franken. :)
The Green gold of the Holledau "Hopfen" (x2) - Iphofen in Frankenland a major wine growing area. Gardens laid out between the City walls & moat - The "Zent Turm" with "Pest Tor" so named due to victims of the plague being carried through this portal to the local "Black death" burial pit - Julius Echter Platz looking to the "Wein Berg" - "Mainbernheim Tor" city defensive gates & walls leading onto the road to the village of Mainbernheim - Looking down the "Lange Gasse" - Vines in the streets - The "Wein Berg" (x2). |
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It's the Cloggies (who are a damned site nicer & friendlier by the way) who get our pennies, Hook-Harwich or Rotterdam-Hull for us when we travel back to UK. :) |
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A few random snaps from the past month...
It's been a very hot, humid summer so far with very little rain. Any excursions are taken early morning, if possible, followed by a hasty retreat to air conditioned comfort. I did venture down to the nearby ponds, and was pleasantly surprised to find a dearth of mosquitos! Only got one bite. My patio garden is coming on like gangbusters, but I have to water it at least once daily. This year's Morning Glory is much better than last year's when I got no flowers at all. Miss Pris was suspicious of the Catnip that I'd grown for her, begged for more dinner (typical!) and chillaxed in her lounger. Lastly, a wild turkey surprise. |
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yesterdays walk around the Coppice.
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Monday I had a walk round the coppice with davemac ... :D
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Lovely shots Jen.
Love the one of the water lily......beautiful! |
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Some pics of todays drive, weather made wildlifey pics a bit difficult so opted for the landies, filled with some birdies from a few days ago
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Today I said to the wife as I walked out of the door wont be long, anyway two hours later I am back in the house with my jeans wet up too the knees after walking through the long grass, champion. A bit of the Hyndburn as it goes through C-L-M.
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Another mixed lot from this month:
The wild raspberries were very small from lack of rain, but we still managed to make a few jars of jam; a couple of roadside shots (everything looks green, but with little rain all month its really quite dry); Gairloch Gardens in Oakville with my late Aunt's favourite bench in the rose garden, some very strange plants (at least to my eyes) and Lake Ontario (I was hoping for some cool breezes but didn't get any that day. Lastly a trail I must take a walk along - someday - when the mozzies have died down. |
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A walk around Hameldon Woods, there was a perceptible drop in temperature today
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A Sunday run out to Urk on the Ijsselmeer, variable weather but hey ho!
An Orca in Urk - The bag woman & the hound - A couple of street views - A Tug off to work - Dinner at "De Kaap" restaurant, the obligatory "Kibbs", chips & Shandy a pleasant extra - It was somewhat soggy after dinner - Urk harbour. |
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Todays piccies.
1. Woke up this morning to find a sqatter making itself at home in the bathroom. 2&3. No idea what`s gone on, but there were loads of beer cans and bottles underneath the motorway bridge. 4. No idea what kind it is. 5. New game, spot the dipper. 6 - 10. He`s a long way off but still good to see. |
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Just a few shots from the Embasy railway and Skipton canal side.
The windows in the observation coach needed a good clean and when we went back we had the front of the engine to look at. Lastly good old Fred Trueman. |
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A bit of a mixed bag today.
1. Sunrise on the moores. 2. A shedload of tractors. 3. And another. 4 & 5. F15s. 6-8. Eurofighters. 9. Just a shot through the window while stuck in traffic. 10. Mmmm bacon. |
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Like the Aircraft shots GP24, where'd you get those?
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Usual place Dave, raf coningsby, I sometimes have a drive that way for work (Kings Lynn), so call on way back.
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Thanks for that. :)
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A few fur & feather pics in between repairing me owd banger..
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Love the doggy pics....they really look like they are having a good time.
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They do love to play in the water. |
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As a breed they are amazing and bonkers in equal measure.
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Had a couple of drives through the hills & moors this week.
Apologies to those who don`t like HDR, there are 3 in these. Haven`t done any for ages so had a bit of a play today. |
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I don't think you need to apologise. Those pictures are beutiful and the HDR is sensitively done.
It takes nothing away from the scenery or the subject.....and it is always good to let your creativity off the leash for a run around. Great shots..peace and solitude. |
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Thank you Margaret.
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you are welcome :)
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This weekends pics
1. Sunset at a farm near where we stayed. 2. A Vickers pattern 13 PDR gun. 3. A Mustang. 4. Best guess is it`s a Gannet. 5. Scarborough Castle remains. 6. Scarborough Lighthouse. 7. Grand Hotel. 8. Wave Rider. 9. Diving Belle Sculpture. 10. A lovely thatched cottage |
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No 4 is a gannet.Did you see them dive?
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There has to be a wet bit when its warm, so here it is, the River Calder.
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Lovely day..and some lovely shots Dave. I feel like I went on that country walk with you(instead of being at the Docs with Ma).
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Tonight a Queenfisher was in a mood for posing, first few are from a couple of days ago,
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Wow! Those are really impressive pics of the Queenfisher. Love number 9.
I am envious. I would have been really pleased to capture those. Well shot! |
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Thanks Margaret.
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It is a shame that they don't seem to be having a photo comp at the Library this year. That number 9 picture would be a worthy shot for such a comp.
Do you post any of your pics on Flickr? I am sure that if you did there would be magazines and periodicals tapping you up for shots like that. |
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Last years library photo comp the photo had to be taken within the last two years so I`m guessing it`s every other year.
I do put pics on Flickr, they don`t really get many views though. https://www.flickr.com/photos/112059585@N07/ |
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Thanks Dave, I`ve seen them around that area a few times now, there was one on that perch when I arrived (might have been same one) but I scared it off. So plonked myself down where I hoped it wouldn`t see me and waited for it to come back.
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I sometimes get lots of views other times not so much...but I have had quite a number of requests to use my pictures for brochure, publications and the like. |
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Quite a bit further round towards rishton than that, if you go under motorway bridge, coming from church (watch out for the broken glass for doggies paws) and follow the path there's a field to your right, usually full of cows, at the far end of the field is where I got these.
Been down again tonight and seen them all along that stretch up to motorway bridge, unfortunately they saw us and didn't hang around. |
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Father dear & Bev were over at the Week-end, so Saturday it was a "Fahmlee!" trip to the beach near Wijk aan Zee NL.
1-4 Folks enjoying the sun, sand & surf 5-8 the "Fahmlee" 9 Ships heading into Ijmuiden 10 Artyfarty beach shot. :) |
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I can almost smell the salty air DiG!
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So Sunday was up to Bremerhaven, with a bob in to Papenburg on the way back so Pater could be one of the first to do his "Spotting thing" on the brand new Cruise liner.
Some sort of fete/flea market/craft fair alongside the Maritime museum - "Das Mediterraneo" shopping mall x3 - Aboard the MS "Dorsch" for the "Fischerei hafen" water tour - "Genting Dream" Outsde the Meyer Werft halle Papenburg x2. |
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Some pics from different days this week.
1. A foggy morning in Yorkshire. 2 & 3. Daisy and Duke scaring off the Kingfishers. 4. They didn`t help either. 5. A wild rabbit in the horses pen. 6-10. Kept them a bit quieter tonight, at least until after after I`d got these. |
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I love number one and yet again you have captured the Kingfishers beautifully.
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Thank you Margaret.
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I am really, really envious.
I am far too slow to catch them with my camera. I think I would have to construct a hide and sit there for a couple of days to get pics like those. |
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Shugfest 2016 about to starthttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...494742f1e7.jpg
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Here's a rare one of Roy, back home again.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...6f1434f245.jpg
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Dammit, the beggar moved again.
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Thinking about it, that piccy would have been perfect in the brief encounter thread!
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Puerto Rico at night.
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Silly season is here again, Hurrah! That marvellous Krauty celebration known as "Oktoberfest" (celebrated in September??? Yeah go figure that one out) so being the culturalist that I is, I went & got some cultural enhancement in some rather large helpings! :D
This is where we was (Excuse fuzziness but it was the last piccy on the night & I swear it looked just fine to me when I took it :D) - Posh frocks all round - Early doors - 'Ere I've been Oompahed & Jodelled again! - On my best behaviour & small Beers (However that was due to change shortly thereafter :rolleyes:) - Ah the heart of the "Bier zelt - Oh deary me, the normally stolid, serious & respectable Germings! A couple more & they'll be singing the "Horst Wessel" & Marching Eastwards! (x2) - Ah! Not on my best behaviour, there's that big Beer (1ltr pot) & I'm working on that impressive beer belly (as modelled by Mr Lincoln there!). |
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Surely the answer is simple? It's called "Oktoberfest" because you drink gallons in September and contemplate your actions and the consequences whilst suffering a month long hangover in October.🍺
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You have it in September because you have to stay sober in October.....or that's what they say on the TV advert.
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As someone that chooses to suffer a permanent hangover I consider that October like any other month I should drink to capacity, I could not have on my conscience the amount of unemployment I would cause if I took a day off never mind the melt down of our economy if I were to take a whole month off! :eek: IN PICTURES: Do you remember these 20 lost pubs of Accrington? (From Lancashire Telegraph) The above was the result of going for a day out in Blackpool, what would occur if for one twelfth of the year I was to go missing? http://www.truebeer.com/assets/image...nt-glass-1.jpg |
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