Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1039161)

It could all be gone by tomorrow if the weather stays like it is, that means back to tramping through mud.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1039156)

There is no bravery involved, stupidity, gormless, idiotic are more like the words to use, however after tramping through at least 6 inch of snow, sometimes with knee deep drifts it was a good walk.

So there I was in my one man tent, just light the primus and sorted a brew out, zipped up the flap to get out of the cold and sat back to drink it. There was a tap on the flap, and the zip was undone, this bloke poked his head through the space and said Look if your not going to buy it, can you leave Winfield's site....................just being silly again.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1039301)

Pmsl just one crazy moment I thought you had become one of "us"

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1039156)

So there I was in my one man tent, just light the primus and sorted a brew out, zipped up the flap to get out of the cold and sat back to drink it. There was a tap on the flap, and the zip was undone, this bloke poked his head through the space and said Look if your not going to buy it, can you leave Winfield's site....................just being silly again.

Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1039342)

a problem with that though dave .... this was winfields tents today .... :D

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1039348)

Expecting snow here again tomorrow apparently ...great photos all, love the contrast of Dave's last walk -spring is definitely round the corner!

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1039352)

It arrived with a whoosh and left just as quick, although we have had a bitter wind blowing today. It doesn't feel like spring is expected just yet

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1039921)

Today in Pictures, service is interrupted for a while due to a family crisis, however managed a few shots on short walks.

First two, Dean Clough Reservoir on a day when the rain was horizontal, then two shots of Cutwood reservoir from the same position, it was that windy I had to duck tape my flat cap on.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1040072)

was looking through some of my old pics, and thought i might share some with you, they are about 2 years old, just to show im not a boring one trick pony who only takes pictures of landscapes (although that is my fave) so have thrown in a few, the portraits are
a self portrait, messing with the light and shadows on that one
the woman in both is mrs church, on the rare occasion i talked her into modelling for me
the lad with the ball is my youngest
the rest were taken in the back garden

summat a bit different for your day
hope you enjoy

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1040104)

I think you are very brave showing your bum on here, I tried it,....... but didn't have a wide angle lens,......... and ended up with a photo of a pencil sharpener

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1040125)

I see you have met my son then, I call him a bum too, however he argues he is a student, as for brave I thought society was a lot more tolerant of " the gingers " lol

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1040152)

I just saw the Land Rover Gremlin posted on the competition -I was going to post this pic of friend Dave's Land Rover taken part way up on the way to the Kirkstone Pass from Ambleside. It's not past it's best though -it has all been galvanised piece by piece, down to the last bolt and has been brought back to life so it looks like new -took 2 years of patient restoration in a garage in Rishton! It's a great vehicle to knock about in in the Lakes and always draws a lot of comments.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1040140)

some good shots there Darren......I like them all......but if I had to choose my favourite it would have to be number 7....I like the definition in it...beautifully done.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1040178)

Seeing as you like Landrovers here are two more.

1: My friend's son's serious off roader.

2, 3 & 4: The one my brother (in the dark blue shirt) and his mate drove overland to Cape Town in the 60's. It was well past it's best when he got back to Todmorden.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1040204)

Todmorden - Cape Town
Veteran Rally
??Land Rover breaks
World Record
14000 (?) miles (?) 107 days
?? 200 gals petrol ?????
????

or something like that.

Pair of good looking lads there Russell - do you take after your brother? ;)

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1040409)

No 2 is Butterbur (Petasites) if I'm not mistaken. Flowers late winter before the leaves appear and smells nice. We had it in our garden in Wiltshire - very invasive but makes good ground cover when the leaves are out.
Petasites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1040204)

Todmorden - Cape Town
Veteran Rally
??Land Rover breaks
World Record
14000 (?) miles (?) 107 days
?? 200 gals petrol ?????
????

or something like that.

Pair of good looking lads there Russell - do you take after your brother? ;)

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1040538)

my feet slipped off the rock I was standing on and I plunged into the stream, it was past the top of my boots. When my feet touched the stream bed I slipped and then plunged buttocks first into the mudslide adjacent to the stream. How I laughed.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1040539)

Oh dear, so today it was you with the mucky tush and not Bob! Hope you've dried out.

PS Like the reflections in 6 and 7.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1040502)

Went for a walk this aft. to Cremona International Airport which is about a mile away from home. Very busy and some great photo opportunities. Here's the first lot -ten more tomorrow.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1040538)

Today in Pictures, reservoirs in reverse, and a mucky tush.

1. As we head up the Coppice to start our walk anti-clockwise.
2. This is the waterfall from the fourth reservoir.
3. We are following the stream uphill, I include this shot, not because of its artistic merit, more the fact that seconds after this shot, my feet slipped off the rock I was standing on and I plunged into the stream, it was past the top of my boots. When my feet touched the stream bed I slipped and then plunged buttocks first into the mudslide adjacent to the stream. How I laughed. anyway back to the numbers.
4. A battering ram of fungi (turkey tail)
5. Back to the uphill task to the reservoirs.
6. This is the fourth one as we are going anti-clockwise.
7. This is number three.
8. This would be number two.
9. This is the number one, hidden from view, you have to search it out.
10. Is it something I said.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1040543)

oh the joys, moments like that make a walk, you and nature at odds, n nature sometimes kicks your a$$ only this time it did it with a great muddy boot, nice shots

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1040545)

Unless I go home wet , dirty, muddy, torn, or in pain I dont think I am having fun.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1040542)

Now that is something different, any chance you could get a shot just before you leave the plane, then a selection on the way down.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1040809)

Today in Pictures. once again, on a day you wouldn't take a dog out......I took a dog out, but not for long.

1.Start point. ( O.H.P. )
2. Heading for the rockery.
3. I dont think anyone else is about.
4. Just snook a droplet in.
5. I got my baubles out when I saw this.
6. I am going up there, I might be down in a moment.
7. I took the same shot in Autumn.
8. Its all downhill from here.
9. Thats is it for today, time to go and dry out.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1040860)

ok game was cancelled so didnt get as long as i would have liked wandering around, but hey ho

here are a few snaps
1 picture of dredger, (i think) taken from the quayside outside of shop that does bacon buttes, except they had stopped serving when i got there, so a pasty n a kit kat had to do :(
2 taken from the bridge over canal on approach to dock
3 had a wander around the marina, this is taken from marina side of Glasson
4 do you fancy living here?, just at side of main car park, from memory i think this is where the Babagee (floating cafe) used to be moored, its not there now, was a little disappointed to be honest!
5 the advert in the window of No.4, do we have any takers?
6 is this a ship or a boat, it looked quite "naval", all white and with no "up top" cabins n stuff, nice though!
7 for the birdbrains
8 taken from other side of marina, car park side
9 snapping into the sun, testing the limits without a UV filter!

trip down memory lane, todays visit, remembering mi mam n dad, n good times when they were with us.

out of my normal comfort zone, but the peaks were calling me, could just see the snowy white peaks off in the distance, calling me! will be with them soon as soon as mrs church lets me play out again (im grounded from stopping out on my own whilst there is snow up there, her rules)

enjoy

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1040864)

And isn't the vessel in 6 what they call a steam yacht, very nice whatever it is!

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1040865)

A bit like this one...

Yacht 'Vamoose' - The Yacht Photography Collection of J. S. Johnston

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1040866)

yeah i thought that but there didnt seem to be a "wheelhouse"?

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1040868)

Possibly dismantled - could be a another houseboat now - it's always there when we visit - though haven't been for a year or two...

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1040860)

ok game was cancelled so didnt get as long as i would have liked wandering around, but hey ho

here are a few snaps
1 picture of dredger, (i think) taken from the quayside outside of shop that does bacon buttes, except they had stopped serving when i got there, so a pasty n a kit kat had to do :(
2 taken from the bridge over canal on approach to dock
3 had a wander around the marina, this is taken from marina side of Glasson
4 do you fancy living here?, just at side of main car park, from memory i think this is where the Babagee (floating cafe) used to be moored, its not there now, was a little disappointed to be honest!
5 the advert in the window of No.4, do we have any takers?
6 is this a ship or a boat, it looked quite "naval", all white and with no "up top" cabins n stuff, nice though!
7 for the birdbrains
8 taken from other side of marina, car park side
9 snapping into the sun, testing the limits without a UV filter!

trip down memory lane, todays visit, remembering mi mam n dad, n good times when they were with us.

out of my normal comfort zone, but the peaks were calling me, could just see the snowy white peaks off in the distance, calling me! will be with them soon as soon as mrs church lets me play out again (im grounded from stopping out on my own whilst there is snow up there, her rules)

enjoy

Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1040859)

wheres bob? running to keep warm ... :D you were a lot braver than me .. i werent going out in that ... :D:D:D

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1040871)

The Bacon Butties are good from there we were at Glasson Dock on Saturday

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1041319)

just one pic for today. Experimenting with windows 8 to upload pics
Attachment 28348

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1041353)

Have you been using your spending money for a new toy?

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1041856)

All looks very wintry over there -we are knee-deep in snow again here too. Role on spring!

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1041857)

Its only on high ground here at the moment, although that could change if the forcast is correct. Do the moo cows have to stop in ?

Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1041958)

heres mine from today .. was going to go for a wander down bash lines to get some more in the snow .. but settled for going to the shop and getting a loaf of bread and coming back home ....:D

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1042460)

10. Someone is watching the radio controlled gliders.

Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1042496)

was he not thinking i wonder if one of them could be attached to my collar and save me having to walk back down this hill ..... :D:D:D

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1042633)

One for Davemac today. I know he is a gardener but can he name this tree for me .I think it is known as a Shoe Tree.
Attachment 28476

Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1042649)

heres mine from today ..
2 pigeon perch
3. sun starting to set at acre
4-9 sunset over hollands boulevard .. :D

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1042652)

I can, it is on the canal adjacent to the bridge before you get to the boat repair docks at Altham It is an f1 hybrid and wont cultivate from seeds you have to layer the laces. Its Latin name is Slazenger Smellytrainorus but is referred to by its common name Pumps.

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1042654)

Cheers Dave I was going to ask you if you knew where I could get seeds but I think you've answered that

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1042730)

Mrs Church, has just got a job at The Glasshouse @ Stydd Gardens, Ribchester.

its a small eatery set in a greenhouse at Stydd Gardens, the setting is a little different, and its full of stuff to look at whilst eating, so they asked if i could take some photos whilst they were having a test run, so here are a few pics

enjoy

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1042736)

One comment - those chairs don't look very comfy! I'd need to bring my own cushion.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1042738)

lol they do have cushions, i just didnt want to use them, they were basically knocking up the food, i just had a play setting it out to take some pics, they dont officially open for a couple of weeks

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1042730)

Mrs Church, has just got a job at The Glasshouse @ Stydd Gardens, Ribchester.

its a small eatery set in a greenhouse at Stydd Gardens, the setting is a little different, and its full of stuff to look at whilst eating, so they asked if i could take some photos whilst they were having a test run, so here are a few pics

enjoy

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1042759)

I hope they paid you for all this free advertising you have given them