Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1062562)

Today in Pictures, I managed a short walk today so I post a selection of snaps on the fly, and one that reminds me of something, but just can't put my finger on it!

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1062580)

Beautiful flowers again -is that tree a Mimosa?

"Peccadillos" comes to mind - you haven't photographed any for quite a while
:p:p

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1062551)

Just had a play with the macro adapters bought from Gremlin.I promise I will keep practising, once I get my subject to keep still.
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Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1062786)

Today in Pictures, a walk through the Woodlands now the trees are full of leaves makes it a different place.


In fact there are more trees than you can shake a stick at, which thinking about it is part of a tree.

Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 1062800)

Isle ofArran ferry with the Caribbean Princess in the background.

Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 1062803)

got a proble don't know if its website but this keeps coming up
cmonstanley, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Originally Posted by claytonx (Post 1062798)

Always good to see photos of C-Le-M Dave from top to bottom with words to accompany them

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1063029)

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not many again today

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1063041)

Look closely at no 4 It's Restless's boat

Originally Posted by gpick24 (Post 1063059)

Is that a Cobra next to the Mustang in pic 2?

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1063056)

I was going to use today's allowance to post some more photos from the Scorton Steam Festival I took yesterday but I went to the British Commercial Vehicle Museum at Leyland instead.
What a cracking show, The American Road Show" was being held there.
Lots of gunfighters having shoot outs, Line dancing, country music and American cars and trucks.

The characters were only too happy to pose for me.
I have had the best weekend for a long while and feel well and truly refreshed.

The Bowker Leyland lorry demanding attention is one recently lent to the Museum by Bill Bowker, it replaces a similar motor destroyed in the fire at Walton Summit last year.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1063115)

Sounds like you had a really good weekend, Russell. And you won the photocomp too - well done!

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1063136)

More from yesterday especially for "gpick24"

I bought my self a model Triumph GT6 at the show, apart from the colour it is identical to the one I got new in 1973.

I was lucky with the gunfighter, as the referee shouted "draw" I pressed the shutter and that's the result.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1063105)

Today in Pictures, it was a warm day but a bit "iffy" with the weather, but it stayed fine.

1. Heading down to Dean Clough reservoir.
2. An early foxglove.
3. A wet bit.
4. A wet bit a bit further away.
5. Thistle do.
6. The reason this is taken at a low angle is I am sinking in the marshy bit.
7. I can't walk past this without taking a snap.
8. I see Iris is out.

Originally Posted by gpick24 (Post 1063051)

Not the best pics, took them with my phone
1. From top of Jacksons field looking towards canal.
2-5. Down in the woods.
6. Dogs, Horses and Buttercups.
7. Everytime we go down there, he`s straight into the mud patch.
8. Down where the motorbikers go when they aren`t flying along the tow path.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1063148)

No 7 is very atmospheric - is it where you took the photo of the seagulls? I'm a sucker for a foxglove -I think it's tied to my childhood and Beatrix Potter books :o:)

Originally Posted by gpick24 (Post 1063355)

My daughter took this pic from her bedroom window of a "hot water balloon" :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1063641)

Today in Pictures, skipping down to the river.

1.Heading down to the River Calder, with Pendleton Moor in the distance.
2. Not there yet.
3. A glance back, should I have brought a coat?
4. Last burst from Hawthorn, they go pink with age.
5. Sat in the river.
6. Heading for Cock Bridge.
7. Heading back to the path home.
8. Don't know what this is, but it hides in the long grass.
9. Almost at the left turn and uphill.
10. And through a field of short grass, and tall thistles.

Originally Posted by gpick24 (Post 1063454)

Just a quick walk this evening through Jacksons field then back along canal ( phone pics again )
1 & 2. Jacksons fields
3. A quick dip to cool down.
4. Walking back along canal
5. Duke Louganis of the top board.
6. There`s something in there, everytime we walk past them bushes she won`t leave them alone.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1063573)

Not much doing this last two days so I just took a few snaps to amuse myself.

Peacock at Rivington Barn
Ale in Read Con.
Chimney out of Club window.
Rover car in one of my mates barn.
The moon, took because it was there.

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1063976)

Today we had a stroll up the Coppice with Max's girlfriend

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1063987)

Thanks for the picture of the top of the coppice, it's a thing I don't think I will ever see unless, of course, a 4X4 will go up there.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1063975)

Have you been to Rome before Dianne? Did you go into St Peter's?

The only 36 around here just now is not the temperature but the windspeed in MPH outside my window.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1064043)

I was last in Rome mid-September 1986, Sue! It was really hot then too but I don't remember there being quite as many tourists - lots of Americans and Japanese around this time. I went into the Vatican Museums and the Basilica back then but this time just went in the Basilica as the security checks meant long queues -over 3 hrs to get in the Museum -about 30 mins to get in the church...it was worth it to see it again though. Some photos of St. Peter's follow.
1 The Pope's view
2 Carved doorway
3 The highly decorated nave
4 Heaving with tourists -folk with I-pads are a real pain!
5 Michelangelo Buonarotti's sculpture "La Pietà" - dated 1497. (Now kept behind glass).
6 Stone font
7 Cherub
8 Bronze with angel (my 2nd favourite thing)
9 Me and my guardian angel (my 1st favourite thing)
10 A bit of the Vatican's gold!

After this in the afternoon I visited Castel Sant'Angelo and the Colloseum/Foro Romano -photos to follow!

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1064075)

The composition of Formby beach ie sand, silt and sediment, is responsible for these structures which will be washed away by the next tide. Preserved prehistoric footprints have been found by those who know what they are looking for but again they are ephemeral.

Museum of Liverpool visitors can walk in Prehistoric Formby man's footprints - News - Liverpool Daily Post

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1064069)

Today we went to Formby to the Squirrel Reserve then on to the sand dunes

Nos 1-5 are of the squirrels
Nos 6-9 are unusual sculptures in the sand dunes .Are they made with the wind? Can any member enlighten me.
No 10 is Maxwell taking a breather

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1064082)

Today in Pictures, an oft walked walk, but different every time.

1. Now is the time to spot Orchids, this is the common spotted.
2. Time to leave the footpath.
3. A towering place for a brew and a moment to reflect.
4. Looking over to Clitheroe.
5. I have paused here before.
6.. The highest point of the site.
7. The hill in the distance is Hameldon Hill.
8. Oh look, Moo Cows, as the saying goes, when a cow sits down. it's having a rest, or is that just me.
9. Its the start of the Fungi season.
10. Its very busy over there, driving bats around on electric carts, its a bit like rush hour.

That concludes todays walk around Spring Wood.

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1064092)

Where's that, Dave. Spring Wood?

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1064081)

Di, have yeh any of the Trevi Fountains in Rome? we took some a couple of years ago,n gawd knows were we put em.:(

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1064106)

More photos of Rome:

1 The Vatican City walls
2 Religious mural on the walls
3 Swiss guard
4 Vatican walls
5 Vespas
6 Centurians outside Castel Sant'Angelo -view bak to St Peters
7 Castel Sant'Angelo
8 View over the Tiber to St. Peter's
9 My friend Charlotte under the "Archetto dei Banchi" a little gem beyond the river leading into a little market square full of fig trees.
10 The Madonna dell'archetto.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1064128)

After a quick inspection of my garden I had a look in Ozzy Mills.
Can anyone name the flowers for me, I just let my gardener get on with it.

By gum, times were hard when I was a lad.

The tin bath was a luxury, my dad use to tie a rope around our waist and drag us across the cut.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1064105)

Unfortunately I didn't go there this time Cashy -hope that doesn't mean it was my last trip to Rome :eek::D

This link has a nice selection of photos: Trevi Fountain, Rome Pictures

Last time I was there I saw someone try to snatch a ladies handbag -she held on tight and in the end he gave up with a shrug and walked off into the crowd -no-one did anything to stop him!

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1064158)

Not today but yesterday we went up Longridge Fell.

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1) Start and Finish
2)-5) The views from the fell
6) Nearer to the white fluffy stuff
7) Wait for me
8) I've told you before it's rude to pull your tongue out.
9) Is that better?
10) Them damned windmills on Ossy Moor that sent our telly silly.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1064165)

While I always like to look at the countryside photos and the pictures the more able bodied members post on here I am more inclined to use wheels to get around. I will leave the nature photography to those who enjoy it.
I passed my driving test in 1957 and seemed to have got out of the habit of walking far.
Anyway I like to take photos and post them on here so this is a light hearted look at my day in pictures up to now.

Get up (no photos of that) and then have shower and shave.
First brew of many, proper loose leaf monkey tea, followed by Allbran, I alternate daily between Allbran, Sugar Puffs and Weetabix. Ignore the name on the spoon, it was in 1976 when I forgot to return it to the counter at Birch Granada services.
Watch the news and weather on BBC TV.
See whats new on Accy Web.
Clean my shoes.
Wash up.
Make sure June's little love bird is clean and fed.
Prepare my clothes for the day ahead.

That's my allocation for today, hope you liked the change of subjects.

Now I am prepared for the rest of the day I will have to think of something to do with it.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1064165)

While I always like to look at the countryside photos and the pictures the more able bodied members post on here I am more inclined to use wheels to get around. I will leave the nature photography to those who enjoy it.
I passed my driving test in 1957 and seemed to have got out of the habit of walking far.
Anyway I like to take photos and post them on here so this is a light hearted look at my day in pictures up to now.

Get up (no photos of that) and then have shower and shave.
First brew of many, proper loose leaf monkey tea, followed by Allbran, I alternate daily between Allbran, Sugar Puffs and Weetabix. Ignore the name on the spoon, it was in 1976 when I forgot to return it to the counter at Birch Granada services.
Watch the news and weather on BBC TV.
See whats new on Accy Web.
Clean my shoes.
Wash up.
Make sure June's little love bird is clean and fed.
Prepare my clothes for the day ahead.

That's my allocation for today, hope you liked the change of subjects.

Now I am prepared for the rest of the day I will have to think of something to do with it.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1064172)

Don't worry about me posting pyjamas photos Dave.
They are one garment I don't possess.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1064210)

Do you want the forum closing down for obscene publications Dave?

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1064209)

Today in Pictures, a pleasant walk that bottom enders wont tell you about, so keep this to yourselves.

1. Start point, as far down Lower Barnes Street you can get.
2. River Hyndburn below the bridge, and the path to Gt. Harwood above it.
3. River Hyndburn as it heads for the bridge.
4. Walking on the river bed.
5. Wheres the weir,Oh it over theer.
6. This area is littered with the remains of long gone buildings.
7. Nature takes back what we removed in the first place.
8. I'm going as fast as I can, you have four, I only have two.
9. The path between Lower Barnes Street and the Hyndburn pub.
10. Once a busy thoroughfare, now a rarely walked path.

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1064257)

My eldest has just moved into Riverside View and he is a keen twitcher. He has seen a kingfisher and dippers down there. Also bats roosting under the bridge.

Originally Posted by Turtle (Post 1064271)

I really enjoy your photos, Davemac. I'm able to walk with you, vicariously that is. Reminds me of the early 60s living and playing in Priestly Clough. I kept a nature table in my bedroom!

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1064165)

While I always like to look at the countryside photos and the pictures the more able bodied members post on here I am more inclined to use wheels to get around. I will leave the nature photography to those who enjoy it.
I passed my driving test in 1957 and seemed to have got out of the habit of walking far.
Anyway I like to take photos and post them on here so this is a light hearted look at my day in pictures up to now.

Get up (no photos of that) and then have shower and shave.
First brew of many, proper loose leaf monkey tea, followed by Allbran, I alternate daily between Allbran, Sugar Puffs and Weetabix. Ignore the name on the spoon, it was in 1976 when I forgot to return it to the counter at Birch Granada services.
Watch the news and weather on BBC TV.
See whats new on Accy Web.
Clean my shoes.
Wash up.
Make sure June's little love bird is clean and fed.
Prepare my clothes for the day ahead.

That's my allocation for today, hope you liked the change of subjects.

Now I am prepared for the rest of the day I will have to think of something to do with it.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1064405)

Back to the center of Rome and the Colloseum and Foro Romano! The cross in the Colloseum was donated for the Millenium by Pope John-Paul II in memory of the Christian martyrs who died there. Odd to think what used to be considered a family day out and entertainment! The mosaic was part of a large display of Roman artefacts from the era of Constantine. The picture scratched on the wall of the Colloseum shows a Gladiator with his shield. It is a very atmospheric place to visit and vibrates with history -only thing spoiling it are the hoardes of tourists!! :v

Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1064222)

heres mine .. the cat is my neighbours but he treats my house as his second home .. so are the poppies .. :D

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1064439)

I think the first photograph of the cat deserves the prize for best of the rest.

Great shot, well done.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1064439)

I think the first photograph of the cat deserves the prize for best of the rest.

Great shot, well done.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1064441)

Yep really captures what cats do best - sleeping.