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The man(your man) with the squeezebox reminds me of a house officer I once worked with......a man called Alistair....with a lovely lilting Edinburgh accent which I could mimic to a T(much to his annoyance).

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Nice change of pace there, number 3 has an emotion attached, not sure if its "I'm tired" or " I can't do this anymore" but I do like a drum, you can't beat them.

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im just grateful those at the bus stop didn't realise where the water was coming from ... well who'd be waiting for a bus at 9.10pm when the bus had already gone .... :eek::eek::eek::p:p:p

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Well Richard has a nice accent - but it's Somerset - and it flummoxes a lot of people - even me sometimes!

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Let's see now, where were we today? Can you guess? :)

Big mad bridge joining 2 Islands - St,Albans??? - Some Nordic Binter - Memorial to the fallen at the Kasteel - Mini Elsinore - the real thing (close but no CIGAR ;)) - The give away, worth only 1 point "The little mermaid"

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Today in Pictures, a disappointing sunset.

1. Moleside.
2.& 3. Accrington.
4.5.6.7.8. The sun going down over Accrington.

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heres mine today ... :D

1.Thomas (the cat) still hasn't forgiven me for yesterday ... :D
5. the birds cooling off in the border ..
6. they've realized ive filled the feeder and put it out again .. .

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The Conti is where we had our wedding reception 40 years ago this Aug1st:D
its changed a lot since then is it still a Boddingtons pub?

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Gives me vertigo just looking at that bridge -lovely set of shots. I particularly like number 3 and the little maid in the last picture -nice statues. :)

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Nice set again Dave -not a chimney in sight now in Accrington -how sad...

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Just as well -keep them out of the way of Thomas!

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Yes Mick it's changed - had at least one extension built recently and a conservatory type place. Don't think Boddies have pubs any more, it's probably a free house, they usually have four or five real ales on from various breweriees and they do decent food.

When we came back to the area in 2007 it was closed but has had a real makeover since then and is a very popular watering hole especially in this weather when you can sit outside in the large garden or stand by the river.

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There is a chimney in each shot, but very difficult to see, they are not used as far as I know, and the one on the factory bottoms has a ring of communication aerials around its top.

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Yes I thought that about no 3, ennui, world-weariness - even the drum is the wrong way up...

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Yes there's definitely a hole in that trombone Dianne!

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A stroll along the Ribble Way from the cement works at Clitheroe to Brungerley Park and back.

1) The grasses are really high on the footpaths
2) Not a cloud in the sky
3) The River Ribble
4) Can this go in the competition?
5) A gull
6) Another gull
7) There are monsters in the park
8) A flower
9) Another flower
10) A dog having a paddle .Oh it's Maxwell

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I have just gone back and had a look, yes it has a lot of holes in that wall.

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Further to our Nordic ventures. :)

Langeland Island, Tranekaer, local graffiti - something pastoral. Jutland, Fredericia, some big boat. Fyn, Akrog bay, Grimlin doing her Kanute - Aargh! A Sea Witch & the Grimlin. Fyn, Faarborg, a touch of the Med? - Streets of colour. :)

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Number 7 is my fav, although number 2 is close.

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Today in Pictures,Broadway is waiting, down Accy not the other one, so a quick punt around Cutwood Park.

1. Walking through the wooded area first.
2. One for the wildlife.
3. Down to the wet bit.
4. Cloudy.
5. Down past the wet bit.
6. A tree on the edge.
7. Looking back along the shore line to the park.
8. Heading back up Cut Lane.
9. Power lines and Pendle.
10. Willow herb.

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No.10. I used to refer to it as Bomb Weed, in 1944 I saw the devastation caused by jerry bombng raids on Manchester & Salford, where ever bombs had dropped that stuff was growing in the ruins.
Where the eck had the seeds come from.

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I guess its the explosions mixing up the soil and rubble bringing seeds to the surface, a similar effect to the poppies that sprang up in France.

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I'm with Dave on liking number 7 best - I have a weakness for Hollyhocks.

The nicest ones I have ever seen were growing along a little side-street between some cottages on the Ille de Re -wonderful island off the coast of Brittany. I will have to look out my photos -weren't digital back in the 90's! :thankya:

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We walked around Jumbles Res today to see if the water level had dropped.
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The rocks by the bridge in pic 5 are normally under water

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A selection I took in last few days...

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Just a selection of flowers around the farm this morning. The Lagerstroemia (tree with pink flowers) burst into flower over the last couple of days. It is literally humming with bees! There are some unusual flowers which my neighbour has planted including a rose with variegated petals which I've never seen before. My favourite has to be the lavender though, smells gorgeous and I love the shabby, distressed backdrop!

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Have looked for my photo of hollyhocks but to no avail -I lent it to my mum as a subject for her to paint and I suspect she didn't give it back. Here are two photos showing what she produced from the photos to give an idea. The small oval version is a water-colour she made into a card and the larger one is done in pastels. I have them both framed and up in the hallway!

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Thats a world apart, nature to multistory stuff.

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Nice paintings, The thing about lending photos is the longer they have them the easier it is to forget that they borrowed them. I scanned all my old photos into the computer, and burnt them to CD so I have a copy.

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Today folks, we leave Fyn behind, board the boat & sail to the Island of Aero. :)

An old Smoker in Svendborg - Svendborg as we leave - Danish customs at Marstal - Colour in Marstal - Rise, the heart of the Island, the Aero Micro Brewery - Aeroskobing welcome - A dated charm, Aeroskobing - Leaving Aeroskobing.

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Today in Pictures, Right around the wet bit.

1. Down to Calf Hey reservoir.
2. Its a bit down on water as they are filling the bottom reservoir after repairs.
3. Heading for the trees.
4. This tree thrives in a harsh environment, all the other trees are dwarfed by the winds.
5. This stream feeds into the reservoir.
6. So does this one.
7. And yet another feeder stream.
8. Looking in the other direction.
9. Time to head up the hill.
10. Last shot on the way out.

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Love the Red Admiral Dave

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I had to creep up slowly to get the shot, and it was through thistles.

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im off out for the day today to Fleetwood to tramsunday .. never been before but theres a new set of batteries in the camera and a spare set in the handbag .. both lithium ..so hopefully I wont run out ...:D

anyway heres mine from Friday .. this means i'll be posting after midnite ..:D

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Thank you all - I feel like I've travelled all over the world this morning without leaving my couch. Lovely!

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Lovely! Number six looks like a Calla Lilly, although I've only seen them in flower shops. The Lavender shot could be a painting - it's a great composition.

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Nicely done - I particularly like the watercolour!

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It looks lovely! I just looked on Google Earth for the Island of Aero - was struck by how close Denmark is to Scandinavia. My sense of geography has been sadly lacking.

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What a marvellous landscape! I Google Earthed this one too. Pity I left England before I got to see places like this. The one with the two trees is a favourite. The bigger, flourishing one could be saying: "Come on, me little luv, don't give up!"
Well done capturing the butterfly.

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No further injury to the poor nutmegs, I hope!

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Great scenery! That flat topped hill is really interesting.

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I like bird shot #4: he seems to be saying "come any closer, and you'll see how sharp this beak is!"

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I think you're right and it is a Calla Lily -my neighbour Andreina is very keen on her flowers and keeps the borders and other areas round the farm looking nice all year round with the help of her son. He has just made a new herb box which I have photographed today!

The lavender shot is my favourite and I think I'll send it to my mum, electronically this time though, so that she can paint it!

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Another selection of snaps from a wander round the farm after lunch - I put my straw hat on and braved the midday heat!
1 "Taffa" the gardener's corner (it's his nickname)
2 Portulaca in a window-box above the Lavender
3 Newly planted herb-box
4 Red Hot Chili Peppers!
5 Red and white Onions drying out in the yard
6 Tree-trunk planter with more Portulaca - it's a succulent and very resistent to the sun
7 Old postbox in a corner
8 Maize -a single plant growing sponateously outside the workshop
9 Junk in a corner
10 More dusty stuff!

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We have Portulaca here in Canada too. Nice bright colours, and quite resistant to heat and drought. The dusty glass bottles were for making wine, I believe. I love the shot of the corn stalk against the old wall, and the spider you caught just to the right of the old mailbox. Great shots - I feel transported!

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Hadn't noticed the spider myself!:p

The maize plant is growing up through the trunk of an old vine, I have another pic of it which I'll post tomorrow -have already used up my daily allowance of 10.

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This has to be one of my favourite places, I posted in the winter this place, and the top of the hill, Musbury Heights, and that was in two foot of snow.

It's the nettles that get the nutmegs, thistles just turn legs into a scratching post, especially in shorts, serves me right for having them on my head.

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So, our last full day on the Islands & it's off to South Langeland (we only did the top half last time. :))

Bagenkop, Colour & Thatch - Bagenkop Harbour, Catherina Dutch holiday/training ship - Bagenkop, carved maritime figures - Wild Ponies - Nordenbro, Cottage, Roses & Lavender - Nordenbro, another floral presentation - Rudkobing, Windmill seen through an entryway - rudkobing street view - Rudkobing, Royal Yacht Danneborg - Danneborg.

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Gorgeous place Dave! I'm envious...very characteristic. Love the thatched roofs and flowers, the windmill and the boats, and the horses. On my list of places to see now. Thank-you for taking us there with you :p :thankya:

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its Haslingden's Tor ... well helmshore's really ....:p the rest are looking over helmshore and haslingdens grane ...

took plenty of pics .. still to take em off the camera yet ... :D

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Think it's a tortoiseshell Frank - still a good picture.

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Your right it is, I thought admiral at first, I had to look it up.

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Thank you for the enlightenment Sue

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Today in Pictures, a walk I have done many times before, Spring Wood, Whalley.

1. The orchids have gone, the meadowsweet take over.
2. Meadowsweet.
3. Uphill all the way.
4. Its all a bit overgrown.
5. Bracken fern everywhere, its poisonous.
6. I think that tree is following me.
7. Some more uphill.
8. Looking in the direction of Clitheroe, its very misty in the distance.
9. No time to use the facilities.
10. From here its all downhill.

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A lovely walk. Do you get many Mosquitos in woodland areas? Over here we wouldn't dare venture out without some evil smelling potion.

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I am not aware that we have any mosquitoes in the area, or even in the region, but I could be wrong on that one. I think the worst flying insect is the midge in woodland areas.

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Any time your welcome. I used to get confused myself but the tortoiseshell is far more common and the admiral a bit brighter in colour. I love the painted lady - like the admiral but faded! Years ago when we had a real cottage garden in Wiltshire there was an infestation of them - not quite the right word but they were everywhere, apparently blown over from Africa!

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Just a few shots from yesterday - it's too hot to go out today except if absolutely necessary (36°C).

1 Maize plant which has sprung up growing through a vine
2 Building where the vine is growing -the oldest part of the farm dating back to 1760
3 The farrier has been again -a bucket full of good luck!
4 Yucky spider - the bodies are about an inch across :eek:
5 Yucky spider with legs opened out

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And so our Danish (for those of you who hadn't clocked it :)) jaunt is done & with a desperate few last snaps our journey of discovery is over & we're now back in the heart of the Reich once more. ;)

Fyn, Horne, Round Church - South Jutland, Sonderborg, Yachties Harbour - Sonderborg, a couple of traditionally designed streets.

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Very strange no pound shops or maundy shops, what kinda place is it Dave?:confused:

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yesterday .. tramsunday at Fleetwood ...finally sorted the pics out .... :D

1. opposite Freeport .. im sure accylass has been to Fleetwood on her driving lessons .... lol
4. asking directions?
6. that was dancing to Motown ...
9. there was a bloke doing a dj bit on an old lorry .. he was playing YMCA when these emerged from a shop .. and when they got upright proper .. they started dancing ..

there is plenty more yet ..:D

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What's the guy in number 3 snapping?

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Seagull bomb doors opening?

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Today in Pictures. A walk through Clayton Fields revealed a fence right across the middle, United Utilities are going to dig through the middle, they have already started at Warwick Avenue and are heading for the fields.

1. Knapweed.
2. Meadowsweet, a by product of the field being fenced off, no horses trampling and eating stuff.
3. Great Burnet.
4. Betony.
5. Looking down the field, almost at the waters edge.
6. Is it something I said.
7. I don't think they are speaking.
8. And now a fag.
9. I am not as fast as you uphill.
10. Now that must smart, Devils Bit Scabious.

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Today, some pics from my garden, which hasn't been touched for two years but still has some colour among the weeds.

1 My new garden lounger, guarded by the fleece of Heribert the Herdwick sheep which Richard bought me last week (I'm still in shock, so rarely does he buy me presents)
2 View from the lounger
3 Elecampane (Inula helenium) with tansy behind
4 Striped grass and flag iris in the pond (but no water!)
5 More of the same
6 Lychnis coronaria
7 Red valerian going to seed
8 Lavender behind a shrub whose name I can never remember
9 Fig tree and rhubarb
10 Probably the sum total of our plum crop for this year

More tomorrow

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is it something like pieris or something like that ...

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I would take a guess that dave wasn't far wrong but ... I do have a photo ... will post it after midnite .. which may give you a clue. ...:p

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Well done Jen, yes it is, thanks...;)

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Been up all night waiting, can't wait any longe...........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz

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9-19 n yer expecting jen to be alive?? dream on dave.:D

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originaly she was posting after midnight which is more her time zone, she must have fallen asleep.

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Lovely buildngs and colours -it all looks so clean!

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The best fish'n'chips I've ever had were in the North Euston Hotel in Fleetwood (it's in one of your shots Jen) -did you go in and try them? Am adding some evidence and I ate the lot! :D

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A few shots taken this morning
1-4 An intrepid preying mantis as it climbs up the curtain over my front door
5-6 Sunny flowers outside the farm office

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well it is after midnite ... :D if you notice the tram he's standing on is behind the tram at the front .. so he could be taking a pic of the clock ... :D

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Today in Pictures, more a close up look at wickthings towards the end.

1. My monthly edition of Dewdrop arrived today, bringing to mind droplets.
2. I got sidetracked to come this way, a bridge to far.
3. Not so much a wet gusset, but my socks are moist.
4. Bracken fern has taken over this part of the wood.
5. The Orchids are still flowering here.
6. Goats Beard.
7. A glance down the site makes me think I may have a moist gusset before I get back to the car.
8. Don't know this, but there is a drift growing on a pile of rubble.
9. Form a queue there's enough for everyone.
10. The caterpillar of the Cinnabar Moth, feeding on ragwort, a plant thats poisonous to animals. Wear gloves if you pull this up, it can cause liver failure.

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Love no 9 Dave .What luck to get 3 butterflies to pose for you

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If you have a close look you can see two butterfly's, two Burnet moths a Hoverfly and a Ladybird.

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Some more shots of my garden, taken yesterday.

1 Wheat and barley, from the bird seed, with a leek ready to burst into flower
2 Sage in a pot
3 Sage and marjoram
4 Rosa Gallica officinalis and Stachys lanata
5 Rosa Gallica
6 Stachys
7 Yes this really is our raspberry patch - and there's lots of fruit not quite ripe - you can just make out the red blobs
8 Ox eye daisies
9 Cooking apples on an unpruned cordon
10 Eating apples on an espalier - again unpruned!

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when you go to Fleetwood with your older brother and your little nephew (even tho he's 21 and just finished uni .. he still gets called little!! :D) you don't get much chance to go in places .. especially when someone has walked past a motorbike .. fallen for it .. asked a load of questions of the owner ie half an hour later ..finding out a new one is £24,500 .. oh and carries on walking then finds another group of these motorbikes .. and then starts asking questions of the owners again .. one of which had only bought this 2 years ago .. and spent £5000 on additions .. one of which is a dvd player .. (on a motorbike!! :eek:) anyway heres some more from sunday ...

1 couldn't decide what it was .. and no one was around to ask ..
2. saw it in action on its way home .. lol
3. one way if you had a hangover not to listen to them .. they were very loud but very good .. drumming ...
4 we will exterminate you ...
5 taaaaaxxxxxxxxxxiiiiiiiiiii

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Love the old style mini`s.

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you would have been in your element .. there was two mini clubs there .. and others scattered around ... the old ones and the new ones ... then there were the ones who had their matching trailers ... :D

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I`ve had both a new one and an old one. I know which I prefer. The old one was like driving a go cart around, wasn`t the fastest but great fun. The new style one was a lot faster, but they are minis in name only. When I`m done with the jobs on the house, I want an old one to do up.

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I use to have an old minivan, with a factory fitted rear seat. Great little van

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We had a red mini clubman back in the 70's with a matching red and black trailer -we went all over France in it on camping holidays. My sister and I were squashed in the back sitting on 4 pillows and it also had a roof-rack on with our cases!!!

Stuck in traffic on our way down to Dover, a London cabbie leaned out and shouted to my dad, "Oy, Mate! You forgot the bleedin' kitchen sink!" :D

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I have have just returned from a ten day free holiday in Southport, courtesy of the British Legion. Full board and as good a hotel as you could wish for, a hundred yards from the pier, right on the promenade overlooking the gardens.

The pictures are really "today in pictures a week late"

1 The Hotel
2 Staircase which I never used because I used the lift.
3 View from the rear window of the bay in my room. The other window looked out over the gardens and lake.
4 Another hotel further down the promenade. The British Legion used part of it when they refurbished their own hotel four years ago.
5 Boats on the lake.
6 Something on a pole.
7 Bridge over lake.
8 Pier.
9 Lamp over pier.
10 a pretend paddle boat.

Plenty more photos to follow day by day.

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Know the area quite well Gremlin, used to spend a lot of my younger years in the area & we still visit regularly when we come home (20 minute drive from my Dads) :)

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Southport is not a bad place to stay locally Dave, it's not as brash as Blackpool.
Next time you buy a poppy from the British Legion just remember that some of the funds raised go to running these hotels for ex servicemen. It's the second time I have been, first time was with my wife and this time alone, it was very emotional seeing the things we had done and seen before. The staff are all fantastic and can't do enough to help. One lunch time I just asked for a jam butty and no problem that's what I got.

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heres the old mini fix for gpick24, maxthecollie and mobertal ... and everyone else .... :p

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Thanks Shillelagh, the blue ones my favourite, but love the reg in No. 8. Kiss Poo.:D

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the mini in no 4 has that trailer that's in no 8 and if you look closely under the number plate on pic no 4 you will see the mini Winnie the poohs ... pics 6 & 7 has the trailer that's in no 9.

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Great Pics

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I did link 6,7 & 9 together, but not 4 & 8.

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I will say this tho ... in the pic of the yellow mini my nephew had been eyeing it up .. and said to my bro (the bloke with his back to the camera) I want one ... my brother said pass your test first .. and then ask his other aunt what she thinks about mini's ... she always had minis from what I remember she had 4 .. until she went underneath a lorry on grane road on her way to work in Blackburn .. slid on ice ... she never had a mini after that ...

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Have seen the price of classic mini`s. Wish I`d kept mine, it was a `73 in red, big spotlights on front, single spotlight on bag, fat wheels, looked the business. Ended up scrapping it when I bought a Fiesta.:(

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the last ones from Fleetwood .. :p

no7 was took through the windscreen of my brothers car .. theyre on their way home .. the green goddess ...

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It`s a good job ISP`s aren`t restricting just yet, cos I think some of them count as porn for Gremlin.

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that's why I haven't posted the old Leyland tiger ...:p I don't want to get told off by mick ... again :D:D:D

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Great set of photos shillelagh. I used to date a lass with a very early mini, the front seats would fold right up to the dash making the rear seating area ideal for!!!.?

Never mind Mick, lets have a photo of the Leyland Tiger,
Did you see the ex Ribble recovery truck? That was based on a Ribble PS2 Tiger which was new in 1949, restored by a couple of Manchester lads who used as many original parts as possible.
I prefer the Tiger Cub myself, much lighter to drive although it had a crash box.

You probably have seen my photos of one on here with me behind the wheel.

That's enough porn for this time of day.

edit,
Ooops. I just scrolled back and found your photo of BD2 Tiger recovery truck. I posted a photo of the cab interior a while back.

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Another milestone on this thread Dave. 300 pages up, well done.