Today in pictures - Page 141

mobertol · 01-09-2012, 23:42

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

these were took today on the way home from preston .. we came back over grane rd .. the wind turbine over ossy ... it does look lost on its lonesome ...oh and took from a moving car ...

spugster says that second one is creepy ...

It is, I know what he means -looks like giant seagull on the horizon!

Mick · 02-09-2012, 09:08

These where taken on our romp to Amsterdam on thursday to sat

1) Humber Bridge
2) the so called sun Deck not much sun this is deck 12
we where on deck 10 but you had to go down one deck to deck 9 to get the lift to deck 12 then through the bar to the stairs down to the smoking area which is a covered area with a bar but very cold and windy.

3) the other side of the sun deck
4) part of the central railway station note the (clock) its not a clock

5) front of central Railway station

Margaret Pilkington · 02-09-2012, 09:20

Lovely pics Mick. Can we have some more....Please?

mobertol · 02-09-2012, 09:55

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Originally Posted by Mick

These where taken on our romp to Amsterdam on thursday to sat

1) Humber Bridge
2) the so called sun Deck not much sun this is deck 12
we where on deck 10 but you had to go down one deck to deck 9 to get the lift to deck 12 then through the bar to the stairs down to the smoking area which is a covered area with a bar but very cold and windy.

3) the other side of the sun deck
4) part of the central railway station note the (clock) its not a clock

5) front of central Railway station

Really impressive building the Railway Station.

susie123 · 02-09-2012, 13:41

First four pics are our experience of an Italian storm as promised for Di the other day.

The rest are from earlier today - we had a visit from the Red Arrows as part of this weekend's seaside festival here in Morecambe. I took these pics from the bedroom window. Richard was upstairs just above taking pics out of the velux roof window on the top storey. He's got some nice closeups taken with the zoom on his horrid big heavy camera. Might post some another day if posting someone else's pics isn't cheating...

1 The campsite near La Spezia on the coast north of Pisa in the evening of arrival, mid-September 2009. The name of the campsite is Camping River...
2 The scene on awakening next morning - I say awakening, we hadn't had much sleep thanks to the storm
3 Richard (in red anorak) visiting our next door neighbour
4 Richard returning to our motorhome - just visible through the window glass and the rain
5-10 Red Arrows, lunchtime today. Note the birds on the left getting in on the act in the last pic

Mick · 02-09-2012, 13:58

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Lovely pics Mick. Can we have some more....Please?

You can but it would mean I went back as we where too drunk to take many more

Margaret Pilkington · 02-09-2012, 14:04

You had a good time then Mick

mobertol · 02-09-2012, 14:04

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Originally Posted by susie123

First four pics are our experience of an Italian storm as promised for Di the other day.

The rest are from earlier today - we had a visit from the Red Arrows as part of this weekend's seaside festival here in Morecambe. I took these pics from the bedroom window. Richard was upstairs just above taking pics out of the velux roof window on the top storey. He's got some nice closeups taken with the zoom on his horrid big heavy camera. Might post some another day if posting someone else's pics isn't cheating...

1 The campsite near La Spezia on the coast north of Pisa in the evening of arrival, mid-September 2009. The name of the campsite is Camping River...
2 The scene on awakening next morning - I say awakening, we hadn't had much sleep thanks to the storm
3 Richard (in red anorak) visiting our next door neighbour
4 Richard returning to our motorhome - just visible through the window glass and the rain
5-10 Red Arrows, lunchtime today. Note the birds on the left getting in on the act in the last pic

I love hearing the rain on a caravan/camper roof!

What was the occasion for the red arrows flypast? Lucky to catch them so well...

susie123 · 02-09-2012, 14:24

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Originally Posted by mobertol

I love hearing the rain on a caravan/camper roof!

What was the occasion for the red arrows flypast? Lucky to catch them so well...

Yes - but perhaps not all night long as it was on this occasion. It's nice in a tent too...

The Red Arrows were part of the seaside festival, a weekend of entertainment which as far as I can see has b all to do with the sea - mainly pop groups on a stage about a mile away which I can hear as I'm typing this, plus the planes and a few other things down by the Midland Hotel. Doesn't float my boat at all but they have it every year. They also have a kite festival and a sandcastle festival plus other "music" festivals during the summer.

mobertol · 02-09-2012, 14:45

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Originally Posted by susie123

Yes - but perhaps not all night long as it was on this occasion. It's nice in a tent too...

The Red Arrows were part of the seaside festival, a weekend of entertainment which as far as I can see has b all to do with the sea - mainly pop groups on a stage about a mile away which I can hear as I'm typing this, plus the planes and a few other things down by the Midland Hotel. Doesn't float my boat at all but they have it every year. They also have a kite festival and a sandcastle festival plus other "music" festivals during the summer.

Love kites -sandcastle festival sounds good fun too -am a big kid at heart!

Would love to be on the seafront eating a 99!

mobertol · 02-09-2012, 14:55

More Lakes shots -1-8 a walk up Place Fell near Ullswater then 2 shots from other walks in the area to show dark skies. It's amazing how the weather changes when you're out -you have to be prepared. No7 shows Broherswater as seen from Place Fell, path to Hellvelyn to the left.

Margaret Pilkington · 02-09-2012, 15:26

some pics from my recent visit to Llandudno.
1) Little house high up on the Great Orme.......great views, but not a place to be in the winter.
2) Kite surfer - seen on the West beach.
3) going down - the kite surfer sinks into the sea.
4) View from the Orme Tram.
5) The Esplanade at Llandudno - seen from the tram.
6) Number 4 Tram - going up the Orme...we were coming down on Tram 5
7) young girls on West beach....given a sepia treatment and a black border
8) Tram number 5. Given the Sepia treatment....wish the tram drivers were in Victorian costume.

mobertol · 02-09-2012, 15:32

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

some pics from my recent visit to Llandudno.

Last time I was in Llandudno Margaret i think i was about 13. We had a lovely week weatherwise. Looks like it hasn't changed much - except for the modern watersports.

Nice pics. Love the shot of your girls on the beach -Jack Vettriano style! Timeless in the seppia colour...

Margaret Pilkington · 02-09-2012, 15:36

I took quite a few pics of people on the beach.........I like the unposed look.....they didn't know they were being taken......and I couldn't ask them as I was too far away.......behind the sea wall, and a very pebbly stretch of beach.
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Gremlin · 02-09-2012, 18:32

I was in Llandudno last weekend. My wife was feeling just about well enough to go away so I managed to get a last minute booking in a little cottage at Nant Y Glynn near Old Colwyn, five minutes for the sea. We have friends and relations there and they took us to Llandudno for a meal but we didn't get chance to look around. I take a little mobo scooter in the car for my wife and she really enjoyed herself whizzing along the prom at Rhos, it did her a power of good.

The only photo I took were at Rhos on Sea and the cottage where we stayed, it's the first on the left opposite my car.