Picture(s) of the day....
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Re: Picture(s) of the day....
POTD is to the forum like Ravens are to the Tower of London
If a day is allowed to pass without a POTD it would be akin to the Ravens deserting the tower!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravens_of ... _of_London
Jubilee and Munin, Ravens, Tower of London 2016-04-30
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If a day is allowed to pass without a POTD it would be akin to the Ravens deserting the tower!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravens_of ... _of_London
Jubilee and Munin, Ravens, Tower of London 2016-04-30
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Re: Picture(s) of the day....
Just to cheer things up after the weather we're having:
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Re: Picture(s) of the day....
There's similar scare stories about the Barbary macaques on Gibraltar.NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑14 Oct 2019, 18:30 POTD is to the forum like Ravens are to the Tower of London
If a day is allowed to pass without a POTD it would be akin to the Ravens deserting the tower!
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"A popular belief holds that, as long as Gibraltar Barbary macaques exist on Gibraltar, the territory will remain under British rule. In 1942 (during World War II), after the population dwindled to just a handful of individuals (just seven monkeys), British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered their numbers be replenished immediately from forest fragments in both Morocco and Algeria because of this traditional belief."
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Re: Picture(s) of the day..
From the archives...selected totally at random Helmdon Viaduct previously photographed by Citro Jim
NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑02 May 2018, 15:50 ..and for the brick-lover, if you had managed to get a bit closer Jim, the bricks do make some nice patterns
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Now Steve did mention they all look similar (er obviously not true for the brick connoisseur). I did dig this out in my meanderings which shows the Whitby to Loftus old railway line and the Viaducts along its length mostly Steel Structures culminating in the rather impressive Staithes Viaduct
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http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/bridge ... oftus.html
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To boost today's POTD here is one job I did out in Mallorca for my mate who is trying to sell his house:
When he moved in 10 years ago the aircon condensor above the pool looked like this:
When I arrived in September it looked like this:
After completing my restoration it looked like this:
When he moved in 10 years ago the aircon condensor above the pool looked like this:
When I arrived in September it looked like this:
After completing my restoration it looked like this:
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There was a similar one in Sandsend, the railway used to run through the Kettleness tunnel - several videos of this on YouTube. We used to play in the tunnel as kids.NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑15 Oct 2019, 21:11 From the archives...selected totally at random Helmdon Viaduct previously photographed by Citro JimNewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑02 May 2018, 15:50 ..and for the brick-lover, if you had managed to get a bit closer Jim, the bricks do make some nice patterns
Regards NeilNow Steve did mention they all look similar (er obviously not true for the brick connoisseur). I did dig this out in my meanderings which shows the Whitby to Loftus old railway line and the Viaducts along its length mostly Steel Structures culminating in the rather impressive Staithes Viaduct
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Re: Picture(s) of the day....
Would that be the viaduct near Colyrton, if I've got it right, in the Axe valley in Devon Peter? My daughter lives in Devon and I'm sure I've passed it.
No, after some DDG searching on my route its Cannington Viaduct, Uplyme, and the picture is featured on the East Devon tourist guide!!
No, after some DDG searching on my route its Cannington Viaduct, Uplyme, and the picture is featured on the East Devon tourist guide!!
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There is this nice pic of it on the link I posted up Steve
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May not look like it, but you left a little snippet of info which leads me to believe it is this....
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Cannington_Viaduct
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Re: Picture(s) of the day....
You mean like naming it in my last post Neil?
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Re: Picture(s) of the day....
The Sandsend one looks tiny now.
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The vagaries of timing....never saw your edit as I was tapping away at my reply...Peter's file name was the give away clue I used!
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Re: Picture(s) of the day....
Yes I'd assumed that had happened Using the filename is something that hadn't occurred to me because I hadn't realised how easy it is to find it. Another good tip thanks Neil!!NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑16 Oct 2019, 08:21
The vagaries of timing....never saw your edit as I was tapping away at my reply...Peter's file name was the give away clue I used!
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DEFINITELY not my work, but the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019 has been announced;
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