Picture(s) of the day....

[NewcastleFalcon]

Regards Neil

[myglaren]

Son in law brought this ugly heap into Teesside a couple of days ago, loaded with millions of pounds worth of cars. It is usually Nissans going the other way.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Well done Steve! The Helios Ray is now in Antwerp.

Regards Neil

[CitroJim]

Regards Neil

I thought you were hinting the 29th was going to be a bit of bland, uninteresting day Neil

Was far from that for Mick and I

[NewcastleFalcon]

I thought you were hinting the 29th was going to be a bit of bland, uninteresting day Neil

Not at all, a gentle encouragement. By 10.30pm, POTD was in danger of losing all its credibility with not a single picture posted by the FCF faithful. Steve thankfully rescued it with his pic of the big boat with a belly full of cars the Helios Ray.

Today's blank canvas awaits with eager anticipation of its first of maybe a few more...

Regards Neil

[CitroJim]

Today's blank canvas awaits with eager anticipation of its first of maybe a few more...

One from me along with a question

I ran the Bury Field parkrun course early this morning to check the course was runnable ready for tomorrow morning's special New Year's Eve event. I'd heard parts of it were under water following heavy rain...

Happily it wasn't, just a bit muddy in parts... That's not a problem as we runners love running through mud

Looking at the man-made drainage watercourse in this picture and seeing how high it is, got me pondering what we call these. I've always called them rhynes and find that's a distinctly Somerset term... I suppose Somerset - on the Levels - has more rhynes than anywhere else in the UK so are entitled to have a special name for them!

What are they called in other parts of the UK?

[NewcastleFalcon]

Looking at the man-made drainage watercourse in this picture and seeing how high it is, got me pondering what we call these. I've always called them rhynes and find that's a distinctly Somerset term... I suppose Somerset - on the Levels - has more rhynes than anywhere else in the UK so are entitled to have a special name for them!

What are they called in other parts of the UK?

Little piece about them, from the Weald..East Shropshire
https://www.explorethewealdmoors.co.uk/ ... e-ditches/

Some names
dykes, drains, ditches, lanes, rheens, rhines or rhynes

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I can chip in with the info that they are called dykes in East Anglia. One of our pastimes for evening entertainment during our school sailing holidays on the Broads was dyke jumping!! A very muddy endeavour!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

We have a thread to mop up pubs and inns entitled

"The Pub Gallery and the odd hotel" viewtopic.php?t=73131

On a tangent from Jim's "Drain" picture, and with Dyke being a synonym, I can confirm that there is only one pub in the United Kingdom called the Dyke Neuk and its in Northumberland...and its doors have been darkened by the Falcons!

There could well be more "drain" related pub names...that's what the pub thread is for and should I discover any that's where they will be recorded...

Regards Neil

[CitroJim]

Thanks all I've learned a bit bit today!

Dykes used to mean something else entirely in my world

[myglaren]

Things that Dutch boys stuck their fingers in.

[CitroJim]

Things that Dutch boys stuck their fingers in.

Don't even go there Steve, I've just collapsed into a heap of howling laughter You really don't want to know what image that has just conjured up in my mind

[mickthemaverick]

BFTW

A few pictures today to make up for the omission yesterday. The reason for that was because Jim and I attended an auction near Leicester to see if we could grab a bargain or two. We weren't that successful but we did come away with some good things. This is some of the lots that interested us but passed us by in the bidding:

BFTW

BFTW

BFTW

BFTW

BFTW

BFTW

But some of our wins made the trip worthwhile and anyway with a stop for dinner on the way home we had a great day out!!

BFTW

BFTW

BFTW

[myglaren]

Look again!

[CitroJim]

A few pictures today to make up for the omission yesterday. The reason for that was because Jim and I attended an auction near Leicester to see if we could grab a bargain or two. We weren't that successful but we did come away with some good things.

Hugely enjoyed our day out Mick Massive fun First time in my life I've attended such an auction and now unlikely to be my last... I could get hooked very easily

To coin a phrase used a lot yesterday by the auctioneer, I was 'amazed' at just how much I did enjoy it

She was a brilliant auctioneer and I ended up quite fancying her. Her daughter is absolutely gorgeous

The biggest enjoyment was spending some quality time out with you Mick Looking forward to next Thursday and don't let me forget I owe you money

we had a great day out!!

It truly was a great day out