Picture(s) of the day....

[Peter.N.]

Don't see any cars being charged

Peter

[myglaren]

I had cause to visit Blyth yesterday, second visit, last one was 24 years ago, don't get about much
I was down near the docks and on the way home drove down the quayside and was very impressed with dozens of huge cable reels loitering there.
No camera but there are a few pictures of some of them here:

Osprey Cable Logistics

Osprey Cable Logistics

Not as impressive as driving past dozens upon dozens of them a few yards from the car but gives an indication of the scale of them.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Part of the industry servicing the windfarms/oil and gas installations.
Horizontal Cable Reel, Blyth Harbour

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regards Neil

[Zelandeth]

My contribution for today.

The question (for those who don't know my fleet anyway): What year was this photo taken?

Framing that to keep all the modern tat parked around here out of view was quite a challenge.

[Gibbo2286]

There's a lot of that yellow 'cable' being used around here, it's actually plastic gas main pipe, they're installing gas in some of the places that have never had it before and replacing the old rotted out iron piping in the rest.
There's also a new trunk gas main being installed from the Welsh coast over the Cotswolds, might even be finished, comment on it has gone quiet since the greenies stopped squealing.

[white exec]

There is, I think, an international colour code for buried pipes/cables/trunking etc...
water - blue
gas - yellow
electricity - red
data/comms - purple
green is something, can't remember what

Good to see old windmills being recycled for pipe/cable laying.
You can't beat the reel thing

[NewcastleFalcon]

My contribution for today.

The question (for those who don't know my fleet anyway): What year was this photo taken?

While I wouldn’t claim to know your fleet first hand, like many others on the FCF I do enjoy your blog the detail pictures and videos are excellent. I would say the year was about 200 years after the agreement to use the 49 th parallel for the largest part of the United States northern Border.

Regards Neil

[white exec]

One for Neil -
What's the connection between the 49th Parallel and a car maker?

[NewcastleFalcon]

One for Neil -
What's the connection between the 49th Parallel and a car maker?

Very educational the FCF,
I sort of picked up a valid answer to that question without looking it up Karlsruhe in Germany is on the 49th parallel and low and behold.... birthplace of Karl Benz.

Regards Neil

[white exec]

Good grief, Neil - that's Mastermind stuff!

I was thinking along quite different lines, with a musical connection . . .

[NewcastleFalcon]

Good grief, Neil - that's Mastermind stuff!

I was thinking along quite different lines, with a musical connection . . .

This music Chris? Williams have dabbled a bit with automakers like Nissan
https://www.williamsf1.com/advanced-eng ... dies/nismo




Regards Neil

[white exec]

You got it . . .
VW (Vaughan Williams - Prelude for the Powell-Pressberger film, 'The 49th Parallel' !

A favourite piece of music of mine - gloriously moving stuff.

[myglaren]

Crap photo but it was taken today, first Morning Glory for this year, haven't got them planted out yet

[NewcastleFalcon]

Not Having a what do you know about Derbyshire thread? The Derwent Reservoir played an important role in Operation Chastise so on the anniversary of that event a contemporary report from the Derby Evening Telegraph seems appropriate...

From https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co ... -may-1943/

Regards Neil

[Hell Razor5543]

Derwent Reservoir was where 617 Squadron were practising their bombing runs, prior to using the "Upkeep" bombs.

I should have remembered this without the clue, as the film "The Dam Busters" was shown on Monday on Film 4.