Picture(s) of the day....

[Peter.N.]

My last XM.

[NewcastleFalcon]

My last XM.

in a little bit of a coincidence The Tan Hill inn was featured on an old repeat episode of Have I got news for you shown only last night.

The BB Clio had a visit there a few years ago



Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

While member Citroening hasn't popped into the OTCL by for a while he has posted this before.

No 3 in FCF members vehicles which have made it to Tan Hill photos.



Neil

[deuchebleu]

The photo in my avatar is me in my 2CV going up Keld bank en-route to Tan Hill one year.

[Peter.N.]

They used to have a shipping container on the left hand end with a generator in it. but I didn't hear it last time is it still there If not where do they get there power? Last time we went it was like the picture, couldn't get in!

Peter

[Peter.N.]

One of our old cats in its favourite place on the Raburn flu pipe.

[CitroJim]

One of our old cats in its favourite place on the Raburn flu pipe.

That's a great picture Peter

[NewcastleFalcon]

One of our old cats in its favourite place on the Raburn flu pipe.

Yes it will be in with a shout for the end of month awards, but there have been a decent crop of contenders so far, and I hope many more to flood in. May even extend the categories to POTD debutants...best newcomer but that will of course require at least one new contributor to the thread.

When I was a newcomer-ish I supplied this photo

This is parked right next to the Nissan Factory at Sunderland as an exhibit at a transport museum. Not exactly sure if the intention is to just let it disintegrate naturally.

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

A follow on from the Vulcan Pic...this is well worth reviving from the archives. The FCF class of 2024 are unlikely to have seen this one.

A friend of mine was recently at a "ground-run" day with the Vulcan, and got lucky!

Yes, that right. I won the right to be in the cockpit for the start up procedure and even got to push no.2 throttle from 50% up to full power. How cool is that? You know what they say, more people have climbed Everest than have pushed a Vulcan throttle up to full power.

As you can see from the gauges and dials, this was a live start up experience. So here's todays picture of the day.

[CitroJim]

Now that's a proper dashboard!

[myglaren]

First ladybird of the year.

Camera found it difficult to focus, this is the best of half a dozen.

[CitroJim]

That looks like an inverted Ladybird Steve!

Recently, I've returned to baking my own bread by hand, being increasingly dissatisfied with both shop-bought and what my breadmaking machine can produce... It's taken some practice to get it right and today, I managed to produce a very satisfactory loaf

It took five hours from start to end so not quick but very satisfying

[mickthemaverick]

A tasty looking sample there Jim, maybe it's time to fabricate yourself a loaf tin with 'CITRO' moulded in rather than 'HOVIS' ?

[myglaren]

Only baked one loaf as a trial. Bought the stuff when Covid was on but didn't get around to it until a couple of months ago. Everything well out of date.
Sort-of worked but was very heavy and dense.
Must have another go. Even bought some loaf tins a month ago then completely forgot about them until I installed a new cooker last week.

[CitroJim]

A tasty looking sample there Jim, maybe it's time to fabricate yourself a loaf tin with 'CITRO' moulded in rather than 'HOVIS' ?

My bread tin I've had for years and is now very nicely seasoned... One with 'CITRO' embossed into it would be magic

And maybe I could put that loaf on Bluebell's dashboard and then drive up a steep hill with the second movement of Dvorak's 'From the New World' playing on her cassette player

Actually, no, it would have to be a track from a band called Bread playing one of my all-time special favourite tracks

Only baked one loaf as a trial. Bought the stuff when Covid was on but didn't get around to it until a couple of months ago. Everything well out of date.
Sort-of worked but was very heavy and dense.
Must have another go. Even bought some loaf tins a month ago then completely forgot about them until I installed a new cooker last week.

Practice makes perfect Steve, so keep at it It does take a bit and there'll be a few failures on the way... I've developed my own recipe now that seems to work quite well. Happy to share it...