Soulandy Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) The story behind this photo goes back to December 2009 and the public toilets at Airlie Beach in Australia, the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. We had a few days/nights there while on our first trip down under and i wanted the loo, as you do :-) Now when I entered I heard female voices and just asumed it was coming from next door or outside as there are grills in the toilets, as in the photo. I can tell you I did a double take and stopped in me tracks when I saw these four girls stood there. I nearly wet meself So if you ever find yourself in Airlie Beach toilets................................ Edited January 22, 2015 by soulandy 2
Chris L Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 Columbia Glacier, Canada, June 2008 Boat Bar-B-Que Malaga beach 2013 2
Guest Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) This is on the hill (The Coppice) overlooking Accrington. We took the dogs out last weekend for a walk in the snow. Just taken with the Galaxy S5 but it is a damn fine camera! Edited January 24, 2015 by Guest
Tattoodave Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Two chaps that knew Manchester quite well 1
Sooty Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Hi folks.....BRILLIANT pics.....and sorry I haven't contributed for a while!x I've posted the below 'graphic' as it will be of interest to some i;m sure!x This is where the hits are coming from for the film!!x Japan are on it....so is Veitnam?!....and Benin in Africa!!!x The US has overtaken Oz to 2nd spot.....and friends in Romania are sharing it big time....even tho' they is clueless....well sort of....1 of em Florin went home wiv an old t shirt of mine!!!x Ah...and Russia....but they watch me whatever.....and need too...hehe!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...and keepig it 'soulful' I just saw this in the fishes folder....Toddy!!!x Many know him....Keele/Kings Hall....everywhere over the years and trekked the UK with us in the 90's.....soul mate to me during that time if ever there wos one.....X ....why we wos dressed as 60's....I dunno......!!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X Edit....had a pm....the total to date is 21,372 watches since xmas.......yes...GOBSMACKED!!!!x How much....HOW MUCH???...say a tenner a piece...........naaaa...don;t wanna know!!! They say what u give out comes back 10 fold....biblical stuff....well....me £19k win on the 0-0 draw is a start........sigh.....hehe!!!x @@ ~ X Edited January 26, 2015 by SOOTY 1
Popular Post Amsterdam Russ Posted January 29, 2015 Author Popular Post Posted January 29, 2015 Starling singing it's little heart out. Love it when they do this - they sing in a most marvelous way at the top of their voice and flap their wings about like a crazy thing. A number of starlings had nests under the same section of the shed roofing you can see in the pic, so I'm not entirely sure whether the display is made to attract a mate or to define territory. Either way, the performance is a great thing to behold. 5
Winsford Soul Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Sunset through the rushes on a very cold evening last week Steve 3
Winsford Soul Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) Flock of lapwings with a few Dunlin( I think) amongst them A rare sight these days Steve Edited January 30, 2015 by Winsford Soul 3
Winsford Soul Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Bit of a tease for you all . if you click on the picture you will see two otters in the distance........ More pictures to follow Steve 2
Steve S 60 Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 My daughter and her boyfriend with a couple of lorikeets. 3
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 30, 2015 Author Posted January 30, 2015 Bit of a tease for you all . if you click on the picture you will see two otters in the distance........ More pictures to follow Steve I see 'em!
Missing Link Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 IMG_1002.JPG Flock of lapwings with a few Dunlin( I think) amongst them A rare sight these days Steve I saw a flock of lapwings (probably about 50) in Shropshire on Tuesday. They're definitely making a comeback after years of not seeing any. 1
Ncfc Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) IMG_1094.JPG Bit of a tease for you all . if you click on the picture you will see two otters in the distance........ More pictures to follow Steve Nice picture shame about the otters Edited January 30, 2015 by NCFC
Winsford Soul Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 There was about 1 minute between these shots of the setting sun, look how much lower in the sky the sun is in the 2nd one Steve 2
Winsford Soul Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) Was a bit gutted when the other long tailed tit flew off leaving only the nuthatch, long tailed tit and the great tit left, The symmetry was spoilt Steve Edited January 30, 2015 by Winsford Soul 2
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 30, 2015 Author Posted January 30, 2015 Front and rear view from our apartment today. As you can see, it snowed. 2
Winsford Soul Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) This was taken about 1500ft up the chew valley This was taken at dusk, there are two red deer hinds just coming down off the hills in amongst the trees Steve Edited January 30, 2015 by Winsford Soul 2
Guest MBarrett Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 I have posted one of this guy's photos before but hope you don't mind another. I belong to the Friends group of our local Park and there is a guy who takes some absolutely fabulous photos in the Park and the countryside which extends beyond it. Here is just one. There are more on the Friends' website if you scroll down below the top 3 photos: http://www.friendsofdartmouthpark.org.uk/
Winsford Soul Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 I have posted one of this guy's photos before but hope you don't mind another. I belong to the Friends group of our local Park and there is a guy who takes some absolutely fabulous photos in the Park and the countryside which extends beyond it. Here is just one. There are more on the Friends' website if you scroll down below the top 3 photos: http://www.friendsofdartmouthpark.org.uk/ Some fantastic pictures . Thanks for reposting link Steve
Guest MBarrett Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Some fantastic pictures . Thanks for reposting link Steve Steve the guy is great. He has got some pretty decent equipment - I wouldn't even guess what. But he is so committed. He will sit for hours waiting to get exactly the shot he wants. And I've seen him taking photos at events. You might have the mayor and entourage and one official Press photographer. He just climbs under the rope and positions himself exactly where he wants to be. I've never seen anyone tell him off or move him on!
Ncfc Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Just put some road kill in the bait freezer ready to take to a taxidermist i know. A female barn owl in good nick. I had one set up a few years ago and looks the nuts,would rather see them alive and well though. Will put picture up later. 1
Soulandy Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 IMG_1002.JPG Flock of lapwings with a few Dunlin( I think) amongst them A rare sight these days Steve See a lot of lapwings around the altrincham and Dunham area. Been around the fields for years. 1
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 See a lot of lapwings around the altrincham and Dunham area. Been around the fields for years. Just trying to remember from my days as an enthusiastic young ornithologist... Lapwing = green plover = peewit... Is that right? Any other names to add?
Ncfc Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Just trying to remember from my days as an enthusiastic young ornithologist... Lapwing = green plover = peewit... Is that right? Any other names to add? In Norfolk they are known as a Hornpie. 1
Amsterdam Russ Posted February 1, 2015 Author Posted February 1, 2015 In Norfolk they are known as a Hornpie. Ah, I thought there might be other, local, names! Thanks for that. Any idea how that description came to be??
Ncfc Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Ah, I thought there might be other, local, names! Thanks for that. Any idea how that description came to be?? No idea we are a strange breed,couple of others for you. Nannys diswasher = Pied wagtail. Herring spink=Goldcrest.(to do with local fishing industry) 1
Amsterdam Russ Posted February 1, 2015 Author Posted February 1, 2015 No idea we are a strange breed,couple of others for you. Nannys diswasher = Pied wagtail. Herring spink=Goldcrest.(to do with local fishing industry) Excellent, and how eccentrically British!
Ncfc Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Excellent, and how eccentrically British! Shame the Norfolk dialect is dying out will post some more up later.
Guest MBarrett Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Shame the Norfolk dialect is dying out I always like to think of Lord Nelson commanding the Fleet into battle with a broad Norfolk accent.
Amsterdam Russ Posted February 1, 2015 Author Posted February 1, 2015 Shame the Norfolk dialect is dying out will post some more up later. I grew up in Kent during the 2nd half of my childhood. A friend's grandfather had a broad rural Kentish accent - something that I think had almost completely disappeared by that time. It was difficult to understand what he was saying. Mind you, he lost all his teeth when he was kicked in the face by a horse in WWI, so that might have had something to do with it! False teeth aside, I remember asking for directions when we were out in the Kentish countryside one time and really didn't understand a word the guy was saying so thick was his local accent. 1
Steve S 60 Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 I always like to think of Lord Nelson commanding the Fleet into battle with a broad Norfolk accent. Just as well they had semaphore. 1
Guest Dirk Tiggler Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Photo from this morning on top of Walton Hill towards the end of a 10 mile run i'd done with three mates. We always stop at this bench as it's in memory of our mate who died tragically 4 years ago. He was only born Aug 1973, a time when most of us were getting into NS. I still get emotional when i think of the years he's been cheated out of. Ade
Guest MBarrett Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Just as well they had semaphore. Steve, Had to put my anorak on to make this post - but actually no semaphore as we know it in Nelson's time. It was still flags raised up the masts (or lamps in dark/fog) for orders and communication between ships.
Ncfc Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 I grew up in Kent during the 2nd half of my childhood. A friend's grandfather had a broad rural Kentish accent - something that I think had almost completely disappeared by that time. It was difficult to understand what he was saying. Mind you, he lost all his teeth when he was kicked in the face by a horse in WWI, so that might have had something to do with it! False teeth aside, I remember asking for directions when we were out in the Kentish countryside one time and really didn't understand a word the guy was saying so thick was his local accent. A few more bird names from Norfolk. Jill Hooter -owl Hedge Betty-Hedge Sparrow Harnser-Heron Buttle-Bittern Caddow/Cadder-Jackdaw Furrow Chuck-Whinchat Greenulf-Greenfinch King Harry-Goldfinch Oven Bird-Long Tailed Tit. Told you were a rum breed! 2
Shinehead Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 A few more bird names from Norfolk. Jill Hooter -owl Hedge Betty-Hedge Sparrow Harnser-Heron Buttle-Bittern Caddow/Cadder-Jackdaw Furrow Chuck-Whinchat Greenulf-Greenfinch King Harry-Goldfinch Oven Bird-Long Tailed Tit. Told you were a rum breed! Don,t know if these alternative bird names are just local to Yorkshire but here are a few. Scribbling Lark - Yellow Hammer Storm Cock - Mistle Thrush Spuggies - Sparrows 2
Ncfc Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Don,t know if these alternative bird names are just local to Yorkshire but here are a few. Scribbling Lark - Yellow Hammer Storm Cock - Mistle Thrush Spuggies - Sparrows Thought furrow chuck would take some beating....But storm cock:-) 2
Steve S 60 Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Steve, Had to put my anorak on to make this post - but actually no semaphore as we know it in Nelson's time. It was still flags raised up the masts (or lamps in dark/fog) for orders and communication between ships. Of course, it was Popham's Telegraphic Signals of Marine Vocabulary.
Winsford Soul Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Thought furrow chuck would take some beating....But storm cock:-) Chris. Storm cock refers to its habit of carrying on singing in the face of a storm. Steve 2
Guest MBarrett Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Of course, it was Popham's Telegraphic Signals of Marine Vocabulary. Steve You are so right. The official Signal Book was still in use for orders etc. but supplemented by Popham's code which allowed more normal "conversations" between ships. Used for the "England Expects" signal. You can tell what one of my other hobbies is. LOL
Amsterdam Russ Posted February 1, 2015 Author Posted February 1, 2015 A few more bird names from Norfolk. Jill Hooter -owl Hedge Betty-Hedge Sparrow Harnser-Heron Buttle-Bittern Caddow/Cadder-Jackdaw Furrow Chuck-Whinchat Greenulf-Greenfinch King Harry-Goldfinch Oven Bird-Long Tailed Tit. Told you were a rum breed! Don,t know if these alternative bird names are just local to Yorkshire but here are a few. Scribbling Lark - Yellow Hammer Storm Cock - Mistle Thrush Spuggies - Sparrows Absolutely fascinating! How did you guys learn these names? I mean, are/were they in regular use locally, are they part of the local/regional dialect, are they taught in schools locally? One of the reasons for asking is that I knew that a Mistle Thrush was also known as a Storm Cock. I think I learnt that from the Observer Book of Birds c.early 70s. Does that mean it was a common name that's just fallen out use or did it somehow gain greater prominence through something like a poem or a story?
Shinehead Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Absolutely fascinating! How did you guys learn these names? I mean, are/were they in regular use locally, are they part of the local/regional dialect, are they taught in schools locally? One of the reasons for asking is that I knew that a Mistle Thrush was also known as a Storm Cock. I think I learnt that from the Observer Book of Birds c.early 70s. Does that mean it was a common name that's just fallen out use or did it somehow gain greater prominence through something like a poem or a story? The three I quoted where names learned when I was growing up in Yorkshire , the Stormcock seems to be a name used widely the other two maybe regional. The reason the Yellowhammer is called a Scribbling Lark is because of the pattern on the birds egg.
Amsterdam Russ Posted February 1, 2015 Author Posted February 1, 2015 The three I quoted where names learned when I was growing up in Yorkshire , the Stormcock seems to be a name used widely the other two maybe regional. The reason the Yellowhammer is called a Scribbling Lark is because of the pattern on the birds egg. I hope someone's keeping a note of these for the benefit of future generations. They're to good to lose. I though 'Scribbling Lark' was obscure enough, but what's the logic behind 'Spuggies'? Sounds like a melding of 'Sparrows' and 'Budgies', but that's a wild guess on my part.
Winsford Soul Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 There seems to be a pattern emerging that areas of the country that have a very strong regional accent that hasn't been watered down with the influx of outsiders that these names still exist . Hope that makes sense Steve 1
Winsford Soul Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 I hope someone's keeping a note of these for the benefit of future generations. They're to good to lose. I though 'Scribbling Lark' was obscure enough, but what's the logic behind 'Spuggies'? Sounds like a melding of 'Sparrows' and 'Budgies', but that's a wild guess on my part. Vaguely remember sparrows being called spadgers Steve 1
Shinehead Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 I hope someone's keeping a note of these for the benefit of future generations. They're to good to lose. I though 'Scribbling Lark' was obscure enough, but what's the logic behind 'Spuggies'? Sounds like a melding of 'Sparrows' and 'Budgies', but that's a wild guess on my part. Don't know the reason for the name of Spuggies but your guess seems very plausible 1
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