Winsford Soul Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Zed1 said: Some of my old Rag Tops....... Vauxhall VX220. Built to promote the re-launch of the VX marque by Vauxhall who contracted Lotus to built it (based around the S2 Elise). Usual fantastic Lotus design & handling - usual Crap Lotus Build quality. Next was the TOTAL opposite. Audi TTR 225 Roadster. Fantastic build quality - Soulless Handling (a Golf in a party frock) Also, for some reason people kept asking me for a short back and sides?.... And EASILY the best of the lot. Honda S2000. The S2K was well built with great handling and one of the finest internal combustion engines EVER made. Gaz. hope you and the lovely Debs are good. You must have kept them well hidden and out of Runcorn to keep hold of them mate. Ste 1
Popular Post Martyn Pitt Posted February 27, 2016 Popular Post Posted February 27, 2016 A male Sparrowhawk landed on the top of the feeder rail for a nano second, unfortunately for him the smaller birds had seen him coming and all found somewhere to hide. I do love their eyes ... and look at those feet ... menacing 14
Amsterdam Russ Posted February 27, 2016 Author Posted February 27, 2016 17 minutes ago, martyn pitt said: A male Sparrowhawk landed on the top of the feeder rail for a nano second, unfortunately for him the smaller birds had seen him coming and all found somewhere to hide. I do love their eyes ... and look at those feet ... menacing That's a stunner! 1
Popular Post Amsterdam Russ Posted February 27, 2016 Author Popular Post Posted February 27, 2016 Been thinking holiday thoughts recently and we decided that in spite of the huge, huge immigration problem the island has faced this last year we'd go back to Lesvos. 8
Zed1 Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 On 25/02/2016 at 20:19, Winsford Soul said: Gaz. hope you and the lovely Debs are good. You must have kept them well hidden and out of Runcorn to keep hold of them mate. Ste We're good thanks Ste. I just took the tax out of the windows and left them parked on bricks on the drive so no one would notice. You off down the 'Principality' next weekend?.
Winsford Soul Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 8 hours ago, Zed1 said: We're good thanks Ste. I just took the tax out of the windows and left them parked on bricks on the drive so no one would notice. You off down the 'Principality' next weekend?. Only on the Saturday night mate. Thought I had better show my face with her majesty visiting from Bristol. You going to be accompanying The lovely Debs and the mad lot ? Be good as ever too see you or are you leaving it to the northern soul circus , chimps tea party that normally accompany such events ? delete as appropriate Ste
Zed1 Posted February 29, 2016 Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) 23 hours ago, Winsford Soul said: Only on the Saturday night mate. Thought I had better show my face with her majesty visiting from Bristol. You going to be accompanying The lovely Debs and the mad lot ? Be good as ever too see you or are you leaving it to the northern soul circus , chimps tea party that normally accompany such events ? delete as appropriate Always looked forward to Prestatyn Ste, but it's not for me these days. Debs will be there with her usual entourage though. Have a good weekend Fella. Edited February 29, 2016 by Zed1 1
Peter99 Posted March 1, 2016 Posted March 1, 2016 12 minutes ago, Addio said: London Eye And far to eye for me. I go all funny stood on the kerb. 1
Popular Post Chris L Posted March 2, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 2, 2016 Taken a Ropley, boy they got some cool looking steam locos there....................................... 8
Popular Post Addio Posted March 2, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 2, 2016 (edited) wish I was here on a day like today Edited March 2, 2016 by Addio 4
Steve S 60 Posted March 2, 2016 Posted March 2, 2016 My daughter Kat on Miami Beach this morning.... 1
Winsford Soul Posted March 2, 2016 Posted March 2, 2016 7 minutes ago, Steve S 60 said: My daughter Kat on Miami Beach this morning.... Very nice mate. She's got more hair than you Will be up for the very last Ukrainian club in April if you can make it. Be good to see you again. Steve
Peter99 Posted March 2, 2016 Posted March 2, 2016 17 minutes ago, Steve S 60 said: My daughter Kat on Miami Beach this morning.... Obviously gets her good looks from her mam! Nice photo Steve. 1
Steve S 60 Posted March 2, 2016 Posted March 2, 2016 1 minute ago, Winsford Soul said: Very nice mate. She's got more hair than you Will be up for the very last Ukrainian club in April if you can make it. Be good to see you again. Steve A bit more hair, but she's inherited my good looks, Steve ?. Enjoyed the last one at the Uki so hope to catch the last one ever. See you there. 1
Popular Post Winsford Soul Posted March 4, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 4, 2016 Its been snowing heavily in Manchester today, just been out in the back garden Steve 7
Winsford Soul Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 Its been snowing now for hours up here in Manchester. Can I get the iconic picture of a Robin in the snow. NO. I have Robins in my garden daily, don't know where they're hiding but I,m not giving up, just come inside for a nice cup of tea and to thaw out a bit Steve 1
Martyn Pitt Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 28 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: Its been snowing now for hours up here in Manchester. Can I get the iconic picture of a Robin in the snow. NO. I have Robins in my garden daily, don't know where they're hiding but I,m not giving up, just come inside for a nice cup of tea and to thaw out a bit Steve They will be sheltering from the snow, thinking look at that daft lump stood out in this 2
Popular Post Zed1 Posted March 4, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 4, 2016 5 hours ago, Winsford Soul said: I have Robins in my garden daily, don't know where they're hiding Steve Maybe they've all gone to Prestatyn Ste. Ours a few years ago in the snow...... 6
Ncfc Posted March 5, 2016 Posted March 5, 2016 21 hours ago, Winsford Soul said: Its been snowing now for hours up here in Manchester. Can I get the iconic picture of a Robin in the snow. NO. I have Robins in my garden daily, don't know where they're hiding but I,m not giving up, just come inside for a nice cup of tea and to thaw out a bit Steve Steve set your fishing tackle up in back garden.Pint of maggots and sure one will show up. 1
Quinvy Posted March 5, 2016 Posted March 5, 2016 4 hours ago, NCFC said: Steve set your fishing tackle up in back garden.Pint of maggots and sure one will show up. Caster is the best bird bait. They don't bugger off and they bloody love them.
Amsterdam Russ Posted March 9, 2016 Author Posted March 9, 2016 Yesterday on Facebook, a friend on the Greek island of Lesvos posted up a freshly-taken pic of a group of swallows, which means that they're on their way… 1
Winsford Soul Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Russell Gilbert said: Yesterday on Facebook, a friend on the Greek island of Lesvos posted up a freshly-taken pic of a group of swallows, which means that they're on their way… Russell. That's great news. My favourite bird. It just epitomises spring and summer for me. Last year was the earliest that I can remember seeing them in the UK. 7th April I have seen Sand Martins and House Martins in late March but never Swallows. Steve
Ncfc Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 On 3/2/2016 at 19:53, Steve S 60 said: My daughter Kat on Miami Beach this morning.... Steve i have a daughter called kat also:-) 3
Amsterdam Russ Posted March 9, 2016 Author Posted March 9, 2016 1 minute ago, Winsford Soul said: Russell. That's great news. My favourite bird. It just epitomises spring and summer for me. Last year was the earliest that I can remember seeing them in the UK. 7th April I have seen Sand Martins and House Martins in late March but never Swallows. Steve Have to agree - they epitomise the summer as do the swifts, which I just love hear screaming through bright sunshine and cloudless skies. They're my soundtrack to summer. Come on all of you guys - get a move on! I'm a bit concerned though. Considering current attitudes to migrants coming through Greece, will they be allowed to enter the UK? 1
Winsford Soul Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 4 minutes ago, Russell Gilbert said: Have to agree - they epitomise the summer as do the swifts, which I just love hear screaming through bright sunshine and cloudless skies. They're my soundtrack to summer. Come on all of you guys - get a move on! I'm a bit concerned though. Considering current attitudes to migrants coming through Greece, will they be allowed to enter the UK? Russell. That's a great idea mate. If they can fly allow them in. Steve 1
Popular Post Suzannek Posted March 10, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 10, 2016 8The Lesser Celandines are starting to appear down my favourite woods, spring is on its way. Althouğh as William Wordsworth said in his poem about this lovely wildflower 'ere a leaf is on a bush, in the time before the thrush has a thought about her nest.' Then it goes onto say 'telling tales about the sun when we've little warmth or none' We have 10 flowers appeared now. Also the Opposite Leaved Golden Saxifrage is starting to come through to carpet the woods in a sea of gold (top photo) 7
Tattoodave Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 On 09/03/2016 at 14:55, Winsford Soul said: Russell. That's great news. My favourite bird. It just epitomises spring and summer for me. Last year was the earliest that I can remember seeing them in the UK. 7th April I have seen Sand Martins and House Martins in late March but never Swallows. Steve Just back from Huelva, plenty of swallows and swifts heading north, you can expect them within a week. 3
Popular Post Tattoodave Posted March 12, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 12, 2016 This swallowtail butterfly obliged yesterday, first time I've got close to one. 9
Popular Post Tattoodave Posted March 12, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 12, 2016 Happy, the dog, in the dunes at Conil 7
Popular Post Tattoodave Posted March 12, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 12, 2016 This is a modern cathedral at El Palmar de Troya, with a high wall around it, possibly because they are a small schismatic church that has split away from the mainstream Catholic church and have their own pontiff. A pretty place, but not very welcoming. 5
Popular Post Crazylegs Posted March 13, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 13, 2016 (edited) Inside Palma cathedral. My apologies I am not religious, but I love religious buildings and architecture and in particular cathedrals. I believe this is to signify the Holy Trinity ??? sorry if Ive got that wrong, just thought it was stunning and should be shared. It was added by Gaudi 50 years after the Cathedral was completed. x Edited March 13, 2016 by crazylegs 11
Tattoodave Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 3 hours ago, crazylegs said: Inside Palma cathedral. My apologies I am not religious, but I love religious buildings and architecture and in particular cathedrals. I believe this is to signify the Holy Trinity ??? sorry if Ive got that wrong, just thought it was stunning and should be shared. It was added by Gaudi 50 years after the Cathedral was completed. x The Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma, more commonly referred to as La Seu (a title also used by many other churches), is a Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral located in Palma, Majorca, Spain, built on the site of a pre-existing Arab mosque. It is 121 metres long, 55 metres wide and its nave is 44 metres tall. By way of comparison, the height of the central nave reaches 33m in Notre Dame de Paris, 38m in Reims, 42m in Notre-Dame d'Amiens and 48m in Saint-Pierre de Beauvais, the highest of all Gothic cathedrals. Designed in the Catalan Gothic style but with Northern European influences, it was begun by King James I of Aragon in 1229 but finished only in 1601. It sits within the old city of Palma atop the former citadel of the Roman city, between the Royal Palace of La Almudaina and the episcopal palace. It also overlooks the Parc de la Mar and the Mediterranean Sea. In 1901, fifty years after a restoration of the cathedral had started, Antoni Gaudí was invited to take over the project. While some of his ideas were adopted – moving the choir stalls from the middle nave to be closer to the altar, as well as a large canopy – Gaudí abandoned his work in 1914 after an argument with the contractor. The planned changes were essentially cosmetic rather than structural, and the project was cancelled soon after. You weren't that far out in your 50 year bit, although it was 50 years after the restoration was started, rather than the cathedral completed, as that would have been 1651. All this courtesy of Wikipedia.
Popular Post Tattoodave Posted March 13, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 13, 2016 Leucojum tricophyllum in abundance near Lepe, Andalucia. 6
Popular Post Kev John Posted March 13, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 13, 2016 (edited) This is my Yorkie on the 11th March he knows how to keep warm atb Kev Edited March 13, 2016 by Kev John 5
Tattoodave Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 23 minutes ago, Kev John said: This is my Yorkie on the 11th March he knows how to keep warm atb Kev I can only guess as to how cold it is, it's 15C here at the moment and my dog doesn't seem to mind that at all. 2
Kev John Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, TattooDave said: I can only guess as to how cold it is, it's 15C here at the moment and my dog doesn't seem to mind that at all. Dave 13c outside today Its always 20c in our house i feel the cold more now But he's got a thick coat on all the time Edited March 13, 2016 by Kev John 1
Tattoodave Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 1 minute ago, Kev John said: Dave Its always 20c in our house i feel the cold more now But he's got a thick coat on all the time I don't put the heating on here Kev, it's not needed, I don't wear socks, and am in tee shirts all year. Happy probably feels the cold more than me. 1
Popular Post Suzannek Posted March 15, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 15, 2016 Did a seven and a half mile walk today where I live. Signs of Spring. looking over the fields at Wham where I live. walk along the bottom of Cockfield Fell and the River Gaunless Lesser Celandine are coming through 14.3.16 7
Popular Post Suzannek Posted March 15, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 15, 2016 Frog spawn on the pond at the bottom of Cockfield Fell and Crow Howle Beck 14.3.16 8
Winsford Soul Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Three white tailed bumble bees in my garden today, Spring definitely here Steve 3
Popular Post Peter99 Posted March 17, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 17, 2016 The Nottingham University Peregrines are back! You can see the first egg of 2016 being laid here- https://twitter.com/NTUEnvironment/status/709777195577810944/video/1 and then watch the rest of the laying, hatching and hopefully successful fledgings here live................ http://www.ntu.ac.uk/sustainability/biodiversity/falcons/index.html?campaignid=falcons It's a roller coaster every year! Peter 5
Popular Post Amsterdam Russ Posted March 18, 2016 Author Popular Post Posted March 18, 2016 Took a midweek afternoon trip to a nearby pancake house/cafe on what was a lovely, sunny spring day (bit of a nippy breeze though). It's a favourite haunt in the Amsterdam woods and we stopped long enough to catch the sun setting over Schiphol airport. The pancake house has a number of deer there with the males showing definite signs of spring fever! 6
Ncfc Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 2 hours ago, Russell Gilbert said: Took a midweek afternoon trip to a nearby pancake house/cafe on what was a lovely, sunny spring day (bit of a nippy breeze though). It's a favourite haunt in the Amsterdam woods and we stopped long enough to catch the sun setting over Schiphol airport. The pancake house has a number of deer there with the males showing definite signs of spring fever! Last shot had me thinking big pike. 2
Amsterdam Russ Posted March 18, 2016 Author Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) 6 minutes ago, NCFC said: Last shot had me thinking big pike. You wouldn't be wrong. Lots of big pike in the waterways around us. Have a look here. They're all local pics... http://www.schweglerbotenverhuur.nl/vangsten%20op%20locatie%202006.htm Edited March 18, 2016 by Russell Gilbert 2
Ncfc Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 1 hour ago, Russell Gilbert said: You wouldn't be wrong. Lots of big pike in the waterways around us. Have a look here. They're all local pics... http://www.schweglerbotenverhuur.nl/vangsten%20op%20locatie%202006.htm Have you got a spare room? 3
Popular Post Ncfc Posted March 18, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 18, 2016 Russel i used to be able to catch them. 4
Amsterdam Russ Posted March 18, 2016 Author Posted March 18, 2016 50 minutes ago, NCFC said: Have you got a spare room? Nope, but there's a hotel nearby and we're very close to Schiphol!
Popular Post Amsterdam Russ Posted March 18, 2016 Author Popular Post Posted March 18, 2016 They say that our jobs will be replaced by robots. I'm going the other way and taking over theirs. They'll never know what hit 'em and they'll never know it's me! 7
Popular Post Winsford Soul Posted March 18, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 18, 2016 Here's a few from me from today at a very gloomy and overcast RSPB reserve at Burton Mere A Wood Pidgeon and a pair of Lapwings sky dancing which was taken with a long lens and cropped heavily Steve 8
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