Show Us Your Great Photos (2018)

[Sooty]

21 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Nice picture's  Sooty.  Keep popping up on here mate, it's been quite.  

Steve 

I asked Mike if you lot are causing any grief and he said no....so things are quiet Steve!!x Sorry I ain’t been making any noise in here but I restrict it to the real world these days...still got Grenfell...Peedo activity in the football world catching perpetrators and bringing to account wrongdoers on me plate...and manage to fit in 1400 mile treks around the UK sorting all kinds of things out...which keeps me mellow tbh!x However I have had discussions with folk now running Blackpool’s comedy carpet....and theee comedian has been removed at long last. I now believe that function can go forward and reach its potential and may invest some of my spare time into helping that happen...so still got my hand in so to speak and indeed buying tunes.....dunno where I’m gonna spin them tho’...hehe!x I popped in to share info on another function I’ve been involved in since Frank Byrne (RIP x) started it....the Printworks! I couldn’t post the link to a film I made which has had 50,000 hits in 2 weeks but Mike has sorted it so it will be an article as such which he is featuring on the site this evening!x All good and great to hear from you!x

LUV

SOOTY

X

Edited September 11, 2018 by SOOTY

[Steve S 60]

Can't take credit for this one, it was taken by my youngest lad Joe.  However I will be having words with him and his girlfriend for feeding my dog rubbish......

 

[Martyn Pitt]

A couple more Dragonfly images from the weekend, including a pair mating

 

[Winsford Soul]

Had to share this off my news feed.  Western cape in South Africa has had some late spring snow. Amazing to see Giraffes in their natural environment stood on snow. 

Edited September 11, 2018 by Winsford Soul

[Martyn Pitt]

Hey Steve that Canon 500mm has got some reach ... Manchester to Africa 

 

You sure that was not taken in a Safari Park in the UK and someone is pulling your leg 

[Winsford Soul]

8 minutes ago, martyn pitt said:

Hey Steve that Canon 500mm has got some reach ... Manchester to Africa 

 

You sure that was not taken in a Safari Park in the UK and someone is pulling your leg 

Ha ha. No mate. Guardian news feed

Edited September 11, 2018 by Winsford Soul

[Mal C]

Back in Albox in southern Spain. Peluqeria obviously means hairdressers, great sign and no wonder her hair is like that... Es muy muy calido y humedo aqui... 

 

Edited September 11, 2018 by Mal C

[Philb]

Frescoes on the ceiling of baths in Pompeii. 

The Vatican through the fountain. 

[Philb]

A lizard on the way up Vesuvius and a chariot racing arena in Rome. 

[Mal C]

On the beach tonight...

Edited September 11, 2018 by Mal C

[Winsford Soul]

Here's something you don't see every day a Heron with three fish at once, I could,nt believe what I was seeing

Steve

 

[Winsford Soul]

Kingfisher . Not to be left out caught its own fish. Shaken not stirred

Steve

 

Edited September 12, 2018 by Winsford Soul

[Milliontearsoul]

East of west !

 

Edited September 13, 2018 by milliontearsoul

[Amsterdam Russ]

Stunning sunset in the Netherlands this evening.

 

 

[Derek Pearson]

On 07/09/2018 at 11:51, Derek Pearson said:

Immediately behind and running parallel to this big stone wall was an old single track railway line that serviced some old goods yards. In the middle of the picture you can just see the top of the old metal footbridge which crossed over the railway line.

A few hundred yards away to the left of the picture was the old Bradford Park Avenue Football Club ground (still in use at the time), a club I used to support as a young teenager due to living nearby.

Pictures of the old Bradford Park Avenue FC ground taken by me 07.09.18

[Derek Pearson]

Picture of the overgrown Kop End terracing at Bradford Park Avenue's old ground taken by me 07.09.18.

 

Also the bricked-in recesses where the turnstiles had previously been installed. Note the five shilling entrance price painted on the wall assumed to be dated from early 1970. Probably from the final ever Football League Division Four match against Scunthorpe United at the old Horton Park Avenue ground on Saturday 4th April 1970 (attendance 2,563). A young Kevin Keegan helped Scunthorpe to a resounding 5-0 win.

 

A few months later the club was voted out of the football league.

[Winsford Soul]

Rowan berries glowing in the evening sunshine 

[Derek Pearson]

On 08/09/2018 at 10:18, Widnes63 said:

Derek, after reading the poem my youngest daughter Melissa searched on line and found this article, are the other poems in your neck of the woods ?  https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/08/bush-sings-new-praises-to-literary-heroin

 

By the way,  your dog has the perfect pose.

Ste.

Please say thank you to your youngest daughter for that link to The Guardian article - very interesting reading indeed.

 

It appears the other 3 poems - along with the Kate Bush one as featured in my photo - are all situated somewhere in between Haworth and Thornton which are only 5 miles or so apart.

 

For the last 5 years or so every year me and the dog take a sponsored 5 mile walk (amusingly called 'Bark In The Park') around the Temple Newsam Estate in Leeds to raise money for St Gemma's Hospice. To capture the occasion and for a nominal fee they have a photographer on hand at the finishing line ready to take pictures of your favourite hound.

 

Derek

 

[Tomangoes]

Sunset over La Gomera

 

Ed

[Mal C]

In Burgos in Northern Spain tonight, bloody good wine and the town is 'especial'! 

 

[Mal C]

my youngest enjoying a bit of 'Espanol pintada' ! 

 

 

[Tomangoes]

Could do with this guy making a comeback....

 

Ed

[Mal C]

 Burgos centro en noche 

[Winsford Soul]

Here's a few from a very windswept West shore of Llandudno

Steve

[Winsford Soul]

Kite surfers

Steve

[Swifty]

On 18/09/2018 at 12:05, tomangoes said:

Could do with this guy making a comeback....

 

Ed

He'll not get arrow far , no bloody string !

[Mal C]

A night in the Bay of Biscay, lord god never again! The two calm ones of These were taken at dusk when all seemed calm! It dident roll like that through the night, the next two with ship in distance were bright and early this morning, I think it’s the European Atlantic before we enter the channel...??

Edited September 21, 2018 by Mal C

[Steve S 60]

4 minutes ago, Mal C said:

A night in the Bay of Biscay, lord god never again! These were taken at dusk when all seemed calm! It dident roll like that !! 

Lost count of the number of times I've crossed the Bay of Biscay, but can probably count the good crossings on one hand.

[Mal C]

My poor wife Liza, she had a terrible time, I bought the band, we drank flat coke but nothing worked... she looked green this morning  

Edited September 21, 2018 by Mal C

[Peter99]

Slow but sure, the major refurbishment of the derelict house I live in progresses. 

 

 

 

[Peter99]

Last one for now. 

 

 

[Middleman]

1 hour ago, Peter99 said:

Slow but sure, the major refurbishment of the derelict house I live in progresses. 

 

 

 

Clocks still on the wall though.

[Winsford Soul]

13 minutes ago, middleman said:

Clocks still on the wall though.

Pete didn't have time to take it down. 

Hat, coat , door, just leaving 

Steve 

[Peter99]

19 minutes ago, middleman said:

Clocks still on the wall though.

Thats there to inform when it's 8.00pm. That's when the vodka and cider bar opens.

 

 

 

[Peter99]

I'm mainly doing the house for my new mate. I would be happy to wander round in a derelict house, pissed, for the not so see able future!

 

[Winsford Soul]

1 hour ago, Peter99 said:

Slow but sure, the major refurbishment of the derelict house I live in progresses. 

 

 

 

Pete. What is that growing out of the wall ? Forgot to ask you about it 

Steve 

[Winsford Soul]

Got treated to a new  Gitzo 45ltr camera bag today off Lou. Ready for the adventure that life throws at me.

Steve 

[Mal C]

My god Steve, you could a Camino with that bag! I guess it’s all about your lenses,..

[Winsford Soul]

8 minutes ago, Mal C said:

My god Steve, you could a Camino with that bag! I guess it’s all about your lenses,..

Ha ha. Mal it's only got 3 lenses in it plus 1 camera and a few small accessories.  Plus there's room for clothing, which is a first for any  camera bag. The beauty of it is that the camera compartment lifts out and I'm left with a fantastic hiking bag suitable for proper hiking trips. Seriously  expensive  but its got everything 

Steve 

 

[Winsford Soul]

The area of the bag above the Gitzo label unfolds and it's large enough for gortex jacket,  pants and a down jacket.  

Steve 

Edited September 21, 2018 by Winsford Soul

[Peter99]

4 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Pete. What is that growing out of the wall ? Forgot to ask you about it 

Steve 

Thats where the old boiler was Steve. Its just insulating material which is blocking a fair size hole in the wall which was left when the boiler was ripped out.

 

[Peter99]

10 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Ha ha. Mal it's only got 3 lenses in it plus 1 camera and a few small accessories.  Plus there's room for clothing, which is a first for any  camera bag. The beauty of it is that the camera compartment lifts out and I'm left with a fantastic hiking bag suitable for proper hiking trips. Seriously  expensive  but its got everything 

Steve 

 

That's a nice gift from Lou Steve. Well deserved too, given the commitment you've put in to hone your photography skills. A professional such as yourself needs top gear like that. Keep on getting those fab photo's for us to enjoy.

 

 

Pete

[Soulandy]

Just had a week in Corfu. warm and sunny. A couple of sunsets, beach and the evening sun on Cape Drástis

[Soulandy]

Cricket, Toad & Swan @ Corfu

[Tomangoes]

Tenerife surfers beach.

 

Ed

[Tomangoes]

Free WiFi with this airline!

 

Just getting back to Blighty...

 

Ed

[Peter99]

My new best mate is now officially my boy. He comes to live with me on the 10th of October. Ace.

 

[Winsford Soul]

17 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

My new best mate is now officially my boy. He comes to live with me on the 10th of October. Ace.

 

That's fantastic news mate.  So chuffed for you.  Looking forward to seeing the pictures 

Steve 

[Bbrich]

In Ibiza last week, took this whilst taking a break from the clubbing/partying.....    stormy conditions made for a moody look (the rock & me).

 

 

[Bbrich]

and a few of the sunset from cafe mambo, San Antonio........... nice with vodka tonic in hand and some soulfulhouse in the background...