A new year and a new photo thread to keep us entertained through the months ahead.

My first addition is something suitably seasonal - a wintery scene taken in the Amsterdam woods.

All contributions very much welcomed, and if the photos we've seen in previous years is anything to go by, we've a lot to look forward to.

Enjoy!

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......

 

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

 

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, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

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 

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, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

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, 20186 yr by Mal C

Frescoes on the ceiling of baths in Pompeii. 

The Vatican through the fountain. 

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

On the beach tonight...

Edited September 11, 20186 yr by Mal C

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

 

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

Steve

 

Edited September 12, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

East of west !

 

Edited September 13, 20186 yr by milliontearsoul

Stunning sunset in the Netherlands this evening.

 

 

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

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.

Rowan berries glowing in the evening sunshine 

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

 

Sunset over La Gomera

 

Ed

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

 

my youngest enjoying a bit of 'Espanol pintada' ! 

 

 

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

 

Ed

 Burgos centro en noche 

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

Steve

Kite surfers

Steve

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 !

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, 20186 yr by Mal C

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.

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, 20186 yr by Mal C

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

 

 

 

Last one for now. 

 

 

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.

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 

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.

 

 

 

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!

 

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 

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

Steve 

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

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 

 

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, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

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.

 

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

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

Cricket, Toad & Swan @ Corfu

Tenerife surfers beach.

 

Ed

Free WiFi with this airline!

 

Just getting back to Blighty...

 

Ed

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

 

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 

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

 

 

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

 

 

8 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

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

Steve 

Thanks Steve

 

I know he's going to change my life, and I will change his. I'm really excited. I have the option to bring him to work with me and I've just taken delivery of a large stair gate to be fitted to my office door.

 

Peter