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Russell. Dave the man for the flowers mate. Nice pictures by the way Steve

That's got to be a misplaced decimal point and zero surely Steve

Heard a chiffchaff singing this morning. And I heard but couldn't see what sounded like a flock of parakeets flyover. Apparently there's quite a few in the Manchester area Steve

Off topic but Best buy for me was a manfrotto pro tripod and three way pan and tilt head £10 over £200 New. Back on topic I didn't know there was a volume three Steve

Seen House Martin's today in the Heywood Area. Steve

Seen three Swallows today flying in a southerly direction. Can't see there being many more sighting from the Manchester/ Cheshire area's Steve

September's the month for daddy long legs. Get a few early Aug then they tend to peak this month before the first frosts kill them off. Fish especially trout love them and can be caught quiet readily on a imitation daddy long legs fly. In Ireland they use the live adults in a method called dapping which basically involves hooking the fly gently so it's still alive then lowering it onto the waters surface so that it looks like it's landed naturally to fool the trout into taking the bait. Steve

Steve. I will say it for you. I like it and would have said about £150/ £200 Steve

Russ. Never even thought of anyone would be still doing this. But with today's technologies bet you could make some superb recordings.so Andy , Butch, etc if you see me stood next to the stage next time your DJ,ing I'm listening and not recording your set's. Honestly. Not like back in the day trying to get a cassette recorder on the stage at Wigan and having batteries for the thing which was probably the hardest part. Steve

Thank you kind sir. Steve

Spider picture taken this morning to make sure all the setting where ok before I set of on my travels after yesterdays fiasco with image stabilisation Steve

Ade. I can make it out if I enlarge the picture. nice one Steve

The last Swallows of summer ? Taken today flying high over the horseshoe pass above Llangollen Steve

The two dragonflies taken yesterday with the image stabilisation turned off on my lens (gutted ) Steve

underside view The view across the viaduct which is 126ft above the river dee Steve

upstream view downstream view Pontcysyllte Viaduct. World heritage site Steve

Thought I had already posted this but for me it had to be Eddie Holman at Lowton civic.it was a privilege to be there. Chuck Jackson. Dells. Masqueraders. Four Tops. Temptations. Edwin Starr. Supremes. Manhattan's.Terry Callier . Brenda Holloway.The list is endless. ps forgot about jnr walker at the casino Steve

Nolan chance. Just like the weather. Constellation. $598 what's that in real money. Whatever it is it seem expensive. Would have thought about £250 but hey what do I know apart from its a class record. Steve

The last one I could find went for a amazing $6800 back in April this year Steve

Russell. I'm with Martyn on this one. There's so much more than picture's shared on this thread. The informative comments. The questions that arise from the photographs etc etc. Still a fantastic thread after all this time and posts. Steve

Chalky. I remember it from keele. Can't remember who played it and I also remember it from tonys, didn't know it was you Mick that played it, didn't know who it was. I also remember it on the white boot and it was definitely after the Gladys knight. Too late. So me thinks late 94 ish Steve

Thanks Martyn. It was mostly green with blue band's.about 3 1/2" maybe 4" long. And another I seen was red with orange bands but that was about 2" long Steve

Frank Wright's where I believe the original comos. Used to have a pair when I was at secondary school they like all school shoes got wrecked. Bought some royal brogues in about 1978, still got them, knackered now but can't bear to throw them out. I do remember the last time I got them soled and heeled that it cost me way more than the £17 that the shoes cost me originally. Steve

Was out and about locally today and I finally managed to get a dragonfly picture but when I looked at my camera settings I had turned off the image stabilization so the picture turned out a bit blurred. Gutted. Note to myself CHECK camera settings before I try to use it. Will post image when I get chance so Martyn can identify it for me (please). I think it's a hawker of some description Steve

That's fabulous news. Not seen any in Manchester/north west apart from one near Chester about two years ago, but I don't think it will be to many year's before their are regular sightings of them all over the north of England. Steve