A photo of the day thread

[Langtoftlad]

View attachment 149340 West pier Brighton today, with the wind I kept thinking it was going to collapse into the sea it looks so vulnerable .

Great photo - so sad - but it's of another era, not this one.

 

[Robert Clark]

Beauty in Nature
Pattern in frost

 

[Jenben]

Contis plage, lunchtime stroll today.

 

[GeriatricWanderer]

Not today but yesterday in our local game park.

Always keep an eye on your rear view mirror - you never know what's coming up behind you.

 

[Mikey RV]

Not today but yesterday in our local game park.

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Always keep an eye on your rear view mirror - you never know what's coming up behind you.

Nice one, where was that. When I was in South Africa I went to addo elephant park and because the lady who took us there knew the rangers we were able to go where the tourists were not allowed. Got up close to some bloody big elephants, and at one stage we had to get away a bit quick. When they are in mus they are a bit dangerous. Fantastic creatures though and bigger than most peaple relies.

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[GeriatricWanderer]

Nice one, where was that. When I was in South Africa I went to addo elephant park and because the lady who took us there knew the rangers we were able to go where the tourists were not allowed. Got up close to some bloody big elephants, and at one stage we had to get away a bit quick. When they are in musk they are a bit dangerous. Fantastic creatures though and bigger than most peaple relies.

Yes, that was Addo. We usually get there 2 or 3 times a year and have learnt where to look to find them.
Been very little rain here so the herds mostly congregate at the big waterholes - last week there were more than 300 at one.
Gentle giants indeed but only if you respect that you're in their space. A couple of years ago there was a group of Germans in a VW Kombi who got bored watching them just standing by the road and wanted some action photos so they lobbed a few beer cans at one bull..........
They were very lucky to get out before their Kombi was rolled into the ditch.
We will make our last 2017 visit next week.

 

[Beakster]

Before and after. I'll be keeping the roof cleaner than the previous owner did.

 

[jumartoo]

A Dolmen in Portugal. I'm there just for perspective!

 

[Kevinthecat]

It was like a summers day in Brighton today. This evening, a tad chilly, Laika the wonder dog is knackered due to all the walking and the fun she had with a beach ball. The i360 looked impressive in the sunshine .

 

[jollyrodger]

The Exe estuary today waiting for the tide after a scrub up before lifting for a refit .
Picked the right day ,more luck than judgement

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[Kiwi Brit]

Before and after. I'll be keeping the roof cleaner than the previous owner did.

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Can you please tell me what cleaner you were using thanks in advance.

 

[Beakster]

Can you please tell me what cleaner you were using thanks in advance.

Sure, it was Fenwick's Motorhome Cleaner... and a lot of elbow grease! In places there was lichen growing and I had to use a light abrasive sponge, one you would use for teflon pans, and just gently.

 

[Beakster]

We were in Saffron Walden last week. Here's an interesting array of pipes from the organ in St Mary's church.

 

[icantremember]

We were in Saffron Walden last week. Here's an interesting array of pipes from the organ in St Mary's church.View attachment 149600

I had one of those on my Ford Cortina in the 1970's ... it played Colonel Bogey, La Cucaracha and a few others.

 

[CWH]

Went for a walk to clear my head yesterday afternoon. This is just a bit west along the coast path about 4 pm. Very flat, calm seas. You can just about make out Godrevy lighthouse in the centre background, with St Ives just behind.

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[CWH]

So! while I was posting yesterday's picture, I saw a wren really close to the window & picked up my camera. Well the wren flew off but look what I got in the gnarly old crab-apple tree!!! Little blighter was darting about like crazy so it was difficult to get it in the frame but YIPPEE - I haven't seen a goldcrest here for quite a few years!

 

[JJ]

Think he/she might have been a tad upset had she known I had just roasted a lump of an English cousin the night before...

Yummy.


JJ

 

[Mikey RV]

This was yesterday, on a aire called Pont D Ouilly, parked overlooking the river Orme. Was watching these oversized rats, think there called Coypu. There were four of them.

 

[trophychap]

yes they are Coypu a Frenchman told me they make good Pate!!!!

 

[movan]

yes they are Coypu a Frenchman told me they make good Pate!!!!

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[buttons]

This was yesterday, on a aire called Pont D Ouilly, parked overlooking the river Orme. Was watching these oversized rats, think there called Coypu. There were four of them.
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We get a lot of them in Norfolk.....

 

[buttons]

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Think he/she might have been a tad upset had she known I had just roasted a lump of an English cousin the night before...

Yummy.


JJ

Is that a plastic cow.....

 

[Langtoftlad]

The are considered to be pests Joy.
Originally brought in from South America, to be farmed for their fur.
Some escaped or were released when the fur trade declined. They destroy river banks & vegetation, the habitat for native species thus threatening their existence.
River Rat is a good description.

 

[maison]

They destroy river banks too.

Last year our local fishing lake, in France, sprung a leak in its bank due to coypu digging. Took three days to dig out, repair and refill lake to original level.

 

[movan]

The are considered to be pests Joy.
Originally brought in from South America, to be farmed for their fur.
Some escaped or were released when the fur trade declined. They destroy river banks & vegetation, the habitat for native species thus threatening their existence.
River Rat is a good description.

Ah .. so the problem started with man interfering with Nature again ... like starfish, cane toads and myxomatosis..

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[Mikey RV]

We get a lot of them in Norfolk.....

Are they still in certain parts of England then. I have never heard of them before in England only in France and then the only one I saw was a dead one on a road near twin lakes last year. Asked Gary what it was and he told me it was a pest.

 

[John.]

A picture paints a thousand words !!!

 

[John.]

Got visitors from home this week xxx

 

[Paul and Kate]

Kate arrived home from work tonight with a little prezzie for me
A signed copy of James Martins French Adventure recipe book
Thinks Kates after something

 

[yodeli]

yes they are Coypu a Frenchman told me they make good Pate!!!!

A lot of French homeless people living on rivers banks in summer make a good meal out of them! They say it is very good and taste like chicken... Sorry Joy, but some people have no other choice!

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