A photo of the day thread

[jockaneezer]

Two couples we knew hired a cruiser on the Norfolk Broads a few years ago. To get some "quality" time, it was agreed that for a period of the day, one couple would stay on deck for two or three hours while cruising to the next overnight stop, giving the other couple some privacy below decks. Shortly into a session, my mate at the wheel started stamping on the deck and shouting "quick Neil, come and see this, what is it ?"
Neil duly pulled his trousers on and stuck his head through the hatch and sighted the huge water rat, "it's a coypu interruptus" was his disgruntled reply.

 

[MillieMoocher]

It's pancake day, so show us your pancakes!

Breakfast of buckwheat and cinnamon pancakes, crispy bacon, maple syrup and coffee.

Yummy!

 

[suavecarve]

Shere, very nice!

I looked after Cameron Diaz here a few years ago. Paid for stalking her for a couple of days ! It is very pretty. The film "Holiday" was filmed here and i think the church scene in one of the weddings in "4 weddings and a funeral"

 

[Mikey RV]

Visited the Normandy American war graves today, very moving place.

 

[MillieMoocher]

Visited the Normandy American war graves today, very moving place.
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We went last year on a tour round the area. Very moving.

It's incredible in the cemeteries how the crosses always seem to be in straight lines no matter where you look from.

Humbling experience.

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[aldhp21]

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!

You did well to catch it, they're very quick.

 

[trophychap]

Coypu were originally introduced into the fens to keep the drains clear of weeds as they are vegetarians, no one foresaw the damage they would do to the banks "doh" so a bounty was introduced of two shillings each I think it was might have been one though, to eradicate them. I didn't know there were still any left in the wild now.

The headstones at the American cemetery are laid out with a metal grid that is why they are all perfectly aligned, I believe it started at Arlington originally.

Now waiting for someone to blow me out of the water following those statements. Tin hat on and head down.

 

[jockaneezer]

I think coypu were farmed for their fur, it was called something like nutria. Mind a nutria jacket sounds better than giant rat skin coat.

 

[jockaneezer]

It's pancake day, so show us your pancakes!

Here's my offering, American style pancakes with hot black cherry pie filling and clotted cream ice cream

 

[CWH]

Here's my offering, American style pancakes with hot black cherry pie filling and clotted cream ice cream
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Nah, THIS is American style

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[CWH]

Went down to the village shop this afternoon .....

 

[CWH]

..... the sea was a bit rough

 

[jockaneezer]

Our son called us last night to say he'd found a lost dog whilst out walking his GWP. Council dog pound just went to a recorded message so Val started looking online. Found and contacted the owners within 5 minutes and the dog was reunited within twenty minutes after having been missing for 9 days in the Borderlands. We asked Joe if they were pleased to see her, he said they didn't seem too fussed, they actually scolded the dog, leaves a bad taste in your mouth, she was a little cutie.

 

[CWH]

Our son called us last night to say he'd found a lost dog whilst out walking his GWP. Council dog pound just went to a recorded message so Val started looking online. Found and contacted the owners within 5 minutes and the dog was reunited within twenty minutes after having been missing for 9 days in the Borderlands. We asked Joe if they were pleased to see her, he said they didn't seem too fussed, they actually scolded the dog, leaves a bad taste in your mouth, she was a little cutie.
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That seems a sad outcome for the little dog, she looks so lovely and wanting to please.

 

[Manic]

Our son called us last night to say he'd found a lost dog whilst out walking his GWP. Council dog pound just went to a recorded message so Val started looking online. Found and contacted the owners within 5 minutes and the dog was reunited within twenty minutes after having been missing for 9 days in the Borderlands. We asked Joe if they were pleased to see her, he said they didn't seem too fussed, they actually scolded the dog, leaves a bad taste in your mouth, she was a little cutie.
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Maybe not lost but escaping

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[buttons]

View attachment 149954 Got visitors from home this week xxx

They look to be a very happy pair of campers....

 

[movan]

Our son called us last night to say he'd found a lost dog whilst out walking his GWP. Council dog pound just went to a recorded message so Val started looking online. Found and contacted the owners within 5 minutes and the dog was reunited within twenty minutes after having been missing for 9 days in the Borderlands. We asked Joe if they were pleased to see her, he said they didn't seem too fussed, they actually scolded the dog, leaves a bad taste in your mouth, she was a little cutie.
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Oh poor little darling.. Looks like asking for love and affection ... Want to give her a hug.

 

[moulin 87]

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!

A delicacy in the Poitou Charante...Slow roasted I'm told... Sometimes found on the 'Plat du Jour'

See them from our kitchen window everyday...Locally they have killed many a dog, large and small, if they go too close to their young..Huge teeth...

 

[jockaneezer]

The boy had to fell this burr oak today, unfortunately there's a pipeline going through the field and there are a few trees being felled, mostly for firewood but this one sold for almost £6k standing, it'll fetch a hell of a lot more for veneers, but he only got a felling fee.
We found a squirrel's stash of sprouting acorns in the roots and they're now in plant pots on the window sill.

 

[DavidG58]

an unusual rotation tonight, or at least it looked a bit different to me and really bright, just caught it before it clouded over so not the best, but as good as I think I will see tonight

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[Cliffdale]

 

[jockaneezer]

Got this pic of a strangely low rainbow at Underskiddaw this afternoon.

 

[golly]

The boy had to fell this burr oak today, unfortunately there's a pipeline going through the field and there are a few trees being felled, mostly for firewood but this one sold for almost £6k standing, it'll fetch a hell of a lot more for veneers, but he only got a felling fee.
We found a squirrel's stash of sprouting acorns in the roots and they're now in plant pots on the window sill.
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That's a heck of a diameter trunk, any idea of estamated age of the tree.

 

[jockaneezer]

That's a heck of a diameter trunk, any idea of estamated age of the tree.

From the girth around the burr you would think about 500 years, but because it's a growth anomaly, if you take the diameter above the burr, we reckoned about 200 years. Other trees in the vicinity looked about 200 years old. The base had quite a bit of rot in it but it might have stood for another 50 years, barring hurricanes. Here's a pic of the base where you can see it's condition and understand how the squirrel managed to hide his nuts !

 

[GeriatricWanderer]

Came across the chap on the river bank yesterday, Water Monitor. Between 2 and 3 metres nose to tail.

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[maison]

That's one hell of a telephoto lens!

Hadn't realised that The Clangers was actually a documentary.

Where did you get it?

 

[Mikey RV]

Cherbourg Aquarium yesterday.

 

[obanvanman]

As close as we could get to the top of Mt. Etna yesterday.

In front of the mornings lava dump ( which was still moving ).

 

[Just smiffy]

As close as we could get to the top of Mt. Etna yesterday.

In front of the mornings lava dump ( which was still moving ).



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Nice to see you took safety precautions with your suits and helmets

 

[buttons]

Came across the chap on the river bank yesterday, Water Monitor. Between 2 and 3 metres nose to tail.

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Hope you had your running shoes on....what is it.

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