A photo of the day thread

[FIDGET]

Nice calm morning, photo from the Aire at Pont Réan, should have been €6 but no body to collected, so we did it French style and left.View attachment 243019 View attachment 243020

We love that aire !! ,
when we were there last year there was a local mobile stall selling cooked chickens and roast potatoes done in garlic , very tasty but a bit pricey

 

[big bertha]

First trip out in our village yesterday and he makes 20 quid

 

[big bertha]

Not twins

 

[Just smiffy]

View attachment 242938 First trip out in our village yesterday and he makes 20 quidView attachment 242938

Can I borrow him, I’m a bit short of cash.....

 

[Just smiffy]

Found by my plant pots today ....

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[Manic]

We love that aire !! ,
when we were there last year there was a local mobile stall selling cooked chickens and roast potatoes done in garlic , very tasty but a bit pricey

Saw the sign for the cooked chickens but did see any.

 

[Wanders from Glos]

"From some time next week I will be putting my pictures up in the Continetal travelling French section."

Clive[/QUOTE]

That sounds an interesting section to follow. I'm probably being thick but I can't find it anywhere in chat?

 

[suavecarve]

"From some time next week I will be putting my pictures up in the Continetal travelling French section."

Clive

That sounds an interesting section to follow. I'm probably being thick but I can't find it anywhere in chat?[/QUOTE]
Click forums, then the whole choice of forums comes up, then scroll down til you find continental touring and then there are different sections for different countries.

 

[Cleve]

My favourite flower. Other pictures will appear shortly in the Continental Touring Section under France, Fannying about in France.

Cheers Clive

 

[bigtree]

Another fantastic day in Scotland (Dunoon) keeping the garden tidy for prospective purchasers.

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[sdc77]

Even miserable weather up on the NC 500 is great

 

[Allanm]

Front of the Peloton yesterday at St Mayeux, 6 km from the finish.
Cant believe how fast they go.

 

[MillieMoocher]

Still staying with my sister at Fay Sur Lignon. Just got in after a lovely walk with her dog under a beautiful sunset.

Earlier in the day we went to Puy En Velay, home of the famous lentils, where Swmbo took this one:

 

[John and Jo]

Camping du Moulin de Prissey on route to watch stg12 of tdf.

 

[bigtree]

Ab Fab day in Dunoon.

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[old-mo]

Nearly had a visitor this afternoon..... came into land in our field then hopped over the hedge into the next one..

Don`t know if it was a false landing or if they were on a call out..

Hour later and it was up and away. terrific stench of Avtur/Avcat when it landed ..

 

[DBK]

This must have hurt. Not sure what species but quite big, the mark is 38cm wing tip to wing tip.

 

[Allanm]

This must have hurt. Not sure what species but quite big, the mark is 38cm wing tip to wing tip.

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That will be a pigeon, we had almost exactly the same image left on one of our windows after a pigeon hit it. It got up, walked around then flew away.

 

[jockaneezer]

That will be a pigeon.

Probably looks more like a Spoonbill now.

 

[Cliffdale]

Mevagissey. There were a couple of camper vans in the main car park with no restrictions on over night sleeping.

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[funflair]

OK a couple of days ago,

Out on a "tall ship"

Martin

 

[glenn2926]

Not my picture a friend took it whilst we were working as medics at the tall ships event. Not bad for a phone pic.

 

[namwaldog]

Following up on the comment made by @Allanm a couple of days ago. regarding the speed of the the riders in the Tour de France. I have uploaded a video we took of the Tour of Britain two years ago to show not only the riders speed, but that of the entourage that follows a major cycle race.
Bear with the video and watch out for the ambulance at 2 min 38 seconds.



The red dot on the image below shows the position of the camera and an idea of what the cyclists can see as they ride towards the bend.

 

[Two on Tour]

Following up on the comment made by @Allanm a couple of days ago. regarding the speed of the the riders in the Tour de France. I have uploaded a video we took of the Tour of Britain two years ago to show not only the riders speed, but that of the entourage that follows a major cycle race.
Bear with the video and watch out for the ambulance at 2 min 38 seconds.



The red dot on the image below shows the position of the camera and an idea of what the cyclists can see as they ride towards the bend.

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Pushing it a bit for photo's taken in the past 24 hour.

 

[Cleve]

Here is a picture of Fanny, resting in Noëlle's field. She has been resting quietly since Wednesday and by the looks of things will be there for a few more days until we move to watch the TDF Carcassone and Bagnères-de-Luchon stages. Only Dennis and I this year!

The temperature when I took the picture was 35.6°C, about half an hour ago after topping up the fresh water tank.

I added a few pictures to Fannying about in France in the France, Continental Touring Section, this morning. They are from yesterday's 14 July randonnée.

CheersClive

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[Ninjabob]

Strumble Head Pembrokeshire

 

[sdc77]

On stopping for the evening we found we were being watched...

Then his buddy turned up for a look

 

[Langtoftlad]

Following up on the comment made by @Allanm a couple of days ago. regarding the speed of the the riders in the Tour de France. I have uploaded a video we took of the Tour of Britain two years ago to show not only the riders speed, but that of the entourage that follows a major cycle race.
Bear with the video and watch out for the ambulance at 2 min 38 seconds.



The red dot on the image below shows the position of the camera and an idea of what the cyclists can see as they ride towards the bend.

View attachment 243587

Five minutes of assorted motorised support & emergency vehicles, motorbikes and one fire truck (?) and about 30 secs of pedal power .
I'm not sure I'd spend hours waiting by the roadside for that brief circus.

I wonder what the carbon monoxide emissions (briefly) do to the normally fresh village air as that monstrous cavalcade passes through the rural countryside .

Cycling a healthy alternative - do me a favour .

 

[Allanm]

Five minutes of assorted motorised support & emergency vehicles, motorbikes and one fire truck (?) and about 30 secs of pedal power .
I'm not sure I'd spend hours waiting by the roadside for that brief circus.

I wonder what the carbon monoxide emissions (briefly) do to the normally fresh village air as that monstrous cavalcade passes through the rural countryside .

Cycling a healthy alternative - do me a favour .

To be fair, the stage we watched had the passage de Caravanne ( all the sponsors vehicles, like a speeded up carnival with assorted goodies being thrown to the crowd) first which lasted about 20 minutes, then the bikes and support cars, which lasted about 5 - 6 minutes.
We parked for free, there was live music and food in the village and a fantastic atmosphere.
As for pollution, all the team cars were Skoda’s fitted with VW engines, which we know only emit perfectly clean air with a hint of bulls*it............

 

[Yorick]

I wonder what the carbon monoxide emissions (briefly) do to the normally fresh village air as that monstrous cavalcade passes through the rural countryside .

Cycling a healthy alternative - do me a favour .

I bet the cars spew out less poison than motorhomes

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