A photo of the day thread

[bigtree]

Then I blew all my hard work cycling by making a pizza for lunch plus wine. ?

 

[Speve]

Not taken today as on lockdown but thought it’s bright and cheers me up taken at Doñana earlier this month. A lovely Yellow Wagtail on his way here I hope?

 

[Mikey RV]

A spring view.

 

[Marvic]

Family's much loved dogs

 

[marrod23]

Today good to be out

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[DBK]

Wild Garlic in a local (walking distance! ) wood. The TV chefs rave about it but I'm unconvinced on the basis of the wild garlic pesto I made a year or so ago.

No excuse I guess not to try again. Just need to find a good recipe...

 

[telsdog]

Out on our exercise walk today. A view across the River Medway to what was Chatham Dockyard. The lovely old building on the right is the old pump house, now the home of Dockyard Gin.

 

[DBK]

Spotted hazel just coming into leaf in the hedges on today's walk.

I also spotted this.

A tyre has left an imprint of the writing on it at the bottom of the bank in the lane. Thinking about it later on the walk I realised how it got there wasn't simple. If a typical car tyre had hit the bank the writing would be smeared. But this writing is very clean.

My theory is it was made by a tyre fitted to a large and heavily laden farm trailer. The heavily laden bit is important as it would cause the sidewall at the bottom of the tyre to bulge out and this is what left the imprint. The tyre was rotating but the bulge moves smoothly horizontally. You would get the same effect if the tyre was under inflated but I'll assume the farmer had them correctly inflated. Also it was a trailer tyre because there is no obvious tread pattern on the ground.

 

[movan]

Spotted hazel just coming into leaf in the hedges on today's walk.

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I also spotted this.

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A tyre has left an imprint of the writing on it at the bottom of the bank in the lane. Thinking about it later on the walk I realised how it got there wasn't simple. If a typical car tyre had hit the bank the writing would be smeared. But this writing is very clean.

My theory is it was made by a tyre fitted to a large and heavily laden farm trailer. The heavily laden bit is important as it would cause the sidewall at the bottom of the tyre to bulge out and this is what left the imprint. The tyre was rotating but the bulge moves smoothly horizontally. You would get the same effect if the tyre was under inflated but I'll assume the farmer had them correctly inflated. Also it was a trailer tyre because there is no obvious tread pattern on the ground.

Have I seen you on Silent Witness?

 

[cornish boy]

Spotted hazel just coming into leaf in the hedges on today's walk.



I also spotted this.

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A tyre has left an imprint of the writing on it at the bottom of the bank in the lane. Thinking about it later on the walk I realised how it got there wasn't simple. If a typical car tyre had hit the bank the writing would be smeared. But this writing is very clean.

My theory is it was made by a tyre fitted to a large and heavily laden farm trailer. The heavily laden bit is important as it would cause the sidewall at the bottom of the tyre to bulge out and this is what left the imprint. The tyre was rotating but the bulge moves smoothly horizontally. You would get the same effect if the tyre was under inflated but I'll assume the farmer had them correctly inflated. Also it was a trailer tyre because there is no obvious tread pattern on the ground.

That has fasinated me so much that I worked out what the imprint said and searched google until I concluded it is the imprint of a Continential Hybrid HS3 truck tyre. Still can't quite get my head around how it has left such a perfect sidewall imprint without it either being smeared or curved.

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[DBK]

That has fasinated me so much that I worked out what the imprint said and searched google until I concluded it is the imprint of a Continential Hybrid HS3 truck tyre. Still can't quite get my head around how it has left such a perfect sidewall imprint without it either being smeared or curved.

I'm guessing that if you looked down on the tyre the bulge would itself be curved and just touching the bank at one point.

 

[cornish boy]

Thinking about it, I bet that the mud was stuck to the side of the tyre while the truck was forced into the verge, possibly as something was passing in the other direction. The mud would have been stuck round the side wall of the tyre and then dropped back down flat onto the road verge as the truck pulled away which is way there are some cracks running from the top downwards as it laid back down.

 

[movan]

Thinking about it, I bet that the mud was stuck to the side of the tyre while the truck was forced into the verge, possibly as something was passing in the other direction. The mud would have been stuck round the side wall of the tyre and then dropped back down flat onto the road verge as the truck pulled away which is way there are some cracks running from the top downwards as it laid back down.

By golly, Sherlock. I think you've cracked it old fellow.

 

[DBK]

This is another photo I took.

You might just see some writing in the middle, but this isn't the writing in the first photo - it was a little further down the lane. The imprint was repeated.

 

[Mikey RV]

A daffodil in the sun.

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[Shrimp]

DBK Wild Garlic flowers and new leaves are good in a salad, if you eat salads that is!
Don't bother with the bulbs they are too small to use!

 

[KiwiKampers]

Spot the Bumble Bee.

 

[KiwiKampers]

A Yellow Eye, or Wax Eye, with a sore head. He flew into the window pane and spent 5-minutes resting before flying off, apparently none-the-worse. Thank goodness the cat didn't see him.

 

[Rumour and Innuendo]

This morning in the garden (Must cut the grass!)

 

[marrod23]

Even the smallest things are worth stopping to look at these days

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[movan]

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I don't know why, but your post made me cry.. I'm so weepy at the moment with all that's going on,: you are so right. We need to stop and appreciate everything that is beautiful in the world and hope we don't lose them.

 

[Speve]

Another photo taken last month in Doñana happy days?

 

[davidbaldam]

I don't know why, but your post made me cry.. I'm so weepy at the moment with all that's going on,: you are so right. We need to stop and appreciate everything that is beautiful in the world and hope we don't lose them.

Sending a group hug. Stay safe stay strong.

It doesn’t matter if your religious or not the below as brought me strength. we are not alone.

 

[glenn2926]

It’s a shame it’s had to come to this. Numpty’s still trying to drive to somewhere for a walk.

 

[movan]

Because of illness and other factors beyond my control the last couple of years, my lovely garden is just like a dumping ground and skip.

Sooo pleased, as went out this week to find my Aubretia has saved itself and blessed me with a beautiful display.

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[Mack100]

Goldfinch in the garden this afternoon.

 

[maison]

I admit I’m cheating here. Not photo’s of today but reminders of what we are missing in France this year.

And around Chamonix

Roll on defeating this virus!

 

[Kiwi Brit]

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It’s a shame it’s had to come to this. Numpty’s still trying to drive to somewhere for a walk.

It is so surreal. We are having the same problem here in NZ. Some people think it is their right. If we all stop and think of others, the world will over come this.

 

[KiwiKampers]

Sending a group hug. Stay safe stay strong.

It doesn’t matter if your religious or not the below as brought me strength. we are not alone.

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I forwarded the “C S Lewis“ poem to a friend and he replied with the following:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cs-lewis-quote-1942/
It appears we have been duped, but I still think the words could be prophetic.

 

[Rumour and Innuendo]

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It’s a shame it’s had to come to this. Numpty’s still trying to drive to somewhere for a walk.

According to Matt Hancock, it is OK to drive a short distance to find somewhere safe to walk. It was on the briefing last nigh. Today they have said around 5 minutes drive.

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