This was a favorite thread over on GL, as was the sunrise/sunset thread, so I'm bringing them back.
I'll start with some pics from my Apocalypse Road Trip back in June.
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I haven’t put up a pic of my little granddaughter in awhile here…so what the heck, here’s a recent pic. 3 years old already…
Gossips, liars, thieves, spies.
@whispered secret
I'd maybe try a winter on Lewis before making any commitments.....
Very good coffee and blueberry muffin in Cult Cafe - thanks for the recommendation @Walkerinthesun .
Fantastic weather on Lewis today! I think I have fallen a bit in love with the place. I said to Mr J that if Liz Truss wins the next election I might just have to move up here and pretend the real world isn't happening!
No defo dreich.
There's supposed to be a cracking chipper in Ullapool.
I'm ashamed to say, despite living about an hour's drive away, it's years since I've been to Ullapool
Dreich, not drench! Tho I suppose if it is dreich there’s a fair chance you will be drenched
Cracking pics! There’s a great black house museum at Gearrannan on the west side of Lewis that we visited in May. Was that where you took your pic? Really interesting old fella was there working a loom. Happy to chat all day! If it’s drench not a bad place to pass an hour or two.
Where to next?
Cracking pics AJ, some hidden gems of beaches on Lewis.
Haven't been to Mull in north of twenty five years but it was a cracking wee place.
Herself & himself on Mull.
Tobermory - we enjoyed better weather on Mull!
A beach on Lewis
Inside a Black House on Lewis. Some people were living in these dwellings as recently as the 60's!
Rasaay on Saturday
Skye on Sunday
Its wet and windy on Lewis, so I might as well try sharing a few photos of the trip so far! Butt of Lewis yesterday.
Our cabin on
I can see them now, they're lovely.
And being distracted by a fish supper (you're in Scotland remember....) is a decent excuse.
Ok, so I have no idea what's going on!! I can see the picture I think I uploaded on my iPad but not on my phone!!
@whispered secret Mebbe it's me but I can't see that pic.
Iona today.
Here’s a few more from this morning. Killing time waiting on the significant other.
Not my efforts! Cake shop has ‘pop-star’ theme this month. Amy Winehouse is my favourite, I think.
What would you do if you came across a street sign like this? 😁
My little Granddaughter…time flies.
I stopped by the lakeshore on my way home today, but it's algae bloom time.
The sky was still blue.
@Walkerinthesun 59 Sound is great album as is American Slang.
I love the debut also, but Handwritten was where I parted company really.
That album never did it for me at all.
@walkerinthesun Curious to hear how the Gaslight gig is.
I loved their first three albums but reckon they lost their way after that.
I saw them live three times and thought they were average at best.
Birmingham's Bull!
Wow!
Aye, the beaches out west are a bit decent.
If you show me yours I'll show you mine.....
Sunset in Cumbria
Young contemporary ceilidh band Heron Valley. Spur of the moment, while we had the evening to kill. Top fun.
Too young to be Caercaille.......
Too few fiddles for Blazin' Fiddles.....
I'm stumped.
Time to get yer heuch on! Absolutely no chance with this one @SteveInJoburg
Gig night……
Stopped for a snap on yesterdays bike ride. Hannington Hall, dating back to 1600’s.
Beach in San Sebastian. I actually went in the sea...
Sunset in San Sebastian!
That looks like Percy?
Our family car in the 1960's was just like this - even the same colour!
Festival of Motoring in Stratford this weekend. Cars don't really do anything for me but it is a popular event.
My dad has a car just like this. He really loved it but it did about 12 miles to the gallon and when petrol prices shot up (in the mid 70's?) he couldn't afford to drive anywhere in it! He sold it and bought a mini.
Here’s some more:
Woven rug. Love it!
The next might actually be ‘best in show’:
GP’s project for the series. Hard to get an image of the whole piece due to case reflection.
By degree qualified ceramicist Johnny Vegas:
Another GP piece.
I suspect these will be lost on anyone who doesn’t follow Graysons Art Club on Channel 4. Available on catch-up in the UK, if not elsewhere. Visited the Series 2 Exhibition in Bristol. It was ace!
Let’s start with Alan Measles…..
After Diego Rivera…….
Immediately thought of the Bash Street Kids……
Just to make sure my ability to post pictures wasn't a fluke - Hyde Park today.
Indeed it is Basher himself. And he was kind enough to sign my copy of his So It Goes 45. Stiff Records 1st single from 1976, catalogue number BUY 1 for all you vinyl nerds. Excellent show from a guy who doesn’t get enough credit for the quality of his songwriting.
I had Nick Lowe?
That's nae the Bard is it?
My new phone lets me post pictures
again!!!
Lovely pictures.
A few phone pics from our Easter Day stroll:
One for the culture vultures.
Had a brief visit to the Wallace Collection in that there London. Definitely worth a return visit, especially as it’s a haven of peace just a short walk from the wasteland that is Oxford Street.
Trying to get out and about and familiarise myself with our new locality. Couple of pics from Cirencester on what was a glorious spring day.
Tbf you have introduced me to motorcycle gang culture, tho' I'm not inclined to get personally acquainted with it.....
Some pics from the Kurt Jackson Biodiversity exhibition at the Natural History Museum, Oxford. Well worth an hour of your time if you’re visiting Oxford.
Higher than normal rainfall over the last few days due to the tropical storm out over Madagascar affecting our weather patterns.
This is a concrete path next to the river... Going to take a while to clean this up...
Because we have informal settlements next to the river, when it floods, a huge amount of rubbish and debris ends up on the banks. The point of these photos is not that, but to show you the 2.5 meter water monitor who was trying to find his way through the mess. Look to the left of the square appliance.
Red sky in the morning...
Lucky Andi 😍
Meet Andi, our new tomcat, a 5-year-old shelter cat of sweet disposition, previous owner died but obviously treated him well because, in spite of weighing 14plus pounds, he is a "real pussicat", loving, trusting - all the things our previous two sadly were not.
Happy!
Messing about with the “Pano” option on my new phone in The Lake District last week.
The last one from Cornwall. This is on the village green in the village we are staying in, reflected into the village pond, with a lovely old church behind.
And one more rough sea!
A really lovely church in St Just-in-Roseland had a light show yesterday evening, it was really stunning.
And finally, my baby on the beach.
Interesting rock pool (Dawson might like it!)
A calmer day today, with some sun!!
A few pictures from Cornwall
Yesterday - a rough sea!
Some pics from my year end break in the foothills of the mountains in Zululand.
Ortega Highway lookout above Lake Elsinore.
One last picture of Lizzie. She had to be put to sleep yesterday after a prolonged illness that got steadily worse. The ulcer in her mouth kept growing, and you could see how it affected her brain and her balance. Yesterday, she just kept falling over, looking surprised and sad and finally defeated.
During the 15 years she lived with us, she steadfastly refused to sit on anyone's lap. Her first year in neglected conditions had scarred her and her sister's behaviour. When she got ill, however, she suddenly needed close contact and could not be kept away (not that we tried). Now she is buried under the walnut tree alongside her sister Emma who preceeded her almost three years ago. Sleep well, little Lizzie.
Rarely in Oxford these days, but sister & b-I-l popped over during their short break in the smoke for a guided tour. Quite pleasant in the autumn sun.
Not quite as pretty as BEB's, but they will do!
and the lock, unfortunately without a boat going through it
one at a time then...
I got fed up of being unable to post pictures from my iPad, so hopefully these will work from the lap top.
They were taken on my walk along the canal tow path, which runs right by my house.
If I had taken any photos and if I could post them, I would have been able to share Autumn in The Cotswolds! Fantastic walk with blue sky and beautiful colours yesterday, but you are going to have to take my word for it!
Autumn in Cumbria.
For anyone who has watched the Netflix series Penguin Town, this should look familiar...
Me and one of the Club brothers were at a used tire shop today having a tire put on a homeless guy's van. This motel is across the street.
Me: Seems a little racist or at least exploitative.
Homeless guy: Oh, no. They changed the name.
Me: From what?
Homeless guy: It used to be called the Teepee Motel.
Sigh.
Here’s the subject of most of my pics these days….
Perfect riding weather.
I feel a trip to Liverpool coming on. Great photos, thanks.
Here's a few more music related pics, mostly from The Beatles Story. Thought it would be a bit tacky & cheesy, but was actually really well done. If you've read a bit about the Beatles you won't be learning much new, but despite this we thoroughly enjoyed it. Recommended.
I've added a few explanatory notes here and there.
George's 1st guitar.
The Holy Grail for Beatles record collectors.
I have vague recollections of dancing around the front room as a child wearing a Beatles wig and singing Yellow Submarine......
Acetate from YS.
YS memorabilia. Have the LEGO model (middle left) and the Hot Wheels one (bottom centre), both of which are easy to find. The Corgi model has gone thru a number of iterations, and I keep looking at them on eBay..... Original red-hatch versions are v expensive in good condition. Later models bit more affordable. The figures were great. Knew they existed, but never actually seen them. Tempting!
The Epiphone played on the Apple rooftop!
Hofner decorated by Klaus Voorman.
Lennons white room, complete with the specs.
Handwritten set list from George's last concert in Japan.
Billy Fury.
When I was a spotty teen sitting in a nowhere town miles from anywhere I used to devour the NME every week. Eric's almost always featured on the touring schedule of the bands I was desperate to see. Thank God the Clash played the Kinema in Dunfermline......
St Barnabas Church, Jericho, Oxford. Very atmospheric for sure, but never really happy with the sound quality there. Not St John the Evangelist Church where we went to first, nice and early to get a good seat. Cue a quick dash across town, stony silence in the car, to get to the right venue. Amazingly got in the 3rd row so we were talking by the time we walked back to the car.
What venue was the Eddi Reader gig at?