My picture of the day-Where's yours?

[Zanelad]

You know when you wished you had your camera with you but hav`nt ? That happened to me today at Dunwich Heath. We`d had a walk with camera, took a few photos and then had lunch and went back to the car. Then it was time for an ice cream so I left the camera in the car. Had ice cream and had another walk. What was that noise in the sky ? Two Stealth bombers and three support fighters but no blinking camera, ahhhhh ! Went back to the car and within about 15 mins the Stealths came back. Boy, you hav`nt seen anybody get out of a car and get the camera out of the boot so quickly in you life !

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Makes me wonder if they're that stealthy why do the need an escort........

 

[Shearwater Missile]

Makes me wonder if they're that stealthy why do the need an escort........

We could see them coming a mile off so I am sure anyone else could. As a plane they were quite boring to look at. Now if that had been a real plane and not just a flying wing ..............

 

[biggs682]

Today's plum crumble

 

[briantrumpet]

I'm in West Wales for the week, and this is my slightly surreal bedroom view:

 

[tom73]

Bike ride finished early so off to York for the day. Sat and had my sandwich watching this.
A few anti Brexit protesters watched and marvelled at it wonder if they spotted it's not a continual carousel but a full on British Galloper ?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The Bridgewater Canal in Worsley is orange from the iron ore leaking from the underground canals.

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Am I correct in thinking (remembering) that there's a point where the two waters meet, & it's an almost delineated border between 'normal' canal water, & the ochre colouration?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The Merchants House (formerly 'Saracens Head')
Kings Norton
Birmingham

Was there yesterday, taking items to daughters house
No!!, not wedding guests, that was sheer co-incidence that it was taking place, when I went to photograph this building, & the Grammar School

Saturday 31st August

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3360357
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/267044

There's also the old Grammar School, about 100 yards away, which is of a similar age

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101343450-the-saracens-head-kings-norton-ward#.XWt3t3dFzIU

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'd seen it before, on almost every recent trip to Birmingham, to take items to daughters new house, but not been in a position to pull up for a few minutes
Thankfully yesterday, there was couple of spaces

'Iron Maidens'
Pershore Road
Stirchley
Birmingham

Saturday 31st August

 

[Katherine]

Am I correct in thinking (remembering) that there's a point where the two waters meet, & it's an almost delineated border between 'normal' canal water, & the ochre colouration?

No, the canal is most orange in Worsley village where the underground canals start at The Delph. The water of the canal gradually gets less orange in both directions as you get further away. A few years ago, a filter system was put in to clean the water and it has been hardly orange at all for a while. However, recently there has been a big project to dredge The Delph and create a new public viewing area which has churned up the iron in the silt, so the water has got a lot more orange again.

This photo was taken from the road bridge looking at The Delph. There are two entrances (closed) set into the rock either side of the new sculpture.

This photo is taken from the road bridge over the main canal looking towards the bridge where the other photo was taken and the junction of The Delph and the canal.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

@Katherine

Thankyou

 

[biggs682]

My bit of cycle art

 

[briantrumpet]

I'm not sure what the Welsh for 'bee' is, but here's a Welsh bee anyway...

 

[tyred]

Somewhere over the rainbow...

 

[tom73]

Day out reliving childhood Skegness holidays. Turned out they had an arts festival on. Fun watching folk freak out being followed by these.

Then one show turned out to be bicycle boy. 24 hours to clear out grandad bike shop. But turned into childhood memories and joy of cycling and fighting evil count carburetor.

Few hours later by chance this beauty went low over my head. No photo I just savoured the moment. Did get a pic as it banked to go over the beach. Turned out it was going to be the Dakota but at the last minute it developed a fault. What better than flying in a Lincolnshire sky it’s historic home.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I'm not sure what the Welsh for 'bee' is, but here's a Welsh bee anyway...

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It's gwenynen according to my Welsh dictionary.