Today in pictures - Page 406

davemac · 09-01-2014, 23:19

Today in Pictures, on a dull overcast day a walk around Huncoat Colliery site.

mobertol · 10-01-2014, 00:58

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Today in Pictures, on a dull overcast day a walk around Huncoat Colliery site.

Amazing close-ups, fungi, water, droplets -I wonder who took these...

mobertol · 10-01-2014, 17:21

Lunch out today at the Tapas bar "JamonJamon" in Playa de San Juan.

Spanish style brushetta with cheese tomatoes, anchovies and iberian bacon. Seafood in filo parcels, Pimientos del padron (fried green peppers), Lolipop prawns and Pulpo alla Galleca (grilled octopus with paprika - delicious) - the spanish omelette and salads went before the photos were taken!

DaveinGermany · 10-01-2014, 21:23

Certainly looks like you're enjoying yourself there Di, you'll not be wanting to go home at this rate.

Turtle · 10-01-2014, 21:53

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Originally Posted by mobertol

Lunch out today at the Tapas bar "JamonJamon" in Playa de San Juan.

Spanish style brushetta with cheese tomatoes, anchovies and iberian bacon. Seafood in filo parcels, Pimientos del padron (fried green peppers), Lolipop prawns and Pulpo alla Galleca (grilled octopus with paprika - delicious) - the spanish omelette and salads went before the photos were taken!

Oh my, I was drooling over some seriously tasty looking grub, and then I saw the octopus. Was it good?

Turtle · 10-01-2014, 21:54

Just re-read your description and you said the octopus was delicious. Oh my.

mobertol · 11-01-2014, 17:27

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Oh my, I was drooling over some seriously tasty looking grub, and then I saw the octopus. Was it good?

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Just re-read your description and you said the octopus was delicious. Oh my.

My mum recoiled when she saw it and was horrified!

I convinced her to try it and she agreed with me after tasting it that it was lovely. Dad chickened out and wouldn't have it convinced it would be rubbery but it is very tender and light with a bit of a kick from the paprika. When I've had it before it was always presented a little differently - chopped into smaller pieces. I only managed to eat half and got the other half put into a container to bring home - lovely as a salad chopped up with some cold new potatoes, a drizzle of oil and some chopped parsley.

mobertol · 11-01-2014, 17:40

Today's walk was along the front at San Blas - it's right on the end of the flight path to Tenerife Sur Reina airport. Surprisingly you didn't seem to hear the planes. The large volcanic hill you can see jutting out into the sea to the right of the panorama marks the end of the runway. I wanted to get a few people into the photos to show what people get up to on their hols!
1 San Blas beach
2 Swimmer (eye-candy!)
3 Local fisherman
4 I do like to be beside the seaside!
5 Panorama looking back to San Blas
6 Contemplating the view
7 View to the Marina
8 Terrace bar where I stopped for fresh orange juice
9 Happy holidaymakers
10 Another plane coming in over San Blas

gpick24 · 11-01-2014, 18:54

Today, along the canal to Castle Clough, then up the coppice.

DaveinGermany · 11-01-2014, 19:35

Gp24, good view of the Goose & the Town.

gpick24 · 11-01-2014, 19:46

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Gp24, good view of the Goose & the Town.

Thanks Dave.

Margaret Pilkington · 11-01-2014, 21:16

Number 8 and 10 are spectacular...very well shot.
Makes me envious!

gpick24 · 11-01-2014, 21:24

Thanks Margaret, No.8 is HDR, otherwise the town would be too dark. Waited for quite a while for a train for 10.

Edit: Jumped the gun a bit there and assumed you meant my pics.

Margaret Pilkington · 11-01-2014, 22:32

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Thanks Margaret, No.8 is HDR, otherwise the town would be too dark. Waited for quite a while for a train for 10.

Edit: Jumped the gun a bit there and assumed you meant my pics.

No, you didn't jump the gun at all. It was your pics I was referring too.
They were the sort I wish I had captured. I did think that 8 was HDR.....even though it is very well executed.....by that I mean it looks natural.
Some HDR shots don't look a bit natural.

Turtle · 11-01-2014, 23:07

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Today's walk was along the front at San Blas - it's right on the end of the flight path to Tenerife Sur Reina airport. Surprisingly you didn't seem to hear the planes. The large volcanic hill you can see jutting out into the sea to the right of the panorama marks the end of the runway. I wanted to get a few people into the photos to show what people get up to on their hols!
1 San Blas beach
2 Swimmer (eye-candy!)
3 Local fisherman
4 I do like to be beside the seaside!
5 Panorama looking back to San Blas
6 Contemplating the view
7 View to the Marina
8 Terrace bar where I stopped for fresh orange juice
9 Happy holidaymakers
10 Another plane coming in over San Blas

Looks lovely, and a bit of eye candy is always nice

I spied a young Jamaican lad cleaning the pool one morning. I snuck up over some bushes and took a snap, just because he enhanced the scenery so nicely.