Today in pictures

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Back to Sunday and food and wine! Aperitif in a nice bar (Pic 2) after leaving theold village through one of it old arched gates and then the lovely Restaurant and typical local food we had in a nearby valley.
Menu: Local cured meats and home-made pickled veg with fritata and a basket of Torta Fritta (Pizza douch - roll thin and cut into squares then fry until golden and puffed up -very more-ish!)
Tortelli stuffed with Spinach and ricotta served with sage butter- mouth-watering.
Boned, stuffed guinea fowl
Home produced Gutturnio (red wine) from their own vinyards in the valley.

Recommended by a friend -I'd definitely go back to eat there again and it was a gorgoeus area. Rolling hills and sunflower fields but unfortunately mid-afternoon when we'd finished eating it was raining - just means I'll have to go back to take more photos of the countryside!

It all sounds delicious, and served up in such a lovely place too. I'm green with envy Diane

[davemac]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Back to Sunday and food and wine! Aperitif in a nice bar (Pic 2) after leaving theold village through one of it old arched gates and then the lovely Restaurant and typical local food we had in a nearby valley.
Menu: Local cured meats and home-made pickled veg with fritata and a basket of Torta Fritta (Pizza douch - roll thin and cut into squares then fry until golden and puffed up -very more-ish!)
Tortelli stuffed with Spinach and ricotta served with sage butter- mouth-watering.
Boned, stuffed guinea fowl
Home produced Gutturnio (red wine) from their own vinyards in the valley.

Recommended by a friend -I'd definitely go back to eat there again and it was a gorgoeus area. Rolling hills and sunflower fields but unfortunately mid-afternoon when we'd finished eating it was raining - just means I'll have to go back to take more photos of the countryside!

The buildings in No 1 are a photographers dream. Is that hubby in no 5 ducking down to avoid his picture being taken ?

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by davemac

The buildings in No 1 are a photographers dream. Is that hubby in no 5 ducking down to avoid his picture being taken ?

Yes, I agree Dave. It knocks Accrington into a cocked hat.....even with sunshine and a parade!

I would just love to be let loose in some of the places Dianne has shown us.
The buildings are fabulous.

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by davemac

The buildings in No 1 are a photographers dream. Is that hubby in no 5 ducking down to avoid his picture being taken ?

Lol! No -he's not on this photo -had gone off for a smoke outside! He's a fair bit younger than those chaps in the photo...hardly a grey hair in sight - so he says

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes, I agree Dave. It knocks Accrington into a cocked hat.....even with sunshine and a parade!

I would just love to be let loose in some of the places Dianne has shown us.
The buildings are fabulous.

I love being a 'tourist' in Italy even after all these years Margaret - it has so much to offer. I'm lucky in a way that I also see "home" now as a holiday destination too - you look at things with different eyes when you don't see them every day.
I love the photos you all post from around Hyndburn and further afield - from holidays here and there and the great Canadian outdoors. We live in an amazing world which offers so much diversity in every aspect - I think we have to be grateful to Dave for starting this wonderful thread. It's making me open my eyes to what's around me and appreciate what is just there and normally taken for granted.

It's good to share all the little things that make up our days.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Lol! No -he's not on this photo -had gone off for a smoke outside! He's a fair bit younger than those chaps in the photo...hardly a grey hair in sight - so he says

No not the group at the table, look through the window to the left, no grey hairs, and he has a shirt similar to the person at the table you posted with food on them.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Back to Sunday and food and wine! Aperitif in a nice bar (Pic 2) after leaving theold village through one of it old arched gates and then the lovely Restaurant and typical local food we had in a nearby valley.
Menu: Local cured meats and home-made pickled veg with fritata and a basket of Torta Fritta (Pizza douch - roll thin and cut into squares then fry until golden and puffed up -very more-ish!)
Tortelli stuffed with Spinach and ricotta served with sage butter- mouth-watering.
Boned, stuffed guinea fowl
Home produced Gutturnio (red wine) from their own vinyards in the valley.

Recommended by a friend -I'd definitely go back to eat there again and it was a gorgoeus area. Rolling hills and sunflower fields but unfortunately mid-afternoon when we'd finished eating it was raining - just means I'll have to go back to take more photos of the countryside!

I forgot to say, don't be put off by the rain when there is a photographic opportunity, and remember, if its not wet, you are not doing it right.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Dianne you are so right with what you say.
I have often visited places that have been beautiful in so many ways.
I have spoken to people who lived in those places. Many of them, though not all, seemed to take the beauty of their home ground for granted....and I think that I am guilty of this too.

Yes, Dave is to be congratulated at starting this thread....it is one of the best...and most pleasant. It keeps those who have left the area in touch with the changing scenes. It has given those who(for whatever reason) cannot get out and about much, a window on the world.
It has educated us....it has shown us foreign shores as seen through the eyes of ex-pats.
In general it is just a damn good thread!

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by davemac

No not the group at the table, look through the window to the left, no grey hairs, and he has a shirt similar to the person at the table you posted with food on them.

Dave, were you Sherlock Holmes apprentice?

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by davemac

I forgot to say, don't be put off by the rain when there is a photographic opportunity, and remember, if its not wet, you are not doing it right.

Oh dear! The rain definitely puts me off. I don't like taking my cameras out if it is wet(not even the old cameras).

[davemac]

Right back to business, Today in Pictures, and yes it was raining, and it got wet.

1. Can you tell where we are yet.
2. One thing dies and another takes its place.
3. I'm not the only one getting wet.
4. I may have mentioned this before, but this reservoir is a feeder reservoir for the canal.
5. I think this was once a jetty, but only a guess.
6. Another wet bit.
7.Some trees struggle with the open aspect.
8. Same tree different aspect.
9. Well what else in the rain.
10. One left for the Woodpeckers, and by the looks of it, fungi.

[Margaret Pilkington]

I have never been in Cutwood Park.
I think this is probably the first summer I have even thought about going to Cutwood park.
The only thing that has stopped me can be seen in the far distance in a couple of the shots.
That stuff that is wrapped in round bales and covered in Black plastic - Hay!
This year my hay fever has been the worst it has ever been.......and has kept me indoors with windows closed.
Perhaps when the pollen dies down I will walk myself round this Park, because it look lovely.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Dave, were you Sherlock Holmes apprentice?

No, just nosey.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Oh dear! The rain definitely puts me off. I don't like taking my cameras out if it is wet(not even the old cameras).

I find warm rainy days are a pleasure to be out in, winter is another story altogether. However once I worked out a routine to keep my camera dry (for the most part) it became easy. It involves wearing a flat cap, and when the camera comes up to my eye I hold the peak and rotate it to cover the camera, the result is a dry camera, a wet cap and a wet head, but as I have said many times"if its not wet you are not doing it right".

[davemac]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I have never been in Cutwood Park.
I think this is probably the first summer I have even thought about going to Cutwood park.
The only thing that has stopped me can be seen in the far distance in a couple of the shots.
That stuff that is wrapped in round bales and covered in Black plastic - Hay!
This year my hay fever has been the worst it has ever been.......and has kept me indoors with windows closed.
Perhaps when the pollen dies down I will walk myself round this Park, because it look lovely.

Another reason to got out in the wet, it dampens down the pollen count, although trench foot can be a problem.

If you do get there, going down Cut Lane brings you to the canal, going left is a nice section of the canal. Going straight on, you join up to the old railway line, and at that point walking possibilities are endless

[Margaret Pilkington]

It seems like I am going to have to invest in a flat cap.
I did once try to keep my camera dry using a plastic bag, but the controls were difficult to handle and the pictures were not very good.......it was a very unsatisfactory arrangement.
You would think that some enterprising person would formulate an umbrella that can be clamped onto your camera......like those they have in Spain to keep the sun off your head