Today in pictures

[shillelagh]

right these should have been put up late on Monday nite .. but I thought I can put em up on Tuesday .. well I wasn't up to snuff yesterday .. last nite I had another .. so ive had to put em up today .. anyway monday I had a visit to the consultant .. and dragged the spugster round avenham and miller park afterwards .. the first one is accy train station .. the rest is avenham and miller park in preston

happy new year everyone

[DaveinGermany]

Well here we are already in Germingland, we've snuck into 2015, that being the case we'd like to raise a glass of your chosen tipple & wish you all, wherever you are, a peaceful & prosperous 2015 whenever it arrives for you & yours, kindest regards & best wishes from Dave & Marion in Germany, Happy New Year folks!

Celebrations in Germany, seen from our balcony.

[davemac]

As we lurch into 2015 I would like to take a moment to thank all the contributors, visitors and supporters of this thread for keeping it alive and interesting, I would also like to wish each and every one a happy new year wherever you are, and lets hope for a year that puts a smile on our faces and a song in our hearts.

[Restless]

after a full year of sobriety I decided to celebrate with a pint, or two.

Happy New Year

[mobertol]

DSCN1906comp.jpgA winter walk yesterday towards evening - very cold out but lovely. I think the tiny bird which I zoomed in on may be a wren!

[gpick24]

A few pics from todays walkies.

[davemac]

Today in Pictures, a break in the weather , so hopefully no moist gusset on my return.

1. The closer we got to Pendle Hill the more the visibility vanished.
2. The cloud base appears to be descending.
3. Looking back at the path we have just travelled along.
4. All that remains of a cart track over the tops.
5. I don't think we will go that way, visibility is pants.
6. Churn Clough Reservoir, the fullest I have seen it all year.
7. A stream that has descended from the top of Pendle Hill to fill the reservoir and eventually become drinking water.
8. A turn around the wet bit, then head back.
9. Sabden, mixed in mist and sunlight.
10. It doesn't seem all that long ago that I photographed blokes "popped up" jumping in the res in their kecks.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Love number 9.

[maxthecollie]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Love number 9.

I agree with you on this ,Margaret. It is a great pic.

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by davemac

Today in Pictures, a break in the weather , so hopefully no moist gusset on my return.

1. The closer we got to Pendle Hill the more the visibility vanished.
2. The cloud base appears to be descending.
3. Looking back at the path we have just travelled along.
4. All that remains of a cart track over the tops.
5. I don't think we will go that way, visibility is pants.
6. Churn Clough Reservoir, the fullest I have seen it all year.
7. A stream that has descended from the top of Pendle Hill to fill the reservoir and eventually become drinking water.
8. A turn around the wet bit, then head back.
9. Sabden, mixed in mist and sunlight.
10. It doesn't seem all that long ago that I photographed blokes "popped up" jumping in the res in their kecks.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Love number 9.

Originally Posted by maxthecollie

I agree with you on this ,Margaret. It is a great pic.

Me too - fab photo it has a great atmosphere.

[davemac]

Today in Pictures, it was more than a moist gusset.

1. Its a walk down to the Calder from Memorial Park.
2. So here I am sitting on the bank with my boots just dipping in the water, it was only after getting up that I realised the frost had thawed where I made contact with the bank, so bum and the back of my legs were just a bit more than moist.
3. The sun at this time of year is low in the sky giving false sunsets as you go downhill.
4. The river is just below the tree line and the Nab just over the hill.
5. This is where it all went wrong. Looking around, no one was in sight, so down on the floor I go to get a low shot, and to be able to see through the viewfinder my chin is in the frosty grass and I am motionless, taking the shot. Suddenly I hear OIY, some poor bloke had ambled up thinking he had found a corpse, you try explaining what you are doing, they just don't understand.
6.With a now wet front as well, I climb down the bank for a bit of a wet bit shot.
7.As the frost never lifted down here my pants are now starting to freeze, and I am starting to walk like Douglas Bader.
8. I decide to head uphill as the temperature feels like it is dropping, and you could strike matches on them now.
9. Almost back to the car, so one last look at Pendle.
10. As the sky was getting a bit tasty I thought a quick look from the tops, so parking up in the lay by that was once called New Inns I gingerly get out trying not to let my pants touch my legs and things. The sky was a pallet of reds and oranges, snapping away trying to catch the changing colours I am aware of someone walking past me, and yes you guessed it, it was the bloke that caught me horizontal, we smiled at each other and as I carried on snapping he vanished into the sunset I was snapping.

[gpick24]

Mine from yesterday.

1. Frosty riverbank
2. A training helicopter.
3. Them crows son`t like the buzzards.
4. Goldfinch?
5. It`s not warm enough for sunbathing yet.
6. Given the arty farty treatment.
7. Peek-a-boo.
8. Don`t mess with the swans
9. Off to the next field.
10. A knackered farm with a cracking view.

[davemac]

Today in Pictures, Castle Clough, but not the full tour.

1. It will be mostly along the top edge today.
2. The rocks are the reason this site was once a quarry.
3. Its not scary....really, not scary at all.......it isn't.............what was that!
4. I did say I wouldn't play down by the water.
5. Well just a little paddle then.
6. Pass my crampons....I'm going up.....no I said crampons, that's a croissant.
7. I've fallen over agian.
8.I just cant stay away from the wet bits.
9. Well..if its not wet you aren't doing it right.

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by davemac

Today in Pictures, it was more than a moist gusset.

1. Its a walk down to the Calder from Memorial Park.
2. So here I am sitting on the bank with my boots just dipping in the water, it was only after getting up that I realised the frost had thawed where I made contact with the bank, so bum and the back of my legs were just a bit more than moist.
3. The sun at this time of year is low in the sky giving false sunsets as you go downhill.
4. The river is just below the tree line and the Nab just over the hill.
5. This is where it all went wrong. Looking around, no one was in sight, so down on the floor I go to get a low shot, and to be able to see through the viewfinder my chin is in the frosty grass and I am motionless, taking the shot. Suddenly I hear OIY, some poor bloke had ambled up thinking he had found a corpse, you try explaining what you are doing, they just don't understand.
6.With a now wet front as well, I climb down the bank for a bit of a wet bit shot.
7.As the frost never lifted down here my pants are now starting to freeze, and I am starting to walk like Douglas Bader.
8. I decide to head uphill as the temperature feels like it is dropping, and you could strike matches on them now.
9. Almost back to the car, so one last look at Pendle.
10. As the sky was getting a bit tasty I thought a quick look from the tops, so parking up in the lay by that was once called New Inns I gingerly get out trying not to let my pants touch my legs and things. The sky was a pallet of reds and oranges, snapping away trying to catch the changing colours I am aware of someone walking past me, and yes you guessed it, it was the bloke that caught me horizontal, we smiled at each other and as I carried on snapping he vanished into the sunset I was snapping.

Did you show him the droplet shot to explain Dave, was worth the effort! Just as well he didn't have a heart attack I love number 4 - recognised that view immediately.

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by gpick24

Mine from yesterday.

1. Frosty riverbank
2. A training helicopter.
3. Them crows son`t like the buzzards.
4. Goldfinch?
5. It`s not warm enough for sunbathing yet.
6. Given the arty farty treatment.
7. Peek-a-boo.
8. Don`t mess with the swans
9. Off to the next field.
10. A knackered farm with a cracking view.

Nice varied selection again.