Photos (part 1)

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 30 Jun 2007, 15:57

Yes, I'm from Gretna on the border of Scotland and England, not to be confused with the Borders - a different beast altogether.

Gretna is of course on the Scottish side of the border, although for years we had a Carlisle postcode. My father is from Longtown, 4 miles into England (and with a completely different accent), my mother from Annan (8 miles into Scotland). I attended Annan Academy but grew up supporting Carlisle United. I drank (and occasionally worked) in the Gretna Chase Hotel, which was a matter of feet into England.

At one time, the drinking laws differed between Scotland and England. Can't recall which way round it was but at 10:30 pm they used to run across the bridge to get an extra half hour drinking time.

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 30 Jun 2007, 19:16

Bob Jefferson wrote:At one time, the drinking laws differed between Scotland and England. Can't recall which way round it was but at 10:30 pm they used to run across the bridge to get an extra half hour drinking time.

They? Methinks thou doth protest too much...

Post by **wangi** » 02 Jul 2007, 22:16

Out at Seacliff, just south of Tantallon Castle, yesterday... Between showers:

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/81558591

There's an amazing tiny wee harbout cut into the rocks at Seacliff: http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/n ... index.html

GRANTY · Post by **GRANTY** » 03 Jul 2007, 07:28

Wangi, one of the beauties of my kayak is that I can go exploring that wee harbour. it is indeed very interesting, as is the whole coastline around Seacliff...and it's a great surf beach.

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 03 Jul 2007, 09:21

ecm wrote:
Eccentric???

I think you're being a bit polite there. It is a well known fact that blokes from the Borders get nuttier as the years roll on.
Anything could have happened. He might have held you prisoner in his colourful outbuildings ( I swear, I can see someone's face at one of the windows!) or drugged you and put you in a gnome suit, shoved a rod in your hand and sat you on an oversized toadstool

What do you mean, might have?

Post by **wangi** » 03 Jul 2007, 23:40

We come bearing gifts of rain...

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/81618685

Marguerite-the-Poet · Post by **Marguerite-the-Poet** » 04 Jul 2007, 05:29

In my silent stillness
the pounding of my heartbeat
pulsated waves through my veins.
To every breath
the seas motion cradled a love.
Drifting out with the tide
was the ocean inside me.

Ask and you shall receive.
The desire achieved.

I am the ocean!
And I roared as I evaporated
into the shadow of the moon.

Thanks for the inspiration wangi.
Marguerite

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 04 Jul 2007, 10:42

Marguerite-the-Poet wrote:In my silent stillness
the pounding of my heartbeat
pulsated waves through my veins.
To every breath
the seas motion cradled a love.
Drifting out with the tide
was the ocean inside me.

Ask and you shall receive.
The desire achieved.

I am the ocean!
And I roared as I evaporated
into the shadow of the moon.

Thanks for the inspiration wangi.
Marguerite

That's beautiful.

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 04 Jul 2007, 13:23

wangi wrote:We come bearing gifts of rain...

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/81618685

That is a stunning photo. I don't know how you do it, mine never come out anything like as sharp and shiny as that..

ali · Post by **ali** » 04 Jul 2007, 14:04

Nelson Hatstand wrote:
Marguerite-the-Poet wrote:In my silent stillness
the pounding of my heartbeat
pulsated waves through my veins.
To every breath
the seas motion cradled a love.
Drifting out with the tide
was the ocean inside me.

Ask and you shall receive.
The desire achieved.

I am the ocean!
And I roared as I evaporated
into the shadow of the moon.

Thanks for the inspiration wangi.
Marguerite
That's beautiful.

Truly inspiring.......................thanks for letting us read this, MtP.
Who wrote it?
cheers
ali

Marguerite-the-Poet · Post by **Marguerite-the-Poet** » 04 Jul 2007, 15:50

ali wrote:
Nelson Hatstand wrote:
Marguerite-the-Poet wrote:In my silent stillness
the pounding of my heartbeat
pulsated waves through my veins.
To every breath
the seas motion cradled a love.
Drifting out with the tide
was the ocean inside me.

Ask and you shall receive.
The desire achieved.

I am the ocean!
And I roared as I evaporated
into the shadow of the moon.

Thanks for the inspiration wangi.
Marguerite
That's beautiful.
Truly inspiring.......................thanks for letting us read this, MtP.
Who wrote it?
cheers
ali

Hi Nelson & ali

Thank you. I wrote the poem as I looked at wangi's photograph. I felt like I was actually there at Seacliff. The image comforted me and brought rest to my soul. Love walked in and with it a priceless jewel, a little poem.

Blessings to you both and wangi,

Marguerite-the-Poet

(Today is the 4th of July in America. There will be lots of fireworks. Does Scotland have a day when they shower the skies with fireworks. If so, does anyone have pictures of that? There is a block party on my street. And lots of bands playing music at the park!

Got to get ready. May everyone have a wonderful day filled with joy

)

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 04 Jul 2007, 21:11

Wangi, that pic of yours reminded me of the one I took in used to be " sunny" Linlithgow a few weeks ago!!!! And the sky still looks like that almost every day just now!!!

Post by **wangi** » 05 Jul 2007, 21:51

Arachnid, sunny that's not!

MtP, nice poem... Although it's the first ("sunny") photo which is at Seaciff in East Lothian... The B&W one is from Portobello itself.

Rapunzell, if you're resizing a photo to post on the web adding some "sharpening" really does make it look some much better - by resizing the photo to make it small it also ends up making it more blurry!

Here're two from a midnight walk last night (click on the link for bigger):

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/81706306

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/81736201

Marguerite-the-Poet · Post by **Marguerite-the-Poet** » 05 Jul 2007, 22:28

Wangi those pixs are incrediable! I lvoe fog and dark clouds. Perfect atmosphere to write. Cute little town to stroll along ...ahhhhh wish I was there. I hear the wind. Where is my pen? !!!!!

Marguerite-the-Poet · Post by **Marguerite-the-Poet** » 06 Jul 2007, 05:22

wangi wrote:MtP, nice poem... Although it's the first ("sunny") photo which is at Seaciff in East Lothian... The B&W one is from Portobello itself.

[snip]

Here're two from a midnight walk last night (click on the link for bigger):

[snip]

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/81736201

Thanks wangi. I noticed when I enlarged this particular picture there appeared to be two attached translucent spheres somewhat dangling in the midnight blue sky. What’s your thoughts on that?

I'm working on a poem ....

Post by **wangi** » 06 Jul 2007, 09:20

Marguerite-the-Poet wrote:Thanks wangi. I noticed when I enlarged this particular picture there appeared to be two attached translucent spheres somewhat dangling in the midnight blue sky. What’s your thoughts on that?

It's either the moon, or a dirty lens.

Marguerite-the-Poet · Post by **Marguerite-the-Poet** » 06 Jul 2007, 15:30

wangi wrote:
Marguerite-the-Poet wrote:Thanks wangi. I noticed when I enlarged this particular picture there appeared to be two attached translucent spheres somewhat dangling in the midnight blue sky. What’s your thoughts on that?
It's either the moon, or a dirty lens.

By jove wangi, I honestly think from having done some research that you've managed to capture on film GRACE's (NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) two satellites that fly in tandem! You should enlarge this photo http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/81736201 and send it to NASA!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 06 Jul 2007, 21:25

Nelson Hatstand wrote:
ecm wrote:
Eccentric???

I think you're being a bit polite there. It is a well known fact that blokes from the Borders get nuttier as the years roll on.
Anything could have happened. He might have held you prisoner in his colourful outbuildings ( I swear, I can see someone's face at one of the windows!) or drugged you and put you in a gnome suit, shoved a rod in your hand and sat you on an oversized toadstool
What do you mean, might have?

Bob actually looks quite hunky in dungarees and dangled from on high. I reckon Snow White's giving him the eye from behind those flowers.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 06 Jul 2007, 21:46

Or maybe she's stopped taking them??

Or she's missing me 'n' Plug soooo much now we've decamped to Victoria Quay for a while and she knows we won't be there when she deigns to go back to "work"!!

Yes, it'll be the latter

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 06 Jul 2007, 23:21

ecm wrote:Bob's surely from the wrong side of the Border though?

Shhh, don't tell him ecm - but he's an INCOMER

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 07 Jul 2007, 09:35

Marya wrote:
ecm (about Nelson) wrote: Nice hat, btw. You look lush!

ecm (about Bob) wrote: Bob actually looks quite hunky
Have you been taking those pills again ecm?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

yes

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 07 Jul 2007, 09:49

Epykat wrote:
ecm wrote:Bob's surely from the wrong side of the Border though?
Shhh, don't tell him ecm - but he's an INCOMER

How awful for him. I was actually on a wee holiday near the Border (but I kept on the right side of it, of course) and found a mad garden of my own. I didn't have a camera with me and can't be bothered writing about it so that's that really.
To keep on topic though here's a photo of a couple of goats cuddling.

Post by **wangi** » 08 Jul 2007, 01:01

(while oot scooting aboot now i'm wi licence)

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/81838874

Looking out from Lothian across the Firth of Forth toward Fife, with the rain-laden clouds above... Taken from the A6124, at the start of what will be the A68 Dalkeith Bypass by next year. Arthur's Seat is near the middle of the photo.

The two bottom right frames of the 8 frames in this panorama (4x2) were messed up by the camera... It took them with 1/3200s rather than 1/125s... So, not too great on the enlargement front!

View larger size here.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 08 Jul 2007, 14:23

Fantastic as ever, Wangi

Mr Soupy was looking at the night photos and reckons the planet was Jupiter as Venus would have set in the west by midnight.
Any satellite would leave a blurred trail, like the incoming airliner, as they move really fast.
Its fun on a clear dark night to watch for the satellites zooming overhead, seen the space station a couple of times.

Marguerite-the-Poet · Post by **Marguerite-the-Poet** » 08 Jul 2007, 15:10

wangi wrote:(while oot scooting aboot now i'm wi licence)

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/81838874
Looking out from Lothian across the Firth of Forth toward Fife, with the rain-laden clouds above... Taken from the A6124, at the start of what will be the A68 Dalkeith Bypass by next year. Arthur's Seat is near the middle of the photo.

The two bottom right frames of the 8 frames in this panorama (4x2) were messed up by the camera... It took them with 1/3200s rather than 1/125s... So, not too great on the enlargement front!
View larger size here.

I was speachless after peeking in and viewing this pix yesterday evening. I thought to myself what an adventure to pitch a tent, light a fire, and gaze at those phenomenial skies till daybreak.

Wangi/Lee Kindness, you should be sending this photo to National Geographic!

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 08 Jul 2007, 17:21

wangi wrote:(while oot scooting aboot now i'm wi licence)

Congratulations!

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 08 Jul 2007, 20:27

wangi wrote:East Lothian great for escaping to on a drive.

Here's another "secret" harbour on the SE coast we found today:

We found it late in the day so intend to back soon to explore further.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 08 Jul 2007, 20:31

So secret I forgot to name it: Cove Harbour

Post by **wangi** » 11 Jul 2007, 13:26

Cove added to the hit list!

I've got a trawl of photos from the last few days... But have been battling the PC (never ever build your own PC, and never ever pick a daft OS (XP 64bit) to put on it) so little chance to look at them.

Monday night at Fisherrow (click to enlarge):

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/82037915

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/82037867

And for a change... Somebody who was unlucky enough to be living in a caravan (with baby), and even more unlucky to have it stolen and wrecked next to the sewage works...

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/82037890

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 11 Jul 2007, 18:11

Is Cove the one where you have to walk through the tunnel and there are a few wee houses right on the beach? If so, Mr E actually has to go there to work

. He can't get the car down so he has to walk all the way with his tool box.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 11 Jul 2007, 18:48

Yes, it is the place with the tunnel - the road (track is a better word!) is dangerous - steep & crumbling.

That area would be good practice for Wangi if he ever goes up north as parts have passing-places as the roads are very narrow and twisty.

Post by **wangi** » 15 Jul 2007, 11:02

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/82205254

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » 15 Jul 2007, 23:29

In pictures: The Strangest Sights in Google Earth
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13418 ... ticle.html
I particularly like the one where the mini appears to be parked on the side of a building

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 16 Jul 2007, 15:27

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 16 Jul 2007, 16:04

Oh dear has the Figgate flooded?

Talk Porty ~ Portobello

Photos (part 1)

seacliff

Arthur's Seat