Photos (part 2)

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » 09 Jun 2008, 19:56

It's the old gunpowder mill in Roslin Glen. Here's another shot of it

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 09 Jun 2008, 20:17

Thanks, Scorpion. We've visited the Glen several times but I don't think we've been to the mill, so that's added to our "must visit" list!

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 09 Jun 2008, 21:48

Funnily enough, I thought I knew Roslin Glen until I picked up a leaflet recently and realised there was a whole section I hadn't discovered before. It also links up with the Penicuik to Musselburgh railway walk/cycle path. Always great to find somewhere new on your doorstep.

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 12 Jun 2008, 18:38

Would you look at the state of this!!!!

It's our neighbours cat come into our garden to do a spot of sunbathing!!!

Sheer bliss!!!!

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 14 Jun 2008, 08:58

I have now added 18 images of Portobello from Capital Collections at:

http://porty.org.uk/gallery4/thumbnails.php?album=45

Clicking the link on each picture will take you to the Capital Collections website, giving you more info and an opportunity to purchase prints. The images on the Portobello Online gallery are in larger format, don't have the watermark and have been enhanced to remove spots, scratches etc.

There is a now a total of 101 images of Portobello on the Capital Collections website, although you will recognise many of these as postcards which we already feature in Margeorie Mekie's collection.

Several other galleries now completed or in progress.

Skeely · Post by **Skeely** » 14 Jun 2008, 10:01

Well done for getting these Bob. It seems a bit cheeky of the council to claim copyright on photos by unknown photographers over 70 years old though.

sunnyporty · Post by **sunnyporty** » 17 Jun 2008, 14:59

That Coots bottom looks like a dolphins head

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 17 Jun 2008, 21:07

sunnyporty wrote:That Coots bottom looks like a dolphins head

So it does!!!

Dolphins in Linlithgow Loch!! Wahay!!!!

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 17 Jun 2008, 21:09

This is the reason I can't do any ironing - she's on the board

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 18 Jun 2008, 14:16

Think my cat saw your post Epy!

Honestly, you turn your back to put something away and.....

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 18 Jun 2008, 21:46

arachnid wrote:
sunnyporty wrote:That Coots bottom looks like a dolphins head
So it does!!!
Dolphins in Linlithgow Loch!! Wahay!!!!

So who's more insulted - the coot for having a bum like a dolphin's nose or a dolphin for having a nose like a coot's bum??

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 18 Jun 2008, 22:22

Look at this wee cutie - an Eider chick hitching a lift fron his mummy or a nurse in the creche. It's a bit blurry as it's a zoom of a zoom..

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 03 Jul 2008, 22:18

Mr Pops and I went on an RSPB "cruise" on the Maid on the Forth last week:

Puffy the Puffin

Inchkeith

Inchkeith again

Cormorant Island!

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 13 Jul 2008, 18:06

Thank you Bob (and Scorpion) for pointing out the Mills to us - we walked from the wee carpark at the A6094/B7003 junction to the mills via the old railway then back up the B7003 (which is closed I should warn anyone thinking of visiting Roslin Glen - part of the road has subsided and it will be sometime before it's fixed I reckon. You can still get to the Glen carpark from the Roslin side).

Anyway, what's left of the mills and the associated weir and wades is very interesting and I'm off to find old maps and photos of it all!!

Post by **wangi** » 15 Jul 2008, 01:49

Four from the last couple of months:

Colorado:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lkindness/2664364943/" title="Top of the world by Lee Kindness, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/266 ... b8fe5d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Top of the world"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lkindness/2664364941/" title="Hunting cabin by Lee Kindness, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/266 ... bdbb26.jpg" width="500" height="373" alt="Hunting cabin"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lkindness/2664364927/" title="Colorado high sky by Lee Kindness, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/266 ... 600510.jpg" width="500" height="373" alt="Colorado high sky"></a>

Zante:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lkindness/2664208499/" title="Jump into the aqua sea by Lee Kindness, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/266 ... 16f5ef.jpg" width="281" height="500" alt="Jump into the aqua sea"></a>

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 30 Jul 2008, 10:48

Especially for Teddygirl - a Mexican Striped Owl

Cute until you see the size of them feet!!

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 30 Jul 2008, 16:46

that is one adorable owl. love his slippers.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 30 Jul 2008, 17:06

Mexican Striped Owl (Asio clamator)
The Mexican Striped Owl is found native to Central and South
America. This strange looking species of owl is related to the
British Short Eared Owl, and is very adaptable to a number of
habitats, including forest, farmland, rainforest, suburban and
urban areas. They also eat a varied diet, from small rodents
and birds, to pigeons and doves, to reptiles, with spiny lizards
being a particular favourite. They are also intriguing in that they
are one of the few species of Owls who will roost communally
in one tree - one count saw as many as twenty-six Mexican
Striped Owls living together in the same tree. This is unusually
as owls are more commonly solitary or live with their mate
only, and will fiercely defend their territory from any intruders.
While the Mexican Striped Owl does not hunt in groups, it is
certainly more sociable than most owls to live in one. This
may be why Nimue is such a friendly (if very noisy!) creature.
He loves attention, and gives his happy scream to visitors
all day long. He is also very special as one of our two Wedding
Ring Delivery Owls who will happily deliver your wedding ring
to the Best Man in the Chapel, outside or on the Quarterdeck
in the Castle. Nimue is also flown in the Ultimate Falconry
Experience, the Owl Encounter and the Children's Activities.
He is available for handling in the Regal Greeting.

http://www.falconryscotland.co.uk

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 30 Jul 2008, 19:07

I found Smeagol at North Berwick

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 09 Aug 2008, 10:56

Poppy wrote:Especially for Teddygirl - a Mexican Striped Owl

Cute until you see the size of them feet!!

Thanks Poppy, he's beautiful.
Here are a couple of friends from my hols.

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 09 Aug 2008, 11:04

Seem to have lost the second one

I'll have a wee look for him

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 09 Aug 2008, 11:05

Found him

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 11 Aug 2008, 16:38

Some holiday pics.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 11 Aug 2008, 18:29

Lovely piccies - were you on holiday on the big boat, Marya??

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 11 Aug 2008, 19:36

Poppy wrote:Lovely piccies - were you on holiday on the big boat, Marya??

Thanks Pops. The big boat was the QE2 and sadly we weren't on board. We just viewed the wealthy from afar. Mind you, with the price of everything in Norway - especially booze - we might have been cheaper booking a cabin on board!

We first saw her in Flam, at the head of the famous Naeroyfjord, while we were en route to Bergen. The next day our ferry made its way down the coast from Bergen to Stavanger before travelling to Newcastle and there was the QE2 again! She left the harbour just before us, surrounded by a flotilla of hundreds of small craft and with ships' horns sounding and tugboats sending up fountains of water. It was really quite a spectacle. We were told she is to be sold to Dubai this Autumn so was on one of her last trips.

It was our first visit to Norway and, cost of living aside, it was wonderful. It is like Scotland on steroids and is breathtakingly beautiful. The glacier behind Matt was HUGE, but there were guided walks for all abilities. Homer and Matt also climbed Galdhopiggen, the biggest mountain in Northern Europe and almost twice the size of Ben Nevis. I was happy just to watch their video!

Here's one of the local delicacies !

seashell · Post by **seashell** » 11 Aug 2008, 20:56

Beautiful pictures - looks like stunning countryside.

Smoked whale actually sounds quite nice compared with the Icelandic delicacy of smoked puffin...and no, we did NOT try it!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 12 Aug 2008, 20:13

Pictures are great, love the little church.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 13 Aug 2008, 10:46

Thanks for the compliments guys, though the photos don't really do the scenery justice, as it is impossible to convey the scale of the country.

The wee church at Urnes, is the oldest Stave kirk in Norway, Sandra and dates from 1050. It is under renovation at the moment as the left side of the church leans over 12 cm more than the right. The whole thing is pinned together like a Viking ship and rests on foundations of loose layered flat stones, which look like a low, dry stane dyked, wall. It was quite amazing, as were the freshly made waffles with sour cream and homemade raspberry jam we had at the wee cafe nearby. Yum!

I didn't try the smoked whale Seashell, but Homer and son did. Their verdict was that it is ...'smoky'

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » 14 Aug 2008, 00:09

Well, I've just returned from holiday in a caravan in Ayr. Apart from a bite from a clegg which gave me a bad reaction (my hand/arm and face swelled up and I had a large blister on my hand) I had a very relaxing time. Some of the sunsets were great

Grunk · Post by **Grunk** » 27 Aug 2008, 14:09

Why is there a photo of Portobello Road, London on googlemaps for Portobello?

I thought we had an exciting street of shops that I'd not noticed before.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 07 Sep 2008, 23:15

We were at Cove harbour today.

Spot the difference:

just over 12 months later

(apologies for blurry image - rain and camera shake from being buffeted by the "breeze")

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 07 Sep 2008, 23:33

Closer (and a lot of the soil is now washed away)

PS While we were drinking a warming coffee in the carpark at Cove, a policeRange Rover appeared and went away at once. Our curiousity was only really aroused by the www address on the vehicle www.cnc.police.co.uk...... It was only when we got home did we find out that cnc is the nuclear polis (who are "routinely armed"

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Maria · Post by **Maria** » 08 Sep 2008, 10:54

That's scary looking, Poppy

Imagine being at the top of the cliff at the start of the landside

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 08 Sep 2008, 11:45

I was on that very cliff top last Thursday (see Southern Upland Way thread). It seemed OK then but a little further back in Pease Dean there were warnings of a bridge having been swept away and another being unsafe.

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » 09 Oct 2008, 19:41

Some absolutely stunning pictures here http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/1 ... o_nyc.html