Picture(s) of the day....

[white exec]

We followed a spritely red 405 Estate for a good few km yesterday. What a fabulous amount of glass above the waistline these had!

[NewcastleFalcon]

.....Wow..................just done a MOT History Check.

At its last MOT it had a recorded mileage of

Spoiler: show

274233!

Regards Neil

[Peter.N.]

Very nice, a proper car. My 406 estate in the field has done 246,000.

Peter

[Peter.N.]

Strange goings on at Charmouth beach this week.

Peter

[NewcastleFalcon]

Very probably this Peter, have you spotted Kate Winslet?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D19ylvoXQAE02Tm.jpg

Regards Neil

[van ordinaire]

They didn't actually use those "bathing machines" when the sea was running like that.

How do I know? My grandfather was responsible for the ones at Woolacombe & he left it a bit late bringing them in one Autumn, there was a storm that night - leaving him with matchwood scattered over a large area & several sets of castiron wheels; his employer, the redoubtable Miss Chichester, was NOT amused!

[Peter.N.]

My aerial rigger who worked for me before I retired lives in Anning Road at Lyme Regis and I traverse it quite often as its on route to my doctors.

Peter

[NewcastleFalcon]

I did come across this pair as an aside to information on The Purple MGF mentioned in the Classics and Favourite Car Colours threads.

Could be a whatsthisthen?, but maybe a little tricky seeing as they never made it into production.

Info here http://www.namgar.com/articles/article/ ... es_part_1/

REgards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Another celebrity in Dorset today

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-47667649

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

BBC reports today is the 75th Anniversary of "The Great Escape"

Here's 2 Minutes 42 Seconds of Hollywood's Version of it




https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-englan ... ed-in-1944

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

No one got anything to add to our Great escape knowledge?

Either the actual great escape, or the film version.

Imcdb has its list of cars and bikes, although some doubt about the exact model of Triumph hilts did his bike acrobatics with.

Regards Neil

[bobins]

I went to Zagan 15-20 years ago in the off-chance there was something commemorating Tom, Dick, or Harry.... but found nothing but woodland, and the remanats of the camp slowly being consumed by the forest

Oh - and apparently the motorbike that Steve McQueen escaped on hadn't been designed or built then !!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Unsurprisingly the Opel Blitz of FCF OTCL fame also made numerous appearances in the film.

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

I went to Zagan 15-20 years ago in the off-chance there was something commemorating Tom, Dick, or Harry.... but found nothing but woodland, and the remanats of the camp slowly being consumed by the forest

Oh - and apparently the motorbike the Steve McQueen escaped on hadn't been designed or built then !!

Ask 100 people..which country did the great escapers escape from? And 99 including me would have ignorantly said Germany!i

Regards neil

PS. I find out that Zagan is twinned with Duns in the Scottish Borders. Now IKnow that there is an odd statue of Bear in Duns.....with links to Poland

[NewcastleFalcon]

Yes the bear is Wojtek

The photographer who took the picture of Glen Docherty and Loch Maree Jim Barton, also took the images below. I have been to Duns many times but have never taken the time to notice the bear or read the story. The same bear is honoured in Princess Street Gardens in Edinburgh which I have probably been through hundreds of times and never noticed either.

So here we go Wojtek the bear.....take a bow...you've made it to POTD!, and should any FCF members visit Edinburgh or Duns prepare yourself to be patted!

Wojtek the Bear

© Copyright Jim Barton and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

Wojtek the Soldier Bear, Duns

© Copyright Jim Barton and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Regards Neil