Picture(s) of the day....

[NewcastleFalcon]

Nice bit of Photography Bobins re Gold Beach.

Virtually flicking through CarandDriver, came across news of the Car Transporter Golden Ray on its side off the coast of Georgia USA....reminded me of this from the POTD archives....

It was one of the "Hoegh" fleet. The coast programme showed them parking up the cars in the ship to get the maximum number in. Quite a manual effort, and parked within an inch or two of each other.

There is another large car transport ship on its side off the coast of Georgia USA right now.
This report is a little behind events, all crew members have been located and one remains to be rescued according to a later report on the BBC website.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a2896 ... -kia-cars/

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Personal celebration of reaching the 100 likes on the forum, sticking with cars I have owned, although not actually this one:

Cheers Chaps!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Personal celebration of reaching the 100 likes on the forum,

Well done MIck I always enjoy your contributions. Now you have your century you need to do a Steve Smith and head for 200 not out!

REgards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Thanks Neil, I'll do my best, anything to prevent my ashes being scattered!!

[Hell Razor5543]

I know it is not car related, but I saw this little water vole on the River Kennet, somewhere in Berkshire;

[mickthemaverick]

Nice picture James, and it is car related because I see your comment as a devious way of telling us that your satnav is pants!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

I know it is not car related, but I saw this little water vole on the River Kennet, somewhere in Berkshire;

Excellent Picture James. A very rare sight these days. Big re-introduction project going on at Kielder, but from my youth they were a common sight on all rivers. A small river, aka "the Beck", ran next to my school and water rats as we used to call them were all over it.

REgards Neil

[myglaren]

Paaaarp parp.

There, see, it was car-related after all!

[Gibbo2286]

I took my Australia visitors to the Puzzlewood and on the trails there we saw many so very tiny water voles running in and out of the various springs that are in the woods.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Continuing the natural history theme.

I present a small tortoiseshell on buddlia flowers.

NF own work

..and a bit of tortoise related car trivia

"The marque's badge was unusual in featuring a tortoise — a pet tortoise walked into the frame of an inaugural photo-shoot, taken in the grounds of the makers. Because of the irony (the slowness of tortoises) the animal was chosen as the emblem. "

So whats the name of the car maker?

regards Neil

[Hell Razor5543]

Gordon Keeble?

[NewcastleFalcon]

Spot on James, from the archives I gave our Citrojim a taskette to seek out the tortoise badge at the Haynes Motor Museum and he came back with this.....

The Gordon Keeble from the Haynes Motor Museum this weekend

As discussed in this post:

https://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/ ... 83#p548883



Lots of piccies from Haynes.. I'll publish them in an album later...

REgards neil

[mickthemaverick]

Would that be Slough's finest:

A Gordon Keeble

[Hell Razor5543]

Following on with the irony theme, can anybody tell me what aeroplane was given the nickname "Oxcart"?

[NewcastleFalcon]

Would that be Slough's finest:


A Gordon Keeble

Yes a Gordon Keeble but Slough's Finest.......probably..... but there were of course the English Citroens churned out of Slough too

Regards Neil