Picture(s) of the day....

[NewcastleFalcon]

With due acknowledgement to Chesney Hawkes and Bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale also users use of the phrase, this is "The One and Only" Druridge Bay on Good Friday afternoon March 29th 2024.

Neil

[CitroJim]

That's incredibly atmospheric Neil Love it!

[NewcastleFalcon]

That's incredibly atmospheric Neil Love it!

Thanks Jim, and the fun was had on the steeply sided dunes with a bit of sand sledging for the younger generation improvised on a couple of bodyboards kindly shared with us.

Another Good Friday pic from me. Plenty Easter rabbits in the pic although a good many did run for cover on my approach.

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

POTD...threads you may not know exist.

Toolbag Tales and Homemade and improvised tools.
link...
viewtopic.php?p=795355#p795355

It's nice to have a place for these things, and today Gibbo found an excellent example.

Two nuts of diffferent threads welded together. One is the appropriate thread for a ball joint pin, the other for a slide hammer. A very inexpensive "tool" which can help remove stubborn ball joints of the type which the "fat end" of the joint fits into a circular socket in the hub carrier and requires pulling out in a downwards direction but is often rock solid stuck in the hub.

POTD visuals of the tool

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Rear view Mirror

Neil

[CitroJim]

A nice atmospheric shot of Linford Wood from early this morning showing one of the wooden signposts dotted around the wood...

[NewcastleFalcon]

Nice image Jim. It's a great time of year and the Easter weekend so far has seen plenty of blue skies and fluffy white clouds round here.

Round about here on the little travelled road you get both a different aspect to the normal view of Warkworth Castle
and a nice sign with a border collie on it.

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

POTD Carpe Diem

Not a day for "I can't take a photo because its too difficult".

I-Spy a Cuddy Duck
Contender
Falcon Awards March 2024

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

POTD Carpe Diem
Not a day for "I can't take a photo because its too difficult".

Maybe it was, not much seizing of the day forthcoming. Time to draw a line under March 2024 activity on POTD.
Thanks to the content providers for March-CitroJim, Mick, Steve, PeterN. Vic Evans, Gibbo, Ryan, Bobins, RichardW, James and Quintet as well as myself.

Without further ado, the two end of month awards
The Random Selection
...and this will go to whichever original photo is nearest to the random post number selected. In the event of a tie the first posted of equal contenders will win.

The Falcon selection
This will be chosen from all original photo's posted in the month including my own.

To follow...

[NewcastleFalcon]

The Random Selection

[NewcastleFalcon]

The Falcon Selection

Peter's Cat next to the stovepipe and Jim's end of ultra marathon pic were close, as was the only entry on the last day when the open invitation to contribute was given but not taken up.

My choice for the Falcon Award for March 2024 is one from the most prolific contributor of the month, yours truly, and I liked this composition the best.



Neil

[CitroJim]

No POTD yesterday as all mine were of my granddaughter and not really appropriate to this area. One picture of a giggly nature has been posted in my blog

[NewcastleFalcon]

No POTD for the entire Month of April for me

I'm giving the FCF community the gift of a Falcon Free month on POTD

Space for POTD assume its natural level of joining-in without any pushing or encouragement from yours truly.

To paraphrase Glasgow Corporation's
Let Glasgow Flourish
Plastered on the side of their Trolley Buses!

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

No POTD for the entire Month of April for me
Neil

Do I detect an early April Fool?

Attention!!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

No Mick, just leaving the floor open for others, if only for the purely selfish reason on my part that I like to see new content on a daily basis, and I see all of my own content even before it gets posted so nothing new there

Neil