Picture(s) of the day....

[mickthemaverick]

Regards Neil

Quaint idea the Northumbrians have, routing a footpath through a river!!

[myglaren]

We are training to be amphibians in preparation for the next deluge.

[NewcastleFalcon]

LEJOG

https://heroevents.eu/event-schedule/le-jog-2021/

Some kind of rally passing through Northumberland today heading North. Did have a one word answer chat with one of the "contestants" whose Alfa had no doubt been through a puddle and cut out. About as talkative as stone. Good morning was obviously two words but they thought zero words was an appropriate response to that. I noticed the LEJOG sticker on the car asked them if they were heading to John O'Groats, to which they said "Aviemore".

er Conversation terminated.

Anyway this Citroen looked as if it had been about a bit judging by the stickers, and stopped a while on double yellows, presumably to decide whether to turn left or right, long enough to take a surreptitious photo. I didn't knock on the window and give them the benefit of my local knowledge to help them out.

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

One of our winter benefits that make the summer leaves worthwhile:

Own work

[mickthemaverick]

I passed by this church today!! I wonder where I was? .....

Own work

[myglaren]

Near a church?

[NewcastleFalcon]

I passed by this church today!! I wonder where I was? .....

While I may have a chance, and a little help may be at hand towards the answer Mick, have you had a go at the impossible one...I keep giving it the odd go, and Dormouse has had a go. Have you given it a try....I'm talking about the car novel from the 1960's with nothing more than a vague recollection of the cover drawing and the subject matter!

REgards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Yes I gave it a 20 minute bash yesterday but with no luck, watching Chelsea at the moment but I'll give it another bash later!!

[Dormouse]

I've spent hours on it so far so, the more the merrier.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Gets dark just around 4.00 pm ish now

One for Moon and unidentified planet club

One for Christmas Tractor Club

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

I passed by this church today!! I wonder where I was? .....

Looks quite similar to Essendon St Mary's Mick


St Mary's Church, Essendon, Hertfordshire
Sealman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Looks quite similar to Essendon St Mary's Mick

Regards Neil

That's probably because it is! Well done Neil, it's actually quite a big church in a fairly small village about 7 miles from home, on my route to Elstree!!

[mickthemaverick]

Gets dark just around 4.00 pm ish now



Regards Neil

I would suggest that the unidentified planet was Jupiter as shown below:

BFTW

[NewcastleFalcon]

Gets dark just around 4.00 pm ish now



Regards Neil

I would suggest that the unidentified planet was Jupiter as shown below:

Thanks Mick, your image is spot on. The view was across the Tweed was looking South-ish. Over the river to the "christmas tractor" roundabout looking back, just as your image shows, the appearing larger and brighter planet of Venus was very prominent, previously blocked by the building in the "charging point" photo.

Regards Neil

[myglaren]

This may be of interest, you can see the heavenly bodies without binoculars or telescopes, even through clouds.
Stellarium.