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| Posted by chrisbet: Thu Mar 7th, 2019 09:16 | 1st Post |
| Just a couple from my last Tuscan trip via France & Switzerland The Moselle at Thionville  The St Gotthard pass  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Thu Mar 7th, 2019 09:44 | 2nd Post |
from an earlier trip - not sure if this qualifies as a landscape but it is one of my favourite images
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Mar 7th, 2019 14:50 | 3rd Post |
chrisbet wrote:Just a couple from my last Tuscan trip via France & SwitzerlandI've got a photo from the next curve down from that spot (I estimate) showing the archway tunnel further down the pass. Lovely area. Have you done the Gross Glockner Alpine Road, Chris? 
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| Posted by jk: Thu Mar 7th, 2019 19:51 | 4th Post |
| I did the Gross Glockner Pass road with my parents way back in 1960. I was one of my first memories of seeing snow (since I lived in the West Indies).
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| Posted by Eric: Fri Mar 8th, 2019 12:31 | 5th Post |
jk wrote:I did the Gross Glockner Pass road with my parents way back in 1960. I was one of my first memories of seeing snow (since I lived in the West Indies).We sat having a coffee and slice of sackertorte looking at the twin peaks across the glacier.  We we noticed that a black dot was moving on the side of the left peak......  Ive done a bit of climbing in my younger days....but not sure I would tackle that snowy peak alone. 
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| Posted by chrisbet: Fri Mar 8th, 2019 12:59 | 6th Post |
Eric wrote:Have you done the Gross Glockner Alpine Road, Chris?No - I was going to do that last year but my swiss friend said it would take us too long to make it into Itlay before dark - as it was we ended up in the gloom & fog going over the gotthard - the tunnel was log jammed! I have done the St Bernard in the MG on a rally - that was fun, maybe I can find some images ...
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| Posted by chrisbet: Mon Sep 30th, 2019 10:56 | 7th Post |
A couple from the latest trip to Tuscany.... 
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| Posted by jk: Mon Sep 30th, 2019 11:39 | 8th Post |
| Tuscany emerging from the mist!
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| Posted by Graham Whistler: Sat Nov 16th, 2019 12:35 | 9th Post |
Tuscany mist is super we hope to go there next year. In mean time this is landsape from New Zealand Nikon D300 and 18-200mm AF-S 200 AFS
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| Posted by novicius: Sun Nov 17th, 2019 17:48 | 10th Post |
| Lovely Photograph...was there any editing done ?
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| Posted by Graham Whistler: Mon Nov 18th, 2019 16:40 | 11th Post |
| In Photoshop just slight use of levels as exposure was slightly under also USM.
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| Posted by novicius: Mon Nov 18th, 2019 16:43 | 12th Post |
Graham Whistler wrote:In Photoshop just slight use of levels as exposure was slightly under also USM.Thank You....photoshop again....am I the Only one who is using Capture NX-D ?...really..?..
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| Posted by Robert: Mon Nov 18th, 2019 18:00 | 13th Post |
novicius wrote:...am I the Only one who is using Capture NX-D ?...really..?..I think Photoshop (Ps) is popular among many because it's pretty consistent and in such universal use. To learn all the software out there, in depth is more than most people can bear. Now with Lightroom sharing Camera Raw with Ps to some extent it reinforces the compulsion that many photographers find when faced with the quite bewildering choices out there. Some time back I tried to find an alternative to Lightroom because of the CC issue, but for me there wasn't one. So along with Lr comes Ps, fortunately Adobe seem to have realised that CC is impractical for many serious and professional photographers, many of whom have vast libraries of very large image files some running to very many terabytes which is impractical to store online, not to mention the risks involve with such a venture in a commercial setting. Adobe seem to be continuing to develop the Classic version alongside the CC version. I have used NX-D It's good and probably gets more from an NEF than any other processor but I have a set routine with my images and unless there is something which isn't working well with the Lr, Ps combo, I stick with the devil I know. There is quite a reasonable choice of image editing software but nothing which matches the contribution which Lightroom brings with it. Not as far as I am concerned anyway.
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| Posted by Eric: Tue Nov 19th, 2019 07:01 | 14th Post |
novicius wrote:Thank You....photoshop again....am I the Only one who is using Capture NX-D ?...really..?..I still have photoshop CC on the desktop but these days more and more I prefer to use my large iPad Pro with Affinity Photo. It's virtually as good as as photoshop (if a bit quirky menus, which you have to get your Photoshop head round). And as no one is paying me for the results these days, I don't need the same level of precision.
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| Posted by Graham Whistler: Thu Jul 16th, 2020 10:37 | 15th Post |
One from the past 17/3/2004 high in the Swiss Alps we were filming the Railway on the dramatic Bernina Pass. This is a Nikon D1X image, what a super camera that was! Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by GeoffR: Thu Jul 16th, 2020 13:56 | 16th Post |
| Graham Whistler wrote: This is a Nikon D1X image, what a super camera that was! Indeed it was, I was looking at some shots from Florida taken on a D1X and I was surprised just how sharp they are.
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| Posted by Graham Whistler: Sun Sep 13th, 2020 11:20 | 17th Post |
On the Beach! Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Sun Sep 13th, 2020 16:04 | 18th Post |
| Great picture, love the sky colours.
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| Posted by Graham Whistler: Thu Sep 17th, 2020 14:39 | 19th Post |
Another Rolleiflex images from 1960! Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by Graham Whistler: Wed Sep 30th, 2020 06:09 | 20th Post |
Autumn will be here soon! Another Rolleiflex picture from 1960 cousin Jim had just started his life's work in forestry. Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by jk: Wed Sep 30th, 2020 08:50 | 21st Post |
Eric wrote:I still have photoshop CC on the desktop but these days more and more I prefer to use my large iPad Pro with Affinity Photo. It's virtually as good as as photoshop (if a bit quirky menus, which you have to get your Photoshop head round). And as no one is paying me for the results these days, I don't need the same level of precision.Eric what size iPad Pro (screen and memory) do you have? Do you use the Apple Pencil for your edits?
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| Posted by Eric: Wed Sep 30th, 2020 12:17 | 22nd Post |
jk wrote:Eric what size iPad Pro (screen and memory) do you have?12.9â€, 512gb..... and yes.
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| Posted by Graham Whistler: Thu Oct 1st, 2020 05:59 | 23rd Post |
Eric how about the Palace Theatre by night with help from 6 electronic flash heads. March 1989 and sorry Sinar 4x5 camera. Sorry, the colour transp long gone with the client. Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Oct 1st, 2020 12:02 | 24th Post |
Graham Whistler wrote:Eric how about the Palace Theatre by night with help from 6 electronic flash heads. March 1989 and sorry Sinar 4x5 camera. Sorry, the colour transp long gone with the client.Were the flashes just on the roof and fired remotely? It's very impressive the detail and lighting. If I was being critical.... I wonder if the camera would have been better a bit higher to lift the car light trails off the building and posts? 
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| Posted by Robert: Thu Oct 1st, 2020 18:38 | 25th Post |
| Is it worth splitting this thread at post #23 as I feel historic houses are in a quite separate category from landscapes? The UK has many beautiful and famous historic houses from stately homes to humble cottages such as Beatrix Potter's cottage Hill Top at Hawkshead to the royal palaces and the likes of Blenheim Palace. Most are worthy beautiful or spectacular places. I think these themed threads are a good way to show off our work but we need to keep on topic, else it becomes a mishmash.
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| Posted by jk: Fri Oct 2nd, 2020 05:17 | 26th Post |
| Done.. Good suggestion Robert. See new thread ..... Historic Houses and Ruins. https://www.nikondslr.uk/view_topic.php?id=1843&forum_id=25&jump_to=24402#p24402
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| Posted by Robert: Fri Oct 2nd, 2020 14:54 | 27th Post |
| Thank you JK, another nice thread and plenty of opportunity throughout the seasons too. I am fresh back from Muncaster Castle, birds, plants and old buildings... Must offload the images.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Sun Oct 25th, 2020 10:57 | 28th Post |
| Just back from Tuscany with a selection of "landscape" images. Didn't have room to carry the Nikon with me this trip so these are all phone pics, the quality is not great but I hope they convey a sense of the beauty of Scully's surroundings - the last one a view over the clouds from around 30,000 feet ....  Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by Graham Whistler: Mon Oct 26th, 2020 07:26 | 29th Post |
Not bad from a mobile phone Chris. This is another high image this time with a D1X and 24-70mm AF-S a few years ago. Gormer Glacier SE of Zermatt Switzerland my recent picture shows how much this Glacier has shrunk since I first photographed it in 1960!!! Nikon DSLR with 24-70 mm AF-S lens. Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by jk: Mon Oct 26th, 2020 12:40 | 30th Post |
| I guess climate change has more or less wiped out the glacier. I can remember visiting to it as a kid in the summer of 1960 it was still very cold there.
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| Posted by Eric: Mon Nov 16th, 2020 09:50 | 31st Post |
Not taken this year but uncovered these autumn shots while rummaging through the archives... Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by jk: Mon Nov 16th, 2020 11:10 | 32nd Post |
| Like the Autumn Reflection very much. Great image.
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| Posted by Richard_M: Wed Nov 18th, 2020 21:31 | 33rd Post |
| There are some wonderful images posted here I have a few to share but will need to first find them. Too much chasing birds and native orchids. Here are a few until I find more #1 Alfred Nicholas Memorial Gardens Located in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria Alfred Nicholas Memorial Garden is the original garden of the historic Burnham Beeches estate, renowned for its extensive water features.  #2 Craig's Hut Sunrise Craig's Hut is one of the most famous High Country huts. Perched atop Clear Hills, Craig's Hut offers stunning views of the ranges and is one of the region's most photographed landmarks.  #3 Stepping stones at Big Peninsula Tunnel As part of the McMahons Creek and Reefton goldfield, the Yarra River was known to have carried good gold, and from the 1850's the riverbed underwent alluvial mining and was sluiced for gold. 
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| Posted by Richard_M: Wed Nov 18th, 2020 22:28 | 34th Post |
| A few of the Yarra River in Melbourne #1  #2  #3  #4 
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| Posted by jk: Thu Nov 19th, 2020 03:35 | 35th Post |
| Melbourne by night. Just as I remember it from 2007/8. Never went during the day as I was based near Geelong.
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| Posted by jk: Thu Nov 19th, 2020 03:39 | 36th Post |
Taken in Spain in the days before the Brexit madness brought chaos and disruption. Still looking for the vaccine but I guess that comes in 2022. Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by jk: Thu Nov 19th, 2020 03:46 | 37th Post |
| Views from the top of the hill that my house sits upon. All the way to Ibiza (150km) and Majorca (250km).  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by jk: Thu Nov 19th, 2020 03:56 | 38th Post |
More views from the hill. Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by jk: Thu Nov 19th, 2020 03:59 | 39th Post |
Back to wetter less sunny country. Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by jk: Thu Nov 19th, 2020 04:07 | 40th Post |
It is Poldark country. Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Nov 19th, 2020 06:22 | 41st Post |
jk wrote:Views from the top of the hill that my house sits upon.That's about as close as I would want to get to Ibiza. 
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Nov 19th, 2020 06:24 | 42nd Post |
| Great images there, guys
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| Posted by jk: Thu Nov 19th, 2020 12:54 | 43rd Post |
Eric wrote:That's about as close as I would want to get to Ibiza.And I thought you were a party boy! I agree with you but the islands you can just see in the photos is to the left Ibiza and to the right side Formentera, which is beautiful. The other picture of the mountain I didnt realise also has the islands in it (to the left by the trees). I usually take these photos early in the day as the sun is rising as this is best time to see long distance. The horizon is not level!! No excuse really.
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| Posted by Richard_M: Thu Nov 19th, 2020 17:04 | 44th Post |
| Nice set Jonathan Here are a few from Bright last Autumn. We couldn't go this year due to Covid restrictions. We have visited there a couple of times for Autumn. Bright is a town in Victoria, Australia. It's a base for exploring the peaks of Mount Buffalo National Park and Alpine National Park as well as Mount Hotham, a popular ski resort. The region is also known for wineries and fall foliage. Bright is a starting point for the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail, a hiking and cycling path. Bright Museum, in the town's former train station, documents rail and gold rush history.#1  #2  #3  #4  #5  #6  #7  #8 
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| Posted by Richard_M: Mon Nov 23rd, 2020 16:29 | 45th Post |
| With Covid restrictions being lifted in our state, the wife and I took a 2HR drive to Walhalla Some info from the internet https://www.travelvictoria.com.au/walhalla/ Walhalla is a picturesque village, located north of Moe and Traralgon. Nestled in a steep sided valley at the southern edge of the Victorian Alps, the town is surrounded by a national park, lush forests and fern gullies. It was quite busy while we were there, however timing of taking the shots allowed me to make it look a little deserted. Apologies for the number of images. Admin please delete if not appropriate #1  #2  #3  #4  #5  #6  #7  #8  #9  #10  #11  #12  #13  #14  #15  #16 As we were in rural Victoria, a couple of the locals  #17 
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| Posted by Eric: Fri May 31st, 2024 22:14 | 46th Post |
| It’s 4 years since anyone posted a landscape photo in this section. Shame on us all!! I know Graham has some great landscapes he can add, and I am sure Jonathan has something wild from Cornwall? What about everyone else? Here’s a recent iphoto from Sheringham Park…….  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by jk: Sun Jun 2nd, 2024 18:10 | 47th Post |
| All my recent landscape work is from Dartmoor where I was walking every week. However all that was halted by the events of last year that surrounded by late daughter.
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| Posted by Graham Whistler: Mon Jun 3rd, 2024 11:20 | 48th Post |
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| Posted by chrisbet: Mon Jun 3rd, 2024 11:48 | 49th Post |
| I am in tuscany at the moment with all the camera gear and good intentions to capture some photos. Here is one taken last week as we arrived  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Tue Jun 4th, 2024 13:58 | 50th Post |
from our house yesterday afternoon ---  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Wed Jun 5th, 2024 17:54 | 51st Post |
The town of Barbarino val d'elsa Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by Eric: Tue Jun 11th, 2024 08:39 | 52nd Post |
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| Posted by Eric: Wed Jun 12th, 2024 21:40 | 53rd Post |
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| Posted by chrisbet: Thu Jun 27th, 2024 16:27 | 54th Post |
Panoramic view from our house  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Jun 27th, 2024 19:34 | 55th Post |
| And why exactly do you ever want to return to the UK, Chris? Beautiful.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Thu Jun 27th, 2024 19:44 | 56th Post |
Stupid Brexit means I cant stay as long as I want to ! I have extended our stay this time by an extra week 
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| Posted by chrisbet: Thu Jun 27th, 2024 20:00 | 57th Post |
I put the 500mm reflex f8 on and took this across the valley - handheld .... the subject is an old castle converted to housing and right next door to our favourite winery  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Jun 27th, 2024 21:52 | 58th Post |
| Lovely setting and well captured. Are the horses nearby?
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| Posted by chrisbet: Fri Jun 28th, 2024 06:49 | 59th Post |
| No, the horses are about 2 miles away in the next valley over - an even prettier valley!!
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| Posted by chrisbet: Tue Jul 2nd, 2024 11:30 | 60th Post |
Scully's valley  Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by Eric: Tue Jul 2nd, 2024 22:57 | 61st Post |
| Looks a perfect rural idyll. The ideal place to get away from Euro 24.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Wed Jul 3rd, 2024 10:30 | 62nd Post |
| And elections - 100%
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| Posted by chrisbet: Thu Jul 4th, 2024 12:26 | 63rd Post |
The house at the yard - our home this week. Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Jul 4th, 2024 18:22 | 64th Post |
| No wonder you don’t want to come home to fix the Gallery. Meant to ask…how did the new wheels perform on the journey down? And which route did you take? When we took our caravan down to Italy we used to do the long haul down through Switzerland ( Basel > Lucerne > Round Milan ). The thought of doing it with caravan now fills me with dread….too long at towing speeds.
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Jul 4th, 2024 18:37 | 65th Post |
chrisbet wrote:And elections - 100%Never mind, you will have plenty of time to embrace Starmageddon in the coming years.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Thu Jul 4th, 2024 18:47 | 66th Post |
| We took the Dover Dunkerque ferry then down through Belgium to Dinant overnight. South through Luxembourg and back into France to Chambery overnight. Then across into Italy via the Frejus tunnel, avoiding Turin by cutting south to Genoa, then the coast motorway to Pisa before going cross country to Barberino val d'elsa. This route has quieter roads and nicer scenery. The car went well - fast and comfy with excellent air-conditioning. It has also done 6 round trips to Pisa, picking up and dropping off visitors.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Thu Jul 4th, 2024 18:54 | 67th Post |
Eric wrote:Never mind, you will have plenty of time to embrace Starmageddon in the coming years.Can't be worse than being trussed up.....
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Jul 4th, 2024 22:08 | 68th Post |
chrisbet wrote:Can't be worse than being trussed up..... At least they can’t sell off our gold reserves this time…..Gordon Brown already did that.
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| Posted by jk: Fri Jul 5th, 2024 23:24 | 69th Post |
| Well with no Tory boys to steal the crown jewels we might get a chance to recover the fraudulent PPE payments, nationalise the utilities (no recompense to shareholders as they have go their payment in dividends that should never have been paid), etc, etc.. We have David Beckham and apparently he has golden somethings so we could flog that off instead! Be interesting to see how fast Sir Kier can effect change!
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| Posted by Eric: Sat Jul 6th, 2024 09:44 | 70th Post |
jk wrote:Well with no Tory boys to steal the crown jewels we might get a chance to recover the fraudulent PPE payments, nationalise the utilities (no recompense to shareholders as they have go their payment in dividends that should never have been paid), etc, etc..I am sure he can effect change very quickly. It’s whether we like the changes he effects. I guess we have to keep an open mind and not prejudge based on previous experience of Labour governments. There’s now doubt about the mess we find ourselves in after this government. Only time will tell if it’s purely gross mismanagement or external forces that are the main drivers
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| Posted by chrisbet: Sat Jul 6th, 2024 13:23 | 71st Post |
| I am sure we will see some tax increases like private school vat and non doms which might not raise a lot of money but will be early winners with the general public. They need to close loopholes and chase non payers.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Mon Jul 8th, 2024 16:58 | 72nd Post |
Back on topic ... Click here to comment on this image. Instead of going through the Frejus tunnel we went over the top
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| Posted by chrisbet: Mon Jul 8th, 2024 16:59 | 73rd Post |
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| Posted by chrisbet: Mon Jul 8th, 2024 17:06 | 77th Post |
Now in Dijon for the night - opposite hotel is a building with an interesting roof line. Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by Eric: Mon Jul 8th, 2024 21:15 | 78th Post |
Some excellent photos there Chris. I think you have found your métier in landscapes.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Wed Jul 10th, 2024 09:35 | 79th Post |
| Thank you sir. As a bit of a change - a seascape  Click here to comment on this image. and a bit later  Click here to comment on this image
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| Posted by chrisbet: Wed Jul 10th, 2024 17:22 | 80th Post |
| Dijon cathedral - as taken -  Click here to comment on this image. and adjusted for parallax - sort of!  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by jk: Fri Jul 19th, 2024 21:39 | 81st Post |
| Did you go to the mustard shop in Dijon? It is amazing the amount of choice around Dijon mustard!
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| Posted by chrisbet: Sat Jul 20th, 2024 13:04 | 82nd Post |
| We did - out hotel was literally on the next corner! We also picked up some creme de cassis, something else Dijon is famous for.
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| Posted by Eric: Sun Sep 1st, 2024 18:36 | 83rd Post |
Local NT property. Went for a walk round the garden. Got talking to an interesting couple who motorbike everywhere and had just visited some of the places we had been in North of England. Fascinating hearing the bits we missed and telling them the places they missed. We chatted for nearly an hour and then decided a cuppa and Cornish pastie had more sway on the days activities. So we only got as far as the entrance gate to the Hall.... Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Sep 5th, 2024 14:00 | 84th Post |
| The UK is littered with ancient droving roads. For those who don't know, livestock were 'driven' (ie walked) down these ancient routes and tracks from farms to the county markets...or even as far as Smithfields Market in London! These days, the routes are clearly recognisable in that the hedge are wider apart, often much wider than seem necessary for even modern day vehicles ....because the herds meandered stretching the passageway wider and wider and hedges then grew up at these 'animal defined' extremes. So next time you drive down an A or B classed road and the verges are disproportionately wider than the carriageway....you are travelling an ancient droving road.  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Sep 5th, 2024 15:11 | 85th Post |
| This is another piece of useless information about droving roads. In this twisty West Country road if you look top right there is the entrance to a Halfpenny Acre. (Shown better in crop underneath) The hedge rows suddenly billow out ...this is where livestock were halted and crowded up while being counted into a field......... The drives were often days long and the livestock needed to be 'lodged' overnight. Farms along the drovers road set aside a small field where the itinerant creatures could be parked for the night for the fee of a ....half penny. Hence the name. Although no longer shown on this photo, these resting places were frequently "signposted" with 2 Yew Trees***. Thus weary Drovers could see where the next "service station" was and could judge their distances to resting points in advance. If you see a farm with 2 (now large) yew trees standing by the road near its entrance .....it's probably the site of an ancient Halfpenny Acre. *** The 2 deciduous trees in the foreground MIGHT have been an alternative to yews ....or may just be .......2 trees in a field.  Click here to comment on this image.  Click here to comment on this image.
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