Author Topic: Landscapes  (Read 98254 times)

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: Landscapes
« Reply #125 on: 19 May, 2016, 03:00:12 pm »
Spiffing!  Nice gnarly tree, too.

That yellow stuff - rape?? - don't half stink, though.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

LEE

  • "Shut Up Jens" - Legs.
Re: Landscapes
« Reply #126 on: 19 May, 2016, 04:20:16 pm »
Spiffing!  Nice gnarly tree, too.

That yellow stuff - rape?? - don't half stink, though.

Until fairly recently it was quite difficult to source local Rapeseed oil, most supermarkets sell Spanish stuff.

Now Pratt's Farms  (Grately, Hampshire) have their own pressing/bottling operation (so do your bit if you spot it on the shelves).

Either I don't mind the smell of it or I've just become oblivious to it, after cycling past the stuff for 20 years.

Note. I'm not sure a decent Marketing company would stick with the name "Rape" though.  I'd change it to "Golden Angel Oil" or similar.
Some people say I'm self-obsessed but that's enough about them.

billplumtree

  • Plumbing the well of gitness
Re: Landscapes
« Reply #127 on: 20 May, 2016, 09:07:35 pm »
Taken off the road over Birker Fell and I think its Green Crag and Crook Crag, kinda hoping someone can confirm it

Yep, I'd go along with that.  On the left, you're looking across the Eskdale valley to the Upper Eskdale fells.  Not at all sure what the blue stuff in the upper third of the photo is, mind.

Re: Landscapes
« Reply #128 on: 22 May, 2016, 03:18:42 pm »
Thank you kindly Mr Plumtree  :thumbsup:

Re: Landscapes
« Reply #129 on: 22 May, 2016, 04:57:51 pm »
Spiffing!  Nice gnarly tree, too.

That yellow stuff - rape?? - don't half stink, though.

Until fairly recently it was quite difficult to source local Rapeseed oil, most supermarkets sell Spanish stuff.

Now Pratt's Farms  (Grately, Hampshire) have their own pressing/bottling operation (so do your bit if you spot it on the shelves).

Either I don't mind the smell of it or I've just become oblivious to it, after cycling past the stuff for 20 years.

Note. I'm not sure a decent Marketing company would stick with the name "Rape" though.  I'd change it to "Golden Angel Oil" or similar.
The Canadians went with 'Canola'

Brits generally are very anti-rape, yellow blight and all that... however

It's a good break crop from cereals, yet uses the same machinery so from an agronomy point of view makes sense
It's not as big an allergen as people think- because it smells it gets blamed but the pollen doesn't spread as much as (say) tree pollen
That's where the bio-diesel's going to come from
Locally grown oils are less environmentally damaging than imported

Re: Landscapes
« Reply #130 on: 25 June, 2016, 07:25:16 pm »
OnOne Pickenflick - Tour De Fer 20 - Pinnacle Arkose cx - Charge Cooker maxi2 fatty - GT Zaskar Carbon Expert

Re: Landscapes
« Reply #131 on: 25 June, 2016, 07:25:52 pm »
Nice job trimming the grass, bumper ;D

Re: Landscapes
« Reply #132 on: 25 June, 2016, 07:33:52 pm »
Nice job trimming the grass, bumper ;D

 :P

It was made for my tent. It rained all through the night and was flooded in the morning :face palm:

Tent is water tight though :thumbsup:
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billplumtree

  • Plumbing the well of gitness
Re: Landscapes
« Reply #133 on: 25 June, 2016, 08:39:33 pm »
What?  It rains in Scotland??  ???

Re: Landscapes
« Reply #134 on: 25 June, 2016, 08:51:33 pm »
What?  It rains in Scotland??  ???

apparently they have the odd shower  ;)
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Re: Landscapes
« Reply #135 on: 25 June, 2016, 10:26:43 pm »
Is it Loch Na Keal? (I know, wrong thread)

Re: Landscapes
« Reply #136 on: 26 June, 2016, 06:35:26 am »
Is it Loch Na Keal? (I know, wrong thread)
sure is

I did 2 days on the Loch and saw golden eagles, sea eagles, otters, fallow deer, red deer, thousands of moon jellyfish and the hundreds of bats leaving Knock house. I then headed around to grasspoint to watch the shorties and harriers, plus the multitude of other birds etc., fantastic place.
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Re: Landscapes
« Reply #137 on: 29 July, 2016, 11:22:31 am »
Loch Trool


billplumtree

  • Plumbing the well of gitness
Re: Landscapes
« Reply #138 on: 31 July, 2016, 08:27:42 pm »
Couple of Lake District classics:


Birkhouse Moor at dawn



Thornhow End and Birks

Jaded

  • The Codfather
  • Formerly known as Jaded
Re: Landscapes
« Reply #139 on: 16 August, 2016, 01:05:41 am »
a breakfast view

It is simpler than it looks.

BrianI

  • Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Lepidopterist Man!
Re: Landscapes
« Reply #140 on: 24 August, 2016, 07:45:31 pm »
Too nice a day to stay indoors on my day of, so out exploring a quiet part of the Ochil hills today, on foot:




billplumtree

  • Plumbing the well of gitness
Re: Landscapes
« Reply #141 on: 11 March, 2017, 09:30:50 pm »

Steph

  • Fast. Fast and bulbous. But fluffy.
Re: Landscapes
« Reply #142 on: 11 April, 2017, 09:24:01 pm »
One of my favourite walks goes up the 'headwall' there to High Raise.
Mae angen arnaf i byw, a fe fydda'i

Re: Landscapes
« Reply #143 on: 24 April, 2018, 03:04:29 pm »
Manifold Valley from above Thor's Cave



and from inside


LEE

  • "Shut Up Jens" - Legs.
Re: Landscapes
« Reply #144 on: 24 April, 2018, 03:28:27 pm »
Some people say I'm self-obsessed but that's enough about them.

David Martin

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Re: Landscapes
« Reply #145 on: 24 April, 2018, 08:52:49 pm »
A bunch from the holiday
DSC_4871 (2) by David Martin, on Flickr
DSC_4704 (2) by David Martin, on FlickrDSC_5006 (2) by David Martin, on Flickr
DSC_5102 (2) by David Martin, on Flickr
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Re: Landscapes
« Reply #146 on: 20 November, 2019, 08:23:21 am »
From the first of roll of film through my Bronica ETR. Ilford HP5

Re: Landscapes
« Reply #147 on: 09 January, 2020, 08:05:36 am »