Random Photo Thread (not Bikes)

@Dawsy hope you're seeing these in full HD now.
So, continuing our west coast tour - a couple from Mt. Rainier

 

Next was Mt St. Helens - erupted 1980, the devastation we saw 34 years later blew me away. All those "matchsticks" blown over or left floating in the lakes were (by UK standards) very large trees. The power of nature!!

 

I visited here years ago - the remnants of Gavin Maxwell's (Ring of bright water) shark fishery on the island of Soay (south of Skye).

 

Nice boat. Is it yours? Looks like a Maurice Griffiths design.

 

It belonged to my recently deceased ex FIL. Built in Shetland in 1952, mahogany over oak, canoe stern. Lovely boat.

Griffiths didn't do those sterns, I don't think?

The image below was taken in Loch Scavaig.

 

Rain in the hills made the water even more inviting

 

Talking of water... This one was keeping an eye on me from the pond yesterday.

The Watcher by , on Flickr

 

I am drooling.

 

You're right, I don't know of any Griffiths designs with canoe sterns. They were more of a Scandinavian thing. Colin Archer, maybe? Beautiful boat anyway. I used to sail a 26ft Stella (also mahogany on oak) from Tayvallich in Argyll, mostly single-handed. The west coast of Scotland is a wonderful place to sail.

 

West coast, hebrides... absolutely gorgeous! Keep an eye out for hidden rocks though! We saw a yacht stranded at the entrance to Loch Maddy once... Stornoway Coastguard had to come out for them.
One of the most memorable trips took us to St. Kilda - amazing place! (The Puff Inn was still serving then... )

Tie purchased there...

 

Had a rather stop-start job in Aberdeen, which allowed me a bit of tourism. Had a nice walk along the sea cliffs and visited the delightful town of Stonehaven.



War memorial

 

This is so hard with a phone.

Tiddy lighthouse



Dunottar castle

 

That lighthouse is one of a series of sculptures along the boardwalk, illustrating things from Stonehaven's past.

 

Who's the pirate ?

 

And so to bed after a long long walk.

Wild Asian elephants lie on the ground and rest in Jinning district of Kunming, Yunnan province, China. A herd of 15 wild elephants has trekked hundreds of kilometres after leaving their forest habitat in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve.



Just need tucking in now.

 

Canon Beach & Breakers Point

 

and it cost $400 to be eaten by sharks its known for tuna fishing and tuna farms and grane silos

 

hallet cove Adelaide. couldn't find the pot of gold

 

Bit of a grim entry in a way, but this resonates loudly today. Our afternoon stroll took us through the delightful village of Eyam. It's a place with a dark past though, as it endured an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1665. The way the village dealt with it taught lessons about outbreak management we still follow. Their sacrifice perhaps should bring shame on some of the entitled asswipes we hear currently. Lovely old place anyhow.

Plague cottages



An example of what families endured



Looking down from Eyam Edge



"Let all who tread the green fields of Eyam remember, with feelings of awe and veneration, that beneath their feet repose the ashes of those moral heroes, who with a sublime, heroic and unparalleled resolution gave up their lives, yea doomed themselves to pestilential death to save the surrounding country. Their self sacrifice is unequalled in the annals of the world.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35064071

 

Portland Oregon wildlife...