my home town

always shaken

A few weeks back ,I had an idea seconded by TP and SM ,that we post pictures ,for the benefit of others Bond or not Bond related ,for those of us around the world ,who may not be able, due to circumstances ,see or visit,what most of us take for granted ,I will kick off as it was my idea the following are pictures of my sons passing out parade at the world famous Metropolitan police training school at Hendon






hope you enjoy them ,

AlphaOmegaSin

I'm afraid that Pictures of Farnham/Aldershot won't be all that exciting ) But I'll do my best to bring out there good Sides.

Thunderpussy

Some nice pictures AS. -{ I'm sure it was a. Proud day for you.

hehadlotsofguts

This is South Hetton in County Durham. It was the location of the One Armed Bandit Murder in 1967.

always shaken

We went away last week for a break ,thought we would see a bit of Blighty, We ended up in Edinburgh via Harrogate,The North Yorkshire moors ,Newcastle,Northumberland moors ,over the border and finally into Scotland .We had tickets for the military tattoo.




well recommend a visit there if you can

AlphaOmegaSin

Here's Aldershot, not overly exciting )

My Tescos Branch where I work



Aldershot High Street

Number24

Must ..... not ...... post ...... more ...... "chocolate box" pictures )

Thunderpussy

Yes, we want Gritty realism.

Ornithologist

This is a good idea in theory. Unfortunately I can't participate, because posting beautiful pictures of a city has been known to attract tourists. And as a real Berliner, I'm supposed to hate them. Around here, our self-styled cosmopolitanism and open-mindedness does not extend to people who spend money in "our" city. It sounds counter-intuitive, but a debt mountain of 62 billion was no mere accident. )

always shaken

Don't knock it ,this is the stuff I was hoping for ,your basic average home town pics ,we have to bare in mind people in other parts of the world only have images of Big ben and the tower of London to see what the UK is like , lets get pics of Gainsville FL, Bexley (Ohio) Newry NI, come on guys .

Thunderpussy

My plan is on a sunny evening ( ) we do get them once in a blue moon) to
photography my walking the dog route, it's not very prettty, with our local
river full of shopping trollies etc.

always shaken

I have a few more home town pics

the o2 millennium dome at North Greenwich

looking towards Canary wharf (another Bond location) from the 02


and finally and yet sadly ,this is the spot in Woolwich ,that the British army soldier, Fusilier Lee Rigby
was savagely murdered .

Thunderpussy

This is my evening " Walking the Dog" route.
the first picture shows the mighty beast himself
" The Hound of the Thunderpussy's "














Most of the walk is along the canal ( 1742, first in the uk, I think)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newry_Canal
the last photo is of "The Mall", yes we still have cobbled streets. Well this is the last one, and
great for taking a car on a test drive, as you'll hear all the rattles and squeaks.

UnderwaterBattle007

always shaken wrote:

We went away last week for a break ,thought we would see a bit of Blighty, We ended up in Edinburgh via Harrogate,The North Yorkshire moors ,Newcastle,Northumberland moors ,over the border and finally into Scotland .We had tickets for the military tattoo.




well recommend a visit there if you can

Me and Mrs UB attended the Military tattoo on 15th August 2015, it was fantastic. Funny enough though it was the Chinese military band playing Abide with me that brought a tear to my glass eye.

Edinburgh is a lovely City and we thoroughly enjoyed our short stay there, especially the drinking establishments on Rose Street.

always shaken

For the benefit of those ,who have yet to visit London or indeed the UK ,its not always raining here or always cold .
I live 6 miles from Canary wharf (as the crow flies) , and the climate here isn't that bad .A few pictures in testament to what grows here on the London/Kent Border

grapes from the chateaux AS vineyard

olives for ones Martini -{


palm trees ,now if I only had a pool underneath it 8-)

passion fruit ,for those nights of ,well you get the idea )