Picture of the day October

[quincyg]

October 3rd (1st and 2nd are in september thread)

QE2 sails gracefully into Liverpool this morning (from crosby beach)
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/QE2/Picture709.jpg

[C@ribou]

Great picture!

I can see the QE2 out of my window at present!

[brian daley]

I looked at your picture of that beautiful queen Quincy and was filled with envy. Here I am,sitting at my desk in an office on a busy Birmingham ring road;the sound of non-stop traffic filling my ears,outside the window there is the Gala Bingo and the Jaguar factory,and there ,on my p.c. screen, are the rollers crashing ashore on Crosby beach as that great Cunarder cruises by. Thanks for sharing that pic,I was back there ,even if only for a moment.
BrianD

[quincyg]

you're very welcome Brian...that's what Yo's all about...bringing Liverpool to the world!...oh and Brum. :PDT11

[Mark R]

Great photo Quincy :handclap:

[Atany]

looks like it is going to run aground the next moment.

[taffy]

Speke Hall, Liverpool. This superb building belongs to the National Trust and is featured on the front cover of their 2008 visitors' guide. It's well worth a visit if you've not been before.

[lenka]

October 3rd (1st and 2nd are in september thread)

QE2 sails gracefully into Liverpool this morning (from crosby beach)


tooooo big :)

[Anita]

Speke Hall, Liverpool. This superb building belongs to the National Trust and is featured on the front cover of their 2008 visitors' guide. It's well worth a visit if you've not been before.

Nice photo taffy, I haven't been to Speke Hall since my boys where little. I might visit there again soon :)

[Klaatu]

Nice photo taffy, I haven't been to Speke Hall since my boys where little. I might visit there again soon :)

Me too!

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/2888086876_3e4afb91f9_o.jpg
Evening sailing of the Isle of Man ferry

[Kev]

Niiiice! :handclap:

[robbo176]

lovely photo GD :PDT_Piratz_26:

[Anita]

Liverpool Waterfront just after dusk

[Klaatu]

Liverpool Waterfront just after dusk




Smashing!

[robbo176]

gorgeous photo Anita :PDT_Piratz_26:

[lindylou]

Nice pic Anita. Lovely colours.

[Mark R]

Great photos :handclap:

[Atany]

seems Liverpool has a real nightlife. Not so my town.

[AnMe08]

Fantastic photo's everyone :handclap:

[lenka]

Liverpool Waterfront just after dusk

Nice!

[lenka]

Sunset. Albert Dock.

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o436/alen_21_09/City/alb_dock.jpg

[Klaatu]

Nice pic Lenka:handclap:

[lindylou]

Beautiful pic Lenka. :handclap:

[Kev]

:PDT11 wow!

[gregs dad]

Good shot Lenka.

[Anita]

Nice too Lenka, well done :)

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/2919346334_da6164faed_o.jpg
sun setting over the Canning Dock

[Anita]

Beautiful sunset photograph gregs dad :handclap:

[taffy]

Ferret race at Lydiate. Number 3 was the winner !!

[potter]

Oh my money was on number three, it went down someones trousers and came in last.

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/2928614867_238f4a2ec3_o.jpg
The narrow boat Meander at the end of the canal

[Anita]

Very nice gregs dad - hope his washing got dry :)

[quincyg]

lovely. great name for a canal boat too.

[Klaatu]

Wanda would have been better though...we all know that ships,boats are all female:)

[gregs dad]

lovely. great name for a canal boat too.
It`s actually a good name because looking closer it reads ME`AND`ER

[quincyg]

It`s actually a good name because looking closer it reads ME`AND`ER

oh yes so it does, Mrs Magoo here didin't see that bit:PDT_Xtremez_42:

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/2932395490_62e4c1412b_o.jpg
evening on the mersey at seacombe

[Waterways]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/2928614867_238f4a2ec3_o.jpg
The narrow boat Meander at the end of the canal

The canal was filled in at its most extreme. Quite a bit of canal and a basin were filled in. The canal at one time nearly hit Princes Dock.

There was a plan to extend the canal from this location, along the Strand behind the Liver Buildings and into Canning Dock.

I think this may have been a better route rather than the current route in front of the Liver. Then the Princes, Princes half-Tide Docks could have been left deep water docks (not made shallow for) and deep water historic ships berthed in these docks.

A better idea was to have partially excavated the Old Dock (Steers Dock) - L1 is now on it. Have the Leeds/Liverpool canal enter the Old Dock and then onto the Canning Dock via the original Old Dock entrance. Then canal boats would have to enter the Old Dock using locks, surrounded by a shopping Centre. That would be much more atmospheric and re0-earthing history too, as the Old Dock was the world's first enclosed commercial dock.

[lindylou]

Greg's dad, that picture of the ferries is particularly nice. Lovely colours :handclap:

[gregs dad]

Thanks Lindylou

[lenka]

I took a picture in Home Bargains with my phone SE

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o436/alen_21_09/City/DSC00009.jpg

[steveb]

Autumns coming....


http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/steveb_04/leaf.jpg

[taffy]

Can we have dates on these photos. I'm getting confused !!

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/2942063388_6f4bbd14d5_o.jpg
evening outside the Canning dock

[quincyg]

ah sunshine...remember that?
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging5fuji/Picture575.jpg

[ItsaZappathing]

Good pic Q:handclap:

[Anita]

nice photo quincy, looks like a lovely day

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/2946708117_f02960d2a2_o.jpg
Tracy Emins latest is lasting longer than her bird at the moment

[Anita]

Nice photo gregs dad. I'm cheating today and putting 2 photo's on but they were taken this morning at sunrise. I love dramatic skies so hope no-one minds. :)

[naked lilac]

Beautiful photographs Anita..

As the sailors saying goes: "Red skies in the morning, is a sailors warning".. Hope your weather is nice...:snf (41):

[Klaatu]

Nice pics Anita.

[Ged]

Tracy Emins latest is lasting longer than her bird at the moment

Is she doing bird Joe?

[quincyg]

Lovely. I don't normally see sunrises, not a morning person by any stretch of the imagine.

[Anita]

Thanks everyone :)

[gregs dad]

Nice pics Anita.
I don`t take any sunrise pics because the missus won`t bring my breakfast up to me before 9 o`clock in the morning.

[Ged]

Is right ;)

[Klaatu]

:handclap::handclap::handclap:Nice one gregs dad

[jimmy]

Anita what an amazing sunrise photograph,thanks for sharing:PDT_Aliboronz_11:

[carole1000]

Nice photo gregs dad. I'm cheating today and putting 2 photo's on but they were taken this morning at sunrise. I love dramatic skies so hope no-one minds. :)

Wow fab photos, the colours are lovely!:handclap:

[taffy]

Liverpool registered fishing boat on the St Helens Canal at Widnes. Not many of these boats left.

[gregs dad]

http://http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/2953867729_92a99c6201_o.jpg
view from the ferry

[taffy]

Scotch Piper Inn, Lydiate. Reputedly the oldest pub in the old county of Lancashire

[Ged]

Great pics Taffy and GD.

The Scotch piper is very small too, half a dozen of us filled the bar, the bogs are outside across the car park too. Lydiate Hall Farm is just along the road, a great little craft shop and cafe amongst the peacocks.

[ItsaZappathing]

Good pic Taffy.
It's a nice place that:PDT11

[taffy]

Good pic Taffy.
It's a nice place that:PDT11

Thanks, and Ged too. Yes it's a lovely old pub and well worth a visit if you're passing by

[gregs dad]

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Walkers in Port Sunlight village,it`s a long, long time since I was last there but nothing seems to have changed

[Anita]

Great photo's taffy and gregs dad, its been a beautiful couple of days for taking photographs :)

[drone_pilot]

23 Oct

I like the composition of this.

http://www.militaryimages.net/ims/pic/5JMbGx/330.jpg

[gregs dad]

8320
Some liverpool fishermen heading for home in the mersey in the evening

[Anita]

Lovely photo's everyone :)

[Ross08]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/CIRCLE.jpg

OCTOBER 25th 2008 - Ross Campbell

[Mark R]

I've heard of a hole in the wall but that's ridiculous :). Seriously though Ross, great photo :PDT11

[taffy]

Madryn St, Princes Park, Liverpool. The only unboarded up house is number 9 where Ringo Starr lived for a short time. I wonder whether with the current slump in the housing market whether these houses will stay like this for a long time.

[Anita]

There hasn't been anything posted for the last 4 days on this thread so I'm taking advantage of that and posting 3 related photographs taken this evening, hope no-one minds.
They are of the beam of light that is linking the two Cathedrals along Hope Street in Liverpool at the moment. The last photo just shows a green dot where the beam hits the centre of the tower on the Metropolitan Cathedral. The other two are taken from the steps and show the light beaming back and forth with the Anglican Cathedral.
I love the symbolism of the light showing unity between the faiths :)

[taffy]

Where's all the water gone I hear the birds ask. Sefton Park is undergoing a major refurbishment at the moment including draining the lake to repair the periphery walls.

[Anita]

Nice photo taffy, what a shame they've drained the lake. Last Halloween it looked beautiful with lanterns floating on it.