----- Original Message -----
From: "GeeBee" <geebee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, 01 June, 2005 07:46 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Odd Day Out
>
> Hi John,
>
> They are not compulsory for bicycles and a pilots helmet would probably be
> more appropriate at that altitude :-)
>
> --Graham
Hi Graham ...
Gramps on his Penny Farthing on a winding English road was surely a scoop of
a photograph. There cannot be many elderly folk who choose this gentile way
of travel on the backroads of middle England.
John H
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 01 June 2005 23:42
> Subject: [OM] Re: Odd Day Out
>
>
> >
> > As a matter of interest, would the local Mr Plod have issued a ticket to
> the
> > elderly gent for not wearing a cycle helmet?
> >
> > John Hudson
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "GeeBee" <geebee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "OM List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, 01 June, 2005 05:19 PM
> > Subject: [OM] Odd Day Out
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I'm driving on a back lane when around a bend in the distance I can
see
> > this
> > > chap over the hedge heading my way. My first thought was that he was a
> > > little high for a cyclist so I reasoned that he must be on horseback.
> > > Nothing unusual in that except that his movement is not consistent
with
> a
> > > horse rider. As we close on each other the bend between us disappears
> and
> > I
> > > get a good look at him as we pass. Was a time I would have just kept
on
> > > going but ever mindful of the fact that I need 'fuel' for the web site
I
> > > turn the car around at the first opportunity and go back, eventually
> pass
> > > him (he was going surprisingly fast), put some distance between us,
park
> > and
> > > then wait for him to approach. I take a shot.
> > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/Walks/Odd_day/odd_day_01.htm
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I resumed my journey and went back to soaking up the rustic splendour
> that
> > > is Northamptonshire in the month of May. Scenes more in keeping with
> what
> > > one expects to find in the English countryside. Rolling green hills,
> > > hedgerows in blossom giving off fine fragrances and giving added peace
> to
> > > the scene our farm animals grazing and lazing in the fields. A herd of
> > > cattle, a flock of sheep with this years lambs, already almost as big
as
> > > their mothers, horses in a paddock, ALPACAS! I suppose they could be
> > llamas
> > > but I'm guessing these are being bred for their fur not for their
spit.
> > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/Walks/Odd_day/odd_day_02.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > Sometimes the 'typical' English countryside can turn into Alice in
> > > Wonderland before your very eyes. I'm thinking what else does
> > > Northamptonshire have to offer by way of bizarre photo opportunities.
A
> > bird
> > > as big as a Buick perhaps?.....
> > > .........Yeah right.
> > > I move over to the left, the bird follows me. I move over to the right
> and
> > > again the bird tracks my movements. The wings are fanned and the head
> > pivots
> > > from the base of neck in a large circle. I am uncertain as to whether
> the
> > > display is to warn me off or because the ostrich fancies me.
> > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/Walks/Odd_day/odd_day_03.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > Whatever it is the display gets ever more frantic and noting the look
on
> > the
> > > birds face I decide to leave before the display reaches a climax (no
pun
> > > intended). I have no wish to be attacked or, perish the thought,
worse.
> If
> > I
> > > am surprised to see an ostrich in Northamptonshire imagine the local
fox
> > > when he sees the worlds' biggest egg. The sheer joy of it. Just before
a
> > > foot, the size of a catchers' mitt, powered by the worlds' biggest
> > drumstick
> > > hits him in the side of the head. Strange place the English
countryside.
> > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/Walks/Odd_day/odd_day_04.htm
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The whole thing and others here:
> > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/words_and_pictures.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Graham
> > > http://geebeephoto.com
> > >
> > >
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