Archive for the tag 'PhotoHunt'

Filed under Holidays, Science & Nature

PhotoHunt – Technology

HMS Ocelot is situated at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham. If you ever visit the dockyard it is well worth joining one of the guided tours of the submarine.

HM Submarine Ocelot was the last warship built for the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard. An ‘O’ Class diesel electric submarine, she was launched in 1962 and [...]

34 Comments CherryPie on Nov 27th 2009

Filed under Holidays, Malmesbury 2009

PhotoHunt – Bird(s)

Both of these were taken when I visited Malmesbury earlier this year. You will have to look closely to see the bird in the second photograph.
I hope you all have a great weekend

For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.

26 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2009

Filed under This & That

PhotoHunt – Music

I was struggling for for inspiration for this theme, when I suddenly remembered that there was lots of music at the Women’s Chainmakers festival that I attended in September.  We didn’t stay for all the music but this barbershop quartet were very good and also amusing.
There was also a brass band to lead the celebratory [...]

24 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2009

Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About

PhotoHunt – Veterans/Military

I thought the pictures I took of the Coldstream Guards at the Tower of London were perfect for this week’s PhotoHunt theme. The first picture shows Tower Green and the other two were taken outside Waterloo Barracks where the crown jewels are housed. The Armchair General tells me the cannons are French six-pounders [...]

46 Comments CherryPie on Nov 6th 2009

Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009

PhotoHunt – Bags

Juggling with a camera and umbrella at the same time can sometimes lead to missing certain blemishes in the photograph.  Although they are rather obvious when you transfer them to the computer.

For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.

22 Comments CherryPie on Oct 30th 2009

Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays

PhotoHunt – Free Week

I saw this very interesting photograph in the museum of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards which is inside Edinburgh Castle. I couldn’t resist trying to get a photo of it and you can probably see that I have managed to get my own reflection in the glass too.
All I can say about the [...]

26 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2009

Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays

PhotoHunt – Words

In the near future I will be doing a series of posts based on some of the places that were significant for the Battle of Flodden. But for now I shall leave you with the following words.

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***Index to my posts on Flodden.***

41 Comments CherryPie on Oct 2nd 2009

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