You’ll also find that there is more than the contents of the nearby streams to keep you occupied, there’s the added attraction of the local wildlife, like this unsuspecting soul is experiencing.

I feel a caption thread coming on.

This place and the moderation (with one exception) just gets better and better.

Gone are all the inane GD drivel threads, and now the ultra long meaningless signatures.

Long may it reign.

Bravo and a collective pat on the back.

Nice to meet up in passing and to see the shots from that monster lens you were using yesterday, great results.

He was also a POW but was repatriated and flew later in the war as a ferry pilot and with the RAuxAF post war. He died in 1996.

Now, I don’t want to give any ammunition. But !!!! I wonder if after his repatriation he, at some point, passed through Liverpool 😉

I make no speculation about the cause of the accident. How could I?

However when it all goes tlts-up, it is the guy with the quick reactions that stands the better chance.

My only point.

Moggy

Sorry Moggy, you fail to understand so I will type this slowly for you

PLEASE POST SPECULATION, THEORY AND CONJECTURE SOMEWHERE ELSE, NOT ON THIS THREAD.

I have posted this elsewhere, please forgive the cross-posting if you come across it.

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I’ve been giving this some thought overnight and, with 20/20 hindsight have to say it was an accident waiting to happen.

Contrast the policy of the Beeb and Ch5.

Fifth Gear uses three drivers – Needell, Plato and VB-H, all of whom have successful competition careers. To get anywhere in competition you need lightning fast reactions. That isn’t something you grow or train for, it’s something you are born with and you can bet your life that even though they are getting older their reactions are faster than most.

BBC employs ‘characters’. Journalists who can string worrds together, selected for camera appeal (Clarkson apart) rather than any particular driving skills. Recognising this they also employ a pro where any ability is needed – Stig.

Where was the Stig Yesterday? Why was he not driving this car rather than the poor little hamster who show no sign of having a skill level higher than Clarkson, and that’s setting the bar at a low height.

I’m sure Richard leapt at he chance to try for this record. At the end of the day I think it was a very bad call.

Moggy

Moggy, I think you are out of order – again !!!

The why’s and wherefore’s can be discussed at length somewhere else in the future, not here please. At least while a very popular presenter is in a “critical” state.

You are quick to berate people for speculating over aircraft crashes, this should also extend to accidents such as this.

Top Gear co-host Jeremy Clarkson, who was visiting the hospital, said many motorists were “rooting for” Hammond.

Clarkson was joined at the Leeds General Infirmary by the show’s other presenter, James May.

He said in a statement that Hammond and his family were “the most important concerns we have”.

I would just like to say how heartened Richard will be when I tell him just how many motorists and truck drivers on my way here wound down their windows to say they were rooting for him.”

Referring to Hammond by his nickname, Clarkson added: “Both James and I are looking forward to getting our hamster back.”