Personally, I quite enjoy watching the videos that are posted (as long as they are recently produced and not from ages ago!) as it makes for a bit of a change to looking at photos all the time.

That said, I do think a dedicated thread for videos should perhaos be made, it is after all another way of showing off people’s work for a hobby/interest that they have and wish to share with other fellow forum members.:)

What’s that thing that looks like an elephant’s trunk ?

Makes The Angel of The North look quite interesting now!:D:diablo:

Nice shots heslop, what appealing features, if any, does Newcastle have for anyone that has never visited before but might consider a day trip!?

FFS!

(Just felt like saying it really, is that allowed?!):D

I’ve got my eye on an organised holiday across America,including some train trips to amuse Grumpy.
The big attraction for me is that it finishes in San Francisco,so I could get to see the Short Solent at Oakland. Has anyone on here seen it ?

Anna, does your organised trip across America that you have your eye on run the opposite way at all, as in starting in San Fran and ending wherever (you didn’t mention where it stated in your post!?)…

The reason I ask is because I have a suggestion…why not fly to Calgary, take “Grumpy” on the Rocky Mountaineer from Calgary to Vancouver, then fly, drive or indeed take the train down to San Fran (not sure whether it stops at Oakland?), and then you can pick up the organised trip you speak of after spending a few days enjoying San Fran itself?

Just a suggestion, but that would be one hell of a trip and a great way to celebrate 40yrs of marriage!:)

Two holidays really stick out for me…

Both were cruises, but the first one I went on was from Seattle to Alaska having spent a week prior to that touring Canada (Calgary to Vancouver, inc. Rocky Mountaineer train from Jasper to Vancouver, which was simply stunning!). Whilst on the cruise we went on a small floatplane to small island and saw bears catching salmon in the rivers, and we also went sledging with Alaskan huskies on the top of a glacier.

Next up, we went to Hawaii, spending the first week on a cruise going around all the islands doing various activities such as scuba diving & snorkelling. And then we had a relaxing week in a hotel on Waikikki Beach, during which I also took a trip to Pearl Harbour.

Personally, I felt that Hawaii was the better trip, but either way both were unforgettable holidays and ones I will look back on with fond memories.

I am looking to go away in October…might look at either Dubai, Singapore or Kuala Lumpur if I can afford it (recommendations as to which one, anyone?), but sometime in the future I do have hopes that I can one day visit Australia/New Zealand, but thing with a trip like that is that I would need to take a month or two off work in order to take it all in properly.

Great selection of pics there Rob, nice catch with the C-17!:)

Strange to see the FCA 767 still knocking around in its now defunct FCA livery…FCA & TOM have been together for quite some time now so I would have thought they would have gotten round to re-painting all their aircraft into Thomson Airways branding?

Another quick question, also FCA 767 related, but did G-OOBK have blended winglets at all; I know that they’ve started retrofitting them onto some of their aircraft, just not sure if/when they will all have them!

And lastly…just because BRS is soon to loose a 757 soon, there is no excuse for missing the daily CO rotation outta BHX…where you too late to see it this time round?! I best have a pic of one when you go to EDI or there’ll be trouble!:D:diablo:

Nice pictures. Any shot of a C17 at BHX (or over my house on approach) is a source of sadness as they are generally bringing wounded from Afghanistan to the Defence Medical Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

kev35, I thought that all military flights carrying fallen/injured personnel went through Brize Norton, obviously not in this case?:confused:

I know nothing about guitars myself Pete, and I don’t really appreciate music as much as I really should (I just listen to it but never really in-depth and decide whether I like the sound/s or not!), but what I will say based on that video is that your son is very talented for a 13 year old! I wish him the best of luck in paving a career for himself as a budding musician, assuming that is what he wants to do in life, or is playing the guitar just a hobby for him?!:)