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I was out at a fake ELO concert last night and stayed over at my mate's house, so I was up and out at 7:30am this morning so he could go to work, I've got the day off so decided to head for a place 4 miles from home for a sit down in the sun whilst it was still out this morning. Cressing Temple Barns was a Templar property until just after nearly all of them were arrested on Friday 13th 1307 when most medieval monarchs took the excuse to seize their property. This was a working farm until my local council bought it in the 1970s. It's a nice place to wander about and costs nothing to get in if no events are on. They still have the receipts for the construction of the two larger barns, built in 1220 and 1280. I expect they are out of warranty now though. Apparently the tiles alone weigh around 70 tons.

Kingfisher

Guess you two will be going on a van journey together soon.

Just for Pete, I saw this about imperial measures.

We had a bit of a storm this evening. These shots were taken by my mate the copper who was out on patrol when it came down!

we got things called Pubs for that over here.

Spanish builders I heard. Oak is cut whilst still green because it is bloody hard when it dries out. If there is any give in the framework then it will twist and warp. Hence some old timber frame cottages are quite straight, but most are on the wonk.

Finally got around to writing this up, I have been way too busy with union stuff at work. A couple of weeks ago I went for a run out to the border with England while it is still open, if the Scottish Nazi Party get their way it will be closed at some point. I went down the A68 which would be a great motorcycling road if it wasn't for all the speed cameras but that isn't much of an issue for the tractor. As there have been complaints of not enough pictures I went out of my way to take some. So here we are just outside Edinburgh, with those lovely wind turbines. Who doesn't love a nice wind turbine? Obligatory picture of the beast. Some miles later I headed off the main road towards my first planned stop. Which was Scotts View, said to be Sir Walter Scotts favourite view in Scotland. It was an even better view this time as this beauty was there. I continued along the lanes and was going to take in one of the Abbeys in the area but it was closed still so I headed to the Wallace statue that looks over the Jedburgh Valley, it was a bit of a walk though the woods to get there, luckily I wasn't raped by trolls. They live under trees like this. Here is the man himself. and his view of the lands he won back for Scotland before he made a twat of himself and suffered a brutal end at the hands of the English. I didn't go down the hill as there were strange noises and I am a lazy fucker. I headed back to the bike, it was at this point I realised I should have asked more questions of the person I spoke with earlier who said I might see "raptors" near the Wallace statue, I looked and looked and did not see any hawks in the area at all. However on the path back through the woods I met this bastard. Luckily a couple of English fatties walked up at this point so as my reptilian friend and his family took to eating this feast that were too wobbly to get away I took a swift walk to the bike and left. I headed back to the A68 and did not stop until I got the border. Where I turned around and availed myself of a cup of tea and a cheese burger and a cigar before heading back. I even got picture of some porn for Pete, these are English sheep.

I was thinking the same thing you know! And to think that comments were made on another forum about how I fucked up forums in the past! I fucked them up? Look at what I've had to work with FFS!

@XTreme cant you start a pressing wild flowers and stroking small puppies dogs sections on here .. so the twats get to show even more of their feminine side

and who cares?

4! i'm onviously far too young to know about any of the others

Oh come on Dave, he has beautiful hair ...................

Haven't seen much of you lately Pedro......you OK?

Could rarely get past the twat up front but for me Bonham and Page made the band.

I think she's going to borrow @Six30 bike.......................

Noddy bike.

Don't let @XTreme see that chain , he'll have a coronary

I hope everybody remembers this thread when the TOTY vote happens in December! Typical example of a gobby Cockney bigging it up and then not backing it up!

Nice one @Buckster that should keep the cunt quite about photos from you for a while.

A Sparrowhawk in my garden

Jack Daws

Nuthatch - Sitta europaea

What you lookin' at?

Robin - Erithacus rubecula

Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus

Not so much, caught some kind of bug a week and a half ago and got high fever and weakness, not covid but it did take energy out of me. Am slowly coming around.

I have just 1.....

Thinking how long it took them to perish like that, and the stress they went through, is guaranteed to make you sad.

What a great place, love the floor tiles on the garden and fountain. It’s very cool it’s kept like tgat and open to visitors!

First thing I thought. Cog looks like something of a sturmey archer push bike.

It don’t take brains to get unnecessarily wet………..mind you, every forum has one specimen

https://riderwing.com/products/license-plate-custom-bolts?variant=40259702685878

I hadn't realised that one of those event photographers was there until I saw the little tent with a board covered in zillions of tiny images with numbers next to them. I stared hard as it blew back and forth in the breeze, but without reading glasses I had no chance of finding myself between 8am and 9:30am. Grabbed a card instead so I could find the website and checked it out on my large screen, much easier.

A trip out to explore the dirt tracks in the natural park with like-minded souls. Only three of us today but hey who’s counting. Took the track all the way to the blue lake, next time I’ll be taking my trunks.

Maybe just enjoying his weekend off?

A couple more from Mr Triumph Tiger.