What a lovely word Carole! Wish it suited me.

The High Street in Petworth

A detour up to the top of the North Island, luckily it was a reasonable day. The previous day was raining as was the next day. This is Te Werahi Beach and Cape Maria van Diemen, named by Abel Tasman in 1643 after the wife of Anthony van Diemen (Governor General of Batavia). Apparently it is only one of two places in New Zealand still with the original names given by Abel Tasman, the other being the Three Kings Islands about 55km northwest. Cape Maria van Diemen was originally an island before being joined to the mainland by accumulation of drifting sand.

Hey Flopsy, you could have posted that in the monthly theme thread since it's red (LOL).

A church in the centre of Petworth

Haha, so I could. Wait until another one turns red then maybe I will!

A typical country pub in Sussex

Whilst in Litchfield National Park, we came across a colony of bats (commonly known as flying foxes).

Looking down at the Pacific Ocean swirling among the rocks at the Dashing Rocks area of Timaru.

One of our oldest working signs on Henley Bridge, one each side.

Haha, I've seen that sign. I've often wondered how the engine drivers used to manage more than one truck at a time before they put up a sign...

Howie, that is a stunning picture!

Martin, the shape of the Vulcan and age are very close to my broken bike saddle. I figure it was made in the mid 60s! Mine has been grounded and replaced by a newer version (hardly used from about 1990). The old saddle didn't want to come off easily after 50+ years in place. I had to take my tin knockers hammer to coax it off its mounting post. Then I removed the accessories from the metal column. That metal pipe amazed me. It was a 0.75 inch diameter 2 inch long piece welded to a 1.0 inch diameter 10 inch long pipe (which required a pair of vice grips, some machine oil and a half hour of wiggle/turn pull, wiggle turn twice pull...). Then look over the 'new' saddle and find out it wants to be mounted on a 1.0 inch pipe. I think, "No problem. I'll just turn the pipe over, insert it so the 0.75 inch bit is at the bottom." But Noooo! the weld to join the two dissimilar diameter pipes has a diameter that exceeds the 1.0 inch inside diameter of the frame post so it won't go in that way. I finally figured out that I could swivel the seat mount 90 degrees and insert the mount pipe down essentially from the top and then rotate it back the 90 degrees and Boom!, I now had the 'new' saddle mounted on a nice 1.0 inch pipe. Tighten all the bolts, replace my red LED tail light and security chain, drink a Busch beer and pass out because this all took place in 95F heat indexed at over 100F. Today I took it for a test run of a couple of miles and all was comfortable. I might try sloping the seat front up a notch in a few days once I've rehydrated. Adit: In this angle and light/shadow, the seat shape reminds me of a hound dog had.

The woods near Henley

May I use the image posting allowed here to post a screenshot example of a problem I raised on the "mobile modifications" thread?

Sorry, mehaul - these threads are for photographs not screenshots. You can make a link on the mobile thread if you select the icon next to the smilie face, in the popup window paste in the link to the image on Photobucket, click ok, and in the next popup window type in something like 'here' or whatever you want to call the link (short is best). Meanwhile I'm going to have to take that screenshot down.

Did you know a panelist on Match Game in the 70's wrote the novel that the movie is based upon?

Er, I don't know what Match Game is, I am an 'umble Brit and we were deprived of such shows. For which I'm always grateful - until they come up in an FT quiz!

Heck, I go out to do some yard work and miss the good stuff.

I'd have left good stuff for a few hours... a screenshot of mehaul's home page doesn't quite do it for me but whatever turns you on...

Good thing I finished my yard work. Here's a sun-drenched, or should I say drenched-sun, shot. It's an absolute downpour out there. We don't see this much in the desert, especially this much at once.

Two of the larger boulders at Moeraki. The largest are about 2 metres in diameter and weigh a few tons. Now protected as people used to take the smaller ones away or chip away at them.

Wow, all that rain... looks a bit like it does here today, CmdrK: wet!

I love those boulders, Howie - I think they look like sea dumplings.

Have you heard the name Fannie Flagg, flopsy? Did they not have a version of Match Game over there? They do have an equivalent to Family Feud called Family Fortunes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Flagg