Category Archives: General & Random

General & Random photos from anything like our dog to cake shops etc anything that I think make a good photo

Yerba Maté

I do enjoy Yerba Maté, this is my simple set up, with many thanks to @opticnoodle…

• argentina,
• chile,
• patagonia,
• relax,
• tea,
• zen

Are you awake?

Squeaks, repeated cold nose poking and vigorous wagging – bang, bang, bang – that rocks the…

• animals,
• b&w,
• cameraphone,
• Tilley

Frozen bench

A frozen bench bench on the canal.…

• cameraphone,
• canal,
• frost,
• Skiptonia,
• yorkshire

Wet and happy

A happy dog is a wet dog. All we have to say is “Go, swim” and…

• animals,
• cameraphone,
• dogs,
• dogs trust,
• Tilley

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Chains at Dunbar Harbour. Every time I see big chains like these, I think about Isambard…

• 400D,
• chains,
• colour,
• Dunbar,
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel,
• Scotland

Has tha nowt moist?

Oh, they had! Steak and potato pie with mushy peas and gravy, now that is pub…

• food,
• yorkshire dales

Early log fire

At the end of August we were enjoying a pub lunch with a log fire. Good…

• fire,
• yorkshire dales,
• zen

G’wan then

About six years ago, I asked her to marry me and gave her a Haribo ring.…

• 400D,
• colour,
• happy place,
• wedding,
• zen

Vand hund

I love water, I’m a “vand hund”*, it has to be real water as in the…

• 400D,
• animals,
• beach,
• corncrake cottage,
• Scotland,
• Tilley,
• travelling,
• Uig Bay,
• uk

Foot rest

The Craven Arms in Appletreewick are so kind to have a place to rest your weary…

• 400D,
• b&w,
• Dales Way,
• uk,
• yorkshire dales

Wet dog

Can’t walk our mutt Tilley past water, without her having to have a dip. Well we…

• 400D,
• animals,
• Autumn,
• colour,
• dogs,
• dogs trust,
• seasonal,
• Skiptonia,
• Tilley,
• wood,
• yorkshire

Owl Eyes

Forgot about this photo and others taken last year at the Skipton Waterways Festival, here’s a…

• 400D,
• animals,
• colour,
• Skiptonia,
• yorkshire dales

Really good

But would Dale Cooper say – Damn fine coffee! And hot! – to a cuppa from…

• 400D,
• colour,
• food,
• Gargrave Show,
• yorkshire dales

Class V20

You can’t have a show without showing off your vegetables, I wonder if they do drug/fertilizer…

• 400D,
• colour,
• food,
• Gargrave Show,
• yorkshire dales

Sugar rush

If we could harvest the processed sugar effect/energy in kids, I wonder how much fossil fuel…

• 400D,
• colour,
• food,
• Gargrave Show,
• sugar,
• yorkshire dales

Nose for things

This nose belongs to one of the few foster dogs, we had over the last half…

• 400D,
• animals,
• b&w,
• dogs,
• photofriday,
• urban

Brains…

Went to see the Zombie Run in Skipton Saturday and found the Corpse Bride wondering about.…

• 400D,
• b&w,
• Corpse Bride,
• funny,
• uk,
• zombie

Our dog Tilley

We picked this little 7 month old girl up from the Dogs Trust today. She is…

• 400D,
• animals,
• Tilley,
• uk

Well, tickle me pink!

I think the crock is somewhat happier than the duck. Since it is not covered in…

• 400D,
• animals,
• kids,
• portland,
• toy,
• travelling,
• usa

Wienerbrød

Wienerbrød or as it is know in the rest of the world – Danish pastry. Which…

• 400D,
• cake,
• cop,
• danish pastry,
• denmark,
• food,
• photofriday,
• travelling,
• Wienerbrød

Knife making

I spent a wonderful day in Barrytown in New Zealand making a knife. PhotoFriday : Temperature…

• 400D,
• colour,
• new zealand,
• photofriday,
• travelling

Old news

In the future will we be using our iPads and Kindles for wallpaper or to wrap…

• 400D,
• b&w,
• Bannack,
• ghost town,
• Montana,
• travelling,
• usa

Let your inner child out

Yes, I had help with this photograph, or rather I threw the camera at my beautiful…

• 400D,
• colour,
• new zealand,
• portraits,
• travelling,
• zen

Dinosaurs?

This reminded me of a church in the UK which had an advertising campaign on quite…

• 400D,
• animals,
• b&w,
• photofriday,
• travelling,
• usa

Sancha the dog

This is Sancha the dog whom we have been walking or rather she has been walking…

• 400D,
• animals,
• colour,
• travelling,
• usa

Harvest time

It’s harvest time, get your crops in before the frost arrives.…

• 400D,
• colour,
• food,
• seasonal,
• travelling,
• usa

Lucy

We have been accepted into Lucy’s fan club. A wonderful dog that got our friend running…

• 400D,
• animals,
• b&w,
• travelling,
• usa

Danissssssssh

Breakfast bbq with Danissssssssh bacon, remember that TV ad?…

• 400D,
• colour,
• danish bacon,
• food,
• travelling,
• usa

The Waters of Mars

The Doctor: All I’m saying is, bikes! Little fold away bikes, don’t weigh a thing! Oh,…

• 400D,
• bicycles,
• portland,
• travelling,
• usa

4th of Cupcake

Yes, I know a few days behind, but hey we are talking cake here 🙂 At…

• 400D,
• cake,
• cycle touring,
• food,
• travelling,
• usa

Cycling food

One good thing about cycle touring is that you have a very good reason for testing…

• 400D,
• bicycles,
• colour,
• cycle touring,
• food,
• travelling,
• usa

Guerilla Knitting

Or Yarn bombing as it is also called. I have seen trees, letter boxes and the…

• 400D,
• bicycles,
• cityscape,
• colour,
• Guerilla Knitting,
• photofriday,
• portland,
• travelling,
• urban,
• usa

Alfred

This is probably my favourite director of all time. Every time I watch one of his…

• 400D,
• b&w,
• cityscape,
• travelling,
• urban,
• usa

A good hand

On 4th of July I spotted this group of friends playing cards, I wonder if this…

• 400D,
• b&w,
• people,
• usa

Hungry?

This is what we have to eat after a day in the saddle, Peli’s wonderful cooking,…

• 400D,
• camping,
• colour,
• cycle touring,
• food

Soap Box Derby

Today we went to Portland’s annually Adult Soap Box Derby. Great fun for all. This car…

• 400D,
• colour,
• photofriday,
• urban,
• usa

Killed by Indians

In a cemetery Onaisin in Chile on Tierra del Fuego. John Saldine Who was killed by…

• 400D,
• cemetery,
• chile,
• patagonia,
• photofriday,
• tierra del fuego

Rust bucket

I think that with a bit of wax and a hammer to get the odd dent…

• australia,
• colour,
• photofriday,
• rust,
• travelling,
• w170

Laid Back

Great British pastime: go to the seaside or park and sit in a deck chair. These…

• 400D,
• colour,
• travelling,
• uk

Heat Stroke

The owner of this ice cream must be well gutted.…

• 400D,
• b&w,
• colour,
• food,
• london,
• uk

Be afraid. Be very afraid

I spotted this dead fly in the window the other day and it made me think…

• 400D,
• animals,
• colour

Peli’s birthday

Yesterday post was delayed because it was lovely Peli’s birthday. Plenty of cake was the order…

• 400D,
• cake,
• colour,
• uk

Tivoli Gardens

I have just spent a few days in Denmark where we went to the main attraction…

• 400D,
• b&w,
• dk,
• fairground,
• fun

Fire

Simply just a photograph of a fire, just because I love it.…

• camping,
• colour,
• fire,
• photofriday,
• uk,
• w170,
• zen

Ain’t milk brilliant?

For me there is nothing better than a cold pint of milk. I have tried, but…

• 400D,
• b&w,
• food

Spagatty, Spegtty … erm?

When I was a wee nipper I didn’t know how to say spaghetti. It took me…

• colour,
• f707,
• food,
• uk

Fancy a cuppa?

Do you take milk and sugar? This is a blatant plug for my new little blog.…

• b&w,
• f707,
• tea

You can leave your hat on

But which one ?…

• b&w,
• f707,
• LEGO,
• macro

Slaske

This is my oldest bit of LEGO, Slaske. Slaske is a Danish word for dangling, flopping…

• b&w,
• f707,
• LEGO,
• macro,
• photofriday

Fairy visit

One thing that all cyclist have in common is the offerings they do. In hope that…

• b&w,
• colour,
• f707,
• LEGO,
• macro

Nude?

My question is, is this a nude LEGO?…

• colour,
• f707,
• LEGO,
• macro

Face off

How do you feel today, what face do you put on in the morning, who are…

• b&w,
• colour,
• f707,
• LEGO,
• macro

Head case

This is a little teaser to what to come, a total rip off from Martina Egli…

• colour,
• f707,
• LEGO,
• macro

Happy birthday

It is the co-founder of woollypigs.com’s birthday today. Though he does not hang out much here,…

• b&w,
• drink,
• london,
• w170

Bamse

This is my companion and true friend, Bamse. The amount of times I have cried into…

• b&w,
• f707,
• friends,
• zen

Quack !

This photo was taken in New Zealand not many miles from Dunedin. On every campsite we…

• animals,
• colour,
• new zealand,
• travelling,
• urban,
• w170

Lost, stolen or binned

I was down at the river yesterday and it was low tide. Where I spotted this…

• b&w,
• bicycles,
• london,
• uk,
• urban

Play misty for me

This was taken on our tour of the Blue Mountains in Australia last year. As we…

• australia,
• b&w,
• bicycles,
• colour,
• cycle touring,
• travelling,
• w170

Fire dance

At a festival in France I found this lady playing with her fire poi. I think…

• colour,
• f707,
• fire,
• france,
• night time,
• paris,
• photofriday,
• zen

Funeral for a friend

Not much to say other than tomorrow we are going to say goodbye to a dear…

• b&w,
• colour,
• f707,
• photofriday,
• uk