Skywatch Friday: Gee Cross Fete

Last Sunday was Gee Cross Fete. It was cool and a bit breezy while I was there in the early part of the afternoon, but it brightened up and got quite warm a little later.

This is a shot of the sky over the top of the marquee. It is cropped from a much larger photograph I took of the band playing in front of the marquee. However, the leader of the band is frowning at me and the light is all wrong and it is a messy photo, so, as far as the original subject is concerned, the photograph is a reject.

Lose the ground and we are left with this!

A collection of nineteen different photographs from the Fete can be found at Gee Cross Fete 2008 which also has links to pictures from previous years.

To see other skywatchers visit the home of Skywatch Friday at Wigger's World.

ABC Wednesday - V is for Vroom Vroom

I wasn't sure what I was going to post for V until I saw Babooshka's Flying Bike. It reminded me of the motorcycle display team I'd watched two years ago. Vroom vroom, I thought, hearing the sound of roaring engines in my head, time to get those photos I took out there.


In 2006 we took a cruise visiting the Baltics. I started a blog to publish pictures from the trip and recount our adventures. See Baltic 2006. Half the journey has been recorded but I got busy with one thing and another and hit writers block with it. Bits and pieces of the story have appeared elsewhere including two posts here about Oslo.

At the end of the cruise we stayed overnight in Southampton before flying home to Manchester the next day. You can read my Trip Advisor report on the hotel.


The hotel was about a fifteen minute walk from the village of West End to where I went to buy some sandwiches and other provisions for lunch. I discovered it was Carnival Day, so later in the afternoon I went back to enjoy looking around the stalls. Highlights were eating strawberries and ice-cream in the refreshment tent, being invited to sit in the shade by members of the organising Hamble Valley Rotary Club and watching the No Limitz Motorcycle Display Team in action.


The displays were excellent and these photos don't really do them justice and I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get around to thanking them for providing an enjoyable end to our cruise holiday.

My other ABC Wednesday V posts this week are ~~ Village Fete at Hyde Daily Photo ~~ Video Footage of Hyde 1947 at Old Hyde ~~ Vintage Cars at Sithenah

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ABC Wednesday - S is for Scream

Last weekend we went to Blackpool for three nights, staying at the Bond Hotel. It is on the South Shore and a street away from the Pleasure Beach.

The Star attraction there is the roller coaster known officially as the "Big Dipper" but affectionately as simply the "Big 'Un".


As the cars reach the top and topple over the edge, the Screams of the riders can be heard from the South Pier to Squires Gate!

My other ABC Wednesday S posts this week are ~~ St Michael's & All Angels at Hyde Daily Photo ~~ Sundial Cottage at Old Hyde ~~ South Pier at Sunset at Sithenah

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