The challenge for this week is to take a picture of your bike [b]under water[/b].
No need to take it literally and drop your bike in to the sea, you just need to get at least part of your bike below the surface of a significant volume of water.
It could be a waterfall, a dam or a pair of lock gates, an overhead pipe, a water tower or an aqueduct. Use your imagination.
Well it's under water a bit 😉 Or soon would be 🙂 Only a 40ft range where I live.
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Took the road bike out for a spin and checked out some river spots I had in mind for some pics.
River is a bit high 🙄
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Argh - so many potential opportunities at various water treatment works and reservoirs for me, but all likely to result in some form of disciplinary action too 🙁
The tunnel underneath an open reservoir would have been good.
Will have to find something else then...
RocketDog, would you like to explain this that I found on your Flickr page ?
This photo was taken on January 23, 2010 using a Canon Digital IXUS 110 IS.
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It's the date taken and the type of camera used Graham, simple enough 😉
Heres one I took of me & my bike, errr ......first thing this morning.
Isn't the self timer function just brilliant? 😉
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RocketDog & Slugwash, for you.
Pipeline bridge over the Severn carrying water from the Elan Valley to Birmingham.
[b]Taken at 1:30pm on 8.2.2011[/b] 😛
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if were going to be piccy then Graham, your bike isn't actually under water is it?
Yes it is.
Not the water in the River Severn, the water in the pipeline on the bridge.
This involved building a 73 mile long aqueduct down which the water travels at less than 2 miles per hour, taking one and a half days to get to Birmingham.
http://history.powys.org.uk/history/rhayader/aqueduct1.html
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*posts picture of bike under some clouds*
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and your bike isnt under the bridge... its at the side of it.. 😉
Hmmm, you've got me there, although I did ride under the bridge immediately after taking the photo.
Two on the way to work today. Locks on the Worcestershire Canal.
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Flood barriers in Bewdley.
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They're expecting the peak at about 4:30am. I took this at about 1:30am and the water was up to the top of the first plank
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Which was the point I was trying to make, as I know about the aqueduct 😛
Oh, OK, I get you now.
However, if I can outpedant you, the bike is below the water [i]in the picture[/i], even if it's not directly under the water in real life. 😛
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My bike under a 'significant amount of water' somewhere deep inside Cornwall yesterday...
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Another one that's not really under water, although it would have been if I'd taken it yesterday.
My commute along the River Severn. I had to stop and clear flood debris off the path in a couple of places.
The twigs and weeds tangled up in the gate show where the water was last night when I took the one by the flood barrier. The river has dropped over 2m in less than 24 hours.
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Any suggestions for next week's challenge ?
I'd like to do one that links up with this thread somehow.
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/interesting-unknown-engineering-landmarks-in-the-uk
Victorian Engineering ? Bridges, tunnels, railways etc.
Public Works ? Pumping stations, water works, power stations.
War relics ? Pill boxes, Iron Age hill forts, ROC bunkers.
Or maybe something completely different ?
Friday morning commute.....
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These photo challenges are getting hard now as I don't think I have anything like this near me, without staging it 🙁
Yeti in Dee at Braemar
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Davey in a cold river Dee at Braemar
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Derek near Skiddaw House
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Nearly forgot the Bonty
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P20's at it as well now. 👿
This photo was taken on May 12, 2002 using a Canon Digital IXUS v.
There are rules to this challenge.
Proper rules as well, not like red traffic lights where you can choose whether you want to obey them or not.
A couple of ideas for a photo challenge.....
Find a fellow biker, someone that you dont know of course....and get a photo taken with them...
Or as above but with a complete stranger and a non biker ?
Or dare I say it.....get a photo taken with a 'Rambler' 😉
P20's at it as well now.
This photo was taken on May 12, 2002 using a Canon Digital IXUS v.There are rules to this challenge.
Proper rules as well, not like red traffic lights where you can choose whether you want to obey them or not.
Apologies for any offence, posted whilst drinking. I did 'take' them yesterday......from my flickr account :o)
not taken this weekend, but anyhow, fits with the theme, i did make it across, just about, was keeking my drawers though as it's was rapids to my left all the way to to 0m, this was a 350m!
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I've been waiting to post something on these threads for sometime but hadn't found myself able to do so until today 🙂
Went out for a ride locally today with a few mates & we found some water to take pics in/with/under
My bike in the stream
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Just to confirm the wheel was in/under the water
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Yours truly under the water
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Greg gunning it through the water
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Rob with his submarine impression
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Not exactly under water, but on the end of a pier so effectively 'at sea'.
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Nice catalogue pose there rusty. 😆
Trying not to breath out!! 😉
Quick take the picture so i can relax and let the wok out moment then. 😀
Here's the first - it's aka_gilo with an aqueduct behind which as I recall does have some historic significance as [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harptree_Combe ]the oldest surviving example[/url]
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And the one I prefer 🙂
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@seosamh77 Is that crossing the burn running out of Lochan fadda into gleann balnaspiean?
Bit abstract...
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Look at the sign 😉
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Just after i took it someone came out of the house and looked at me as though i was mental. I suppose a tubby bloke in lycra paddling around in a beck could look a little unusual.
Was nice to see the little drain holes in my wheels work though - took about a minute for all the water to run out of the front rim:)
Weekly photo challenge. 7.2.11 - 13.2.11 [b][u]Under water.[/b][/u]
slugwash for the win, there aren't many that equal the challenge, what is next weeks?
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what is next weeks?
[url] http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/weekly-photo-challenge-14211-20211-lychgate [/url]
Weekly photo challenge. 7.2.11 - 13.2.11 Under water.slugwash for the win, there aren't many that equal the challenge, what is next weeks?
Cheers RD, Top choice 🙂
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