Boats and ships this week.

As ever, use your imagination and interpret the theme any way you want.
Canal boats could be a good choice for anyone who’s not near the coast or a major river.
Canoes, kayaks or model boats will do, if that’s all you can find.
The only rule is that the picture should be taken between midnight tonight and midnight next Sunday.

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Later, not been out yet. Got the garden to tidy, puncture to fix and bb to fit first all before picking wife up @ 4pm………………

Kingholm Quay near Dumfries. This old boat is a permanent fixture and it`s owner lives on it.

Decided to take a ride downstream on the river bank and see if I could get to Glencaple. Had not factored in the tide!!

Fair bit of bird life around;

The flood line debris;

Spotted this coming down from Gloceseter or Sharpness.

What a heap of junk!

The SS STW SGMTB

In a Puddle

In a stream

@trekster

I ride some trails that can only be used twice a day as well 🙂

Love the debris pic.. is that a bike washed up in there ?

Here’s mine:

I thought of the origami boat too! But didn’t get round to it.

redthunder – Member

@trekster

I ride some trails that can only be used twice a day as well

Love the debris pic.. is that a bike washed up in there ?

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That one is mine, dumped whilst I went for a look-see what was lying around. Found that road works sign which is a newish plastic one, a blade from the local rowing club and what I thought was a good vac flask until I noticed the base was missing.
That was my escape route btw, the tide started to cut me off and I was risking getting stranded with all the ditches & creeks filling up fast.
There is an amazing amount of debris along the river bank from all the flooding we have had this year.
River Nith flows into the Solway Firth and then Irish Sea.
There

Does a jet-ski count?

Hope these count!

Gary
http://www.pugsley-on-patrol.org.uk
http://www.youtube.com/garybuckham

Love the jet ski 🙂

@gary.

It that a midget sub ?

as per Redthunder, Gary B is that a mini-sub?
Seems like a strange thing to just be abandoned, you have though some-one would have though it worthwhile keeping it.

My own effort, only 2 minutes from my house it’s my friend Andy’s barge – have spent the last two summers wandering up and down the local canal on this, beer in hand.
As I had to grab the car charger off it, I thought I could get away with it for this thread…

Now lets hope it just the battery that’s drained/fubar’d on my car…

Bike & barge by z1ppy2, on Flickr

[guymartin]By ‘eck that’s a reet fine barge, chief[/guymartin] 🙂

I think guy’s is in better condition, did you notice the name…

Untitled by MattR72, on Flickr

Taken at the new Aquaduct Marina, Church Minshull.Nice cafe BTW.[img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5517824166_ae922da22a.jpg[/img]

Taken on todays ride with wokboy.

2011_0311boatpics0017 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

One gust of wind…

But it will float.

One gust of wind…

It’s so stable that it can’t fall over. 😉

You are right though it does float. 8)

Struggled with this weeks challenge – but after 25 miles this morning I managed these 8)

The dad and son were somewhat bemused when this MAMIL turned up asking to borrow his boats for some pictures – they obliged nicely though 😆

I even went round by the windsurfing centre but no one was sailing

SS Great Britain

The British MP, Samuel Plimsoll

Plimsoll. Some bonus boat nerdery points for that one.

Does this count? It floats!

I like the lateral thinking with Samuel Plimsoll and the oil rig (if it is an oil rig)

This is someone’s front garden in Bewdley.

An explanation of why it’s there.

There a boat just round the corner honest 😳

Nothing special this week. I miss having a good camera and more interesting lighting!

look at the weather, blue sky, white clouds, sunshine!!

bike/boat by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

delph reservoir bolton

are there any thoughts on this weeks ‘photo challenge’?

CREEPY HOUSES?

Yeah, it’s about time I set this weeks challenge isn’t it ?

A couple of ideas I’ve had;

Colours. Maybe a bit too cryptic. You could get The Green Man or Red Lion pub in the background or a sign for Redcar or the Bluewater shopping centre.

Spring. I saw the first baby ducks this year today. Would have been a bit difficult to get them and the bike in one picture, so I don’t know how this would work.

Following trains and boats we could go for cars, which is too easy, or aeroplanes, which is too hard.

Victorian engineering or public works. I rode past a water works yesterday and I love the way buildings with such a mundane purpose were built with such ornate brickwork. It may not have been built during Victoria’s reign, but it was very much in that style.

An arch that is not a bridge. A tunnel or part of a building perhaps.

Song titles. Nothing too obscure and nothing too obvious either, like Madness and Our House.

Or creepy houses. Are there enough creepy houses around and could you capture the atmosphere in a photo with a bike for it to work ?

Any other suggestions ?
I’ll go with the first one to get two votes, whatever it is. Probably.

I like the idea of Victorian engineering or public works

Maybe for the future; bikes with specialist vehicles

Another vote for Victorian engineering. My Target for this would also have fitted in with last weeks.

Another vote for Victorian engineering. My Target for this would also have fitted in with last weeks.

2011_0314boatsanddaffs0024 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

OK then, Victorian engineering it is then.

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Port Isaac – Cornywall

A bit late but here goes