Hi John,
They are not compulsory for bicycles and a pilots helmet would probably be
more appropriate at that altitude :-)
--Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 01 June 2005 23:42
Subject: [OM] Re: Odd Day Out
>
> As a matter of interest, would the local Mr Plod have issued a ticket to
the
> elderly gent for not wearing a cycle helmet?
>
> John Hudson
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "GeeBee" <geebee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "OM List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, 01 June, 2005 05:19 PM
> Subject: [OM] Odd Day Out
>
>
> >
> > I'm driving on a back lane when around a bend in the distance I can see
> this
> > chap over the hedge heading my way. My first thought was that he was a
> > little high for a cyclist so I reasoned that he must be on horseback.
> > Nothing unusual in that except that his movement is not consistent with
a
> > horse rider. As we close on each other the bend between us disappears
and
> I
> > get a good look at him as we pass. Was a time I would have just kept on
> > going but ever mindful of the fact that I need 'fuel' for the web site I
> > turn the car around at the first opportunity and go back, eventually
pass
> > him (he was going surprisingly fast), put some distance between us, park
> and
> > then wait for him to approach. I take a shot.
> > http://www.geebeephoto.com/Walks/Odd_day/odd_day_01.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > I resumed my journey and went back to soaking up the rustic splendour
that
> > is Northamptonshire in the month of May. Scenes more in keeping with
what
> > one expects to find in the English countryside. Rolling green hills,
> > hedgerows in blossom giving off fine fragrances and giving added peace
to
> > the scene our farm animals grazing and lazing in the fields. A herd of
> > cattle, a flock of sheep with this years lambs, already almost as big as
> > their mothers, horses in a paddock, ALPACAS! I suppose they could be
> llamas
> > but I'm guessing these are being bred for their fur not for their spit.
> > http://www.geebeephoto.com/Walks/Odd_day/odd_day_02.htm
> >
> >
> > Sometimes the 'typical' English countryside can turn into Alice in
> > Wonderland before your very eyes. I'm thinking what else does
> > Northamptonshire have to offer by way of bizarre photo opportunities. A
> bird
> > as big as a Buick perhaps?.....
> > .........Yeah right.
> > I move over to the left, the bird follows me. I move over to the right
and
> > again the bird tracks my movements. The wings are fanned and the head
> pivots
> > from the base of neck in a large circle. I am uncertain as to whether
the
> > display is to warn me off or because the ostrich fancies me.
> > http://www.geebeephoto.com/Walks/Odd_day/odd_day_03.htm
> >
> >
> > Whatever it is the display gets ever more frantic and noting the look on
> the
> > birds face I decide to leave before the display reaches a climax (no pun
> > intended). I have no wish to be attacked or, perish the thought, worse.
If
> I
> > am surprised to see an ostrich in Northamptonshire imagine the local fox
> > when he sees the worlds' biggest egg. The sheer joy of it. Just before a
> > foot, the size of a catchers' mitt, powered by the worlds' biggest
> drumstick
> > hits him in the side of the head. Strange place the English countryside.
> > http://www.geebeephoto.com/Walks/Odd_day/odd_day_04.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > The whole thing and others here:
> > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/words_and_pictures.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Graham
> > http://geebeephoto.com
> >
> >
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