Tag: UK

Well, it happened …

· 4 Comments ·

Lothar interviewed by the SABC

In 2015, my husband and I went to the Rugby World Championship in the UK.  We saw two games: South Africa vs. Samoa in Birmingham, and South Africa vs. Scotland in Newcastle.

It was an unexpected and unlikely coincidence that we met a cameraman working for the SABC in Birmingham while sightseeing in town, a day before the game.  It was quite unlikely that we would meet him again in Newcastle, this time with his whole team trying to catch interesting shots and interviews with fans, again a day before the game.  But the cameraman recognised my husband with whom he had talked for awhile privately a week earlier, and so he came to be interviewed by South African television. But it was even more unlikely that a South African friend actually saw the clip, barely a minute long, tucked away in a late-night special human interest slot about the RWC.

But the most unlikely would be if we ever see people dressed up more patriotic than the South African fans on this day.  The most impressive ones were the “cross dressers” – fans who combined Scottish and South African elements in their attire:

For The Daily Post: Unlikely.

More unlikely shots are linked here.

PS: Sorry, I can’t get rid of the second lot of picture. They don’t show up in editing mode.

There is no elevator

· 10 Comments ·
016 stairs 3 (480x640)
Stairs leading to the castle ruin Windeck in Weinheim.
Bavaria
Stairs leading up to the statue of Bavaria from the Oktoberfestplatz in Munich.
016 stairs 1 (480x640)
Stairs in Mainz leading to the Oberstadt.
016 stairs 4 (640x480)
Stairs in the dunes behind Bamburgh Castle.

Stairs are paths, too.

For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge.  More paths, streets, roads, etc. can be found here.

Set in stone

· 2 Comments ·

20 traces b (640x480)

Paula over at Black & White Sunday was asking once again for traces of the past and posted a beautiful shot of Bamburgh Castle on the north east coast of England. I decided to go closer and show a close up of a stones, in this case of the portcullis of a castle’s entrance, in this case of — Bamburgh Castle on the north east coast of England.

For more traces of the past, click here.

mergeyes_widget

Smile on Chuckles

· 3 Comments ·

Smile on Chuckles

I didn’t know her but this plaque on a bench overlooking Roker Beach in Sunderland made me smile.  What a great way to be remembered – by passing your smile on to complete strangers.

This is for The Daily Post asking for smiles.

Growing large

· 1 Comment ·

37 c (480x640)

A large living subject.  A tree, photographed at night.

The floozie in the jacuzzi

A man-made, woman-shaped large subject, made of stone.  This is the “floozie in the jacuzzi” of Birmingham, officially known as “The River”.

37 large a (640x480)

Almost as large as rocks can get on earth, the Eiger in Switzerland.

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge asking for large subjects.  More of these can be found here.

Behind the Boks

· 1 Comment ·

I was lucky to attend the game between the Scottish and  South African rugby teams in Newcastle in, part of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.  What better setting to take pictures of a very colourful crowd?  The Springbok supporters were out in full force.  Hats and make-up are a wonderful way to camouflage faces, aren’t they?

For The Daily Post Photo Challenge: a face in the crowd.

More faces and more crowds can be found here.