A few pics from yesterday

 

 A bit of a selection of pics from yesterday..  Canon 7d.

 

 

Flower, wood and black and white

 

 A selection of pics taken  over the last week.  All shot on the Lumix TZ80 compact (my everyday carry camera)  The black and white is shot in camera, the Lumix has several BW options and I find this one very nice for my style, and it saves doing the conversion in photoshop later.

 

Aviation news.

 

Looking at the safety reports, I'm seening a trend.  The number of aircraft suffering pressurization problems seems higher than usual.  Although this hasnt caused any recent accidents, it's still a concern.

The second trend seems to be with Airbuses having smoke or the smell of buring in the cabin.  Again this hasnt caused any serious problems (and it does happen to many aircraft types) it's always a bit of a worry.  

A fire on board  an aircraft is a seriously big problem.  Now to be fair the smell of burning can be caused by lots of things, often just hot air from the engine.  A real fire on the other hand tends to lead to bad things.

The problem with an aircraft fire is the limited fire fighting supplies, the difficulty in accessing parts of the aircraft in flight, and the effects of fire and smoke on controls and passengers.  The answer is to land ASAP. 

This is fine if your over a large country with lots of airports, a tad trickier if your over Africa or the ocean.  Even the UK only really has a few airports that a large aircraft could land at.  And time is the critical factor.

A few minutes has made the difference between life and death.

Now thats not to say Airbusses are less safe than any other aircraft, they actually have a very good safety record, and to be fair none of the recent events has actually been a fire.  A far bigger risk is a passengers battery bank going bang, this happens more often than you might think.

Airlines have developed systems for dealing for this issue though, so while it's stilla risk, it's not as big a risk as it used to be.

Gap in posts.

 

 Sorry for the lack of pics over the last few days, I'm not feeling that great and my mobility is limited, the weathers also been a bit crap.

 My morning cocktail of tablets.   Yes I do rattle, mind that might be the screws loose in my head as well....

 

Sofa, so good.

 I find the strangest things on my travels, spotted this a few days ago, shot on my phone.

Now try sneaking out while I have a nap!

 

 Dogs can be so funny on times.

 

 

The Grand Tour to continue....

 

 I'm hearing Amazon are planning a new series of the Grand Tour....  This time without Clarkson Hammond and May.

 It seems the cunning plan is the Grand Tour got huge viewing figures.   Clarkson Hammond and May have now finished, we'll make more using YouTubers (I kid you not) and we'll make another ton of lovely cash....

 Brilliant plan what could go wrong ?  Well, frankly the whole thing really.  You see what most people except Amazon bosses know is we the public, are not tuning in to watch the Grand Tour, we are tuning in to watch CLARKSON, HAMMOND and MAY.  It them and their antics and the interaction between them that attracted viewers in the first place.  Not a poxy car show.

 The BBC thought the same with Top Gear,  Oh wow, the show is SO good, we'll carry on, the viewers will still watch....  Errrr, No! Viewing figures fell off a cliff with new presenters, the beeb shuffled presenters around trying to find a match, but it's hopeless.

 Which bit of people Watching Clarkson, Hammond and May do they not understand?  Why is Clarksons farm popular?  Is it because it has tractors and sheep?  No, it's bloody Clarkson you halfwits.  Without him Clarksons Farm is countryfile, which was watched... wait for it... mostly by farmers, and a few watching for the farming weather forecast.

 Yes farmers watched Clarksons farm, but so did MILLIONS of us.  We didnt watch to see the latest pig breading shed, or the newest rotarvator for the massy Fergusun 500.  We watched to see Jeremy making a dogs breakfast of bailing hay or whatever.  It was funny, it was entertaining.

 Thats the thing about the Grand Tour, it wasnt just a car show, it was more about the presenters, than the cars.  Thats why replacing the presenters will flop.

 So a free top tip Amazon.  Either scrap the whole idea and save your money, or, cough up for the real deal.  Get C H and M to make a Christmas special for a few years.