Random photodump!

Here, for your delectation, are a small selection of photos, sad and homeless pictures that have nowhere else to go...

I think that this child's t-shirt (being sold in our local supermarket) will not go down very well in Scotland!



Energy champion? Energy champion? Are there not enough made-up job titles already?
And also, 'energy champion' makes me think of a good version of this guy...



Spelling FAIL!
(Also being sold in the local supermarket.)



This is the kind of thing that hurts my brain!



There'll be more of these to come, but my other photos are on my PC. I'm using my netbook at the moment so I'm restricted to those pictures already on Photobucket!

Summer holiday photos - part 2

Let's see...

I think this installment will be photos from a lakeside picnic and from the Llanberis Lake Railway, and pictures from our day on the beach.

This is the view from our picnic spot - it's so beautiful there.



The picnickers!

Flora and Matt


Dave


My parents


Huw and Kirsty


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Chris and the little train at the Lake Railway.



We stopped for a while and went down by the lake. Somewhere there's a photo of me in the same tree when I was aged about eight...



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So, we didn't really get any good beach weather. It wasn't quite raining when we got to the beach, but drizzle set in soon afterwards. It definitely wasn't bikini weather!



We just had to half-bury Kirsty. At least her legs would have been warm.



Some of the family playing frisbee.
There weren't many other people on the beach, and by the time we were playing cricket it was raining enough that almost everyone else had (sensibly?) gone home.



By the time this shelter was necessary to keep our belongings dry we headed home too.




The next post will most likely be an assortment of random photos that don't really fit any particular post.

Summer holiday photos - part 1

Ok, here we go...

I think this first selection may as well be from the slate mine we visited.


I think this was my favourite part of the museum. In theory, setting up a display of mannequins to show how the slate was worked is a perfectly good idea. In this case, though, I suspect that their budget was severely lacking. See for yourself the style of dummies and clothing which they found to represent these tough Welsh slate workers.



This one has strangely long arms


and I don't think this one is a miner at all. I think he's a Russian spy.







My brother Dave, being a miner.



This sign was in the ladies' toilets, beside an overly complicated water tank/tap system. It's so wonderfully poetic!




While I'm here I'll post photos from Beddgelert as well. It's very touristy, but I guess that's what happens when a place is so picturesque!








I'll put up another photo post in the next day or so.

Fun in the snow at midnight

One night I was saying to Chris that I was sad that there hadn't really been any proper snow to play in. Later that night we looked out of the window to see that it had been snowing steadily for a while. We decided to go out for a walk - there was nobody else out at all. It felt magical, like the snow was there just for us.

Chris demonstrating the snow.




I love this picture.




My snow angel in the park.




Snow WALL-E




We had a brief game of Snow Scrabble.




Snow crystals




Please ignore my resemblance to a rather strange snowman!




Chris surrounded by 'mysterious orbs'. ;-)




More 'orbs'




We thought that the rats might like to experience snow. We were wrong.




The next day







Oh, and finally, here's my little snow-bear.




There you are, I think that's all of my winter photos.

Union Canal in Winter

Enjoy.

Edinburgh's Festive Lights

There is an ice rink and other activities in the Gardens too.



This is the German Christmas Market, plus the Scottish Market.










These lighted buildings, and the ferris wheel and other rides are all right in the centre of the city.





















I took these photos while riding on the ferris wheel.








I think these lighted trees are beautiful. They also have a menorah in this square.






It's always kind of sad watching the wheel being taken down and packed up.





And once all the stalls etc. are gone...