Work in progress, dance au soleil.

Reminiscent of the London skyline, Cranes everywhere.

Thanks, Maurice. I walk past here about once a week and like to make note of the progress. Due another one here probably tomorrow.

El dinero que mueve el fútbol... lo que haga falta para ganar.

The fact that the owner of Real Madrid also owns one of the major construction companies in Spain is hardly a co-incidence, I think!

wat een huiskranen -dat de machinisten niet in de war komen ?

I would never want to be a crane driver, Fred! Too dangerous!

Are you sure they don't breed in the night ?

I would like to see how they go about it, Jean!
(and yet I think the graunching sounds of metal upon metal would be most off-putting! ... and certainly unromantic!)

... industrial porno: certainly a scary concept (robots?) ... maybe Disney will make a movie ...

I wouldn't pay money to go and watch it, Wally!

ILS activent pour le finir,çà va être un grand et beau stade..!
Bon Dimanche.

I wish I had your confidence, Malik!
Thank you and goodnight!

très bel angle

Will be an even more impressive stadium !!

Grand chantier !

A cranes ballet ! Good Morning, Andy !

It will be interesting to see the progress through your pictures Andy.
Good shot!

Le balais des grues à tour !! Belle photo

Good choreography is key!!!
Many thanks and welcome!

A nicely detailed shot of this chaotic-looking building site Andy.

The thought that popped into my head was "I can see how Crane Flies got their name" :-))

Yes. the bird, the insect and the dancing cranes seen here. There are many obvious similarities as well as a few more nuanced things one can play with. Thanks Keith!
(although I think you will find that the insects pre-dated the machines by maybe many million years or so! and the possibility is therefore that they weren't named AFTER the machines at all ... and we can go round and round in circles here, but I would rather not!)

Hi Andy

A very nice picture, which I really like

Wonderful composition

I just hope the guy who designed this got his sums right, and none of the cranes can swing round in the wind and hit each other!!

Best Wishes, and stay safe!!
Peter

They need the skills of engineering and choreography, Peter!
Many thanks and best wishes,
Andy

Daniele,
Jaap,
Gilbert,
Ulrich,
Philippe,
Rosa,
Many thanks to you all!

Andy, as an English teacher, what's the correct term for this? Is it a 'cascade' of cranes, a 'collection' a 'collage' or something else? Well taken and I'll be interested to see the progress.

Well I know that for the bird, a goup of cranes can be any of the following;
a 'dance',
a 'sedge',
a siege, and
a swoop.
I would think that they all apply to mechanical cranes too. It would make sense (just about!).

I found myself thinking about this yesterday and came up with the thought that, as (mechanical) cranes tend to be associated with large commercially built buildings, maybe the term should be a 'consortium'.

That would work well, George!

Hala Madrid !!!!! I hope the new stadium brings new glories to this city. Have a nice evening Andy.

I don't like the plans i have seen, Anton!

... a flock of cranes ... not an endangered species, apparently, in the current economy ...

... a timely capture ...