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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

07 Jul 2019 12 10 254
Boeing B-17G ‘Sally B’ Sally B is the name of an airworthy 1945-built Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, it is the only airworthy B-17 left in Europe, as well as one of three B-17s in the United Kingdom. The aircraft is based at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, England,[1] Sally B flies at airshows in the UK and across Europe as well as serving as an airborne memorial to the United States Army Air Forces airmen who lost their lives in the European theatre during World War II. This photo appeared in the Biggleswade Chronicle newspaper Friday 12 July 2019

Gloster Gladiator

07 Jul 2019 8 6 287
Gloster Gladiator The Gloster Gladiator (or Gloster SS.37) was a British-built biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force(RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) (as the Sea Gladiator variant) and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. It was the RAF's last biplane fighter aircraft and was rendered obsolete by newer monoplanedesigns even as it was being introduced. Though often pitted against more formidable foes during the early days of the Second World War, it acquitted itself reasonably well in combat. This photo appeared in the Biggleswade Chronicle newspaper Friday 12 July 2019

Between two fences! HFF!

05 Jun 2019 21 40 425
Hi everybody!! Thank you so much for looking at this lady in the treetops. I am sorry, but I will be somewhat late with individual replies, as I am 'out of circulation' for a few days. I am writing this on a borrowed computer... Best Wishes, HFF, and a good weekend. Peter

Playing in the water / Jouer dans l'eau

Do you want to feed the rats?

31 May 2019 10 13 394
'Three Countries Bridge' linking France and Germany. This is the German side. France is across the Rhine, Switzerland is just to the left.

St Odile Abbey / Mont St Odile

03 Jun 2019 11 10 386
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Sainte-Odile_Abbey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Sainte-Odile

Once upon a time there was a fence!

30 Jun 2019 23 39 502
Felixtowe docks from Harwich beach. HFF!

Ravennaschlucht Viaduct

08 Jun 2019 15 18 496
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenna_Bridge

Chemin de Fer forestier d’Abreschviller

02 Jun 2019 8 11 427
The railway has a web site:- en.train-abreschviller.fr Apologies to everyone for lack of visits to their gallery, I have only just had my internet (and phone) connection put back in working order after many days without. Best wishes to all. Peter

WildLine Hängebrücke! Hanging bridge!

05 Jun 2019 19 28 433
With very necessary fences!!! HFF! Hi Everybody, Thank you so much for your kind visits and comments. I am sorry to say that I have been having a major problem with the internet connection, and this is the first time it has worked since Thursday. When it is resolved, I will answer your comments individually. Meanwhile, I wish you a good weekend, and good week ahead! Best wishes Peter

Growing through a bench in Bühl, Germany!

A fake beggar trying very hard not to be filmed.

01 Jun 2019 6 15 344
A nicely word processed, printed, and laminated begging notice, with a little emblem in the top corner... Now notice the tattoos on her hand, including the English word 'Love'. Since when do they speak English in Syria? And of course enough money to buy the computer & media.. plus visit the tattoo parlour .. Her mates were doing the same round the corner!

St. Peters im Schwarzwald / St Peters in the Black…

08 Jun 2019 7 4 395
St Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest or St. Peter's Abbey, Schwarzwald (German: Kloster St. Peter auf dem Schwarzwald) is a former Benedictine monastery in the village of St. Peter im Schwarzwald, in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_of_Saint_Peter_in_the_Black_Forest

Triberger Wasserfälle / Triberg Waterfalls

WildLine Hängebrücke und ein Zaun!

05 Jun 2019 22 38 575
Hanging Bridge and a fence! Happy Fence Friday!!

A stork settles down for the night in its nest.

31 May 2019 18 20 657
The location rejoices in the name of "The square of the storks" (ie Storks Square), adjacent to St Nicolas church. The stork is an icon of this region!

"Youth of Today!" A sculpture in Bad Herrenalb

06 Jun 2019 12 32 562
Please look carefully at the words written..! Also, please see the comment from Lothar and Füsun below. There is some wonderful information there. Thank you Füsun and Lothar!

Holiday starts here!!


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