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  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited January 2018 #13232

    I've just got up. It's still dark outside. Time to get the kettle on for a pot of tea!

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited January 2018 #13233

    Our last day at Baltic Wharf. We'll be leaving tomorrow.

  • Bakers2
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    edited January 2018 #13234

    Malcolm we arrived here on 30th December so we were one of the first to see in the new year, having travelled for 32 plus hours and a day with our grandchildren aged 3 years and 18 months who don't stop moving and chatting hence bed by 9pm on new years eve.

    New year has never bothered me and in fact I find it a very melancholy time of the year remembering those not here etc. So prefer not to make much of it.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited January 2018 #13235

    I just remember seeing New Zealand celebrating New Year at what was 11 a.m. New Years eve here. However, it was Samoa in the South Pacific that saw it first one hour earlier at what was 10 a.m. here in UK.

    I'm not sure how this works out in these days of instant international transactions because if you send a payment from UK to New Zealand by internet banking, what would the date of the payment be  if it is sent just after 11 a.m. because in UK it will be 31st December 2017 whilst in New Zealand it would be 1st January 2018, not only different month but different year? 

  • Oneputt
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    edited January 2018 #13236

    Is there a knack to taking pictures of the moon?

    Not for me David, on that picture I handheld my Panasonic FZ330 on an Intelligent Auto setting.  If I were to use my DSLR I would use a tripod and maybe invest in a moon filter.

    The picture below (a couple of months ago) I took using my bird spotting scope with my mobile phone

     

  • cariadon
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    edited January 2018 #13237

    My photo was taken using my Panasonic FZ150, Panasonic are wonderful cameras. I use the auto intelligence or sometimes the outdoor sport setting plus anti shake setting. Have tried using night setting, but to get a better picture you need a tripod.

  • JVB66
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    edited January 2018 #13238

    Great fireworks display from Cromer Pier last evening, then followed by a nice meal in site resteraunt,    decision needed now do we stay or do we leave early, as yellow weather warning for high winds tomorrow ,but cannot book on as site also closes,smile 

     

  • MrRoute
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    edited January 2018 #13239

    Damp and overcast at the moment in Lancing but more heavy rain expected. Going food shopping later at Tesco as we need to see our Virgin holiday rep to ammend our booking. We are returning to Las Vegas on " unfinished business". cool 

  • Oneputt
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    edited January 2018 #13240

    Due to ill health had to cancel our trip to Barleywood tomorrow.  In any case the weather forecast is a bit dire tomorrow with 50+ mph wind speeds.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited January 2018 #13241

    DK, this was using a Nikon P900 on moon/infinity setting on Auto focus, it’s all down to the Camera👍🏻😊

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited January 2018 #13242

    Thanks for the tips on Moon photography, didn't realise I had to go to Infinity and backsmile

    David

  • cyberyacht
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    edited January 2018 #13243

    Nice capture of the flight of birds crossing the moon, R2B

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited January 2018 #13244

    Yes, I heard on the weather forecast about Storm Eleanor. Hopefully, it won't be too bad here in Bristol as we need to take the awning down and pack it away tomorrow morning to be off the site by 12 noon.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited January 2018 #13245

    Good luck with the shopping, MrRoute, do you shop at the Tesco Extra on the roundabout as you exit the A27 towards Shoreham? We'll be shopping there too soon after our return on 4th January.

  • brue
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    edited January 2018 #13246

    The moon photos have been lovely. Thanks all, mine was a rushed job before it vanished behind the trees. 

    Have both been to the docs this morning, loaded up with antibiotics, told it will take two or three weeks to clear. Felt like a pair of old crocks!

    Nice to hear from Bakers2, glad you arrived in NZ safely , but what a journey. Hope everything has arrived by now and you've got your clothes back.

    Storm just brewing in the west, I think we have 50mph winds on the way, glad to be indoors in the warm. smile

  • Metheven
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    edited January 2018 #13247

    With these moon photos, you just have to be in the right place at the right time cool

     

  • RJLJ
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    edited January 2018 #13248

    Strong winds forecast overnight.  Might be worth putting awning down earlier Malcolm.

  • triky auto
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    edited January 2018 #13249

    More overnight rain here on I.o.W ,but now just 'mizzle' and cloudy.Last nights meal was a good one,,the largest piece of Cod with chips and peas ever,at "The Folly" on the river Medina just up the road from East Cowes,"we serve food all day every day" .Brilliant.!!tongue-out.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited January 2018 #13250

    Yes overnight, but will it be over by the morning, RJLJ? It's not the best of weather today either. It keeps raining on and off and the awning is soaking wet!

  • Oneputt
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    edited January 2018 #13251

    Great pic R2B

  • cariadon
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    edited January 2018 #13252

    I would check the weather again, as it shows high gusts for next 24 hours. Is it better to take it down wet or in high winds, if you decide the latter take car, I would hate to see you fly past me in West Wales.

  • triky auto
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    edited January 2018 #13253

    cool More 'moon shot's' coming up on the 31st of January with the total eclipse of the moon (a blue moon) .Hope it's a clear night !!.wink.

  • SteveL
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    edited January 2018 #13254

    The weather forecast I saw had strong gusty winds all tomorrow morning as well. Perhaps not as strong as in the night, but still challenging.

  • brue
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    edited January 2018 #13255

    Yes we have gale force winds coming into the west from around 8pm today through to 3pm tomorrow.

    Batten down the hatches TrikyP! wink

     

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited January 2018 #13256

    I just had a look at the forecast, 45 to 50 mph winds from 8 p.m. tonight and all day tomorrow, so it looks like we'll have to get the awning down this afternoon.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited January 2018 #13257

    Dave’s was better OP👍🏻😂

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited January 2018 #13258

    Me too Dave-I believe😎

  • KjellNN
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    edited January 2018 #13259

    Stayed in bed till 11am, cough worse but at least I no longer feel shivery.

    Poor weather here, wet with wind to arrive later, so we will be staying in and keeping the heating on.

  • DSB
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    edited January 2018 #13260

    There's this one......

  • DSB
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    edited January 2018 #13261

    Thank you to those who have posted the wonderful original pictures of the moon....

    David