catfan 14,793 Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 So I said to Mrs C, back a bit, a bit more. keep going ! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Brew 5,413 Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 Looks like the diets working then CatFan 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 Zebra at Nechisar National Park, Arba Minch, Southern Ethiopia, 1st November 2010. Great palce to celebrate my 60th birthday.... This lot just ambled past as though we weren't even there! 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 Kids - you have to love 'em don't you! This liitle boy followed me all around a Hamar market in Ethiopia - all he wanted was to hold my hand and smile at me. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 The giant deck chairs must be everywhere, I clambered into one in Aberystwyth recently, and had a heck of a job getting back out. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 Me too kj ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,413 Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 Wonder what became of the little boy.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 If he continued to be that innocent and friendly to all the strange men he came across, he may have had some very unhappy experiences... Where was his mother, or the person supposed to be looking after him, I wonder... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,413 Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 Wayup Compo. Margie reckons you're strange! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 "Strange" as in unknown, you wally, not "odd". You're not odd are you, Compo? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 Duchary Rock Fort: This Iron Age fort in Strath Brora was built as a defensive measure around 2800 years ago. It is situated at an altitude of about 800ft on top of a hill which has cliffs on the north and south side and slopes to the east and west. In order to defend the hill it was necessary to build thick stone walls on the east and west sides. All that remains today are hard-to-see earthworks inside the area and the remnants of the collapsed walls. An entrance can be seen in the western wall. Archaeologists have determined that the walls were originally 12ft thick. The hill with the east wall on top: The line of the west wall Upright stones marking the entrance A section of wall still partially intact This is a view of the valley bottom below the fort, showing signs of ancient farming activity, almost certainly providing food for the fort occupants. It is likely that this area was in use for food production from the Bronze Age (around 3,000BC) right through to the Highland Clearances of the early 1800s, when people were forced off the land by the landlords in order to put sheep on the land instead of subsistence farmers. Finally, A large glacial "Erratic" boulder across the glen. [If I recall correctly, Hemlockstone in Notts is also a glacial erratic boulder, deposited by a retreating glacier at the beginning of one of the interstadial periods between glaciations.] 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Here's one to cheer Catfan up: 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 On 8/11/2018 at 9:06 PM, Brew said: Wayup Compo. Margie reckons you're strange! Margie's right, Brew; they don't come much stranger than me! The child was a Hamer boy. Here's an image of the Hamar women. They have their backs whipped by the men during "Coming of Age" ceremonies. the Hamar trie lives in teh Omo Valley in Southern Ethiopia. He would probably be better off with a strange man! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,413 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Good grief! there are some things you wish you just hadn't seen, that must have been agonising. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 This thread is supposed to be photos that cheer us up! I too, am horrified at the barbarity of that tradition... Sad to think that the sweet little boy that Compo befriended might also have inflicted such pain on another human being, when he grew up.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Back on topic as they say ! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Sorry catfan,,back off topic,,had to mention those awful photo's of whip marks,,once took a Guard into Yarmouth,,he was an Arab from Kenya,,we shared a room at a B/B.......Mubarak was his name lovely bloke,,i noticed his back was covered in similar marks..........being who i am asked him about them........he was flogged by some locals in Mombasa just for being a Muslim,,............some nasty people we share this wonderful world with,,....he lived in Peterborough and told me he thought England was Heaven on Earth''' bless him passed away a few years ago. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Water shortage ? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 30 minutes ago, benjamin1945 said: Sorry catfan,,back off topic,,had to mention those awful photo's of whip marks,,once took a Guard into Yarmouth,,he was an Arab from Kenya,,we shared a room at a B/B.......Mubarak was his name lovely bloke,,i noticed his back was covered in similar marks..........being who i am asked him about them........he was flogged by some locals in Mombasa just for being a Muslim,,............some nasty people we share this wonderful world with,,....he lived in Peterborough and told me he thought England was Heaven on Earth''' bless him passed away a few years ago. Man's inhumanity of course Ben, sad to say. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 On 8/22/2018 at 3:29 PM, Brew said: Good grief! there are some things you wish you just hadn't seen, that must have been agonising. Believe it or not.....the women encourage and goad the men to do this. The tradition is that the more scars the woman has the more attractive she is to the men and thus the better the man she can get. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 On 8/22/2018 at 9:03 PM, IAN123. said: Sediment seperation is fantastic Catfan! must be around Hunstanton area? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Teasels in the garden, basking in the late summer sunshine...... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 Compo's finest home made "Platform End Bitter"; built with nothing but Scottish malt, home grown hops, yeast and well water. Drunk out of a King George VI stamped pint glass. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 On 8/29/2018 at 3:02 PM, Compo said: must be around Hunstanton area? Spot on Compo, Hunstanton it is. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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