Photo Thread

**bennocelt** · 11/09/2013, 7:07 PM

Originally Posted by Mad Moose

Awww excellent. Fantastic city and those pictures are stunning. I'd go back to Lucern/Luzern anytime. Nice to see it a little earlier in the season than I saw it. Hope you enjoyed your relatively short trip over the hills. William Tell is a famous son of the City.

Was going to go hiking up the mountains but there was just so much to see in the town, that we ran out of time. Will be near there for a swiss fa cup game this weekend, if the wifey is in a good mood!!!

**peadar1987** · 11/09/2013, 8:12 PM

From a recent walk up Beinn Narnairn and Beinn Ime just north of Glasgow:

Was absolutely blown away when we broke through the cloud at about 850 metres to see the tops of all the nearby mountains poking through. Stunning!

**Mad Moose** · 12/09/2013, 12:10 PM

It's good Peadar but I think you have been outdone by Cool Dog I fear. He doesn't want to mention it. He just wants to get on.

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**peadar1987** · 12/09/2013, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Mad Moose

It's good Peadar but I think you have been outdone by Cool Dog I fear. He doesn't want to mention it. He just wants to get on.

BnO7nlQ.jpg

Cool dog's been climbing mountains like that since before I was born.

**bennocelt** · 15/09/2013, 9:48 AM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

Was going to go hiking up the mountains but there was just so much to see in the town, that we ran out of time. Will be near there for a swiss fa cup game this weekend, if the wifey is in a good mood!!!

**Mad Moose** · 15/09/2013, 10:00 AM

I love seeing pictures of football grounds and that's truly unique. I love it.

**bennocelt** · 15/09/2013, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by Mad Moose

I love seeing pictures of football grounds and that's truly unique. I love it.

Was a lovely family orientated club, very friendly, even got a complimentary free beer which is always a bonus!
Also treated to an under 10 game beforehand, not a long ball in sight, how apt.

**Mad Moose** · 15/09/2013, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

Was a lovely family orientated club, very friendly, even got a complimentary free beer which is always a bonus!
Also treated to an under 10 game beforehand, not a long ball in sight, how apt.

Great stuff. A beer in Switzerland isn't cheap so result with a freebie. I'd always been told the Swiss were quite reserved and not very welcoming. I found the opposite particularly in Lucern. Fantastic turn out for a marathon in driving snow and sub zero temps. I know they are used to it but the support was exceptional and a few days in the town whom I found to be warm and welcoming.

**DannyInvincible** · 27/09/2013, 8:01 PM

My friend's girlfriend is in Bilbao at the minute and took this photo from outside the San Mamés Stadium. Thought it a good'un.

**Jofspring** · 06/10/2013, 10:29 PM

Coonagh United Ball by Jofspring, on Flickr

Central Station Antwerp by Jofspring, on Flickr

**Charlie Darwin** · 06/10/2013, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

That is a gorgeous backdrop. Nice one, benno.

**BonnieShels** · 08/10/2013, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

My friend's girlfriend is in Bilbao at the minute and took this photo from outside the San Mamés Stadium. Thought it a good'un.

Red x

**bennocelt** · 10/11/2013, 6:38 AM

Swiss Cup:Baden V Zurich

**Mad Moose** · 12/11/2013, 12:09 PM

Great shot. Great time of year for photography. A picture of the Liechtenstein/Rep of Ireland game from 1995, Vaduz I presume? is printed in my mind and fuelled a love and passion for this part of the world. I've been reminded of the imprinted memory by this picture.

Thanks for the memory.

**bennocelt** · 12/11/2013, 1:23 PM

Originally Posted by Mad Moose

Great shot. Great time of year for photography. A picture of the Liechtenstein/Rep of Ireland game from 1995, Vaduz I presume? is printed in my mind and fuelled a love and passion for this part of the world. I've been reminded of the imprinted memory by this picture.

Thanks for the memory.

No probs, followed Baden through three rounds, now have to see FC Gallen V Zurich, bloody stinker, as its the other side of the country, near Liechtenstein in fact, and knowing the prices of Swiss rail, but I have to do it, right!

**Charlie Darwin** · 13/11/2013, 8:50 AM

Is somebody holding a gun to your head and forcing you to attend Swiss Cup fixtures?

**bennocelt** · 13/11/2013, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Is somebody holding a gun to your head and forcing you to attend Swiss Cup fixtures?

Ha no sorry, I am a football nerd

**Mad Moose** · 13/11/2013, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

No probs, followed Baden through three rounds, now have to see FC Gallen V Zurich, bloody stinker, as its the other side of the country, near Liechtenstein in fact, and knowing the prices of Swiss rail, but I have to do it, right!

Go for it. I'd do the same.

**DannyInvincible** · 20/11/2013, 1:20 PM

41 uncensored instagrams from North Korea by David Guttenfelder: http://justsomething.co/41-uncensore...-guttenfelder/

It's an alien world to a Westerner. The synchronised swimming scene breeds a sense of familiarity, but what strikes me about the city-scape outside is just how barren or uncluttered it looks without throngs of people and cars going about their daily business - making and spending money - not to mention the absence of advertising billboards and flashy sales gimmicks to bombard one's every turn.

**DannyInvincible** · 20/11/2013, 1:27 PM

This one of a channel host explaining the plot of DreamWorks' Madagascar before its broadcast on a hotel television screen is amusing, but, at the same time, quietly sinister and disconcerting in the sense that the state appears to be pre-interpreting art for its citizens.

Not that we're necessarily immune from propaganda and attempted social conditioning in the West either, but it's done more subtly here with greater tact and sophistication.