Photo Thread

[bennocelt]

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]

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

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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]

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.

1940

[peadar1987]

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.

1940

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

[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!!!
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[Mad Moose]

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

[bennocelt]

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]

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]

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.

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[Jofspring]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2829/10091703066_0813cd4bab.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59282185@N06/10091703066/)
Coonagh United Ball (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59282185@N06/10091703066/) by Jofspring (http://www.flickr.com/people/59282185@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3744/10091908533_9919265ef7.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59282185@N06/10091908533/)
Central Station Antwerp (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59282185@N06/10091908533/) by Jofspring (http://www.flickr.com/people/59282185@N06/), on Flickr

[Charlie Darwin]

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That is a gorgeous backdrop. Nice one, benno.

[BonnieShels]

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.

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Red x

[bennocelt]

Swiss Cup:Baden V Zurich
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[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.

[bennocelt]

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]

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

[bennocelt]

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

Ha no sorry, I am a football nerd:o

[Mad Moose]

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]

41 uncensored instagrams from North Korea by David Guttenfelder (http://davidguttenfelder.com/): http://justsomething.co/41-uncensored-instagrams-from-north-korea-by-david-guttenfelder/

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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]

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.

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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.

[Closed Account 2]

Anyone guess where this is?
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[Acornvilla]

Letrim.

[Closed Account 2]

Letrim.

It does begin with the same letter

[cornflakes]

Laois?

[Acornvilla]

Was thinking Louth myself

[Closed Account 2]

Was thinking Louth myself

It begins with Lo....

[Acornvilla]

The great lakes of Longford

[strangeirish]

Lord Howe Island...

[Closed Account 2]

Lord Howe Island...

Correct

[strangeirish]

CorrectVisited it way back in 2009/10

[Acornvilla]

Damn, was just about to get it and all!

[SkStu]

not mine but quite the photo. You can feel the magic in the air...

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[bennocelt]

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Would be nice to get some snow in North Switzerland!!!

[bennocelt]

Carnival time in Liestal, Basel land
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[bennocelt]

Basel Fasnacht
One thing that was impressed with was the party atmosphere, alcohol drank on the street, music everywhere, all age groups having fun, and no trouble at all, amazing really, would never happen in Ireland anyway!
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[OwlsFan]

Who's the second one down? Paul O'Shea having been told that Trapptoni is coming back?

[DannyInvincible]

Some great snaps from around Ireland (including Derry, Galway, Limerick, Cork and Dublin) in 1969: https://www.flickr.com/photos/intervene/4055155940/

[pineapple stu]

Took me a moment to recognise the town I live in in that! Great find.

Actually - that's more than a great find. Some super stuff in that. Love photos like those.

[BonnieShels]

That photo of Portobello Harbour is brilliant.

[DannyInvincible]

Quality could be better, but here are some snaps I took on my camera phone during a drive around the Inishowen peninsula last time I was back home:

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Dunree Beach.

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Moving sheep near Magherabane.

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Road-side cow near Magherabane.

[DannyInvincible]

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Approaching Mamore.

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Grotto at Mamore.

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Mamore Gap.

[DannyInvincible]

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Donkey near Clonmany.

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Thatched cottage near Clonmany.

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Thatched cottage at Doagh famine village.

[DannyInvincible]

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Banba's Crown, Malin Head.

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Malin Head.

[bennocelt]

Nice photos Danny:)

[Acornvilla]

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[Acornvilla]

Went to Fota last week.

2128

2129

2130 Yeknow, bananna for scale..

[DannyInvincible]

This was taken by someone I know earlier this evening, but I thought it a pretty striking photo.

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Our Lady's Day bonfire in the Bogside, Derry.

Edit: Some more here (http://www.wrappedinplasticphotography.co.uk/fire-walk-with-me/).

[bennocelt]

Since I have to take a break from the football (Hamburg trip was a bit too mad for the wifey!), I now spend the weekend hiking for my penance!
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[bennocelt]

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[Charlie Darwin]

Typical Irishman on tour. Living in a central European paradise and you still can't help but check out the local cattle.