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Jun 11, 2013 22:54 |  #7006

Nice shots G. I hope nifty is having fun in the rain. He looks like he is.


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Jun 12, 2013 01:41 |  #7007

Enjoying the variety of photos from everyone.
Lets not go into petrol prices. We have about the same here in Germany as what Levina mentioned.


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Jun 12, 2013 02:09 |  #7008

A Big Yahoooo for charlieharper for getting the Dupan Nifty back on the road...!!


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Jun 12, 2013 08:05 |  #7009

I was just browsing the thread a bit and came across this one. I have no idea what it's for exactly but it is the coolest bicycle sign I have ever seen and I want one!!! :D


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Jun 12, 2013 21:56 |  #7010

joayne wrote in post #16022909 (external link)
A Big Yahoooo for charlieharper for getting the Dupan Nifty back on the road...!!

Posted him off yesterday, should be at his new home tomorrow :)

Austen.

EDIT: Just realised that I got tracking...Seems Australia Post still thinks he's been at the post office since 9.23am yesterday !!


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Jun 14, 2013 15:57 |  #7011

Here's the start of Nifty's visit to my part of the world.

I took nifty on a visit to a local Wildlife Trust reserve. It is said to be the finest remaining lowland meadow in the UK. Since WWII 98% of these meadows have been lost to intensive farming.

The farm was bought from a family who had farmed it for many years and had never used intensive methods or artificial fertilisers/herbicides​.

It is classed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for the diversity of flora with many species of orchids and other rare plants.

The day was overcast and very windy which didn't help with the images. I used bounced flash for some of the images and for the close-up images added a tube.

The main meadow that I took pictures in...

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The meadows were originally seperated by overgrown hedges but now they are adding fences with barbed wire which is a shame.

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Here is an example of what they are doing. The tall hedge has been "laid" as you can see on the left.
This is a traditional way of hedging in this area. The meadow has been fenced off which is obviously not what the locals want.
They have removed the barbed wire from the part of the fence where the bridge is into the next field...which is actually called Bridge Field! It would have been better to have put a kissing gate in or similar.
I think they were trying to stop people walking through the meadow and damaging the orchids...

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There are several colours of the spotted orchid in the meadows from pale pink through to purple.

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Jun 14, 2013 15:58 |  #7012

As it won't let me add more than 8 images at a time I have split the post...

There were some green winged orchids, but most of them had finished flowering. They are one of the earliest to flower. Again they can be in several colours.

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Great Burnet was starting to open it's flowers. They are a bit like drum sticks waving in the breeze.

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One of the grasses in the field is very rare and is only found at a small number of places in the country now. It is Downy Fruited Sedge which is only a small grass. You can see it faintly in the green winged orchid image. I didn't notice the huge leaf in the way!! As I only took one shot of it, I included it anyway.

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I did find some Early Marsh Orchids, but unfortunately only took pictures with my macro lens.
Burnt Tip Orchids are supposed to be flowering there now, but I didn't find any when I visited.



  
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Jun 14, 2013 16:10 |  #7013

Yay! More pics, and another Nifty back into rotation. :D


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Jun 14, 2013 17:57 |  #7014

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #16023424 (external link)
I was just browsing the thread a bit and came across this one. I have no idea what it's for exactly but it is the coolest bicycle sign I have ever seen and I want one!!! :D

It's actually intended for locking your bike. Pretty popular design in some cities here. Other cities go even more extravagant with their bike locking facilities, turning them into sculptures.


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Jun 14, 2013 18:52 |  #7015

Had a photo club meeting on Wednesday and took Adorama Nifty along. The meetings are held in Fort Langley, BC where 150 years ago The Hudson Bay Company (the oldest commercial corporation in North America) (external link) opened up a small post to trade with the First Nations of the West Coast. The outpost grew, leading to the formation of the colony of British Columbia. In other words, there's not much old stuff around here.

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Jun 14, 2013 18:55 |  #7016

Here's the rail station which is now a little museum.

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Jun 14, 2013 19:04 |  #7017

A few more....

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Fort Langley is on the Trans Canada Trail - yes, there's a trail that will span across the country! 14,000 miles or 23,000 kilometres. It's a long, long walk.

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We grow flowers here as well. Hardly any of us city folk live in igloos any more....

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Wednesday was the club's competition/evaluation night. I think about 90 people were there, this is taken early in the evening when the hall was still being set up.

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Fort Langley is build right on one arm of the Fraser River. It actually runs quite slow through this section but is fast enough to kill. It's frequently used here by the paddle clubs for practice.

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Jun 14, 2013 19:07 |  #7018

The hall where we hold our meetings. We've actually spent quite a bit for our projector and screen to maximize the quality of the work shown by club members.

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This is the Reserve that initially traded with the HBC.

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Nifty does not lend itself well to wide angles.... :) The original Fort Langley

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Jun 14, 2013 19:08 |  #7019

Ooh, loving all the shots. Great to see some Nifties active!!!

Nightdiver13 wrote in post #16031811 (external link)
It's actually intended for locking your bike. Pretty popular design in some cities here. Other cities go even more extravagant with their bike locking facilities, turning them into sculptures.

Thanks for the info, Neil. I thought as much. And I still want one!! And I'll have one of them sculptures too!!! :lol::lol:


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Jun 14, 2013 20:06 |  #7020

Great tour Geno. Keep them coming.


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