The 6th UK South-East Spider-Infested Plague Pit Gossip Thread (All Welcome)

Anke wrote in post #9234244
I did see rather a large number of Santas running along towards LB from Waterloo, was that you all?

Aye

But we marshal them in groups of 100 santas at a time at 30 minute intervals - otherwise the pubs would die.

Anke wrote in post #9234234
That really sucks! Much damage?

Better safe than sorry and stay indoors for me.

Just need a new front bumper. Luckily, have 2 witnesses and they found part of the offenders number plate under my car! Should be fun. I've now had 4 accidents in 7 years, all with in 1 mile of the Dartford Crossing. Can't believe my luck. I keep thinking my car is old enough to be 1 crash away from being a right-off. A bumper can't cost that much.

ies photos wrote in post #9233626
well back from a cold day at Heathrow. Not been down there for a year so took the chance to update my stock images. Very cold but some good photos.

Had the 100-400 on the MKIII and 300 + 2x on the MKIIN

A couple of photos. edited on lappy so not sure if they are ok or not, they look fuzzy here when posted.

Hey Mungo, great camera you have chosen. The MKIII is amazing, really comes into its own for sports and moveing objects. What glass are you attaching to the front?

This one is the winner, such great light

Matt Photog Peters wrote in post #9234080
=Matt 'Photog' Peters;9234080]Hellooo​oo all .. Popped down the seafront earlier with Nick, so here are a few shots:

I thought Top Gear was sh*te tonight, waste of an hour ..

The recently refurbished bandstand:

I like them all and agree that the bandstand one is a wall hanger ~ perhaps even a canvas?

TCIK wrote in post #9234133
evening gents, hope everyones had a good day? my Brighton trip to meet with Matt didn't happen me & the 4x4 were on taxi duty for the wife and her mates! *joy*

Ended up taking some photos of the birds in the garden!

Nice I like Wagtails but we never get them in the garden

Anke wrote in post #9233990
Therein lies its problem. It used to be about the cars.

SwitchBlade wrote in post #9234005
And thus the viewer ratings were crap and it was canned in the 90s.

Agree with you Hayden

Kaben

hope you wasnt the guy who failed my Car on mot last week !! wasnt pleased

Graham

Mstar wrote in post #9234262
Just need a new front bumper. Luckily, have 2 witnesses and they found part of the offenders number plate under my car! Should be fun. I've now had 4 accidents in 7 years, all with in 1 mile of the Dartford Crossing. Can't believe my luck. I keep thinking my car is old enough to be 1 crash away from being a right-off. A bumper can't cost that much.

Surely, they'll get into trouble for leaving the scene?

Box Brownie wrote in post #9234266
Nice I like Wagtails but we never get them in the garden

We had two in the garden earlier but i was icing the christmas cake so couldnt get to my camera in time

Mstar wrote in post #9234262
Just need a new front bumper. Luckily, have 2 witnesses and they found part of the offenders number plate under my car! Should be fun. I've now had 4 accidents in 7 years, all with in 1 mile of the Dartford Crossing. Can't believe my luck. I keep thinking my car is old enough to be 1 crash away from being a right-off. A bumper can't cost that much.

don't you believe it parts seem to cost so very much compared to years ago IMO

mungo wrote in post #9234270
Kaben

hope you wasnt the guy who failed my Car on mot last week !! wasnt pleased

Graham

Hehe, I work for Laguna Motorcycles just off junction 9, so nope wasn't me!

kskitt wrote in post #9234272
We had two in the garden earlier but i was icing the christmas cake so couldnt get to my camera in time

Lucky you my experience with garden visitors is that if I rush to get the camera they are gone by the time I return.......so I just enjoy the moment.

Long Tailed Tits are the most welcome 10seconds they seem to 'stay' for.

ahhhhh just lost my 2002 ZX9r in october , had muppet wipe me out on motorway at 70mph

kskitt wrote in post #9234269
Agree with you Hayden

Well I may exaggerate, viewer ratings weren't crap, but not as high as they are now, and they definitely dropped once Clarkson left. That was when I stopped watching it regularly too.

Matt Photog Peters wrote in post #9234080
=Matt 'Photog' Peters;9234080]I thought Top Gear was sh*te tonight, waste of an hour ..

Well, there were good bits...

1) Jenson Button in the reasonably sized car (lap was a bit unimpressive, but the interview was ok)
2) British car (with Volvo C90 engine) beats pretty much everything else on the leaderboard.
3) The special paint on the Red Bull F1 car wasn't a set up. Teams actually do that during circuit practice laps so that they're able to examine aerodynamics back in the garage after the session (they turn the lights out and put on black lights). Since mid-season technical testing is now banned, the teams use this as a sneaky way of testing changes in the aero kit.

Box Brownie wrote in post #9234266
Nice I like Wagtails but we never get them in the garden

We haven't had any for a while, but a pair today was a welcome treat! oh and a Greater Spotted Woodpecker yesterday... must be my lucky weekend!

mungo wrote in post #9234305
ahhhhh just lost my 2002 ZX9r in october , had muppet wipe me out on motorway at 70mph

Ouch! Not too many injuries i hope?

I wrote of my Yamaha Fazer last summer when i was cut up on a motorway slip road and managed to smash my left arm & right shoulder to bits. I am full of mechano now though, so all is fixed.