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Wow,I didn't imagine you'd see any snow in that part of the world.
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Skub wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:32 pm Wow,I didn't imagine you'd see any snow in that part of the world.
We get snow high up on the other islands

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Skub wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:32 pm Wow,I didn't imagine you'd see any snow in that part of the world.
Nearby:
In Iran, you can look forward to 87 kilometres of slopes: the ski resorts are served by 66 ski lifts. Have lots of fun skiing in Iran!
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Looks ideal for sand skiing

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Potter wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:03 pm
Taipan wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:28 am
Potter wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:51 am This came up on FB from a few years ago...
Is that a mountain range, or border in the distance?
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It's a mountain range, the picture flattens everything out and gives you no idea of scale, but that dune we're on is a good 100 metres high and I think that little thing in front to the right is a car.

I think the range in the distance is this one...

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I though you would say it was Hamunaptra..
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No one would believe me. The truth is out there

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Potter wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:28 am ....after 15 minutes I couldn't stand it and rode back down to sea level, stripped my kit off and laid out like a lizard warming myself in the 25c sun again.
As soft porn goes, it's not a bad first attempt, though I doubt Mills and Boon are sweating.
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Can't help being amused by the lid on the clocks. He really is a purple helmet.
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Prompted by bucket nut, a couple of pics.
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Horse wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:56 pm Prompted by bucket nut, a couple of pics.
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Love that picture and not just cos of her, but it reminds me of the freedom of kids abroad buzzing around on scooters.
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A selection of pictures from my season so far ;-

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I can see my house from here!

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My new dress

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I can't make out who the photographer is, but I wish I'd taken it.

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Oooh. Nice cup o' tea on hot day. Cools you right down.
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Jody wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:16 pm A selection of pictures from my season so far ;-

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Bloody hell, Yorick. I know you said there'd been a bit of a unseasonal cold snap, but seriously?

And mate, gotta tell ya...you've let yerself go a bit. ;)
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gremlin wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:56 pm
Jody wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:16 pm A selection of pictures from my season so far ;-

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Bloody hell, Yorick. I know you said there'd been a bit of a unseasonal cold snap, but seriously?

And mate, gotta tell ya...you've let yerself go a bit. ;)
All that snow in the first pics, I thought was another post by noggin ... until ... :D
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Horse wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:01 pm

All that snow in the first pics, I thought was another post by noggin ... until ... :D
If it is, then she has most definitely let herself go. :o


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gremlin wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:56 pm
Jody wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:16 pm A selection of pictures from my season so far ;-

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Bloody hell, Yorick. I know you said there'd been a bit of a unseasonal cold snap, but seriously?

And mate, gotta tell ya...you've let yerself go a bit. ;)
I'd never look that bad :(
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Sunrise at Pewsey Vale, Wiltshire, just down the road from me (a couple of days ago).

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