Today's Wildlife Encounter

[Rob Furness]

I'm sure I saw a white crow today - is there such a thing?

Put a finger in one ear and wiggle it about a bit, you've obviously got "negative" switched on

[daz h]

I'm sure I saw a white crow today - is there such a thing?

Stolly maybe it was a white dove from above.

I thought i saw a black mamba on the patio until I realized it was the discarded inner tube that I lobbed out yesterday

[Grouse]

And I saw a crane in Hyde the other night.

[daz h]

And I saw a crane in Hyde the other night.

Was it
A, a luffer
B, a saddle jib,
Or c, a self erector
Eh

[IanDarkpeak]

And I saw a crane in Hyde the other night.

Was it
A, a luffer
B, a saddle jib,
Or c, a self erector
Eh

Probably dropped by some school kids?

I used to love colouring....!:w00t::w00t:

[Rob Furness]

Was it
A, a luffer
B, a saddle jib,
Or c, a self erector
Eh

What about an iron fairy?

[daz h]

What about an iron fairy?

Now that's taking me back
Coles cranes of Sunderland made them

I've driven both, the full skewing type and the more robust one that just had two hydraulic rams for tilting.
No power steering mind ya.
You still see odd ones about.
Tower cranes was more my thing

[Rob Furness]

I trained as a mechanical engineer and we used to use them all the time in the factory to move machinery about (I say used them, the company used them not me personally).

[daz h]

I trained as a mechanical engineer and we used to use them all the time in the factory to move machinery about (I say used them, the company used them not me personally).

Sadly that's all there used for now.
Brilliant for shifting machines around. Oh with a few skates of course

[snewby]

Two Roe deer at Cranberry Moss ,Darwen,lancs
seen on route
http://www.sanoodi.com/routes/cranbe...darwen-303478/

my sons blog -above route still to be published on his blog
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/