The view or two from my "office"

[SuePa]

Gearrannan Blackhouse Village, Lewis, Outer Hebrides.



Calanais Standing Stones, Lewis Outer Hebrides.

 

[goldenhorn]

View of Takachiho Gorge, Miyazaki

 

[RooFlyer]

Calanais Standing Stones, Lewis Outer Hebrides.

Going there on a cruise next year!

 

[SuePa]

Going there on a cruise next year!

It's a very interesting place with a good interactive information centre.
We had a great conversation with the young ranger. He was also a geologist and very enthusiastically told us all about Lewisian gneiss. I really enjoyed it.

 

[Flyfrequently]

Sorrento Ferry terminal yesterday's office
Lots of interesting cars lined up for
2026 Bullrush Rally — Bullrush Rally 2026 Bullrush Rally — Bullrush Rally
Hadn't heard of it before - perhaps you have @Cossie ?
Sorrento Vic back beach

 

[goldenhorn]

Back in Osaka. Another beautiful day here. Breakfast on level 36 of Swissotel Nankai Osaka.

 

[kookaburra75]

Blue skies in Christchurch NZ this morning, although it might change later today. We're staying in the centre, just around the corner from New Regent Street where there are several great bars and places to eat.


We also found a local gin 4 Bars that was created by a former Cathay Pacific pilot Chris Giles who we had a chat to at the bar. Guess which one.

 

[Major]

You're a bit early for Annual NZ dinner: CHC 6 March 2027

 

[Cossie]

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Sorrento Ferry terminal yesterday's office
Lots of interesting cars lined up for
2026 Bullrush Rally — Bullrush Rally 2026 Bullrush Rally — Bullrush Rally
Hadn't heard of it before - perhaps you have @Cossie ?
Sorrento Vic back beach

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@Flyfrequently, I can't say I have heard of it, it does seem to be a strange time to be running it as the Shannon's Adelaide Rally is on this weekend.

450 entries in various different classes, competition, touring, etc. Adelaide Rally - tarmac rally event

I'm helping the crew of Monkhouse/Woolley in Jack's frighteningly quick Datsun 180 SSS. (Helping him with sponsorship)

From last year.

 

[tgh]

frighteningly quick Datsun…… hard to see an electric toaster as a rally car.. one area reserved for ice methinks

 

[Cossie]

Blue skies in Christchurch NZ this morning, although it might change later today. We're staying in the centre, just around the corner from New Regent Street where there are several great bars and places to eat.
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We also found a local gin 4 Bars that was created by a former Cathay Pacific pilot Chris Giles who we had a chat to at the bar. Guess which one.
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If you like Asian food, I can highly recommend Rangoon Ruby on Colombo Street, specialising in Burmese food, of course. In a word "fabulous", but as usual YMMV...

Dishes are designed to be shared.

 

[Cossie]

frighteningly quick Datsun…… hard to see an electric toaster as a rally car.. one area reserved for ice methinks

They are about, Hayden Paddon in NZ has one that is unbelievably fast, this article is a few years old, but tells of it's build.

Hyundai EV Rally Car - Paddon Racing Group

paddonrallysport.co.nz

WRC cars a few years ago had to run electric between competitive stages, there were many issues and they reverted to fully petrol engines. As an aside the petrol used is not made from oil.

 

[kookaburra75]

You're a bit early for Annual NZ dinner: CHC 6 March 2027

We're warming the place up.

In the meanwhile, we're going to "Church,". The Church Brew Oub that is

 

[drron]

Our early dinner view from Fico CO Carlton

 

[LinaLee]

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Hope you’re having a wonderful time. The Italian Festival is on this weekend at Carlton Gardens if you have spare time this Sat. Drove past earlier today and saw the tents being setup.

 

[Flyfrequently]

This is the view from Pilot (now Captain) Nephew's office on Wednesday evening flying to HBA - he is looking down on our home office

Port Phillip Bay - Mornington Peninsula

 

[JohnK]

This latest trip we also provided meals for a day at the local school where my daughter went in 2022 when we were building house.

In Thailand the government provides meals each day for these public schools. Something as simple as chicken & rice or pork & rice etc.

We provided a meal for 200 students (there may have been around 20 away on the day) where we had pork & rice, boiled egg, vegetables and Thai style desert. This was cooked in bulk and served to the kids.

We also provided 22 boxed meals for teachers and aides.

I did some of the servings and the kids are well behaved and pleasant especially the 3-4 year olds. In Thailand kids go to school from about 3 years old. Similar to our pre-schools. Prep starts for 5-6 years olds.

We also found out that one of my daughters friends from Thai school is in an orphanage North of Chiang Mai. His step dad has been hitting him and this time he needed 7 stitches so they had to take action. His baby step-sister had to ge put into different orphanage. His step dad is in jail and his mother in drug rehabilitation. We have to do something for the orphanage next trip.

 

[goldenhorn]

Back on level 65 of Swissotel The Stamford.

Sadly, this is the current view due to intense air pollution. It was bad when we were here 2 weeks ago but this is worse than then. You can barely see the buildings through the smog and the air hurts my lungs.