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ml_scot Here are Mark and Lesley atop the tower at Glen Finnin which marks the return of the bonnie price Charly to Scotland.
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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/k7hpn/">k7hpn</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/k7hpn/55481323291/" title="The Source"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55481323291_e7590a7c89_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="The Source" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/k7hpn/">k7hpn</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/k7hpn/55481716895/" title="Shooting Edinburgh Castle"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55481716895_39d4879052_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Shooting Edinburgh Castle" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/bjoernh1711/">bjoernh1711</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bjoernh1711/55480198387/" title="Rhossili Bay / Wales"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55480198387_3de6097f23_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Rhossili Bay / Wales" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/bjoernh1711/">bjoernh1711</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bjoernh1711/55481579775/" title="Rhossili Bay / Wales"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55481579775_4afeda10c8_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Rhossili Bay / Wales" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/133688957@N08/">dudutrois</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/133688957@N08/55481308053/" title="Marsh or Willow Tit?"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55481308053_f0be89b759_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Marsh or Willow Tit?" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/bjoernh1711/">bjoernh1711</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bjoernh1711/55481187181/" title="Rhossili Bay / Wales"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55481187181_fa65a1b3ff_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Rhossili Bay / Wales" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/bjoernh1711/">bjoernh1711</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bjoernh1711/55481020981/" title="Cardiff Crown Court"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55481020981_314b123f3f_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Cardiff Crown Court" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/andysbusphotos/">Andy Reeve-Smith</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/andysbusphotos/55481371025/" title="Ford Cortina 1500GT - DJC 619E @ Luton 2026 (3)"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55481371025_0854c91b52_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Ford Cortina 1500GT - DJC 619E @ Luton 2026 (3)" /></a></p> <p>Seen attending the 2026 Festival of Transport at Luton's Stockwood Park, is this superb Ford Cortina 1500GT Mk.2, dating from January 1967.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/andrewtijou/">andrewtijou</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewtijou/55481001991/" title="Water Container in the Hills"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55481001991_86355d6875_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Water Container in the Hills" /></a></p> <p>I would imagine it is empty now</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ell-r-brown/">ell brown</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/55480990501/" title="Beech tree, Birmingham Botanical Gardens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55480990501_407a96ed20_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Beech tree, Birmingham Botanical Gardens" /></a></p> <p>This was the Instameet with Igers Birmingham UK at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Westbourne Road in Edgbaston. We had free entry with the group, if we shared some on Instagram.<br /> <br /> <br /> Beech tree</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ell-r-brown/">ell brown</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/55480991851/" title="Rhododendron Walk, Birmingham Botanical Gardens - Bog Garden"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55480991851_6b84418dfa_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Rhododendron Walk, Birmingham Botanical Gardens - Bog Garden" /></a></p> <p>This was the Instameet with Igers Birmingham UK at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Westbourne Road in Edgbaston. We had free entry with the group, if we shared some on Instagram.<br /> <br /> <br /> Rhododendron Walk<br /> <br /> <br /> Bog Garden</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ell-r-brown/">ell brown</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/55481017273/" title="The Peter Sowerby Bandstand, Birmingham Botanical Gardens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55481017273_b701f2a975_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="The Peter Sowerby Bandstand, Birmingham Botanical Gardens" /></a></p> <p>This was the Instameet with Igers Birmingham UK at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Westbourne Road in Edgbaston. We had free entry with the group, if we shared some on Instagram.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Peter Sowerby Bandstand, Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Restored and re-painted in 2021. The previous restoration was in 1973, but by the late 2010s the paintwork was fading.<br /> <br /> Grade II listed.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1076102" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Bandstand, Botanical Gardens</a><br /> <br /> Details<br /> WESTBOURNE ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Bandstand, Botanical Gardens SP 0485 SE 43/1 II 2. 1873. An elongated octagon in plan. Stepped plinth of buff and blue brick. Twisted Corinthian iron columns carry 4 centred arches with openwork scrolly spandrels. Three of the 8 sides with glazed screens. Platform paved in red and blue brick and with scrolly railing. Hipped roof of patterned slate with 2 iron finials.<br /> <br /> Listing NGR: SP0487585394</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ell-r-brown/">ell brown</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/55480898631/" title="Black-eyed Susans from The Peter Sowerby Bandstand, Birmingham Botanical Gardens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55480898631_750feb0fc4_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Black-eyed Susans from The Peter Sowerby Bandstand, Birmingham Botanical Gardens" /></a></p> <p>This was the Instameet with Igers Birmingham UK at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Westbourne Road in Edgbaston. We had free entry with the group, if we shared some on Instagram.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Peter Sowerby Bandstand, Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Restored and re-painted in 2021. The previous restoration was in 1973, but by the late 2010s the paintwork was fading.<br /> <br /> <br /> Black-eyed Susans</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ell-r-brown/">ell brown</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/55481269490/" title="The Alan King Alpine Garden, Birmingham Botanical Gardens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55481269490_1fb3732db1_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="The Alan King Alpine Garden, Birmingham Botanical Gardens" /></a></p> <p>This was the Instameet with Igers Birmingham UK at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Westbourne Road in Edgbaston. We had free entry with the group, if we shared some on Instagram.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Alan King Alpine Garden, Birmingham Botanical Gardens.<br /> <br /> Just a quick look from both sides this time, didn't walk through it.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ell-r-brown/">ell brown</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/55479891862/" title="Redevelopment of the Historic Garden, Birmingham Botanical Gardens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55479891862_cede255d87_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Redevelopment of the Historic Garden, Birmingham Botanical Gardens" /></a></p> <p>This was the Instameet with Igers Birmingham UK at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Westbourne Road in Edgbaston. We had free entry with the group, if we shared some on Instagram.<br /> <br /> <br /> Redevelopment of the Historic Garden, Birmingham Botanical Gardens.<br /> <br /> <br /> It was closed off to the public but you could see through gaps in the hoardings, and was a garage at the end.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/castrovalva/">richardr</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/castrovalva/55478885427/" title="Leighton House"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55478885427_c5320782f3_m.jpg" width="240" height="206" alt="Leighton House" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ell-r-brown/">ell brown</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/55480810756/" title="Edgbaston Archery &amp; Lawn Tennis Society from Birmingham Botanical Gardens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55480810756_aa150002a2_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Edgbaston Archery &amp; Lawn Tennis Society from Birmingham Botanical Gardens" /></a></p> <p>This was the Instameet with Igers Birmingham UK at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Westbourne Road in Edgbaston. We had free entry with the group, if we shared some on Instagram.<br /> <br /> <br /> Edgbaston Archery &amp; Lawn Tennis Society.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ruudi/">ruukivi</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruudi/55480798736/" title="Neist Point Cliff Lighthouse"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55480798736_a22f4034c6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Neist Point Cliff Lighthouse" /></a></p> <p>Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ell-r-brown/">ell brown</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/55479806312/" title="The Dell from Birmingham Botanical Gardens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55479806312_fcd2fc84ef_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="The Dell from Birmingham Botanical Gardens" /></a></p> <p>This was the Instameet with Igers Birmingham UK at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Westbourne Road in Edgbaston. We had free entry with the group, if we shared some on Instagram.<br /> <br /> <br /> Large red brick house visible from the Botanical Gardens.<br /> <br /> Grade II Listed Building<br /> <br /> <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1289996" rel="noreferrer nofollow">The Dell</a><br /> <br /> <br /> Listing Text<br /> <br /> WESTBOURNE ROAD<br /> 1.<br /> 5104<br /> Edgbaston B15<br /> No 15<br /> (The Dell)<br /> SP 0485 SE 43/3<br /> II<br /> 2.<br /> C1880. Red brick; tiled roof. In a Norman Shaw style. Three storeys,<br /> asymmetrical. Solid white porch with coupled pilasters and segmental pediment.<br /> In the projecting gable behind, 2 first floor segment headed sash windows and<br /> an elaborately framed second floor window with a gablet of foliage. Big<br /> chimney breast to the left with ribbed stack and a modern ground floor segment<br /> headed window. The projecting wing to the right hipped roofed with a ground<br /> floor canted bay window. 2 first floor segment headed sash windows and a<br /> hipped dormer window with foliage panel beneath. The centre bay with 2 ground<br /> floor and one first floor segment headed sash windows and a dormer window with<br /> triangular pargetted and dentilled pediment. Garden front with 2 big canted<br /> bay windows of different sizes.<br /> <br /> Listing NGR: SP0470585475<br /> <br /> This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/guyfogwill/">The Shaldives</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/guyfogwill/55480934614/" title="RNLI Lifeboat 13-03 ‘R and J Welburn’ AIS Vessel Type: SAR_Call Sign: 2GWM4 (MMSI: 235101096) Exmouth"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55480934614_4b8b791122_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="RNLI Lifeboat 13-03 ‘R and J Welburn’ AIS Vessel Type: SAR_Call Sign: 2GWM4 (MMSI: 235101096) Exmouth" /></a></p> <p><u>Shannon-class lifeboat (Fast Carriage Boat 2)</u><br /> <br /> <u>Vessel Information</u><br /> <br /> Name: RNLI LIFEBOAT 13 03 R and J Welburn<br /> Launch: Carriage<br /> RNLI's Official Number: 1310<br /> Vessel Type - Generic: SAR<br /> Status: Active<br /> MMSI: 235101096<br /> Call Sign: 2GWM4<br /> Flag: United Kingdom [GB]<br /> Displacement: 17 long tons (17 t)<br /> Length: 13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)<br /> Beam: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)<br /> Draught: 1.0 m (3 ft 3 in)-<br /> Year Built: -2014<br /> Accepted into the fleet 14/02/14<br /> On station: 22/05/14. <br /> Officially named: 09/05/15.<br /> Builder: Berthon Boat Co., Lymington<br /> Home Port: - Exmouth, Devon<br /> <br /> <u>Propulsion</u><br /> <br /> 2 × Scania DI13M, 650 hp (485 kW)<br /> 2 × Hamilton HJ 364 Waterjets<br /> Speed:25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h)<br /> Range:250 nmi (460 km)<br /> Complement:6 Crew, <br /> FCB 2-class Fleet Details<br /> <br /> <u>Consumption Rates by Engine Operation</u><br /> <br /> Idle (600 rpm): ~4 litres per hour combined. <br /> Towing / Low Speed (1,500 rpm / 5–6 knots): ~70 litres per hour.<br /> Cruising Speed (2,000 rpm): 170–190 litres per hour.<br /> Full Throttle / High Speed (2200+ rpm / 25 knots): ~240 litres per hour<br /> <br /> 13-03 R and J Welburn 13102014 2GWM5 Exmouth, Devon. Delivered to Poole 19/03/14. On station 22/05/14. Officially named 09/05/15.</p>

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