Interesting Images & Words

The Odeon Union Street Bristol by Richard Walker Via Flickr: The Art Deco Style Odeon cinema Bristol UK opened in 1938 (now closed as a cinema) Designed by Thomas Cecil Howett on the site of a former Fry’s chocolate factory, it served as a city-center staple for 88 years. In 2026, the venue closed its doors and relocated to the Cabot Circus Development also in Bristol. This historic and much loved building is now to be redeveloped into an arts, music and nightclub space for the city. photo by Martin Booth

Two Horse Power by Richard Walker Via Flickr: Citroen 2CV deux chevaux, Keeping them fed and watered was always a challenge...!!! Image from Tumblr...

Wednesday 24 June 2026 in Dorset County UK. The temperature in direct sunlight has reached 42.2c (too hot for most of us)

1973 Jaguar E-Type by Richard Walker Via Flickr: 1973 Jaguar E-Type V12 Series 3 Roadster. V12 5343cc (272Bhp) Engine top speed 146Mph. 72,507 E-Types across the three series have been manufactured All built in Coventry UK

1973 Citroen SM Coupe by Richard Walker Via Flickr: 1973 Citroen SM Coupe Notable for its six headlights, License Plate behind Glass, Aerodynamic shape and front track 8" wider than the rear, it has a Maserati V6 2.7L (170Bhp) Engine , All disc Brakes, Self Leveling suspension, speed sensitive power steering, 12,920 units were built, production ceased in 1973, this one is one of the last to be built.

1954 Harper Scootermobile by Richard Walker Via Flickr: 1954 Harper Scooter (built by Harper ex-aircraft builders in the UK) it has a single cylinder Villiers 197cc (8Bhp) Air-Cooled 2-Stroke Engine, a fiberglass streamlined body with twin headlights, electric starter and turn indicators. This is the only remaining example

Bruton Dovecote by Richard Walker Via Flickr: The Bruton Watchtower/ Dovecote / Somerset / UK It seems likely that this square three storey structure was originally erected as a watch tower. From surviving relieving arches it appears that the building at one time had four two light windows on the middle floor and possibly a door opening on the south-west elevation. The mouldings on the present doorway and of the window frames appear to date to the 17th century. "An old drawing of the early 18th century shows a chimney and it then had a roof. The windows have obviously been altered in shape and some blocked up ...... once had a first floor storey and a fireplace and was used for some sort of habitation" ( Couzens P 1968, 40). Appears unlikely to have been the Pigeon House for the Priory as it was "too far away from the Priory and has only 200 nests in it whereas dovecotes usually had many hundreds if they were made for a useful purpose" ( ibid). It was presumably during the 1700s that the building was converted into a dovecote, presumably by the Berkeley family. The Tower is in the care of The National Trust The images are archival

Written by Bob Dylan and released on his second studio album "The Freewheelin Bob Dylan" in 1963

Not Down but Up...! by Richard Walker Via Flickr: Foxglove with flowers that face upward instead of the usual downward facing blooms. 'Candy Mountain': Known as the first upward-facing foxglove available from seed, this variety features large, striking rose-pink blooms that encircle the stem and point straight up at the sky. This specimen appeared for the first time this year in my Dorset garden and I have no idea where it came from as the only other foxgloves I have are the standard variety...

Photo by Russell Lee

Photo by Jack Delano

Photo by John Collier

Photo by Jack Delano

photo by Post Walcott

Top photo shows the temperature from an exterior sensor in direct sunlight at 41.8c (106f) this is what we experience when out and about in the sunlight. (It seems also to suggest that there is a thunderstorm on the way in the next 24 hrs) The bottom photo is of a temperature gauge in full shade on a north facing wall in my house in Dorset at 32c (89.6f) These very hot days are set to continue for a few more days before breaking down into the probability of a few thundery showers...

"Being kind and looking after each other - that's real masculinity."

The very sad thing about this quote is that its true for too many people...and organizations, corporations, governments, leaders, countries and so on....including several social media sites