Chris Jefferies

Image of the day – 9

He put his telescope to his blind eye, and remarked, ‘I really do not see the signal’.

What’s in an image? Sometimes quite a lot, more than meets the eye.

I’m posting an image every day (or as often as I can). A photo, an image from the internet, a diagram or a map. Whatever takes my fancy.

Still in Weston-super-Mare, this whimsical statue stands overlooking the sea. I suspect it represents Lord Nelson during the Battle of Copenhagen. He received a flag signal ordering him to perform some action that he knew would result in failure. He put his telescope to his blind eye, and remarked, ‘I really do not see the signal’. And he won the battle! Hence the expression, ‘Turning a blind eye’.

This story has been written up more fully by Jonathan Gifford.

Favourites

For convenience, here’s a list of my favourite images:

Anemone, Cloud, Honeybee, Hydrangea, Kiftsgate1, Kiftsgate2, Large White, Mugshot, Nelson, Robin, Rose, Spilhaus, Sunset1, Weston beach

Themed image collections

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Cirencester, Favourites, Irish holiday 2024, Roman villa

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Image of the day – 8

Initially the Victorian ironwork supports will be checked, repaired and the wooden decking replaced.

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What’s in an image? Sometimes quite a lot, more than meets the eye.

I’m posting an image every day (or as often as I can). It might be a photo I took, an image from Wikipedia, NASA, or some other open source, a diagram or a map. Whatever takes my fancy.

This photo takes us back to Weston-super-Mare and Birnbeck Pier. Now derelict and falling apart, the pier is closed off as it’s too dangerous to visit. 50 years ago I boarded a paddle steamer here (the Waverly) to cross the Severn Estuary to Barry in Wales and then along the Somerset Coast to Ilfracombe. Finally, money has been raised and there is a plan to begin restoring the old pier.

Initially the Victorian ironwork supports will be checked, repaired and the wooden decking replaced. Once this is done, visitors will be able to walk out to Birnbeck Island again and the lifeboat station (slipway on the left) can be refurbished and brought back into use.

Themed image collections

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Cirencester, Favourites, Irish holiday 2024, Roman villa

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Image of the day – 7

The rotation takes 10 minutes which seems rather slow, but it’s actually a great deal faster than passing through a series of eleven locks

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What’s in an image? Sometimes quite a lot, more than meets the eye.

I’m posting an image every day (or as often as I can). It might be a photo I took, an image from Wikipedia, NASA, or some other open source, a diagram or a map. Whatever takes my fancy.

The Falkirk Wheel is a boat lift in Scotland that replaced a set of eleven canal locks. Here it holds a tourist boat full of passengers, it must be an extraordinary experience to rotate between the upper and lower levels in a boat floating in a short section of canal.

The rotation takes 10 minutes which seems rather slow, but it’s actually a great deal faster than passing through a series of eleven locks.

Themed image collections

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Cirencester, Favourites, Irish holiday 2024, Roman villa

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Image of the day – 6

The unexpected appearance of this nosy character intruding while we were talking was enough to cause a lot of mirth.

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What’s in an image? Sometimes quite a lot, more than meets the eye.

I’m posting an image every day (or as often as I can). It might be a photo I took, an image from Wikipedia, NASA, or some other open source, a diagram or a map. Whatever takes my fancy.

I’d like to introduce you to Mugman! Some time ago I amused a friend during an online chat by moving this character slowly into view from the side of the camera frame while we were talking. I didn’t need to say anything, just the unexpected appearance of this nosy character intruding while we were talking was enough to cause a lot of mirth.

Sometimes it doesn’t take much. I’d really like to bring Mugman sneakily into shot during some of the political debate going on in the world. That’s not going to happen, of course, but it might be fun if it did!

Favourites

For convenience, here’s a list of my favourite images:

Anemone, Cloud, Honeybee, Hydrangea, Kiftsgate1, Kiftsgate2, Large White, Mugshot, Nelson, Robin, Rose, Spilhaus, Sunset1, Weston beach

Themed image collections

The links below will take you to the first post in each collection

Cirencester, Favourites, Irish holiday 2024, Roman villa

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Thinking about the end

My friend, Chris Dryden, posts clearly on this topic. ‘The end’ can refer to many different things, and Chris mentions several of them in his piece below.

Do take a look, let me know what you think.

JJ24 #49: What About The End?