Friday, July 22, 2005

Nolly Explorer Interior -aft


Nolly Explorer Interior -aft
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
This is the view looking back into the narrowboat from the front entrance - past the kitchen to the seating area with the toilet/shower room at the rear, next to the steps to the steering platform.

Nolly Explorer Interior - forward

I have just spent a week over the last few days[!]getting the interior of this new holiday boat ready for use. It was an old narrowboat which was stripped to the hull, a new roof & canopy added, and the interior completely refitted from scratch. I think it looks very nice myself - much more like a studio flat rather than a bungalow!!
the inspiration for the decor was from the colours of the scottish landscape and from some of the features in the Scottish parliament [ such as the front window feature]

Nolly Explorer - holiday canal boat

The Nolly Explorer as she approaches Lock 35 from the west.

Check out their website www.nollybarge.co.uk

Nolly Explorer in Clydebank


Nolly Explorer in Clydebank
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
A shot of the new holiday boat travelling up from Bowling to Glasgow in May

Sunday, July 03, 2005

stratus clouds_2000


stratus clouds_2000
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
These remind me of birds, streaking out across the sky on a hot summer's day.

cumulus


cumulus
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
This always makes me think of warm summer days, lying in the garden just watching the clouds drift by.

dawn_8 nov 2001


dawn_8 nov 2001
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
Sunrise on a still winter's morning in 2001.

skyscape _11th July 2000


skyscape _11th July 2000
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
this was the skyscape as seen from my garden one evening around about 11.00p.m just as the sun was setting. We do get long summer evenings up here in Scotland.

rainclouds


rainclouds
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
Stormclouds in the northwest heading for Glasgow, from the west

This was taken from the car as I travelled back towards Glasgow.

storm clouds


storm clouds
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
A summer thunderstorm over Ayrshire in August 2000

I thought I would load some 'ephemeral photos' of skyscapes - These are never ever the same [except when the sky is devoid of clouds or totally overcast by clouds!] I started taking shots of the skies way back in 2000 when I first got a digital camera.

Friday, July 01, 2005

Plant patterns


Plant patterns
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
Don't these Hostas and ferns make a beautiful pattern.

They are growing in the walled garden at Culzean Country Park on the Ayrshire coast.
This was taken on June 5th 2005

Clyde River near Crossford


Clyde River near Crossford
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
View upstream, taken from the footbridge.

Clyde River - footbridge


Clyde River - footbridge
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
This footbridge leads across the river Clyde, from a small Car Park on the main valley road, to a country park on the other side. This is in Lanarkshire between Crossford and Lanark.

Bumble Bee on Common Poppy_


Bumble Bee on Common Poppy_
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
Managed to get a Bumble Bee to co-operate and enter the Common Field Poppy just as I was taking the photo!

Firhill Basin 1st July 2005


Firhill Basin 1st July 2005
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.
These are the new pontoons at Firhill Basin in the heart of Glasgow. [2 merged photos]. Taken at 9.30 in the morning. The lad had a short piece of fishing line and two maggots and was hanging over the edge trying to catch a Jack Pike!