Picture of the month - June
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Finally back home so here goes.As with this months choice, out with the old, in with the new. (Thought it time for Peters topic to be put to bed)
Sad to see the layout in this month's POM closing but I'm looking forward to seeing the replacement layout progressing !
Colin I thought it would be nice, as this Months worthy Contributor to POM if YOU chose June's POM
No pressure, you have all this month to choose !
If your happy to do it please let me know and then PM me at some point before the end of May with your choice and a brief Reason Why you chose it ?
Going forward there is NO pressure for any POM contributor nominated to make the next Months choice ( I'm happy to do it if not) But I thought it might be nice to get few members choices :thumbs
Cheers
Matt
Wasnie me, a big boy did it and ran away
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
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Thanks, I'm flattered by your selection and happy to kick off the relaunched POTM - members choice for next month.
Colin
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Cheers
Matt
Wasnie me, a big boy did it and ran away
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
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Brilliant initiative Matt - well done!
Excellent first choice as well
Best wishesj
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Great photo choice. Tbh the content on here is so good, it would be hard to pick a poor photo!!
Have a look in my layout thread Chris - you'll be proven wrong ! :cheers
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Hehe. I said it would be hard.. not impossible![user=2057]TeaselBay[/user] wrote:Great photo choice. Tbh the content on here is so good, it would be hard to pick a poor photo!!
Have a look in my layout thread Chris - you'll be proven wrong ! :cheers
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Colin said :-
"My choice is a photo from the late John Flann
Reasons.
John was an inspiration to me, helping me to develop a "vision" for my modelling work. He helped me to see that major decisions like focusing the bigger picture outcome or getting minute details spot on are a personal choice. His thinking made a big contribution to my design for Upper Hembury and hopefully when it moves forward it'll have some of the purpose and harmony that were John's hallmarks as shown in the POTM
Colin"
Thanks Colin, a very worthy choice !
Cheers
Matt
Wasnie me, a big boy did it and ran away
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
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That photo brings back so many happy memories of following John's progress on Hintock and subsequent extensions. He was extremely knowledgeable and always wrote in such clear, concise prose. Colin is absolutely right about his focus on harmony. His designs never looked contrived or forced.June's Picture of the Month was chosen by Colin W.
Colin said :-
"My choice is a photo from the late John Flann
Reasons.
John was an inspiration to me, helping me to develop a "vision" for my modelling work. He helped me to see that major decisions like focusing the bigger picture outcome or getting minute details spot on are a personal choice. His thinking made a big contribution to my design for Upper Hembury and hopefully when it moves forward it'll have some of the purpose and harmony that were John's hallmarks as shown in the POTM
Colin"
Thanks Colin, a very worthy choice !
Cheers
Matt
That is indeed a great choice Colin - thank you!
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I mentioned at the time of his passing that I had, by chance, driven over Whiteway Down - the A31 between Bridport and Dorchester - which overlooks the Bredy Valley in which area Hintock is set. I stopped just off the main road, remembered our then recently-departed friend and gazed into the distance.
There was a tractor chugging somewhere beyond sight, a buzz of insects and the twitter of birds. A distant heat haze caused land and sky to merge seamlessly as the cut hay and the faint aroma of cattle wafted up on the breeze from the land far below. And there, on that breeze, there was a sound I couldn't quite place. A hoot or a whistle? I still don't know what it was.
Perhaps it was the Hintock train making its way sedately along the valley one last time.
That memory - of John, of his work and of that moment - has stayed with me.
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That was beautifully worded Rick - thank you for posting it.
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We need a “like†button.
That was beautifully worded Rick - thank you for posting it.
Agreed - absolutely. :thumbs
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I'll second that emotion.We need a “like†button.
That was beautifully worded Rick - thank you for posting it.
At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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Wasnie me, a big boy did it and ran away
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
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Not forgotten, on Holiday, back tomorrow, then I can use the 'round tooit' :roll:
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At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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Wasnie me, a big boy did it and ran away
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
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There was a tractor chugging somewhere beyond sight, a buzz of insects and the twitter of birds. A distant heat haze caused land and sky to merge seamlessly as the cut hay and the faint aroma of cattle wafted up on the breeze from the land far below. And there, on that breeze, there was a sound I couldn't quite place. A hoot or a whistle? I still don't know what it was.
Perhaps it was the Hintock train making its way sedately along the valley one last time. I felt as though I was standing on that hill too.
So well done that I could easily imagine standing in that same place.
Cheers Pete.
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