What a lousy way to start a trip... The photos are nice. I like the first for the colors and composition; the third for the bluebells; and the last three for the interactions of the people with the lovely day.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 5/1/09, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > A few weeks ago I booked today off work and bought myself a > cheap train > ticket to go and see the bonobos at Twycross Zoo - my > favourite animals, > which I've never seen in real life. This is the only > place in Britain where > they can be seen, and has the largest collection of > non-human primates in > the world. So I was up bright and early and onto the train > looking forward > to a pleasant trip in the spring sunshine, and a nice day > out with some > photos to show for it. > > But as the train reached top speed just beyond Northampton > someone stepped > onto the track and killed themself. I could hear and feel > the bumps as the > the body hit the underside of the carriage. > > The train came to a halt, of course, and there was silence > until the driver > asked the guard to come to the cab. There was then a wait > of over 2 hours > while a relief driver was brought, the emergency services > cleared up the > mess, and the train was driven back to Northampton to be > taken out of > service. > > By then it was too late for me to continue - I would not > have had enough > time to see the bonobos properly, and my mind was on other > things, so I > returned to London where I had a very late lunch in Gordon > Square Gardens in > Bloomsbury, which cheered me up somewhat. Here are some > pictures of primates > enjoying the sun in a deciduous woodland habitat: > > http://www.web-options.com/Primates/ > > It's a terrible thing for someone to be in such a state > of mind that they do > something like that. Terrible for that person's family > and friends, and > terribly unfair on the train driver, who is going to have > to live with the > memory for the rest of his life. > > Anyway, I'll have to book another day off to see the > bonobos. They solve all > their problems by shagging each other senseless, which > seems like a much > better solution to me. > > http://scienceblogs.com/afarensis/2008/05/11/know_your_primate_pan_paniscus/ > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
