As I was coming out of the Clyde Tunnel last night I noticed a big house fire in the Linthouse / Govan area.  I turned off the expressway and got these photos and video clips.

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Nice timing from Red Bull and Walkabout…

At least they’re training people to fly between the towers.

I went down to the Red Road flats today to watch Didier Pasquette’s attempt to walk a High Wire strung between three tower blocks.   According to The Herald, the wire is 90 meters above the ground, and the buildings were 52 meters apart.

He made an impressive start, covering the first quarter stretch is just a few seconds.  However, the wind started to pick up a bit and he decided it wasn’t safe to proceed.  Impressively, he managed to return to the first building by walking backwards along the wire.  I’m not sure if he’s going to attempt it again, but I’ll keep an eye on the High Wire site for any updates.

Update: I just read on SkyscraperCity that the attempt has been cancelled permanently and that the film crew have returned to London. 

Here are a few pics I took today.  There are more pics (and high res versions of these ones) over at StockPhotoX.com

There was a total lunar eclipse, visible across Europe on Saturday, 3 March 2007. I took some photos from my garden in Scotland.

Check the rest out here.  The original high-res versions have been uploaded to StockPhotoX if anyone wants them.

I’ve also put together a wee Flash animation of the time between 22:00 and 23:00 GMT which you can see here.

My pics from the Knockhill round of the 2006 BTCC are now online. 

Weather on the day was the usual Knockhill unpredictable mix - showers, blue skies, heavy downpours and just enough sun to give you sun burn.  There was a couple of tornados too - the military jet kind.

We found ourselves in a couple of lucky spots when it came to the crashes, including this one where Dave Pinkney was punted off the track by Gavin Smith.  Looked for a while like Dave was going to start a fight, but he ended up just calling him a wanker…

The rest of my pics are here and some of those are available at hi-res on Stock Photo Xposure.