Simply Red: Transport Edition
Becky is running her Squares challenge this month with the theme Simply Red. Rather than contribute daily I shall do so in bursts! Today’s first effort is based on transport by road, rail and water – I couldn’t find anything by air. Locations are in captions.
Road
Red van at Finnieston
Racing car in North Shields
Tram at Beamish Museum
Rally in Donegal
Mobile Barbershop, Glenties
Tractor at Kittochside
Truck at Riverside Museum
Rail
Stirling Station
Caernarvon
Water
Falkirk Wheel
At the Kelpies
Paddling on the Forth and Clyde
At Stockingfield
Wee Spark at Maryhil
Wee Spark at Bowling
Seahorse at Bowling
North Shields
Killybegs
Tip boat for the ferryman – Dunvegan
Signs
A bonus section – two National Transport Trust plaques.
National Transport Trust
National Transport Trust
The cyclist
And as a final bonus, the transport is not red but the cyclist definitely is!
That’s nearly a whole month’s worth of squares in one post! At least one more to come though.
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
You did a great job with the red theme!
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Thank you – it was fun collecting them all together.
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Great squares and fantastic pops of red. It looks like a wonderful month!
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Thank you! These are over several years but it was good fun finding them and putting them together.
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This is a great red gallery. My favourite would be the tram at Beamish Museum. I’d like to go for a ride in that. And John looks very flash in his red riding gear.
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I can’t remember if that was the one we rode on or not. We certainly tried one.
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So many good ones here!
janet
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Thank you!
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Well, what a comprehensive red transport burst! John doesn’t look like he wants to disappear into a crowd unnoticed!
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I was going to say at least the cars won’t miss seeing him then remembered he was about to cycle round Kielder Water here. So no cars. But it’s generally true!
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Very good!
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A good variety there and all in sunshine. Is that an electric bike or a normal one? Whatever it is I can’t believe John’s enthusiasm or distance travelled. Some are bike runs I did 20 years ago for fun but would never contemplate doing them now … unless a firing squad persuaded me. I must have the wrong batteries in me! Bob. BSS.
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Thanks Bob – that is a normal bike. He started on an e-bike in lockdown but hardly ever uses it now. He does get a bit Duracell Bunny!
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John looks good in red!
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Another compliment for John! He will be getting big headed.
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Red hot cyclist and wonderful photos covering every transport…amazing!
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Thank you! John is very pleased to be described as red hot 😉.
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That’s a fabulous collection of reds!
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Thanks!
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Simply clever … and comprehensive.
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Why thank you!
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Wow. I guess a lot of things are red, when one goes through their photo archive. Although, I doubt I’d find many reds in my South America folders. It’s definitely not a popular car color here, but I have seen some old timer trucks in that color.
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It used to be popular for cars here, now they are mostly grey which seems weird to me. However, there are still plenty of trucks and buses to choose from.
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Nice collection on the theme of red…quite like the last pic of John in his red shirt and red helmet. (Suzanne)
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Thank you! John is quite well coordinated in that picture.
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Yes, I’m opting for ‘bursts’ of squares too 🙂 It’s a great idea to put together a transport collection like this, it seems to be a quite commonly used colour. I recognised the Beamish tram immediately!
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I thought you might! I have my next collection ready to go and you will spot Beamish again I’m sure.
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Great selection. You need to look out for a Virgin plane or Qantas.
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He he, perhaps I will book a flight and charge it back to Becky 😉! Actually, I must have some Virgin balloon pictures deep in the archives, which I hadn’t thought of till now, because we did a flight once for John’s birthday, but I was just relying on what was easily to hand still on my phone’s camera roll.
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Or just visit Glasgow Airport. Do they have a viewing area like they used to have at Heathrow many years ago.
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They used to, but there have been so many extensions over the years I’m not sure if there’s anywhere you can see the planes now other than airside. I don’t know, Becky wants me to find a red sink, you want me to find a red plane. No wonder I don’t do these challenges daily! 🙂
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well done a great collection of red transport . Could see John coming in that vibrant red top
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Thanks Pauline! And you should see his orange top …
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Some great examples of red here, I particularly like the plaques and the water ones especially Wee Spark and Seahorse. Was John’s outfit specially for the photo or was it coincidental?
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Wee Spark belongs to Scottish Canals so we see her quite a lot. The picture of John is actually a couple of years old – it’s part of his standard cycling kit. When I was scrolling through my phone I realised it would be perfect.
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woah – that’s an extraordinary collection. Adore this 😀
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Glad you like it! You know me, keep quiet for ages then throw everything but the kitchen sink at it.
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well the kitchen sink can be in the next one!
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Oh, no – I’ll have to go looking for a red one!
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someone must have one 😉
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