World Colours – Red

Ramblings / colours /

This is one of two backdated posts for the World Colours project, which I started contributing to in March. February’s theme colour was red. It would’ve been easy to post all the photos of red brick buildings, but I’ve kept them to just the following two:

For a little local flavour, here are some steamed butter crabs. It’s a shame that the seafood stall where we enjoyed this has closed.

One team is inseparable from rosso corsa, and that is Ferrari — One team is inseparable from *Rosso Corsa*, and that is Scuderia Ferrari

Timo Glock in the Virgin Racing car at the Singapore GP - those are red hot brakes! — Timo Glock in the Virgin Racing car at the Singapore GP – those are red hot brakes!

I found that several of my favourite photos were taken in England and Scotland. Perhaps it was the combination of bright colours and grey skies, although I was fortunate to enjoy at least one sunny day at each stop. Here they are, enjoy.

World Colours - Red 1 — Whisky casks at the Isle of Arran distillery, Arran, Scotland

World Colours - Red 2 — Sarah Nixey in concert at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Nixey was just the opening act for Scottish singer KT Tunstall. That guitar is a Gretsch "Billy-Bo" Jupiter Thunderbird. — Nixey was just the opening act for Scottish singer KT Tunstall. That guitar is a Gretsch “Billy-Bo” Jupiter Thunderbird.

9-time world champion Valentino Rossi wrestles his Ducati around Silverstone at the British Grand Prix

Propeller on the SS Great Britain, Bristol

A plaque in Manchester commemorating the Peterloo massacre

See all the World Colours posts: Red, Orange, Yellow (Part 1, Part 2), Green, Blue, Purple, White, Black