Curry Corner

The answer to Saturdays puzzle is Curry Corner. And the TV program that the Indian restaurant featured on is F Word, Gordon Ramsey's Channel 4 food show. Each week the best restaurants in different categories go head to head to be crowd Britain's Best Independent Restaurant, unfortunately Curry Corner just missed out on a place in the final, to be broadcast in a few weeks time. But still good on them for beating so many other great Indian eateries.

And the winner of the Cheltenham postcard? Bob The Bolder of Durham Daily Photo. He named the restaurant but not the TV show, but he was still the closest. Congratulations to him.

Rubbish River

This is Cheltenhams latest bike parking facility. Well, it made me laugh! I saw this bicycle dumped in the River Chelt the other week. I presume it was dumped, I suppose someone could have lost control while out for a ride, ended up in the water and then got swept away by the current! Well, as the River Chelt is like a stream I doubt that very much. I don't know why people do things like this. I also don't know why the Council don't clean up this area more often. I suppose they've got better things to do with our taxes.

Anyway, on a jollier note, the result of the birthday quiz! The winner is...(drum roll)...Denton! He got all the answers right apart from one, which he got right later. Well done Denton, a Cheltenham postcard is on its way to you!

Here are Denton's answers -

(1) the name of the fountain - Neptune's Fountain on the Promenade

(2) the story that goes with this photo - Sweet Injustice, security asked that you to stop taking photos

(3) the name of the building - Town Hall which it sits on Cheltenham's One-way system

(4) the type of Coat of Arms - The Cowardly Lion ... belongs to one of Britain's former Kings

(5) the significance of these birds - Cheltenham's spa water was discovered in 1716 because local people noticed pigeons pecking at the salty deposits

(6) the name of the building the eagle sits at the bottom of - Eagle Tower

(7) what Cheltenham is famous for - the Gold Cup

(8) what this building is being turned into - The Dobells pub ... a proper pub

(9) my first 'blank' - first attempt at the City Daily Photo Blog theme day

(10) my first 'blank' - first photo posted

(11) the name of the building - The Municipal Offices stand on the Promenade

(12) the name of the flower - sunflowers representing children at the Deerhurst Flower Festival

The answer to photo 8 is actually that the Dobells pub is being turned into a Costa Coffee (which Denton got later.)

Thanks to everyone who took part and left me such kind blogiversary comments. Enjoy your weekend!

One Year Old Today!

Well, I made it to one year! I can't believe how quickly the time has gone, and how much I've learnt about blogging and, more importantly, photography. I've also met, in the cyberspace sense, some wonderful people and visited places all over the world, some of which I never even knew existed!

Everyone has their own story about how they came across the City Daily Photo Blog community, mine started with Brian's blog. I was looking for some photos of New York, one of my favourite cities in the world, and I stumbled across his offerings. Then I noticed his side bar had links to other NYC sites. After checking these out I realised there were daily photo blogs all over the globe (I know, I'm a bit slow!) Then I saw a link for a Cheltenham blog, and that's were I discovered Lynn. I thought to myself - "I could do that." Somehow I set up a blog and made a photo appear on the Internet, I'm still not quite sure how! The next thing comments appeared - Gerald, Neva, Eliane and after that I was accepted to "The Forum." I'd arrived!

As time has gone by I've made friends that I have never met, and don't really know, but I do. People like Babooshka, Mo, Knoxville Girl, Ming The Merciless, Chuck, D.C, Hilda, the list goes on...too many to mention. I thank everyone who has visited my little blog and left a comment, advice, encouragement - it means so much.

Now to the birthday fun! Your challenge is to identify the twelve photos above! I'll give you some clues. From left to right on the top row - the name of the fountain, the story that goes with this photo, the name of the building, the type of Coat of Arms. Second row, left to right - the significance of these birds, the name of the building the eagle sits at the bottom of, what Cheltenham is famous for, what this building is being turned into. Bottom row, left to right - my first 'blank', my first 'blank', the name of the building, the name of the flower.

Now I know this task is an undertaking but the prize is worth it! I'll send the winner (or person with the most right answers) a Cheltenham postcard by snail mail! Wow!

And finally. I've enjoyed every minute of blogging, thanks to you.

The Entertaining Game

The title of todays post is my guess. What am I talking about?! I'll explain. Its Sunday. You're bored. Stuck in front of the computer. Looking for something to do to pass the time. Then you stumble on a fun guessing game here at Cheltenham Daily Photo!

I've no idea what this graffiti tag stands for but that's were you come in. I'd like to know what you think TEG stands for. Form an orderly queue and give me your suggestions in the comments box! The best/amusing/inspired answer wins one of my famous free links in Mondays post. Altogether now, WOW!

Green Goddess

Just a quick post today. My dad is in hospital after having a back operation and I've also been out on the town celebrating a friends birthday after they've spent the day at a funeral, so time is short. Sorry for the lack of comments on your blog. I hope to catch up over the weekend.

Today's post is a quiz! What structure in Cheltenham is this face on? The answer will be revealed tomorrow. The person with the correct answer will get a link to their blog. What more could you want?!

Also, I'd like to wish a very Happy Birthday to AJC! Hope to see you and my best friend, DJ Groin Strain, soon!