Jun 14: Shell

Taken in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, which was the home of Roald Dahl and he is buried just up the road in the local church yard.

This is just opposite the Roald Dahl museum that I took back on the 29th Dec 12 and this 'Red Pump Garage' was the inspiration for parts of "Danny, the Champion of the World" a 1975 book by Roald Dahl.

[Henri Russell]

Great find. No too many of these old pumps around.

[Alice Burghart]

Good find. Well I have been looking for a shell station here but haven't found one yet! Utah is pretty far from the ocean. Maybe I can find a turtle.

[Sally Ings]

Love these old pumps. Cool reflection of a car in the glass door.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Great one Mr. B.

[Simply Amanda]

I love him...just reading a book of his to my kids today. Was he a Brit? I was wondering about where he was from with his name. Great photo, too.

[🐞Lucy Dolittle]

Wow, this is one cool shot

[mittens (Marilyn)]

What a neat looking garage. Love how you captured this.

[Phil]

@amandal Hi Amanda! I understand he was born and raised in Britain though his parents were Norwegian. Great books! :)

[Phil]

Nice shot Graham. Took a day trip here one summer - drove for miiiiles further than I'd expected but thoroughly enjoyed it :)

[Tracey H-N]

Great find!

[Caz]

How quaint !

[Loopy-Lou]

Cool shot!

[Kathryn Marshall]

Good shot.

[Corrie]

Fantastic capture!!

[AC]

Fabulous find... love the pop of red and reflection!

[Janette]

Very cool! Great capture.

[Linda]

Neat find. Excellent capture.

[Jo]

So cute!

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

Love it! Really great image Bulldog.

[Tremerryn]

Brilliant - a great shot!

[Myrna O'Hara]

Had to laugh at this, creativity abounds in your head and elsewhere.

[Carly]

so cool, Danny champion of the world is my fav dahl book

[❀ Lynn]

Tells you how much I know...I hadn't realized that Roald Dahl had passed away!!

[Jo]

What a funky entrance, or is it not in use? either way its fab, great shot.

[Kitti Nelson]

Gorgeous capture of quite a Dahlesque building in it's own right!