My big end.....

After a break, I have decided to return to blipfoto, apart from anything else I love the way it can act as a diary of the more interesting days of my life.
Thus it is that I will not necessarily attempt a blip a day, as not all the days of my life are that interesting!
We went on a trip on Lake Geneva on one of the original steam driven paddle steamers. I could have blipped the Chateau de Chillon, the terraced vineyards between Lausanne and Vevey [a UNESCO world heritage site], but instead you have a view of the enormous innards of the two cylinder steam engine. These bits, the big ends, convert the in/ out motion of the steam driven cylinders into the circular motion to drive the paddle wheels round.
Engine dates from 1910. Fascinating, yes?