Can you see that? If not, I can't use this frickin iPad either!

No but I can see that.

Thanks.
It's driving me mad, what am I doing wrong?

An image link has to end with a picture format, for example; .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp, .tif. Otherwise, it won't work.

If you press and hold on the image to bring up the menu that includes the option "View full image", select that, then copy that link from the address bar, That will work.