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Voordat de PB 06 door Sint Mariaburg reed, passeerde ook de 2833 met de Beneluxtrein.
(NMBS HLE 2833 + Beneluxtrein, Sint Mariaburg, lijn 12, 18/02/2015)
Mahaica River, Guyana - The Hoatzin is the national bird of Guyana. According to Wikipedia: "In 2015, genetic research indicated that the Hoatzin is the last surviving member of a bird line that branched off in its own direction 64 million years ago, shortly after the extinction event that killed the non-avian dinosaurs. The alternative name of 'stinkbird' is derived from the bird's foul odor, which is caused by the fermentation of food in its digestive system. The newly hatched bird has claws on its thumb and first finger enabling it to dexterously climb tree branches until its wings are strong enough for sustained flight. These claws are gone by the time the bird reaches adulthood."
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goldfinch ~ carduelis carduelis
RSPB green status list.
I am not sure if this bird was watching me or whether it was looking down at something on the grass.
The Ghost of Harecastle Tunnel.
The month of December is a time for ghost stories! :)
The white cottage is the Tunnel Keepers Cottage, the instructions of the Tunnel Keeper must be adhered to at all times. The journey through the tunnel takes about 30 - 40 minutes. Looks quite spooky, look it up on youtube!
The Ghost Story.
The tunnel apparently suffers from a ‘haunting manifestation’, the ghost of a murdered woman, Kit Crewbucket, whose headless corpse was dumped in the canal in the 1800s. She was a poor woman murdered on a narrow-boat by the men she was travelling with. It is said that "Her shrieks can still be heard in woods nearby."
Three boatmen promised her they would give her transport to London on their canal barge. The men had all been drinking, they took a pint of porter and then set off with the woman through the Harecastle Tunnel. At the mouth of the tunnel, one of the boatmen took the pony up the track to Boathorse Road, and the other two set off into the tunnel with their passenger. the journey then would have been around 2 - 3 hours. The barge emerged at the other side carrying the boatmen but no woman. In the hope that she had riches in her luggage, they had murdered her and hid her body in the underground culvert to Goldenhill Colliery, known as Gilbert's Hole. She was found some days later in the tunnel, without her head.The boatmen were tried and executed for murder in Kidsgrove.
Kit Crewbucket.
Kit Crewbucket appears as the generic name of a spirit presence said to haunt various canal tunnels across the country and appearing in various forms depending upon the local folklore. Sometimes appears as a character name in pantomimes too.
Info on Harecastle from The Canal & River Trust.
Harecastle Tunnel is actually two tunnels - though only one is navigable today. They sit, side-by-side, on the Trent & Mersey Canal just north of Stoke-on-Trent. Both are nearly 3000 yards in length. The first Harecastle tunnel was engineered by James Brindley, took eleven years to construct, was completed in 1777, and was more than twice the length of Britain's longest tunnel at that time. The second was required to relieve congestion in the first, and was built by Thomas Telford. It took just three years to complete, and opened in 1827.
Today, diesel-powered boats use the tunnel: to solve the ventilation problem at the southern end an air extraction fan-house has been built around the portal. Unless a boat is actually passing the portal, airtight gates are closed, allowing the fan system to extract more efficiently.
P.s for those of you who have been following The Great Pottery Throw Down on the BBC, Middleport Pottery is about 3-4 miles south from the tunnel.
114. A Tunnel. theme for 115 pictures in 2015
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It sure took a while for the clouds to get out of the way… but when they did, I got treated to an incredible Milky Way scene at the barn! I really like it when I'm lucky enough to see when clouds break up and clear out of an area.
Some clouds ended up hanging around to cover up the big peaks in the distance but the foreground grass and barn seemed to work well with the clouds and Milky Way stars above. This image was captured at the Thomas Alma Moulton Barn in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming...
There is a lot more to this post... see the rest of the backstory, how I got the shot, and get free wallpaper from www.coloradocaptures.com/cloudy-milky-way-moulton-barn.
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Grand Teton National Park
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Views from the Bogong High Plains Road near the Rocky Valley dam..Podolepis robusta, commonly known as Alpine Podolepis, Mountain Lettuce or Cattleman's Lettuce, is a perennial herb from the Australian Alps in the family Asteraceae.
Day 131 of the 365 days of photography project.
This is the very majestic Gawthorpe Hall.
“Gawthorpe Hall is an Elizabethan country house on the banks of the River Calder, in the civil parish of Ightenhill in the Borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England. Its estate extends into Padiham, with the Stockbridge Drive entrance situated there.
Since 1953 it has been designated a grade I listed building. The hall is financed and run by the National Trust in partnership with Lancashire County Council. In 2015 the Hall was given £500,000 funding from Lancashire County Council for vital restoration work needed on the south and west sides of the house.
Gawthorpe Hall's origins are in a pele tower, a strong fortification built by the Shuttleworths in the 14th century as a defence against invading Scots. The Shuttleworths occupied Shuttleworth Hall near Hapton from the 12th century. The Elizabethan house was dovetailed around the pele tower from plans drawn up by Richard Shuttleworth but carried out after his death by his brother the Reverend Lawrence Shuttleworth.
The foundation stone was laid on 26 August 1600. The architect is not recorded, but the house is generally attributed to Robert Smythson.
In 1604 Richard Stone, from Carr House in Bretherton, imported Irish panel boards and timber and stored 1,000 pieces in the tithe barn at Hoole until they were needed. The mottoes of the Kay-Shuttleworths are Prudentia et Justitia (Prudence and Justice – Shuttleworth) and Kynd Kynn Knawne Kepe (Kind Friends Know and Keep – Kay). Mottoes are found in the front porch and around the top of the tower. The initials KS, Kay-Shuttleworth occur in decoration throughout the house, on the front door and plaster roundels on the ceiling in the main dining room.
An early occupant was Colonel Richard Shuttleworth, who inherited it in about 1607 from his uncle. Colonel Shuttleworth was High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1637, Member of Parliament for Preston (1640 to 1648 and 1654 to 1659) and commander of the Parliamentarian Army of the Blackburn Hundred during the Civil War. After his death Gawthorpe was leased to tenants, the Shuttleworths preferring to live at Forcett Hall near Richmond.
After Forcett was sold the Shuttleworths returned to Gawthorpe. In 1818 barrister, Robert Shuttleworth died and his daughter Janet inherited the estate at an early age. Her mother remarried and remained at Gawthorpe to protect her inheritance. In 1842 Janet married Sir James Kay of Rochdale, who adopted the surname Kay-Shuttleworth and commissioned Sir Charles Barry to carry out restoration and improvements to the house in the 1850s. Sir James was made a baronet in 1849 and served as High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1864.
Charlotte Brontë, a family friend, visited the house. In 1953 Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, 4th Baron Shuttleworth, left Gawthorpe to live at Leck Hall near Kirkby Lonsdale and in 1970, after the death of Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth, Gawthorpe was gifted to the National Trust.
The National Trust described the hall as "an Elizabethan gem in the heart of industrial Lancashire". Nicholas Cooper described the hall's plan as an early example in which the main stair is immediately accessible from the main entrance, a feature that became standard. The hall has a collection of 17th and 18th century portraits on permanent loan from the National Portrait Gallery and is notable for its textiles, collected by the last resident family member Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth, about a fifth of which is on display.”
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Discovered in Padiham, Lancashire
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There is no flash or artificial light used here. Just all of a sudden, the sunlight beamed through in the morning and hit this juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron just right. Wish I had light like that more often. Colleyville Nature Center, Texas, USA, August 2015
Tracker is a happy, happy, happy, happy dog!
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2015 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
I'm still looking for the name of the boat and the owners name.
From Mike McCall's photostream:
According to the (probably apocryphal) story that I was told, the captain found himself beached on the island after a storm and ended up in Savannah, married, and never got around to repairing his boat...so he simply left it where it was.
I believe it was left in the 70's.
From Stephanie Hawk - 5mo
Hi! I just stumbled across your pictures. I used to work at Oatland Island and thought you might be interested to know that I knew the man who owned that boat. He was the previous caretaker who lived at the island. In his younger single days (in the 60's I believe), he used to live on that boat (I think he said he did a lot of treasure diving) and sailed everywhere in it. I don't remember how he came to the island, I think it was when he took the caretaker's job in the 80's or 90's, I didn't ask when. He said his beloved boat sank, they fixed it, it sank again, and then he gave up and just hauled her out. Since then, he had used various bits of the wood to construct or repair any number of projects he had going. I think he was single when he took the job, and did get married and raise his family there. You know, I worked there for 3 years and I can't for the life of me remember his name! Just thought you might be interested in some almost first-hand knowledge ;-)
This Christmas Cookie is baked for the Eurobricks Xmas Raffle 2015.
This year the MOC theme of the raffle is 'Your ideal Christmas tree'. I like Christmas trees, but I like the edible ones even more! This cookie is extremely crunchy and is decorated with icing and candy. Just the way I like it.
“Beautiful,
If you were mine,
I'd lay you on silk sheets and wrap you up in ropes of pearls,
and feed you honey from a silver spoon.
I would debauch you from your head down to your innocent little toes-"
― Lisa Kleypas, A Wallflower Christmas
She Woos Me
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Across The Universe "Something"
The Lawn at Cantigny Park, Wheaton, Illinois
Shot with a 100mm macro. I just barely squeezed both benches in the frame as the rain was falling hard and I didn't have the wherewithal to change a lens as I had to juggle the camera, lens, lens caps, lens hoods, camera bag as well as an umbrella, and my back was against some photographic boundary...
I think this is where a red carpet would be appropriate for a local resident to welcome Mr. Z :)
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Rags in his cage the TICA show at the shopping mall in Rødovre.
Dushara Tatters and Rags (Somali) at Viking Cats show in Rødovre, 22.03.2015.
Olympus E-400 Digital Camera.
Another awesome spot along the Great Ocean Road. Austral summer is fantastic. Australia is great.
Victoria state, South East of Australia. 1st of January 2015.
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47773 is seen departing Wigan North Western running 21 late working Vintage Trains "Coastal Explorer" 1Z43 06:25 Tyseley Steam Trust - Carlisle.
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La 335.012, amb el logotip de Transfesa, passa per Lavern durant l'enuvolat últim dia de Març del 2015, portant el TECO de Bilbo/Bilbao, amb destí final Barcelona.
La 335.012, con el logo de Transfesa, pasa por la curva de Lavern en un dia nublado de marzo, tirando del TECO de Bilbao, con destino Barcelona.
Um obrigado ao Rui Vaz pelo "convite" e ao Domingos Fernandes pela permissão. Bem hajam!
Thank you so much to Rui Vaz for the invitation to visit this private Dam and of course, also to its owner Domingos Fernandes for the respective permission. Cheers both!
1ª experiência com o Floating Hide.
My first contact with a new technique through Floating Hide.
Também: Mergulhão-de-crista in "AVES DE PORTUGAL - Ornitologia do território continental" - Assírio & Alvim.
Residente e invernante pouco comum.
06/06/2015 - Toulões (Idanha-a-Nova), Portugal
[Obrigado pela visualização]
[Thanks for your visualization]
The Milky Way seen over Nymph Lake, with Hallett Peak in the background, in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Explored 7/24/15
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A difficult situation for photography, helped by the thin cloud veiling the sun. Black 5 45407 heads the first Cumbrian Mountain Express of the year past Salterwath, January 24th 2015, ahead of time, with 12 on plus diesel assistance at the rear.
Botlek, Rotterdam industrial area, the Netherlands.
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WOERDEN - Het defensie-eiland is bijna af, de brug ernaartoe is geopend en de eerste kopers zijn in hun nieuwe huis gaan wonen. De oude locatie, waar ik in 2013 op Eerste Kerstdag nog een foto schoot is verleden tijd. Daar staat nu een hoge flat voor. Vanaf de kruising aan Oostdam kun je over het water naar het kasteel kijken, met dit spookachtige eilandje, waar de schemer ook nog eens dit effect versterkt, op de voorgrond.
Maximo Fernandez
Localidad que se encuentra al Oeste del Partido de Bragado a unos 21 km. de la ciudad cabecera, en la traza del Ferrocarril ex-línea D. F. Sarm...iento. Se accede por camino de tierra desde la Ruta Provincial N° 46 desde el este o por la 65 desde el oeste. Recuerda a Don Máximo Fernández, donante de las tierras donde se construyó la estación ferroviaria.
El señor Máximo Fernández compró al Fisco seis leguas cuadradas de campo en dos mil pesos oro. Allí construyó la Estancia “La Matilde”, uno de los mejores establecimientos agrícola-ganaderos del Oeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. En septiembre de 1893 el Ferrocarril del Oeste inaugura la estación. Por esta época se comienza la producción tambera, cremería y criadero de cerdos, contribuyendo así al desarrollo económico del pueblo formado a su alrededor. Luego por problemas económicos vende la estancia y se marcha hacia el exterior del país.
La Estancia es comprada por los Salaberry-Bercetche en 1904 , quienes levantan la estancia introduciendo forestales, aserradero, usina, una escuela propia, una capilla Neogótica, Panadería y un zoológico con animales exóticos. Cuenta la leyenda que la hija del cuidador de los leones fue decapitada de un zarpazo por una leona y el fantasma anda apareciendo por la capilla…
En 1942 venden la estancia a Don Francisco Suárez Zabala (el inventor del conocido producto medicinal “Geniol”). A partir de ese momento la propiedad empezó a llamarse “Montelén”. Tuvo éxito en su inicio con la instalación del vivero más importante del país, pero al fallecer su dueño la situación económica decae y la estancia se reduce. Actualmente, la principal actividad es la agricultura y ganadería.
En la década del 70 un tornado hizo desastres en la capilla del Sagrado Corazón y en la escuela dejando sus ruinas en un espeso monte. Había un hotel que también quedo destruido y abandonado.
En cuanto a la estación de Máximo Fernández corresponde al Ferrocarril Domingo Faustino Sarmiento de la red ferroviaria argentina y se encuentra a 232 kilómetros al oeste de la estación Once. Trenes Argentinos Operadora Ferroviaria presta servicio de pasajeros una vez por semana entre Bragado, Realicó y General Pico, teniendo parada en esta estación sólo en forma facultativa, es decir, el tren sólo para si hay algún pasajero que desea subir o bajar. La estación se encuentra en ruinas, no siendo jurisdicción de la empresa de transporte. Se ubica entre las estaciones de La Limpia y San Emilio.
La localidad Contaba con 4 habitantes (INDEC, 2010), lo que representa un gran descenso del 90% frente a los 43 habitantes (INDEC, 2001) del censo anterior. En mi visita del 2015 pude observar que el almacén se encuentra funcionando, que la panadería abandonada fue ocupada por una persona que estaba realizando labores de huerta y a unas personas construyendo un par de viviendas, La escuela N° 2 está funcionando y se encuentra en perfecto estado.
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I think the cloud in the middle upper left looks like an angry flying screaming profile face.
March/April (2015) Challenge ~ Stormy Weather ~ 3rd Place Win
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