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17.10.17 memorable day with 9 Typhoon passes low level in Snowdonia from RAF Coningsby Chaos flight ZK304
17.07.17 494FS Black Panther Maul flight from RAF Lakenheath AF91326 completing 12 memorable passes low level in Snowdonia
CrossCountry Class 220 Voyager no. 220003 at Coventry on a Bournemouth service, 08.10.17.
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Not a holiday, but a journey. This is my definition of 15 days recently spent in Myanmar, a country which moved my most reflective side. Perhaps expecting such an effect, me and Barbara had chosen to visit South-East Asia this year. This was a journey not only to a place, but also in ourselves. I know that introspection is possible in everyday life, but in a country like Myanmar the process is amplified: the differences between our and the culture of its inhabitants, as well as the life style, surely help. Myanmar smells of rain, spices and incense. Myanmar is frequently experienced with bare feet, in the sacred caves as in the houses of people in the villages, touching dirt, mud and grass. Myanmar can be admired from high up, on stupa and hills, or from below, while observing closely the work of artisans, the smiles to kids and of elderly people. Myanmar wishes goodnight through the sounds of crickets, and wishes good morning with the chirping of birds or the singing of roosters. In Myanmar, the “roads” are occupied by cars, “buses”, bicycles, motor scooters, people on foot, oxen, buffalos, chickens, goats and dogs. In Myanmar, the flowerbeds around schools are full of bicycles, used by both teachers and children. In Myanmar, children play with insects, bamboo spheres instead of soccer balls, strands of grass and search for fishes in the streams. The children are wonderful. In many villages there is no electricity, nor water. The inhabitants have to collect and transport water on foot or on oxen over kilometres, two times per day. This water has to be sterilized before use, boiling it and filtering it through calcareous rocks. Most houses in the villages are elevated and made of bamboo or wood, with only two rooms: a kitchen and a bedroom where all family members sleep together. In Myanmar, women and men have similar jobs: sexual discrimination is almost absent, excluding some themes regarding the Buddhist religion. I think that Italy (and not only Italy) is a country where sexual discrimination is present almost as much as in Arabian countries, we just wear a different mask. In Myanmar, you will encounter swarms of dragonflies everywhere, in many colours. The mosquitoes will not make you sleep easily during the night, flies and ants will keep you company at every meal, happy to try the food and drinks; additionally, frogs and insects of many kinds will be easily found in humid areas. Do not think that a spray repellent will be enough to them completely, but it will help to spare you some stings form mosquitos.
In Myanmar, at the end of the day, your feet will be black as the asphalt and your sandals will be cleaner than them: you will just wish a shower. In Myanmar, in the largest cities, you will be assaulted by men, women and children, who will see in you as a wallet with two legs, two hands, two arms and maybe a head. These people are already used to mass tourism and did not represent who we searched for. Who we searched for were the village people, who still show to have a genuine curiosity for different cultures. They, for us, represent Myanmar. In this country, a waiter earns about 60 Euros per month, while a construction worker, who constructs the road by hand from 6:00 to 18:00, earns about 4 Euros per day. In Myanmar, rice fields are never-ending, the pagodas are golden, the people are quiet and smiling. The population of Myanmar is partly represented by monks, who fill roads and monasteries with their red, orange and pink robes, bald heads, the sound of prayers and blessings. Buddhist religion represents the frame of this country, where most people do not believe in a god, but in a philosophy and life style. Overall, visit Myanmar was a wonderful experience. This is MY MYANMAR.
The Central Post Office Building (Swedish: Centralposthuset or Centralposten) is a historical building at 28-34, Vasagatan in central Stockholm, Sweden. Inaugurated in 1903 and designed by architect Ferdinand Boberg (1860–1945), the building was the headquarters of Posten (Swedish post services) until 2003. It is currently serving as offices for the Ministry of Enterprise and some functions of the Government Offices, after an extensive rebuild in April 2008.
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Posthuset uppfördes under åren 1898–1903; arkitekter var Ferdinand Boberg (exteriör och posthallen) och Frans Gustaf Abraham Dahl (planlösning). Det utvidgades mot Klara Norra Kyrkogata 1915 efter Bobergs ritningar, och har senare restaurerats och byggts om på 1940- och 1950-talen (Lallerstedts arkitektbyrå), 1984–1992 (AOS och BSK Arkitekter) och 2006–2008 (Ahrbom & Partner).
Fasaduppbyggnaden ger vissa associationer till Vadstena slott, vilket inte är förvånande då Boberg var mycket intresserad av medeltida borgar och just till detta posthus hämtade han inspiration från Vadstena slott, men byggnaden är också karaktäristisk för Bobergs strävan till en självständig och modern stil. Granitsockeln gör en mjuk övergång till bottenvåningens röda sandsten, där djupt inskurna muröppningar bildar en kraftfull arkad, dess pelare förs vidare som tunna pilastrar i mellanvåningens mur av mörkt rödgult tegel. Översta våningen är av övedssandsten och det mjukt rundade taket är klätt med svart skiffer.
Centralposthuset invigdes under högtidliga former av konung Oscar II den 27 oktober 1903 och byggnaden avbildades även på frimärke samma år. Även 1974 gav man ut en frimärksserie med bland annat två vyer från huset.
Sedan mitten på 1990-talet finns inget postkontor i huset och Postens huvudkontor flyttade ut under hösten 2003. Huset renoverades under åren 2006–2008. Under maj och juni 2008 flyttade Näringsdepartementet, Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet och delar av Regeringskansliets förvaltningsavdelning in i huset.
Källa: Wikipedia
Here's to hoping that those who love wildlife and the people who do great work in conservation and anti-poaching efforts succeed in battling all the threats facing the worlds non-human inhabitants.
www.crmsociety.com/about-mackintosh/the-four/margaret-mac... - Part of an artwork created by the other half of Charles Rennie Macintosh. This hangs in the Kelvingrove Art gallery although the larger exhibition of her beautiful works is on show in the Hungarian gallery in University of Glasgow.
Searching for an open door
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Shot on Silberra ULTIMA 200 at EI 200.
35mm black and white format film.
Orange #21 filter.
Leica M6 / Leica Tele-Elmarit 90mm f/2.8.
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Large version at:
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I rather liked repainted 2167 in its unbranded two-tone blue, but it didn't stay in that state very long. It now carries service 20 to Bedworth branding - it was previously branded in light green for the same service corridor and has regained green 'eyebrows' and 'mouth'