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ORIGINALLY THE PROPERTY OF THE 4TH EARL OF CRAVEN,1907 DAIMLER TYPE TP 45 10.6-LITRE FOUR-SEAT TOURER
Registration no. AC1094
Sold for £ 359,900 inc. premium
Footnotes
"But allowing for its idiosyncratic behaviour and its occasional bouts of sulking and refusing to co-operate, it is my favourite car. The car I would keep if allowed only one. With its hissing carburettor, exposed valve gear and whirring chain-drive to the wheels it has all the uncomplicated charm of the primitive creation, the very essence of the horseless carriage. For that most enjoyable of all motoring experiences – just meandering through France with nothing to do more urgent than eating and drinking – it is the perfect carriage." All in Good Time, George Daniels.
The noble Craven family no doubt shared George Daniels' views about this motoring Leviathan, retaining it in their family ownership from new in 1907 until it acceded to residence in the Daniels motor house in 1983. William George Robert Craven inherited the Earldom of Craven at the age of fourteen in 1883, at the same time inheriting some 40,000 or so acres of the English countryside as well as three country seats. It was to Coombe Abbey in Warwickshire, set amid a well-timbered deer park, that the gleaming Daimler was delivered in August 1907, the thirty nine year old 4th Earl of Craven cutting a dash as he motored - Mr. Toad-like - between his estates and while fulfilling his duties as a Liberal politician, Captain of The Yeoman of the Guard and Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, a position he held from 1913 to 1921. A member of The Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, The Earl was known to have an allegiance to the Daimler marque, this car joining a small fleet of at least four other Daimlers in service with the Craven family in 1907.
The Earl's grandson, F.W.Billingham, in a letter to George Daniels dated December 1984 which is on file, records admirably the car's history. Daniels himself records a conversation with the son of the original chauffeur who related how his father, a Daimler employee, had delivered the car in 1907 from the Daimler factory in Coventry, planning to stay just long enough for the Earl to learn how to manage the car. Some fifty years later the chauffeur died, still in the employ of the Craven family.
A motoring log, known to survive in 1984, but not on file, recorded that up to the end of August 1908 the Daimler had covered 4,326 miles and thereafter every journey the car made from September 1st 1908 to October 7th 1915 was fully recorded, the stated mileage then being 22,506 miles. The Craven cars were all liveried in dark blue with white and red coachlining and this car was no exception. The car is recorded as being with Daimler from January 25th 1910 to March 3rd 1910 'for plating and varnishing'. Presumably at this stage all brightwork was copper plated – the car being known always by the Craven family as 'The Copper Car'. It is thought that the wheels were changed from the original wooden artilleries to wire wheels at Daimler in the 1915-1919 period. The only journey recorded after October 1915 was the drive on December 18th 1919 to Hamstead Marshall, near Newbury, (the Craven's Berkshire residence). There it was stored on blocks, the intention being to use the car for Continental touring after things had settled down after the war. The tragic and untimely death of the 4th Earl in a yachting accident in The Solent off the south coast of England in 1921 put paid to those plans. For some thirty or so years on the venerable Daimler remained on blocks in the heated motor house at Hamstead Marshall, sharing that accommodation with the Craven family Hooper State Coach. After thirty years on blocks the car passed into the ownership of Rupert Craven of Thurso in Scotland, in whose hands it saw just occasional use before passing in June 1983 from Craven ownership into the care of George Daniels.
It could have found no better home, Daniels being fascinated by the interesting technical specification of the car and enthralled by the sheer performance provided by the 10.6-litre four-cylinder engine, which delivered a top speed of 80mph at just 1,200rpm. The unbroken history, the originality and undoubted integrity of this car made it an essential acquisition for the Daniels motor house. Here is a car that has never been restored but simply maintained to a very high standard in its early life by its manufacturer and latterly by George Daniels – a demanding engineer in his own right.
Warwickshire County Council records confirm first registration on 4th July 1907 as AC 1094 and note livery as dark blue with red and white lines, livery it retains to this day with only discolouration of the varnish re-applied at the factory in 1910. The compact four seater coachwork, with its leather side valances, still bears the Craven family coat of arms on the body side panels and is upholstered in burgundy coloured leather, access to the rear seats being via a forward tipping front seat. The car is remarkably well equipped to the detailed specification of the motoring enthusiast Earl, driving equipment including Phare Ducellier acetylene headlamps, copper sidelamps, now discretely converted to contain flashing indicators for safety reasons, escargot-type centrally mounted bulb horn, under bonnet-mounted four trumpet Le Testophone trumpet horn, single piece folding windscreen, Oldfield Dependence single rear lamp and rear mounted spare wheel. The driver is occupied by a four-speed gate change gearbox with separate reverse lever, three dashboard mounted oil flow sight glasses, a 0-85mph speedometer by S.Smith & Son Ltd. and a dashboard clock to ensure punctual arrival. AA and RAC member's badges are carried. The familiar Daimler curved bulkhead houses most practical lockers for the touring motorist. Transmission is via a cone clutch and final drive is by those whirring sidechains that gave Daniels so much pleasure. Note particularly the hinged brake and clutch pedals for added driver comfort. The single lever control on the five spoke steering column opens the throttle, weakens the mixture and advances the ignition with one movement – a Daimler feature which worked well when meticulously set up. Another Daimler feature not widely copied by others is the rear-hinged coachwork which, with rear mudguards removed, allows the body to tip backwards providing quick and easy access to the gearbox and side chains for maintenance. A modern starter motor has been fitted to facilitate the easy starting of the mighty engine, although Daniels does report that the car will start by switching on the coil when all four cylinders have been primed with fuel, switching later to the Simms Type D4 magneto for normal running. Although not presently fitted the car comes with a cape cart style hood requiring renovation.
Car no. 4325 has been known in veteran car circles for many years and was dated by The Veteran Car Club of Great Britain on 1st November 1952, the only noted modification recorded then being the factory fitted Rudge Whitworth wire wheels. A most interesting history file offered with the car records a trip to Dieppe in 1983, soon after acquisition by Daniels, travelling with a distinguished group of cars from its peer group, and contains VCC Dating Certificate No. 292, Swansea V5 registration document, a copy of the original Warwickshire County Council Registration Record, the original Type TP45 parts catalogue for this car and a number of expired tax discs and MOT certificates. It records also that Daniels competed the Daimler at the VSCC Colerne Speed Trials in 1984, completing the kilometre in 45.89 seconds and attaining a recorded speed of 69.9mph.
Here is a car carefully selected by its original owner, the 4th Earl of Craven, and indeed by George Daniels, as representing the pinnacle of motoring excellence, speed and excitement of its day. Some 105 years on the Daimler has amassed an outstanding provenance and a patina almost unrivalled amongst its peer group and yet here is a car with potential still to amass both national speeding tickets and conservation class awards at the highest international level in the hands of its next connoisseur owner. As Daniels himself said, a car with "all the uncomplicated charm of the primitive creation the very essence of the horseless carriage."
Harvestman can often be colourful, they fluoresce under ultraviolet light, and they come in a bewildering variety of forms. They engage in parental care, building elaborate nests to brood their eggs and engage in battles to deter rivals and predators.
As if that weren't enough to stoke interest, some harvestman also possess a viscoelastic fluid used in prey capture. This means that fluid maintains its form under stress, resulting in an essentially highly flexible solid, and indeed, the greater the stress (movement caused by prey) the stronger the bonding. The adaptation is thought to have evolved in order to ensnare mobile, and evasive springtails.
Shot 'in situ' from Bilsa reserve, Ecuador.
More can be read here: www.newscientist.com/…/dn26340-zoologger-no-escape…/
Crestie photographed at my feeding station in Inverness-shire. Please contact me if you're interested in photographing these wonderful birds (Oct-early March)
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'Breakfast is served' ...Meadow Pipit feeding young with a juicy caterpillar, RSPB St Aidan's, West Yorkshire.
(Note for identification 'long hind claws' visible clearly on the bird's left foot in this photograph.)
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'Head on down the meadow' Northumberland.
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Meadow Pipit Notes:-
The meadow pipit favours moorland and grassland. It is an unfortunate victim of cuckolding behaviour - their own young being pushed out of the nest, so they can look after the 'parasitic' Cuckoo chick.
Species information
Category: Larks, sparrows, wagtails and dunnock
Statistics
Length: 15cm
Wingspan: 24cm
Weight: 19g
Average Lifespan: 3 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Amber under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2015). Listed as Near Threatened on the global IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
When to see
January to December
About
The meadow pipit is a common nesting bird of moorland, heathland and rough grassland. In the autumn and winter, it moves out of upland areas to lowlands where it gathers in small flocks and can be found on farmland and saltmarshes. In the spring, it performs a fluttering, 'parachute' display flight. There are 2 million breeding territories in the UK.
How to identify
A small, streaky, yellow-brown bird, the meadow pipit has pale, flesh-coloured legs, whereas the similar rock pipit has blackish legs. The tree pipit is very similar, but has a slightly sturdier bill.
Distribution: Widespread.
Habitats
GrasslandHeathland and moorlandFarmlandCoastalWetlandsWoodland
Did you know?
On moorlands, meadow pipits are the most common 'foster parents' of young cuckoos. The adult cuckoo will lay a single egg in a meadow pipit's nest. After hatching, the cuckoo chick will push the other eggs or young birds out of the nest, giving its foster parents more time to concentrate on feeding their new, oversized chick. WT Notes.
This composite shows the male Nuthatch retrieving a seed it had previously hidden under the bark of a tree. White-breasted Nuthatches often store seeds and insects one at a time, under loose bark on their territory. They typically hide the food by covering it with a piece of bark, lichen or moss.
Santa Cruz county, Southern Arizona.
Gonna go back and change the other one to look like this.
It got so heavy when I tried to colour it.
COLOUR! With a U.
I think this is a Warbler, possibly an Audubon Warbler, getting at food on the underside of this rock formation.
Late in the day with the gulls feeding on midges. Unfortunately I didn't get any when they suddenly rise up open beaked into a swarm, next time perhaps.
They're at it again. I"m assuming the 2 scuffling hogs are males and the smaller one is a female.
Apologies for the clock, it should read 21:33
Despite being marketed as a tonic, Buckfast has become notorious in some parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland for its association with the loutish ned culture and antisocial behaviour. High retail sales are recorded in Lurgan, as well as throughout the Central Lowlands including Glasgow and the surrounding areas of East Kilbride, Hamilton, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Cambuslang, and Coatbridge. Quoted from Wikipedia
Album Title: Exotic Behaviour
Model: 虹羚
Photographer: Edwin Setiawan
Place: 士林官邸
Date: 2009/07/12
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Posted two pictures in one day ... how shocking is that ?..lol...
I do look somewhat angelic here, but I am no angel, not at all...lol...
Happy New Year !
I think I'm coming out of the stupor mode...lol...
P.S. I'm tired of watermarking my images in the same way, so I'm injecting variety here and there... :O)
BTW - I was tagged (strange game going around Flickr) too, but I refused to cooperate... :O)
but I can provide few funny and not so funny facts about myself, just like Paul (ifido) did...lol..
Random facts about me
1. I have red hair and blue eyes.
2. I sleep late, very late, in fact I lead a bohemian lifestyle - it suits me (I'm a creative person...:O))
3. I love, love rain ! ........ and fog and blizzards and storms and lightning and thunder, but I'm terrified of tsunamis.... I'm worried we all going to be washed away one day here in Northern California. We all gonna die !
4. I don't like Vodka, Vodka doesn't love me too.
5. I sleep naked.
6. I can't swim.
7. I can write and really well, but I'm too lazy to finish books I've started writing about 13 years ago. One day I'll publish them all.
8. I love dogs and lions.
9. I don't trust a single politician because I spent long time working with them (for newspaper).
10. I do take a bazillion of different pills so I can fall asleep at night, which in turn leads to binge sleeping.
11. I get the best ideas for writing while I'm driving my car and listen to music.
12. I don't believe into stupid New Year resolutions, I'm not local :O)
13. I love meat, can't leave a single day without eating something or someone meaty. I was a predator in my previous life and probably still am.
14. English is not my native language, although I started learning it when I was 7 years old.
15. I hate rap, Janis Joplin and Yoko Ono, when she (the last one) sings, she sounds like a goat who is about to be slaughtered/sacrificed.
16. I love potatoes, meat, asparagus, prosciutto, carpaccio, beer and whiskey, also Pinot Noir and Porto wine.
17. Potatoes love me too. I'm not sure beer loves me back.
18. My husband still thinks I'm beautiful, although I'm not sure I am that beautiful.
19. Vegetarians frighten me (joking).
20. I've been married for long time (to one guy).
21. I hate dry weather.
22. I love spicy food.
23. I can shoot with a gun, but I don't own one (prob. is a good idea).
24. Bush is a worst American president in my lifetime.
25. Stalin was a monster.
26. Hitler too.
27. I would love to learn to fly an airplane, fight with a sword and ride a horse, but I don't want to learn to jump with a parachute.
28. I am allergic to school teachers.
More to come.... with my next portrait or something like that...
The dark conditions meant a bit of a balancing act was required between iso & shutter speed, just about managed to get this one reasonably sharp at 1/320sec which was a suprise given the dippers sudden movement.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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The Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), in the background, is a wader, a subarctic bird, breeding from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. It is a migratory species, wintering in Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and Australasia, usually on fresh water.
Common Greenshanks are brown in breeding plumage, and grey-brown in winter. When in water, they can appear very similar to Marsh Sandpipers but are distinguished by the shape of the lower bill which gives it an upturned appearance to the bill. They have long greenish legs and a long bill with a grey base. They show a white wedge on the back in flight. They are somewhat larger than the related Common Redshank. The usual call is a rapid series of three short fluty notes syllabilized as teu-teu-teu.
Like most waders, they feed on small invertebrates, but will also take small fish and amphibians. The Common Greenshank is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. (wikipedia)
This was taken at Blackrock, Dundalk Bay, Co. Louth.
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