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An Arabic-style structure built in 1927 that is a glowing red on the outside and decorated with glazed tile and bas-reliefs in the exquisite Nazarite tradition. Fountains, a heritage from the Muslim culture, flank the castle, and its exterior commands magnificent views of the Benalmádena beaches Benalmadena Spain sept 2018
El castillo El-Bil-Bil es un edificio situado en Benalmádena, Málaga, diseñado por el arquitecto Enrique Atencia. Su estilo árabe de enlucido rojo en su exterior y decorado con azulejo y bajorrelieves lo han convertido en un icono del municipio y de toda la Costa del Sol. Destacan sus puertas con triple arco de herradura y su iluminación nocturna. Sus jardines exteriores, fuentes y palmeras (fruto de reformas posteriores) complementan su estilo árabe.
El edificio fue construido en 1927, impulsado por el matrimonio de León y Fernanda Hermann. Más adelante la familia estadounidense Schentrom lo adquirió y terminó las obras, convirtiéndose asà en residencia de William Schenstrom, su mujer Elsie y el hijo de ambos, William también. Se considera que el nombre del Castillo procede de las iniciales de los nombres de la familia Schentrom. El por Elsie y el doble Bil por los dos William.
35018 British India Line with the CME at Benson Hall on 13/5/2023
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Taken from alongside the foot crossing,35018 British India line attacks the climb from Whalley Arches with the Pendle Dalesman of 14/6/2022
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35018 British India line at Salterwath with the northbound Santa special on 9/12/2018
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35018 topping the climb out of Blackburn with the Pendle Dalesman on 18/5/2021
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More than 1000 cars participated in the annual vintage car cruising on the last Saturday of August in Norrköping
More than 1000 cars participated in the annual vintage car cruising on the last Saturday of August in Norrköping
After a long wait at Starricks,we decided to move as the sun had gone too far round and the wind was getting stronger.In a lucky patch of light 35018 passes Clapham on the test run
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35018 British India Line at White Birch with the southbound Pendle Dalesman of 14/6/2022 Nearly caught out by the very early running here !
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With a strong easterly wind blowing, Bulleid designed ‘Merchant Navy’ 4-6-2 no.35018 'British India Line’ makes a steady start away from York, at Skelton, with the first day of the RTC’s Great Britain XIV. This leg is York-Edinburgh.
More than 1000 cars participated in the annual vintage car cruising on the last Saturday of August in Norrköping
More than 1000 cars participated in the annual vintage car cruising on the last Saturday of August in Norrköping
This heron was hunting along the water's edge and suddenly turned 180 degrees, having no doubt heard something from behind, and froze facing the grassy edge. Suddenly he lunged, scored, and turned around with the Marsh Rice Rat held around the lower abdomen, obviously alive and fighting. If you zoom in on one of the images in this series, you can see the captured rodent baring its teeth and its body contorted. At first I thought this was a vole, but the tail is much too long, as zooming in this image show the tail with some flatness to it, as is found on the marsh rice rat, muskrats too, but they are much larger. They use this uniquely shaped tail as a rudder when swimming.
The heron took the struggling rodent to the water's edge and submerged it, pinning it to the bottom at which point the heron regripped its prey, as when it came out of the water, the heron's bill gripped the rodent by its head and neck. At that point, the marsh rice rat's legs hung limp and the fight, if there ever really was one, was over. The heron opened its bill and tilting its head back to get the head further back in its bil.. Another quick jerk of the head and the prey is near fully in its mouth, going down its gullet head first.. Finally another gulp or neck thrust and the tasty meal is but a brief lump in its neck. A few seconds later and even that was gone.
I've seen the herons eat snakes and frogs in addition to their standard fare, which is fish and crustaceans, including soft crabs when in season. No fish, it seems, is too large to eat, as I've seen this same heron dine on a five-pound blue fish. It was too much to swallow, so it took it into the seclusion of the brush and slowly tore it to pieces to eat it. They are known to even capture and swallow an adult muskrat. So this was a first, for me, to see one capture and eat a marsh rice rat. And I was fortunate enough to have my camera in hand when it happened.
Canon R3 RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM @ 500mm
f7.1 1/1000 sec - 33 shots taken in ISO 800-1200 range
20220610 1430 hrs - Pagan Creek Dyke (Lewes, DE)