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Thick fog this morning new It would be worth getting out early before it vanished........
Looking at the rear of Syon House, my back to the Thames, this tree is believed to be a Capability Brown remnant.
Syon House, and its 200-acre (80 hectare) park, Syon Park, is in west London, historically within the parish of Isleworth, in the county of Middlesex. It belongs to the Duke of Northumberland and is now his family's London residence.
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The nuclear capability of the Empire of Shiryoku is displayed here with its SS-NX-38 Ballistic Missile Submarine. A small model of the submarine displays best all the engineering details of the inside and outside design.
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This particular model is a GEN Shiryoku specialty submarine, manned by approximately fifty elite nuclear warfare agents. The mission is to avoid war at all cost.
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Inside NASA’s historic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center, towering steel gantries and massive cranes dominate the cavernous interior. This is one of the largest single-story buildings in the world, designed in the 1960s to stack the Saturn V rockets of the Apollo program and now used for assembling the Space Launch System (SLS) for the Artemis missions. The central high-bay area, seen here from above, includes multiple platforms and access decks allowing engineers to integrate and inspect rocket stages with millimeter precision. The structure’s immense scale—capable of accommodating vehicles over 500 feet tall—remains a defining symbol of America’s spaceflight engineering capability.
EWS 47757 'Capability Brown' crosses Long Marton viaduct at 14:33 heading the 13:52 Carlisle-Preston 'Virgin Trains drag', the 1M64 12:04 Glasgow Central to London Euston on Sunday 8th February 2004. This photo was taken just before its catastrophic failure and subsequent withdrawal from service. It languished at Carlisle Upperby depot until November 2005, when it was towed away for scrap at T.J. Thompson at Stockton. It had entered traffic at Tinsley TMD in October 1964 as D1779 and was a popular Stratford 'Brush Type 4' for over a decade as 47184/47585 'County of Cambridgeshire, between 1978 and 1988.
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Grimsthorpe Castle stands in rolling parkland north-west of Bourne in Lincolnshire. The core of the house goes back to the early 1200s when a fortified manor with King John’s Tower guarded routes between the Fen edge and the Great North Road. Later medieval owners included the de Gant and Lovell families before the estate was taken into Crown hands.
In 1516 Henry VIII granted Grimsthorpe to William Willoughby, 11th Lord Willoughby de Eresby, as a wedding gift when he married Maria de Salinas, lady-in-waiting to Katherine of Aragon. Their daughter Katherine Willoughby inherited the estate and married Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, one of Henry’s closest friends. Brandon rebuilt and enlarged the house in grand Tudor style using stone from the dissolved Vaudey Abbey and Henry VIII stayed here in 1541 on his northern progress.
In the early 18th century Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, commissioned Sir John Vanbrugh to redesign the north front. Vanbrugh created the great Baroque façade with its central hall and corner towers which still gives the castle its dramatic outline. A little later Lancelot “Capability” Brown reshaped the surrounding park with lakes, long avenues, woodland belts and sweeping lawns so the house sat at the heart of a designed landscape.
Through the female line the property passed to the Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby family who still hold the historic title of Baron Willoughby de Eresby. The castle and park saw military use in both world wars, then returned fully to family occupation in the mid-20th century. Notable later residents include Nancy, Viscountess Astor, who spent her final years here with her daughter.
Today Grimsthorpe remains the country seat of Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. The house, formal gardens and wider park are managed by the Grimsthorpe and Drummond Castle Trust which looks after the buildings, collections and landscape, opens them to visitors on selected days and uses events, filming and weddings to help support the upkeep of this long-lived Lincolnshire castle.
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Croome, Worcestershire. St Mary Magdalene church was built in the Georgian Gothic style in 1758. It was designed by Lancelot (Capability) Brown with an interior by Robert Adam and is Grade 1 listed. The building is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, after being declared redundant in 1973. There are monuments to the Coventry family (who lived at Croome Court - now National Trust), and the churchyard contains the graves of former servants of the family.
Croome d'Abitot, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire - Church of St Mary Magdalene, High Green
June 2025
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More snow was predicted today for the area I live in, but it hasn't arrived. So with no snowscapes to photograph, I've been looking through my summer photos. As this beautiful tower stands on such a high point, I can get photos of it with lovely blue sky behind it. I visited the tower during a day out with my friend
Broadway Tower was the brainchild of the great 18th Century landscape designer, Capability Brown. His vision was carried out for George William 6th Earl of Coventry
with the help of renowned architect James Wyatt and completed in 1798.
It is one of England's outstanding viewpoints and at 1024 feet (312m) above sea level, it is the second highest point on the Cotswold escarpment. Unrivalled views survey an expanse of a 62 mile radius and as many as 16 Counties.
Results of a 'play' session uisng new photographic toys in Petworth Park.
It's now the end of March 2023 and all we want some good light...
In terms of the landscape, it's entirely artificial.
Friday afternoon I went to the end of South Pier to shoot the sun, waves, and ice. A fellow walker asked me if I had caught the bald eagles. I looked over, saw them perched in the distance, and wandered over. It was a brisk, but good, outing.
I do wish that either I could have gotten closer or I had a better telephoto capability. The birds were high up and I didn't want to get to close to them as I walked along the beach.
22 Sep 2021 Retired to AMARG.
43rd ECS Active Oct 1992 Apr 2020. Instructional airframe at Davis-Monthan AFB Sep 2021
55TH ELECTRONIC COMBAT GROUP
The 55th Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command. The wing is primarily stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, but maintains one of its groups and associated squadrons at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, as a geographically separated unit.
Air Force Times
This Compass Call squadron was deployed in Afghanistan for 20 years. Here’s their inside story.
Rachel Cohen
June 15, 2022·15 min read
From 2001 to 2021, the shadowy 41st Electronic Combat Squadron — known as the 41st Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron when deployed overseas — was the longest continuously deployed Air Force unit in Afghanistan. The EC-130H Compass Call electronic-attack unit from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, was pivotal in fighting the Taliban, al Qaida and Islamic State-Khorasan fighters and protecting American and allied troops, logging nearly 14,800 sorties over 90,000 flying hours. They returned home in October 2021 to begin their next chapter with new missions and, soon, new planes.
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base / KDMA. EC-130H Hercules 73-1580 of the 43d Electronic Combat Squadron currently assigned to the 55th Electronic Combat Group.
The EC-130H fleet is composed of a mix of Baseline 1 and 2 aircraft.
Baseline 1 aircraft have the flexibility to keep pace with adversary use of emerging technology. It promotes enhanced crew proficiency, maintenance and sustainment with a common fleet configuration, new operator interface, increased reliability and better fault detection.
Baseline-2 provides the Air Force with the equivalent of a “fifth generation electronic attack capability,” providing improved aircraft performance and survivability.
Am letzten Freitag war ich nach langer Zeit mal wieder beim Stammtisch. Erst war coronabedingt 2 Jahre nichts möglich. Dadurch hatte ich den Kontakt zum Stammtisch ein wenig verloren und es hat bis zum Sommer gedauert, um herauszufinden ob er noch existiert. Dann hatte ich an den Terminen schon was anderes geplant und so hatte es jetzt doch bis November gedauert, bis ich mal wieder dabei war.
Auch wenn er jetzt in anderem Rahmen stattfindet, es waren noch etliche bekannte Gesichter dabei und es war schön, die alten Bekanntschaften wieder zu erneuern.
Leider war es jetzt abends schon sehr dunkel und ich hatte die "Nachtsichtfähigkeit" meines Smartphones wohl doch ein wenig überschätzt. Zumal auch das Wenzelschloß aufgrund der Energieeinsparvorschriften nicht mehr so beleuchtet ist wie früher.
Im Lokal hatten wir eine ruhige Ecke im Obergeschoß für uns, so konnten wir in aller Ruhe quatschen.
Danach kam es dann aber ein wenig ungeplant: der Sprit im Auto drohte zu Ende zu gehen, also ehe ich unterwegs liegenbleibe, war das TAnken en femme das kleinere Übel. Allerdings musst edanach auch noch ein Gang zur Bank sein, damit ich am nächsten Tag meinen Wochenendeinkauf machen konnte.
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Last Friday I was back at the regulars' table after a long time.
For the last 2 years, nothing was possible due to corona. As a result, I lost contact with the group and it took until the summer to find out if it still existed. Then I had already planned something else on the firdt possible dates and so it took until November until I was there again.
Even if it is now taking place at a different location, there were still a number of familiar faces and it was nice to renew old acquaintances.
Unfortunately, it was already very dark in the evening and I probably overestimated the "night vision capability" of my smartphone a bit. Especially since the Wenceslas Castle is no longer illuminated as it used to be (due to the actual energy saving regulations).
In the restaurant we had a quiet corner on the upper floor to ourselves, so we could chat in peace.
But after that came something a little unplanned: the fuel in my car threatened to run out, so before I break down on the road, refueling en femme was the lesser evil. However, afterwards I also had to go to the bank to get some new money for my weekend shopping the next day.
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Landscaped by Lancelot “Capability” Brown,
this estate is crowned by a Neo-Greco-Roman mansion,
now used as part of Stowe Public School.
Brown ensured that from the house a number of Classical structures would provide, eye-line, focal points within the Park Landscape.
These include the scaled-down copies of Greek Temples, like the one shown,
Obelisks, Columns with statues and a Corinthian Arch,
centred on the house, nearly a mile to the south-east.
The lakes and valleys provide slopes and water, to further enhance the vistas and present a variety of eco-systems.
Copse woodland and mature trees lining vast, sweeping lawns.
Wood-fringed lakes, streams and waterfalls.
Wild meadow land, farm-land and a maze of interconnecting drives and paths.
This lake is known as the Octagonal Lake.
A brood of Coot chicks briefly swam out into the open, but lily-covered, expanse of water.
Mum and Dad Coots ushered them back into the safety of the nest amongst the reeds, rushes and Water-Irises.
The adults then swam out to forage for food before returning to the nest.
Although far from natural, the Estate has matured and provides a very pleasant and relaxing environment, managed in recent times by the National Trust.
This bridge was built in 1758 for the 2nd Earl Strafford to carry a carriageway and footpath over the Serpentine River on his estate. This allowed access from the house to the entrance at Strafford Gate. The river has now partially dried up, but sections of water still remain.
The Serpentine Bridge is a single span stone bridge (Waymark Code: WMDZR7IS). It spans the contour canal. The stone steps were added later. It's a Grade II Listed Building in accordance with Historic England and Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.
Between 2005 and 2008 restoration work was carried out on the Serpentine Bridge balustrade, Rotunda Temple, Gun Room, the Ha-Ha, Corinthian Temple and Archers Hill Gate. Work had not begun on the Tuscan Temple.
The repairs to the Serpentine Bridge were to reinstate the vandalised section of stone balustrade as per the original design back in the 18th century (1758).
Although Capability Brown has traditionally been associated with the park at Wentworth Castle, there is no evidence he was consulted.
Wentworth Castle Gardens is a Grade I Registered Landscape, the only one of its kind in South Yorkshire. There are over 26 individually listed buildings and structures in the grounds and parkland. The site consists of
over 60 acres of formal gardens and 500 acres of wider parkland. The main house and some of the surrounding buildings are owned by Northern College, which provides residential and community education for adults.
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Croome, Worcestershire - the memorial of the 4th Baron of Coventry who died in 1687, it shows him reclining on a sarcophagus reaching towards a figure of Faith. St Mary Magdalene church was built in the Georgian Gothic style in 1758. It was designed by Lancelot (Capability) Brown with an interior by Robert Adam and is Grade 1 listed. The building is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, after being declared redundant in 1973. There are monuments to the Coventry family (who lived at Croome Court - now National Trust), and the churchyard contains the graves of former servants of the family.
Croome d'Abitot, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire - Church of St Mary Magdalene, High Green
June 2025
The Grotto Statue, at the end of the lake, found in the Gardens around Croome Court, near Pershore, Worcestershine, England.
Croome Court is a mid 18th century neo-Palladian mansion surrounded by extensive landscaped parkland .
The mansion and park were designed by The mansion and park were designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown for the 6th Earl of Coventry, and were Brown's first landscape design and first major architectural project. Some of the mansion's rooms were designed by Robert Adam.for the 6th Earl of Coventry, and were Brown's first landscape design and first major architectural project. Some of the mansion's rooms were designed by Robert Adam.
DOTS (Drone Operating Tank System) is essentially a supercomputer with treads and guns. DOTS is a Mid-long range tank as it does not have the armor necessary to take on battles on the front-line, for defensive capability's it has several flares and smoke dispensers, but for its main ability it uses a form of invisibility which it uses to escape unnecessary and dangerous battles. This technology can only last for so long which means the tank has to sacrifice potential firepower, armor and offensive ability's for a powerful engine as to power its invisibility, fast movement and the supercomputer that controls its drones. DOTS acts as a hivemind which controls its nearby drones allowing for the drones to communicate to one another effectively and efficiently. Without a DOTS the drones wouldn't be able to operate as desired and wouldn't be able communicate to each other. The drones DOTS operates also help protect itself, mainly the DDS (Defensive Deployment System) The DDS is a four wheeled drone which carries smokes, flares and APS soft kill launchers which help aid other allies and DOTS. The other two drones DOTS operates are the RSA (Rotary Small Arms) and the RMD (Rotary Missile Drone)
For its own firepower the DOTS has one main canon and a 50CAL anti personal turret.
632. Man must fight against darkness by the side of light, since being in alliance with light is being in alliance with Himself.
633. The fight against darkness manifesting in the world is essential. But my foremost duty is the battle against the darkness in my very own soul.
634. The battle against darkness must be omnidimensional.
635. All things that are light-like are in solidarity with one another.
636. In the highest sense of actionality, action and inaction, doing and non-doing (Chinese wei wu wei) coincide with one another: this is when non-doing becomes an act, and doing takes its place in the calm manner of non-doing.
637. (Mors triumphalis) Triumphal death on the battlefield means victory over death, for though I could not conquer the enemy, I triumphed over death - externally I went under death, internally however I won and ascended triumphally.
638. From a traditional perspective, offensive war is considered to be more appropriate than defensive war, viz. the latter acts under coercion.
639. Each heroically orientated man is ab ovo pacific (but not a pacifist): he is not only inclined to establish peace, but has the capability to accomplish it - and he does so.
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Metaphysical aphorisms by András László
Croome, Worcestershire. Both house and gardens at Croome Court were designed by Capability Brown between 1751-2, rebuilding an earlier house from the 1640s. The estate was requisitioned in WW2, but was not used for troops, being offered to the Dutch Royal family, but nearby, and partly within the grounds, RAF Defford was established, an important location for the Telecommunications Research Establishment. They left in 1957 as the runways were too short. The house was sold by the Croome Estate Trust in 1948, and became St Josephs Special School until 1979. Taken over by the Hare Krishna movement, it became known as Chaitanya College with involvement from George Harrison, who created recording studios within the house. They left in 1984 and the house was used for several short-term activities, including a training centre; apartments; a restaurant and conference centre; a hotel and golf course, and a private family home. In 2007, it was purchased by the Croome Heritage Trust, who leased it to the National Trust. Croome Court is grade 1 listed.
Croome D'Abitot, near Pershore, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England - Croome Court, High Green
June 2025
Capability Brown, John Constable und William Turner ... !!!
Diese Räume durchschritt William Turner (1775 - 1851) und ließ sich von dem wunderschönen "Arkadien" vor den Fenstern inspirieren.
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Die Ursprünge von Petworth House reichen bis ins 12. Jahrhundert zurück.
George Wyndham, 3. Earl of Egremont, ließ von 1774 bis 1779 von Matthew Brettingham dem Jüngeren den State Bedroom zur White Library umbauen. Unter ihm erlebte Petworth ein "goldenes Zeitalter".
Der 3. Earl of Egremont war ein großzügiger Mäzen, unter anderem von John Constable (1776 - 1837) und William Turner.
Zur damaligen Zeit gab es keine Museen im heutigen Sinne und die Künstler waren darauf angewiesen, die anderen Malergrößen in Privatsammlungen zu studieren.
Turner malte zwischen 1827 und 1837 zwanzig Ölgemälde und rund 100 Aquarelle in Petworth, darunter Motive aus dem Park und der Innenausstattung.
Für seine wachsende Kunstsammlung ließ der 3. Earl of Egremont die North Gallery von 1824 bis 1827 erneut erweitern und umbauen.
Hinter dem Herrenhaus beginnt ein insgesamt 294 ha großer Park. Ein erster kleiner Park wird im 13. Jahrhundert erwähnt, zur Zeit des 9. Earls of Northumberland umfasste der Park bereits über 160 ha.
Der um 1700 von George London angelegte Barockgarten wurde von 1751 bis 1765 von Capability Brown in einen Englischen Garten umgewandelt.
Der Park gilt als einer der gelungensten Landschaftsgärten von Capability Brown.
Brown gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Landschaftsarchitekten des 18. Jahrhunderts. Seine eifrigen Bemühungen im Finden von Möglichkeiten (eng. „capabilities“) zur Umgestaltung vorhandener alter Gartenanlagen im neuen von ihm vertretenen Stil verhalfen ihm zu seinem Beinamen Capability Brown.
In seiner Schaffenszeit war er an über 170 Gartenbauprojekten beteiligt und er hatte maßgeblichen Einfluss auf die Entwicklung der Parks im englischen Stil.
Brown (1716 - 1783) war ein Vorreiter des Landschaftsbaus. Seine Gartenwerke gehören zu den ersten, die nicht allein die unmittelbare Umgebung miteinbezogen, sondern weitflächig die umgebende Landschaft integrierten und mitgestalteten, er vollzog den Übergang von der reinen Schlossparkarchitektur zur großflächigen Landschaftsgestaltung.
Er benutzte dazu die von William Kent entwickelte Technik der „clumps and dots“, bei der auf dem weitläufigen Gelände durch einzelne Bäume (dots) und Baumgruppen (clumps) ein natürlich malerischer Eindruck erzeugt wird.
Riesige Rasenflächen, die von Viehherden niedrig gehalten werden mussten, waren ebenso auszeichnend für sein Werk.
Um die Tiere von dem unmittelbaren Landgut fernzuhalten, nutzte er eine als Ha-Ha bekannte Grabenkonstruktion.
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A view of the Grand Bridge in the Blenheim Palace Grounds. Normally I take photos of the bridge from a more elevated view point, but the car park was very busy on this day, and the cars were intruding into the picture, so I came down to lake level to hide the cars. As it happens I think it's worked quite well, I liked the cloud hovering over the bridge and creating a nice reflection.
The Grand Bridge was a part of Vanbrugh's original scheme for the palace and its grounds; it wasn't completed as intended; there was to have been a gallery and another storey. When constructed there was no lake, the bridge crossed an ornamental canal, the lake was created 50 years after the bridge was built by 'Capability' Brown. He flooded the cellars of the bridge when he created the lake; it is difficult now to imagine the bridge without the lake.
The light wasn't the very best as there was this layer of thin high cloud; I've increased the saturation on the sky to compensate for this.
17.5.2009 Thanks again everyone for your many kind comments. I thought it would be worth re-visiting this image and doing a bit more editing; previously, (partly because I was in a hurry) I didn't split off the layers; this time I had separate sky, lake, and 'ground' layers, and I edited the colours and saturation separately in each one. I think the bridge colour has greatly improved in this second edit.
Rare Breed Irish Moiled calves at The National Trust Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire England. In 2013 Lovesick cows at Wimpole got a new mate for Valentine's. This was such a beautiful sight as I walked through Lancelot 'Capability' Brown's Landscape to see some of those adorable Woo d offspring.
When it was fully commissioned in 1984, Dinorwig Power Station was regarded as one of the world's most imaginative engineering and environmental project.
Today, Dinorwig's operational characteristics and dynamic response capability are still acknowledged the world over. Dinorwig is the largest scheme of its kind in Europe.
Dinorwig is comprised of 16km of underground tunnels, deep below Elidir mountain. Its construction required 1 million tonnes of concrete, 200,000 tonnes of cement and 4,500 tonnes of steel.
The station's six powerful generating units stand in Europe's largest man-made cavern. Adjacent to this lies the main inlet valve chamber housing the plant that regulates the flow of water through the turbines.
Dinorwig's reversible pump/turbines are capable of reaching maximum generation in less than 16 seconds. Using off-peak electricity the six units are reversed as pumps to transport water from the lower reservoir, back to Marchlyn Mawr.
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The question is why build a power station in a mountain? The answer is a simple one. The designers wanted to minimise the impact that a large power station would make on the countryside and the most suitable site for the power station was on the boundary of the magnificent Snowdonia National Park. Naturally enough, when the scheme was first proposed, conservationists were alarmed by the enormity of the design and its position in one of the country's premier national parks. However, many assurances were given, and considerable modifications and alterations to the original design were undertaken to meet the environmental objections.
There seemed no better way to disguise the station than by hiding it inside the mountain which had already been excavated for hundreds of years by the slate quarrymen.
Another question is why was something of the scale of Dinorwig needed? In the 1950s, the concept of pumped storage came to Britain for the first time with the planning of the Blaenau Ffestiniog hydroelectric pumped storage scheme. This plan was highly successful and demonstrated the importance of pumped storage generation plant. However, it was realised that this power station would be insufficient to regulate the growing electricity demands of the country.
Engineers spent two years investigating possible sites for a large generating scheme. In the end three sites were shortlisted, all of them in North Wales. Elidir Mountain, sited on the boundary of the Snowdonia National Park, had the unique feature of a lake near its peak, Llyn Machlyn Mawr and another, Llyn Peris, at the bottom – ideal for a pumped storage scheme.
Elidir Mountain had long been used for another purpose. At the side of the lower lake, Llyn Peris, were the remnants of another industrial age – the Dinorwig slate quarries. For more than 200 years, mining carried out by thousands of quarrymen had eaten into the side of Elidir, leaving terraces up to a height of over 600 metres and the unsightly scars of industrial waste at its foot. It was the slate industry which dominated the scenery and the lives of the local community by providing the main employment in the area until synthetic materials overtook traditional slate production. At its peak, the Dinorwig slate quarry employed about 3,000 men. Indeed, at the beginning of the 1900's, Dinorwig was the second largest slate quarry in the world, overtaken only by the neighbouring Penrhyn quarry. Demand for slate roofing material became significant during the late eighteenth century and roofing slates from Dinorwig and other North Wales quarries were not only shipped all over Britain but also found their way to continental Europe and North America where they were used to meet the expanding housing needs in the industrial cities. The slate industry reached its peak towards the end of the nineteenth century and in 1969 the quarry finally stopped production.
Having made the decision to build a power station at Dinorwig, consultations began with the local community who, by a large majority, welcomed the prospect of up to 2,000 jobs during the construction phase. They also welcomed a sensitive design which involved hiding most of the power station deep inside Elidir Mountain in underground caverns.
After almost ten years of hollowing out the mountain, creating tunnels, enlarging the lakes and shifting all the heavy machinery into the mountain, Dinorwig was ready to go and was opened by Prince Charles in 1984. Since then Dinorwig has become essential to Britain's power supply; stepping in on those occasions when we all decide to make a cup of tea.
Pape Nature Park - Latvia // In 1936 Polish professor Vitelani started reflexive selection of domestic horses that were mostly like wild ones. As a result of domestic horse took a turn for a wild one through several generations. It was named “Konik Polski” – Polish horse. As to its appearance and capability to survive it is very like the wild horse in Netherlands and Poland wild horses are involved in nature protection. They help to restore and preserve wild meadows. WWF-Latvia started to stimulate the return of wild horses in 1999 in Latvia.
Pictured is the first of the UK’s F-35B Lightning II jets to be flown to the UK.
It is shown here being refueled during its during from the USA to Britain....Accompanied by two United States Marine Corps F-35B aircraft from their training base at Beaufort, South Carolina...The F-35B Lightning II will place the UK at the forefront of fighter technology, giving the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy a true multi-role all weather, day and night capability, able to operate from well-established land bases, deployed locations or the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be known in UK service as the Lightning II. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor but the UK is the only Level 1 partner with the US. A number of British companies, including BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce will have significant industrial work-share in construction and development of the aircraft. The Lightning II will provide UK Defence with a 5th Generation (low observable, supersonic, enhanced data fusion), multi-role, all weather, day and night aircraft that will have the ability to operate from land bases as well as the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers, the first of which is due to accept Lightning II onto her deck in 2018. This basing flexibility will give UK Defence a truly joint expeditionary Combat Air capability well into the 2030’s. The RAF is the lead service for the operation of Lightning II and, like the Harrier before, the Joint Lightning II Force will be manned by both RAF and RN personnel..
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Basking in the early morning sunshine at RAF Fairford during the Royal International Air Tattoo, 15th July 2018.
Charlecote Park, Charlecote, Stratford on Avon
English Heritage Grade 1 listed
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Charlecote Park is a Grade 1 listed, grand 16th-century country house, surrounded by its own deer park, on the banks of the River Avon in Charlecote, near Stratford on Avon and Warwick. The Lucy family owned the land from 1247. Charlecote Park was originally built in 1558 by Sir Thomas Lucy, and Queen Elizabeth I stayed in the room that is now the drawing room. Although the general outline of the original Elizabethan house remains, the present house is of mostly Victorian construction. Successive generations of the Lucy family modified Charlecote Park over the centuries until George Hammond Lucy (High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1831) inherited the house in 1823 and set about recreating the house in its original Tudor style.
Charlecote Park covers 185 acres (75 ha), backing on to the River Avon. William Shakespeare was said to have poached rabbits and deer in the park as a young man, and to have been brought before the magistrates. The lands immediately adjoining the house were further landscaped by Capability Brown in about 1760.
Charlecote was inherited in 1823 by George Hammond Lucy (d. 1845), who in December 1822 had married Mary Elizabeth Williams of Bodelwyddan Castle, Wales. Seven years of major renovation and rebuilding followed, including an extension on the river side, were commenced in 1829. G.H.Lucy's second son, Henry, inherited the estate in 1847 from his elder brother. In 1848, Mary Elizabeth Lucy had what she described as that wretched Norman Church demolished, replacing it with the current St. Leonards Church in 1853.
Charlecote Park has extensive grounds. A parterre has been recreated from the original 1700s plans. The livestock at Charlecote includes fallow deer and Jacob sheep, which were brought to England from Portugal in 1755 by George Lucy
In 1946, Sir Montgomerie Fairfax-Lucy, who had inherited the residual estate from his mother Ada, presented Charlecote to the National Trust in lieu of death duties
Diolch am 93,640,335 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 93,640,335 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 08.05.2022 at Charlecote Park, Caharlecote, Stratford on Avon REF 159d-005
Aerial view of Ditchingham Hall - grade 1 listed building in Norfolk. Classical style country house built for the Reverend John Bedingfield in about 1715. Set in around 2,000 acres of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown.
Partly used as a USAAF hospital in WW2.
Norfolk aerial image
This is Morag Myerscough's installation at Compton Verney, The Village. Situated in the meadow beside the parkland, it was the site of a medieval village that was cleared by 'Capability' Brown in the 1760s when the main house was built nearby. Generally used now as a green backdrop for art installations that are robust enough for children to climb over, this colourful interpretation of the village that has been lost was particularly popular (and will be there until April). The area is also being replanted with trees, following Brown's original plan.
A closer look at this very fine ceiling in the ante-chapel and chapel itself, designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. Its modernisation was commissioned by Brownlow, the 9th earl, in the 18th century.
Operator: NATO - Strategic Airlift Capability
Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
Registration: 08-0001 (SAC 01)
C/n: F-207
Time & Location: 14.11.2020 EFTP, Finland
The Moose
A Heavy Airlift Wing/ Strategic Airlift Capability McDonnell-Douglas/Boeing C-17A Globemaster III diverted to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol after a Dutch Coastguard aircraft had blown tyre after landing at Eindhoven Air Base. I totally missed the landing so I was happy to catch te departure even with the not so superb light we have around midday.
I've decided to re-process this shot manually using Capture One Pro 10 rather than using automated filters of Silver Efex Pro that I used when I first posted it. I much prefer the control that I have with Capture One and I’m finally pleased enough with the results to re-post it.
The shot is of the famous Palladian Bridge at Stowe School from 2014. It was built from 1738-44 and resides in the grounds designed by Lancelot “Capability” Brown. Its design was inspired by the works of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508-80), which is strongly based on symmetry, perspective and formal classical temple architecture in the ancient Greek and Roman style.
It has a 5 bay iconic colonnade flanked by pedimented pavilions with attached columns framing semi-circular-headed arches with scroll key blocks to the sides. Carved heads to ends. Balustrade parapet to bridge. Coffered ceiling with colonnade.
This bridge was built in 1758 for the 2nd Earl Strafford to carry a carriageway and footpath over the Serpentine River on his estate. This allowed access from the house to the entrance at Strafford Gate. The river has now partially dried up, but sections of water still remain.
The Serpentine Bridge is a single span stone bridge (Waymark Code: WMDZR7IS). It spans the contour canal. The stone steps were added later. It's a Grade II Listed Building in accordance with Historic England and Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.
Between 2005 and 2008 restoration work was carried out on the Serpentine Bridge balustrade, Rotunda Temple, Gun Room, the Ha-Ha, Corinthian Temple and Archers Hill Gate. Work had not begun on the Tuscan Temple.
The repairs to the Serpentine Bridge were to reinstate the vandalised section of stone balustrade as per the original design back in the 18th century (1758).
Although Capability Brown has traditionally been associated with the park at Wentworth Castle, there is no evidence he was consulted.
Wentworth Castle Gardens is a Grade I Registered Landscape, the only one of its kind in South Yorkshire. There are over 26 individually listed buildings and structures in the grounds and parkland. The site consists of
over 60 acres of formal gardens and 500 acres of wider parkland. The main house and some of the surrounding buildings are owned by Northern College, which provides residential and community education for adults.
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CORAL SEA (July 21, 2021) The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) transits the Coral Sea during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21. Talisman Sabre 21, the ninth iteration and conducted since 2005, occurs biennially across Northern Australia. Australian, U.S. and other multinational partner forces use Talisman Sabre to enhance interoperability by training in complex, multi-domain operations scenarios that address the full range of Indo-Pacific security concerts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan D. Berlier)
CORAL SEA (July 21, 2021) An F-35B Lightning fighter aircraft from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit lands on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21. Talisman Sabre 21, the ninth iteration and conducted since 2005, occurs biennially across Northern Australia. Australian, U.S. and other multinational partner forces use Talisman Sabre to enhance interoperability by training in complex, multi-domain operations scenarios that address the full range of Indo-Pacific security concerts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan D. Berlier)
60002 Capability Brown is in the cold and frosty wastes of Anglesea sidings, Brownhills. The loco is at the Charringtons depot and has a train of heavy oil, on cold days the tanks were heated with steam to aid discharge.
60002 was new 08/12/1992, she carried the Capability Brown name until 30/11/1996, she received the High Peak name 23/02/1998. The locomotive is now with the Colas fleet.
Copyright Geoff Dowling 19/12/1992
Created in the style of Capability Brown, that great designer, whose forte was creating “natural” landscapes, the park has broad vistas of parkland, bounded by extensive plantings of a variety of deciduous trees, including redwoods, sycamore, cherry, yew and plane. Coppices of beech, oak, chestnuts and lime dot the open parkland.
Water is an important element in the creation of such settings and the estate was fortunate in that the Awbeg River flowed through it and was diverted to form lakes, cascades and ponds, greatly enhancing the beauty of the setting. And, of course, where you have waterways, you must have bridges and there are a few delightful arched stone bridges framed by abundant foliage
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Cherry blossoms in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Petworth, West Sussex, England, UK.
St Mary's Church, Petworth, District of Chichester, West Sussex, England. parish church of Petworth. It's listed at Grade I by English Heritage.
The town is mentioned in Domesday Book. It is best known as the location of the stately home Petworth House, the grounds of which (known as Petworth Park) are the work of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown.
From my trip to the UK: Visited Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Oxfordshire.
The "Adam Speaks" installation, a Robert Adam inspired, accessible tree house was officially opened at the National Trust Croome Court parkland on Saturday 25 November 2017. The main original landscaping it by Capability Brown, and parts of the House by Robert Adam. RAF Defford occupies part of the grounds. It is famous for the secret development of RADAR and automatic aircraft control during and after WW2.
There were once a total of 4 Loggias in the grounds of Trentham Gardens and this is the only Loggia that remains. The path to the left leads up to the old Hall through the Italian Gardens. Straight ahead takes you to the lake.
The Silver Birch trees frame the Loggia and the arches of the Loggia frame the gardens. Capability Brown (1716 - 1788) knew a thing or two about designing and framing!
#113 Natural Framing. theme for 115 pictures in 2015
Explored 5th March 2015
Croome, Worcestershire - The Rotunda. Both house and gardens at Croome Court were designed by Capability Brown between 1751-2, rebuilding an earlier house from the 1640s. The estate was requisitioned in WW2, but was not used for troops, being offered to the Dutch Royal family, but nearby, and partly within the grounds, RAF Defford was established, an important location for the Telecommunications Research Establishment. They left in 1957 as the runways were too short. The house was sold by the Croome Estate Trust in 1948, and became St Josephs Special School until 1979. Taken over by the Hare Krishna movement, it became known as Chaitanya College with involvement from George Harrison, who created recording studios within the house. They left in 1984 and the house was used for several short-term activities, including a training centre; apartments; a restaurant and conference centre; a hotel and golf course, and a private family home. In 2007, it was purchased by the Croome Heritage Trust, who leased it to the National Trust. Croome Court is grade 1 listed.
Croome D'Abitot, near Pershore, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England - Croome Estate, High Green
June 2025
02 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
C17 477FF2
NATO Strategic Airlift Capability
08-0002 c/nF-210
BRK Hungarian Air Force
LHPA Papa AB
EYSA 120950Z 26017G27KT 9999 SCT018 01/M03 Q1024 NOSIG
Testing out the video capability from the Nikon D500, the long awaited successor to the D300s, on a drizzly, cold day.
The flip out touchscreen is a long time coming feature added to this weather sealed pro level APS-C DSLR. 4K video capability looks good, but at a penalty of 2.25x crop on this already cropped sensor. So the 24-70 focal length lens attached becomes a 54-158 mm zoom equivalent field of view. Great for sports and nature videographers, but not so great for trying to get that wide shot.
Taken with Sony RX100 MK IV.