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Southbound DART passes Whiterock on Killiney Bay with a service to Greystones (Na Clocha Liath), as the weather closes in.
Had my Tamron 70-300mm on the camera, wasn't really ideal, but I like the composition.
Let me introduce you to my dad George who loves Edinburgh as much as I do. He's such a special person he really is and we often enjoy walking along the old railway walkways together.
One Sunday afternoon we came to the end of the railway walk just near the Shore. Always one to combine business and pleasure I noted that the next 36 was due in about 15 minutes so we had time for a quick cup of tea at the stylish Cafe Truva along side the Shore bus stop at Coalhill (Alicia loves when we appear!).
We saw the little dart on the bridge nearby and Dad knew of course that it was going to be one of my babes (he's a very good listener...he'd have to be bless him the way I go on about buses these days!). Anyway it was Dart 61 which is nothing unusual for the 36. We sat at the back, munching at the remainder of my Lee's macaroon bar and I had an idea to get him to pose for a photograph inside the bus.
I managed to sweet-talk the driver into waiting a bit longer so I could line George up under the fleet number to take the picture. Just then there was a call from a woman sitting in one of the front seats (behind where I was standing in the aisle). Here's the conversation that followed..........
Woman: Heh...he's 61 i'n't he son? That's why you're takin 'is picture i'n't it?
Dad (softly)...Just ignore her I think she's had a drink.
Stuart: (turning round to the woman)....Yes dear, but you wouldn't think he's 61 now would you?
We all laughed and an amused driver was clearly making some mental notes for more table talk at Central depot later on!
Incidentally, my dad is now 83, but who would guess that from this picture? God knows how old the woman thought I was!
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I created this in Inkscape (a vector-based drawing tool). It's sized to fit a pair of 1024x768 monitors.
Test complete.
Usually stabled on the Dublin Heuston to Kent Cork line, the Irish Rail mark 4 carriages are trialled on the Dublin northern line as far as Dundalk, leaving Connolly Station at 09.50 hrs, seen above on the return leg at Clontarf Road Dart Station just after 13.00 hrs.
Standard rail system map displayed near the ends of the light rail cars.
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"Darter Dusk" A African Darter at last light before it heads off to roost for the night. Shooting from a boat on the Chobe river on Safari with ODP Safaris and the Zambezi voyager.
Number 42 for 120 Pictures in 2020: Fastened
Sympetrum striolatum
These dragonflies are very busy at my pond at present, often with 2 or even 3 pairs mating and ovipositing at once, with spare jealous males darting about trying to break up the action
Direct Access to Regional Transit (DART) service was operated in selected San Diego neighborhoods from the mid-1980s through the late-2000s, such as this van in Hillcrest.
Red-veined darter found at Akrokorinth in Greece.
The red-veined darter or nomad (Sympetrum fonscolombii) is a dragonfly of the genus Sympetrum. It is a common species in southern Europe and from the 1990s onwards has increasingly been found in northwest Europe, including Britain and Ireland.
S. fonscolombii is similar to other Sympetrum species but a good view with binoculars should give a positive identification, especially with a male. Males have a red abdomen, redder than many other Sympetrum species. The wings have red veins and the wing bases of the hind-wings are yellow. The pterostigma are pale with a border of black veins and the underside of the eye is blue/grey. The female is similar but the abdomen is yellow, not red, and the wings have yellow veins, not red veins as found in the males. The legs of both sexes are mostly black with some yellow. Immature males are like females but often with more red.
Occurs in much of central and southern Europe including most Mediterranean islands, in Africa, the Middle East and south-western Asia including India, Sri Lanka, and Mongolia. In Europe it is resident in the south of its range but in some years it migrates northward and has been found as far north as Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Poland and northern England. It is the only libellulid to be found in the Azores and it is also found on the Canary Islands and Madeira.
It is found in all sorts of still water but being a migrant it is often found away from water. It has been seen flying over the sea.
S. fonscolombii can be seen on the wing throughout the year around the Mediterranean and in the south of its range, however, its main flight period is May to October and it is scarce during the winter months. It is a territorial species with the males often sitting on an exposed perch. After copulation the pair stay in tandem for egg laying and pairs can be seen over open water with the female dipping her abdomen into the water depositing eggs. Pairs are known to fly over the sea in tandem dipping into the salt water where the eggs soon perish. The eggs and larvae develop rapidly and S. fonscolombii unlike most other European dragonflies has more than one generation a year.
The River Dart Steamboat Co Ltd (RDSC) and its predecessors, the Dartmouth Steam Packet Company and the Dartmouth and Torbay Steam Packet Company, were the major ferry and excursion boat operators on the River Dart in South Devon for 120 years, until the company's demise in 1976. The company was famous for its distinctive paddle steamers, which were a familiar sight on the river until the late 1960s.
History
(UK)United Kingdom
NameMV Plymouth Venturer, MV Dart Venturer
Owner:
Plymouth Boat Cruises (1982)
Dart Pleasure Craft Ltd(2002)
Route
Plymouth(1982)
River Dart (2002)
BuilderMashfords, Plymouth, UK
Launched: 1982
Status: Operating on the River Dart between Dartmouth and Totnes
General characteristics
Type: Twin-Screw Motor Vessel
Tonnage: 94 GRT
Length: 83 ft (25 m) LOA
Decks: 3
Propulsion: Twin 170hp Diesels
Speed: 11 Kts
Capacity: 300 Passengers
The 1922 Martin Dart waiting for restoration in the Fantasy of Flight Golden Hill Storage Facility located in Polk City in Polk County Florida U.S.A.
Today, I had the opportunity to photograph the various apparatus used by Sacramento's Drowning Accident Rescue Team (DART). Here are a couple of teasers while I work on getting the other pictures uploaded.
Many thanks to Jason at DART for the invitation.
Soon, all the Mk1 Darts will be gone, and Pointer 2 Darts 3109 and 3110 will leave the fleet too. It looks to be that bits from two generations of park and ride vehicles will leave the depot at the same time!
3109 (T109 LKK) is seen here in Guildford bus station on route 26.
Friary bus station, Guildford, Surrey.
Slanghalsvoel
(Anhinga rufa)
The African darter (Anhinga rufa), sometimes called the snakebird, is a water bird of sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq.
The African darter is a member of the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to American (Anhinga anhinga), Oriental (Anhinga melanogaster), and Australasian (Anhinga novaehollandiae) darters.
The male is mainly glossy black with white streaking, but females and immature birds are browner. The African darter differs in appearance from the American darter most recognisably by its thin white lateral neck stripe against a rufous background colour. The pointed bill should prevent confusion with cormorants.
It is an 80 cm long cormorant-like fish-eating species with a very long neck, like other anhingas.
The African darter is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of water occur; overall the species remains widespread and common.
One subspecies, the Levant darter (Anhinga rufa chantrei), occurred at Lake Amik (Amik Gölü) in south-central Turkey, in Hula valley lake and marshes in northern Israel and in the Mesopotamian Marshes of the lower Euphrat and Tigris rivers in southern Iraq. The Turkish population disappeared during the 1930s and the Israeli population during Hula drainage in the 1950s. It was feared that it also had disappeared from Iraq, but a small and threatened population remains at least in the Hawizeh Marshes (part of the Mesopotamian Marshes), which are also home to numerous other waters birds such as little grebe, pygmy cormorant, marbled teal and sacred ibis.
This species builds a stick nest in a tree and lays 3–6 eggs. It often nests with herons, egrets and cormorants.
It often swims with only the neck above water, hence the common name snakebird. This, too, is a habit shared with the other anhingas.
Unlike many other waterbirds the feathers of the African darter do not contain any oil and are therefore not waterproof. Because of this, the bird is less positively buoyant and its diving capabilities are enhanced. After diving for fish, the feathers can become waterlogged. In order to be able to fly and maintain heat insulation, it needs to dry its feathers. Thus the African darter is often seen sitting along the waterside spreading its wings and drying its feathers in the wind and the sun along with cormorants which may share its habitat.
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