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look. we're finally almost there.
yeah. after only 3 days, walking across this baking sand.
good thing we brought the case of booze, eh?
may I remind you who carried it the whole way?
no need. and you can pour me a glass now.
anything else I can get you?
ice would be great.
yeah, I'll just run over to the store and get some.
really? thanks!
My original comment about this high cross read as follows: As you walk along a lonely country lane from the LUAS tram stop at Laughanstown to the old church at Tully the first thing of note that you will see is a well preserved high cross. The cross was saved from destruction by James Grehan in the later part of the nineteenth century. The road next to the cross was being lowered and James Grehan had this small wall built and the cross placed upon it at it's original height.
Today tt is nearly the end of 2017 and I have just realised that Dublin [Greater Dublin] is now changing faster than I can photograph the changes and as a result I really do need to review my programme for 2018. I think that the changes are more rapid than in the Celtic Tiger period.
Today as the sunlight was magical I decided to use my 15mm Voigtlander with my new Sony A7RIII body and I was more than a little bit surprised by the results. I am now convince that the Sony A7RIII is very much superior to the A7RII. Also while I was inclined to avoid using the Voigtlander 15mm until now I must confess that I was really impressed by it when combined with the A7RIII.
Every time I publish photographs of Laughanstown I receive mail advising me that I made a spelling error and that the name of the area is Loughlinstown. I am one hundred percent certain that there is no tram stop named Loughlinstown but to be fair I cannot blame anyone for being confused as it could well be argued that Laughanstown is in Loughlinstown.
Today, I met a very helpful lady on the tram who was convinced that I was totally confused about my destination. Even when I showed her photographs of the old church and graveyard she was not at all convinced that I was not confused.
I think that I last visited the area about a year ago so I was not really expecting to see any changes. In the past I was able to access the historic sites via a narrow country lane. Today I was a bit disappointed to discover that access to a really old historic cross was barred because of a major redevelopment. I met a gentleman, walking his dog, and was surprised to discover that he was East European [he look like a local farmer and I suspect that he actually was a farmer] but he explained to me that the area was being redeveloped as a public park with a major road passing through it and that I could only gain access to the site from Carrikmines. As the sunset was approaching I decided that it was best to come back at a later date.
[UPDATE... Further Research Resulted In The Following Information]
Tully Park is located at the centre of the Cherrywood development, and the park itself is centred on the ruins of the Tully Church and Graveyard. Tully Park will be 22 acres in size, roughly the same as Dublin’s St. Stephen’s Green Park.
Being the flagship park of Cherrywood, Tully Park will serve as a facility for the entire development, containing everyday walking and cycling routes and providing environmentally-positive connections.
Lehaunstown Lane and the existing hedgerows and tree lines will divide the Park naturally into four zones:
A Heritage Zone with Tully Church & Graveyard, High Crosses and their environs, with paths to explore the monuments.
A Biodiversity Zone with lots of native wildflowers, shrubs, trees and informal paths to wander.
A Play Zone which includes a large play area for kids, a skate park and an amphitheater area for open-air plays or performances.
A Passive Zone with lawns, meadows and wooded areas make up the majority here, with winding paths and seating areas.
Tully Park will be located beside a primary and secondary school. These schools and the local community will be able to avail of the outdoor recreational facilities and open space within Tully Park.
Destination Posters from Star Tours, photoshopped to get rid of any glare and allow for good quality printing. There's a few hickups here and there, but overall I'm happy with my work
EWS liveried class 66/0 no. 66034 approaches it's destination of Drax Power Station with a loaded coal working on 5th September 2012, 6H08 from Immingham. This line was once part of the route of the Hull & Barnsley Railway from South Yorks to Hull Alexandra Dock.
Or rather, the correct display for the point which has been route 15's terminus since August 2010!
From Saturday 29th August 2010 route 15 was cut back from its Paddington Basin terminus and was curtailed at Regent Street, Conduit Street. Buses displayed 'Oxford Circus', although the new terminus was actually a few hundred yards short of that point.
Now that Stagecoach has reshuffled its routes in East London to allow the closure of Upton Park Garage, new blinds have been fitted which at last contain a less misleading destination (a 'Conduit Street' qualifying point would have been even more helpful, but hey-ho). 18919, an Alexander ALX400-bodied Trident, now operating out of Bow despite still carrying its West Ham code, shows the new destination in Bazeley Street, Poplar during the afternoon of Monday 19th September.
Preserved trams at the Belgian coast on their way to the formation of the jubilee parade.
Oostende - June 12, 2010
A view of Old town ( red roofs ) from Royal palace
Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe's (and the world's) most popular tourist destinations. It is the sixth most-visited European city after London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and Berlin.
(Photos by Karl Weisel)
The Star Trek machine touched down at the Frankfurt Messe for three days Feb. 21-23, 2014. Fans had a chance to get up close and personal with Star Trek stars including William Shatner, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Levar Burton, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden and others.
The fibreglass dome of 111, stripped of three+ layers of paint dating back to 1974 when it was delivered to UCOC.
The Destination is now clear, having previously had a transfer applied.
[Picture courtesy of Mark Owen, Central Bus Restorations]
(Photos by Karl Weisel)
The Star Trek machine touched down at the Frankfurt Messe for three days Feb. 21-23, 2014. Fans had a chance to get up close and personal with Star Trek stars including William Shatner, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Levar Burton, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden and others.
Destinations Coaches, Lymington, Scania L94 Irizar Century W361 JBV is seen in Brighton this afternoon, 10th August, 2015. It was new to Redline, Penwortham, and retains the distinctive red and green livery applied by Seaview Services.
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My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.
- Marcel Proust
The last few days have just sucked, and its been a struggle to leave my bed, the taste of food isn't even the same, or even stop your whole body from aching. But in my journey in life I got to meet this beautiful culture and some very wise individuals. One individual in particular told me "Anger is the easiest form to show emotion sometimes we need to step back and sit in our thoughts. In the Native way we teach our children that we have two ears and two eyes for a reason and one mouth because we need to listen first, then watch, and then we speak our minds. But too often we speak first."
There are some things in this world that deserve heartbreaking sorrow and grief, there are some disappointments which do require a day or two of mopey-ness, and if you're lucky enough to be young and so-far untraumatised by life, please try and take these sadnesses, taste them, make a note of the bitterness, then spit them out. Do not swallow them. Because swallowing sadness only leads to becoming bitter and cynical, it rewires your heart and your insides to seek solitude with the darkness - darkness that comforts and surrounds you, but also devours you.
If you have already swallowed lots of sadness and you feel depression, and when you climb you slip back into the hole after a step or two, please, let yourself rest. Go back and work out what wired you this way. Forgive it. Nothing in life was owed to you, promised to you. Forgive that, too. It's a hard feat, to rewire yourself, but it's worth the battle.
And finally, for when I come back and read this on a bad day (and resist the urge to punch myself in the face) - everything in life has a price tag, except the things life can't take. Here are a list of things life cannot take, enjoy them as much as you can enjoy a live orchestral symphony booming under the stars
- The sound of the wind
- The sound of the rain
- The gentle quiet on cloudy days
- The hum of the city, the beeps of traffic, the sirens which sing along to songs
- Music, music, music
- The breeze from an open window
- The smell of campfires at night
- Any smell at night
- How nature sits peacefully and doesn't ask questions about it's life
- An endless sky above you
- Endless questions and wonder within you
And remember, everything else has a price. Pay it. Because falling in love is worth it, even if they don't stick around, even if it's only a night, or 8 months, even if they die. Looking into someone's eyes and understanding them, is worth it. Loving your friends and family so fiercely it makes you afraid, is worth it. Watching your cat as he sleeps on your bed is worth it. These are the things you are paying the price for. Enjoy them, hold them close, know their value. And when darkness comes, and it will, it will. Tell the darkness that it cannot take those things you have loved, and paid the price for. They are yours to keep, now.
The festival celebrates the finest in both gardening and food. Visitors can expect stunning show gardens and nursery displays alongside a bounty of food producers, shopping and top tips from garden experts and celebrity chefs.
Set against the picturesque Malvern Hills, show gardens are always a number one destination, with five designers being awarded with RHS Gold Medals in 2016.
The Floral Marquee is bursting with examples of the finest nurseries in the UK and abroad, with many old favourites and new varieties on sale.
The foodie hotspot, Festival Food and Drink Pavilion, is a lively market of food producers offering a variety of artisan produce. At the heart is a Kitchen Theatre where celebrity guests and local producers showcase their skills and produce.
Other festival favourites include the School Gardens, Get Going Get Growing pavilion and Family Day (Sunday).
RHS Malvern Spring Festival is a joint partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society and Three Counties Agricultural Society.
An entirely new vision brings RHS Malvern Spring Festival into full bloom for 2017, taking inspiration from the event’s Spa town heritage. The landmark four-day spectacle, taking place from Thursday 11 – Sunday 14 May at the Three Counties Showground, welcomes all new features and exhibits and a vibrant line up of the finest in gardening, food and lifestyle.
Jane Furze, Head of RHS Malvern Spring Festival, said: “We are so excited to share the glorious plans that are afoot for RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2017. It really is going to be a sensational year for our leading event with plenty for everyone. Whether you’re a newcomer to gardening, a veteran horticulturalist or simply looking for a family day out, RHS Malvern Spring Festival has it all. We look forward to welcoming visitors to our stunning showcase of spring in May.”
The new vision for RHS Malvern Spring Festival takes inspiration from Malvern Spa’s Victorian heyday as a fashionable health resort – a place where day-trippers descended to take advantage of the clean air and to enjoy the health giving waters amongst the romantic beauty of the hills and into a town of pleasure gardens, assembly rooms and numerous eating-places.
Promising a bountiful day out for everyone, visitors can expect:
NEW FOR 2017
FLORAL MARQUEE
RHS Malvern Spring Festival boasts the UK’s longest Floral Marquee at over 195 metres – the equivalent length of four Olympic swimming pools. The Floral Marquee welcomes more than 65 leading UK and international nurseries, setting the horticultural standards with impressive displays of prized blooms and new varieties. Exhibitors in the Floral Marquee represent the very best in plants and advice available. Here visitors can browse and buy from the very best.
JOE SWIFT’S PLANT HUNTER PARLOUR
BBC Gardeners’ World presenter and acclaimed garden expert, Joe Swift brings to life a new centerpiece of the Floral Marquee – Joe’s Plant Hunter Parlour. This immersive experience like no other features daily talks from award winning nurseries and welcomes budding gardeners big and small to discover, learn and indulge their inner plant hunter.
LIVE WELL
Newly introduced for the very first time, this dedicated zone interprets and explores the theme of health and wellbeing in the 21st century.
JEKKA MCVICAR’S HEALTH & WELLBEING GARDEN
The centrepiece of the Live Well zone, British Queen of Herbs, Jekka McVicar designs and builds a specially commissioned permanent garden, bringing to life the role gardens continue to play in our health and sense of wellbeing. Jekka’s garden is a living working space for mind, body and senses.
The garden is both a tranquil seating space where visitors can spend time amongst the aromatic herb beds, and a place to learn and explore what living well meant in yesteryear and what it means today. Visitors are invited to join daily ‘herbal conversations’ with Jekka herself and explore the awe-inspiring world of alternative therapies. The garden is in support of Pathways, a day service for adults with learning disabilities and difficulties.
GROW
A horticultural experience by Jon Wheatley, RHS Gold Medal winning gardener and Chairman of RHS South West in Bloom, Grow takes inspiration from interactive Country gardens and wildflower borders, showcasing a variety of edible beds and bountiful Grow To Show competitions.
SPA GARDENS
A brand new category introduced for the very first time to RHS Malvern Spring Festival, offering a unique platform for emerging gardening talent. Glorious gardens from up and coming designers bring to life the new vision and reflect the thirst for knowledge, new horizons and innovative technology at the heart of Malvern’s Victorian heritage. Gold Medal winning Chelsea garden designer, Jo Thompson is mentoring the new talent as they embark on this exciting new challenge. The Spa Gardens category also features one garden from an international designer supported by the esteemed Moscow Flower Show. This is part of a newly introduced exchange programme, which in return offers one selected British Spa Garden designer the once in a lifetime chance to showcase at Moscow Flower Show in July.
INDOOR SHOPPING ARCADES
A premium quality shopping experience, it is here that visitors can pick up unique pieces in fashion, furniture, homewares, horticulture, gifts and more from independent designers, craftsmen, artisans and artists.
PLANT ARCADES
An exciting open-air shopping experience with over 35 nurseries, each showcasing a wonderful array of plants. Plant steals aplenty can be found here, especially during the famous sell-off on Sunday.
MAKING A WELCOME RETURN
FESTIVAL GREEN
The heart of RHS Malvern Spring Festival featuring a colourful array of pleasure gardens, a bandstand of live music, an impressive collection of classic cars, an array of global flavours from the International Street Food Market, and plenty of places to picnic. It is here visitors rediscover the Victorian love of amusement, surprise and delight, alongside enjoying unique show gardens unlike any other.
FESTIVAL THEATRE
Hosted by RHS Malvern Spring Festival favourite and award winning writer and broadcaster, James Alexander-Sinclair, the Festival Theatre plays host to a lively line up of leading experts and familiar faces. Visitors may take a seat and enjoy demonstrations, talks and exciting features as personalities share their knowledge and passion for all things gardening and food. Confirmed experts include Carol Klein, Joe Swift, Jekka McVicar and Jon Wheatley with plenty more to be announced soon.
SHOW GARDENS
The highest standard of garden design is showcased in the Show Gardens of RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2017. Leading designers create awe-inspiring gardens as they compete for prestigious RHS accolades including Gold medals and the coveted Best In Show. RHS Malvern Spring Festival is famed as the show that raises the bar for design and horticultural talent with numerous RHS Gold medals awarded in 2016. This year is tipped to be no exception.
FOOD & DRINK PAVILION
A foodie hotspot, the Food & Drink Pavilion is a magnificent celebration of British tastes with bountiful offerings from the country’s best-loved artisan producers. Expect the freshest field produce, big cheeses, bread of heaven, specialty gins, decadent bakes and more.
KITCHEN GARDEN THEATRE
This animated live kitchen, hosted by Mark Diacono, showcases a line up of delicious cookery demonstrations from culinary experts and the country’s top chefs. Mark shares advice from his home farm cookery school, Otter Farm and experience as head gardener at River Cottage.
YOUNG GARDENER
A hive of activity tailored to inspire the next generation of gardeners and horticulturalists with fun hands-on activities to help children learn and explore the wonderful world of plants and gardens.
FAMILY DAY
Budding gardeners great and small are invited to get green fingered with a dedicated Family Day on the Sunday of RHS Malvern Spring Festival. This exciting and educational day with plenty of hands on activities is the ideal opportunity to engage children in the fun of gardening and the great outdoors. Expect Kids Cookery demonstrations, make and take crafts, Kids Plant and Grow workshops with BBC Blue Peter Gardener, Chris Collins and more.
SCHOOL GARDENS
RHS Malvern Spring Festival is one of the only RHS Shows in the UK to have a collection of Show Gardens designed and built entirely by young people. This year sees over 12 schools and educational groups from across the three counties taking part, led by BBC Blue Peter Gardener, Chris Collins.
RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2017 will take place from Thursday 11 May until Sunday 14 May. For more information, please call 01684 584900 or visit
British Queen of Herbs, Jekka McVicar will unveil the first ever specially commissioned permanent garden at RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2017. A magnificent centrepiece of the celebrated event’s all-new Live Well zone, Jekka’s garden will bring to life the contribution horticulture continues to make to our health and wellbeing in today’s bustling modern world. The Health & Wellbeing Garden will be launched when the show opens its gates on Thursday 11 May at the Three Counties Showground.#
RHS Ambassador for Health through Horticulture, Jekka McVicar said: “I am delighted to have been asked to create a lasting garden for RHS Malvern Spring Festival. I want the Health & Wellbeing Garden to be a usable and beautiful space that is embraced by people of all ages – a space for growth, education and reflection. With the Malvern Hills as a dramatic backdrop, RHS Malvern Spring Festival is such a beautiful place and because it’s at the start of the summer, it’s always a time of such optimism. It is a real privilege to bring this garden to life as part of such a dynamic and exciting show.”
Jekka’s Health & Wellbeing garden, as the focus for the new Live Well Zone, is inspired by the increasing need for reflection and escape from the stresses of modern life. It also seeks to preserve and share the vital knowledge of how horticulture and its associated therapies can help the mind, body and soul. The garden will be a living, working space with a tranquil seating area, where visitors can immerse themselves amongst the aromatic herb beds, and also educate themselves on the place that herbs and horticulture play in today’s society.
Head of RHS Malvern Spring Festival, Jane Furze said: “It is a real pleasure to be working with Jekka to build a garden not only for this year’s event, but also for the future. Jekka’s designs look spectacular and we cannot wait to see these brought to life and shared with our many visitors. The Health & Wellbeing Garden will no doubt be a real highlight of RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2017 and for many years to come.”
Throughout the 4-days of RHS Malvern Spring Festival, Jekka will host daily ‘herb conversations’ in the garden, unearthing hidden gems from the world of alternative therapies, food and gardening. Jekka will also provide insights into herbs as the foundation of modern medicine, seeking to preserve the knowledge that over time is danger of being lost.
The Health & Wellbeing Garden is in support of Pathways, a work-focused day service for adults with learning disabilities and difficulties. Pathways use gardening and the environment as an educational tool to introduce young adults to the working world. Clients of Pathways benefit from gaining vital skills for entering the working world, these include trust, communication, interaction with peers, taking direction and responsibility for themselves and others.
Leaving a legacy, Jekka’s garden will provide Pathways with a nurturing space to continue their works in encouraging clients to grow. Throughout the show times, Pathways will sell plants and refreshments from the garden. Funds raised from these sales go towards covering the costs of the residential trip taken twice each year for clients of Pathways, a vital retreat for clients that contributes to their sense of wellbeing. Outside of show days, Pathways and local schools will host sessions in the garden. The garden aims to inspire visitors of all ages and abilities with engaging elements tailored for all.
Jekka’s design will incorporate the unique and flexible WoodBlocX system, specially selected to provide permanent raised bed structures to house the garden’s vast selection of herbs and edibles. The centrepiece of the garden contains four large planted sections featuring smooth curves constructed from the unique WoodBlocX system. WoodBlocX use sustainable, long-lasting, organic and FSC accredited wooden bricks, which can be used to create any shape such as the naturally fluid curves seen in Jekka’s elegant design.
Considered an unmatched expert by the UK’s top chefs and horticulturalists, Jekka McVicar is an enterprising British herb grower, organic gardening expert, author and broadcaster. Jekka’s Herb Farm, in nearby South Gloucestershire, boasts the largest collection of culinary herbs in the UK with more than 500 different varieties.
Alongside her RHS Ambassadorship for Health through Horticulture, Jekka’s accolades include 62 RHS Gold Medals, Garden Media Guild Lifetime Achievement Award and the RHS Lawrence Medal for the best exhibit shown at any RHS show in 2009. Jekka is also a Vice President of the RHS, Vice President of the Herb Society, is a founder member of the RHS Herb advisory group, and a member of the RHS Three Counties Agricultural Society Joint Committee. Jekka has herself exhibited at RHS Malvern Spring Festival since 1993 and has been a vital contributor to the team at Three Counties for over a decade.
RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2017 will take place from Thursday 11 May until Sunday 14 May. Tickets are now on sale. For more information and to book tickets, please call
Blipping a few buttons on a screensavered control panel of the Transport Museum's example bus let me dig through menus and play around with the fabled driver's soundboard. Not sure if I was meant to be able to. (There are only 13 messages, and I'd heard all of them before, a little disappointingly.)
Destination Luxury’s much anticipated music festival kick-off pool party and fashion extravaganza made quite a splash on this year’s ‘off-site festival’ social circuit. In it’s debut at the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage, the exclusive DLX Dayclub hosted scene-sters at one of the hottest parties in the desert.
Different styles and types of destinations have been used on the Glenelg Trams during their 81 years in service on the metropolitan tramlines in Adelaide. Usually we just saw "City Glenelg" but there were others...
The 2017 Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index pinpoints where international travelers go and how they spend when visiting new cities.
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"Tomorrowland - Promise of things to come"
The original TWA Moonliner was always the symbol of Tomorrowland to me, even though it was gone by the time I visited Disneyland in 1972. On my second visit, in April, 2016, I was delighted to see that a replica of the epitome of spaceship design had been restored to its rightful place. The occurrence of a full moon on the last night of my visit made the sight even more meaningful.
Lukee is seen having arrived at Thurla with its train from Karadoc.
Red Cliff Historical Steam Railway - April 3rd 2022.
Kitty Hawk, NC. October 2023.
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High Street, Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
This display cabinet with a rolling screen that also contains advertisements is a few minutes walk away from either the bus or train stations. Probably useful for day-trippers walking back from the seafront.