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This was in the early afternoon, at high tide. About 3 hours earlier, at low tide, we were walking on the ocean floor and standing under the arch of that huge rock formation. Here's what it looked like then:
a bit of info about this location:
Hopewell Rocks has the highest & fastest tides in the world. Twice a day, 160 BILLION tons of water flow during a single tide change. The water level rises about 50 feet. To compare, the average height of any other tide change in the world is about 3 feet.
To give an idea how much water that is, it’s about equal to the water flow of all the rivers in the world combined. Or put another way, Niagara Falls would have to flow for more than a year to equal the amount of water in just a single tide change at Hopewell!
With 27 acres of woodland, water gardens, and a collection of rare, exotic and award-winning plants, High Beeches Garden is a botanical treasure trove, and one of Sussex's finest gardens. High Beeches Garden is home to a plant collection that includes specimens from many parts of the world. It's a hidden gem in the High Weald of West Sussex. A botanical treasure trove and classic English idyll make it one of the finest gardens in the South East.
Seasonal mystique
Whether you want a quiet stroll through the glades of a beautiful Sussex garden, somewhere to watch the wild life or marvel at some magnificent plants High Beeches is a harmonious sanctuary at any time of the year.
Immerse yourself in bursts of colour and perfume as Summer flowers bloom, or view the breath-taking colours of Autumn.
A unique and ancient Wild Flower Meadow in Sussex
Plant Life, the wild plant conservation charity, has named High Beeches as one of the 7 great gardens to see wild flowers www.plantlife.org.uk/wildflower_garden.
The Wildflower Meadow, or Front Meadow, at High Beeches has been called a meadow since l848, when Sir Robert Loder bought ‘The Beeches’ and in all likelihood was a meadow long before that. It has not been cultivated for at least 80 years and grazing ceased in about l980. The only plants introduced are some narcissi cultivars in about l980 and the original clump of native birches has been replaced with the existing one. Evolving endlessly, some years it is a mass of ox-eye daises and other years the buttercups predominate. Recently the cowslips, Primula veris, the Common Twayblade, Listera ovata, and the Devilsbit Scabious, Succisa pratensis have been on the increase.
The meadow slopes to the southwest and the soil is slightly acid. There are 46 species of wildflower and 13 species of grasses, sedges, rushes and ferns to be found, which have been identified by Arthur Hoare of the Sussex Botanical Recording Society. The meadow attracts a huge number of insects including butterflies and moths.
The meadow is a Site of Nature Conservation Importance, SNCI, one of over 300 in West Sussex. There are 11 plants which are indicators of ancient meadow land, all of which are to be found at High Beeches and they are: Sweet Vernal- grass, Red Clover, Ribwort Plaintain, Red fescue, Crested Dog’s Tail, Red Fescue, Cock’sFoot, Yorkshire Fog, White Clover, Bird’s-foot-trefoil, Common Bent and Common Knapweed.
Maintenance: The grass is cut in August and the hay removed by mechanical means.
The heavy horses from The Working Horse Trust then harrow the meadow to removethe thatch, scatter seed and open up the sward to enable the wildflowers to seed successfully.
Through the Seasons: In April the first meadow grasses flower, one of the first is the Sweet Vernal-grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum followed by the Meadow Foxtail,
The first colour to be seen is yellow from the cowslips then in May the buttercups start to flower followed by the Yellow Rattle, Rhinianthus minor agg., Meadow Vetchling, Lathyrus pratensis and Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil, Lotus cornicula. Late May and June sees the red of Red Clover, Trifolium pratense, pink of the Common Spotted-orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsia and the whites of the Oxeye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare and the Lesser Stitchwort, Stellaria graminea. Later in the summer/early autumn the beautiful Devilsbit Scabious, Succisa pratensis gives parts of the meadow a purple haze.
Many of the wildflowers and grasses in the meadow provide food for the numerous insects, butterflies and moths. Amongst them bees, including Bumble Bees, and hover flies feed on Bird’s-foot-trefoil, Knapweed, Clover, Selfheal, Betony and many more. Cock’s Foot is an important food for the caterpillars of the Ringlet and Large Skipper butterflies. The caterpillars of the Small Skipper feed on Yorkshire Fog and Common Sorrel is a food source for the Small Copper butterfly. Other insects to be seen in the meadow include spiders, beetles, damsel flys, grasshoppers, crickets, ladybirds and dragonflies.
Supremos, Veteranos e “Bichos” do Instituo Politécnico de Beja realizaram pelas ruas da cidade, a 9 de outubro de 2014, o desfile académico que culminou no “batismo”, que consagra a passagem de “bicho” a caloiro.
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High Crag, from the Eastern shore of Buttermere.
The crags of Burtness Comb, Sheepbone Buttress, White Cove and Comb Crags are beautifully illuminated in this view. Comb Beck and a series of waterfalls, tumble to Buttermere.
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The features on the horizon are oil pumpjacks. The bird over the sun is a Common Nighthawk...they truly are common there. "High" is a relative term here in this low-lying part of the world but it's high enough that houses do not need to be on stilts to guard against storm surges.
Part of the HAWK anti aircraft system. I maintained this radar in Korea, the US and Germany.
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The Board of Supervisors recognized Chantilly High School’s Virginia Class 6 Diving and Wrestling State Champions.
We have just completed week one of High Line Spring Cutback!
Spring Cutback is an intense six week-long process in which we cut back the High Line’s wild grasses, perennials, and shrubs to make way for new spring growth. It’s our biggest task of the year and High Line Gardeners couldn’t do it without the help of a dedicated group of volunteers. Stop by the park and see the transformation underway as spring bulbs and new green growth pop up.
Here are photos from the kick-off of Spring Cutback 2012.
Photos by Liz Ligon.
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Oak Bay High school, Oak Bay rec centre. Note the construction on the bottom right. Taken on Oct. 20, 2005 on a overcast day.
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Having fun with my Samsung Galaxy's zoom lens, finding compositions previously beyond the 1x zoom on my iPhone. This is a beautiful artistic building occupied by architects on Halifax Street, Adelaide.
A decent pub in Acton, which went through a few guises before settling on this one. Closed in 2024. (Older photo of it as The Redback from 2010.)
Address: 264 High Street.
Former Name(s): The Acton Arms; The Redback; The White Hart.
Owner: Laine Pub Company (former); InnBrighton (former); Gregarious (former); Antic Ltd (former); Enterprise Inns (former); Truman Hanbury Buxton (former).
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