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Cox's Bazar has two beautiful dighi or big pond, one of them is this Gol dighi. However, if you see the shape of this round pond, you can understand the reason for its name. A busy landmark in the center of Cox's Bazar City. Close to Sadar Hospital and some other private clinics and also many busy marketplace nearby. This structure is a combination of a big size pond and an architectural design. This round dighi is walled roundly & sitting area with many stairs up on one side. Two separate areas have been created on either side of this sitting area to come down and hang out. Cox’s bazar Development Authority has did great work for make this beautiful place.
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"Amateurs talk strategy, professionals talk logistics".
Whilst a lot of flashing images have been on peoples' telescreens of late, it is clear a lot of people have become armchair generals and sitting room diplomats.
However, physical reality determines what happens in the real world. Some countries ought to be doing certain things for sure but that is a world away from what is happening.
Recent events have shown some countries are stronger or weaker than hitherto imagined. Some alliances or power blocks will no doubt get a rude awakening.
If events are as portrayed, then realignments are inevitable and
access to raw materials will become key. To have such resources, global trade needs to continue as expected, or you need to have your own primary and secondary industries and have not mothballed them or sold them off to a country that no longer likes you.
Also, it is hard to be at war with a country upon whom you are resource-dependent for the next five years (conservative estimate).
PS. Having a look at Orwell's map for 1984 power blocks map is somewhat illuminating.
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It's hard to believe that I haven't posted this one yet, but that might be due to the fact that the Batten Kill has become quite overrun in recent years and, therefore, I haven't seen a need to post my shots shortly after taking them.
In 2021 and 2022, Raven Rail-owned Alco S-2 #3021 called the Batten Kill home. The engine hadn't seen use since its days on the Saratoga & North Creek, and my railroad boss Hal Raven had it moved to Shushan, NY on the Batten Kill where he could more easily work on it. On a few, rare occasions, it made some "shakedown runs," and -- thankfully -- I was able to catch a couple of them. This one from August 4, 2021 saw the 3021 leading a northbound train of inbound loads from Eagle Bridge to Greenwich Junction. In a classic Shushan scene including a diamond-shaped crossing and laundry hanging out on the line, the 3021 looks right at home on the former D&H Washington Branch (although I'll admit I don't think the D&H switchers ever ran over this portion -- I think they were confined to the G&J).
By 2023 or so, the 3021 moved over the Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson. It's one of my favorite engines to ride in between the seats, the smooth ride, the view, and the turbocharger sound. However, it's been terrible when trying to cut the air into a train -- often dumping if you as much as sneeze on the anglecock. The engine itself is essentially a kicker, and it takes forever to charge a train. For now, we're not really using the engine as it's waiting on a new cylinder.
Considering we've got two (soon to be three) original D&H RS-3s on the SC&H -- along with the fact that this S-2 isn't original D&H -- I'd personally love to see this engine get repainted into FJ&G orange, yellow, and black and renumbered 21. That might take a heck of a lot of arm twisting, though -- as well as volunteer hours. I'm curious what any of you think of the idea, but the FJ&G paint scheme is currently only preserved on model railroads...
Batten Kill Train BK-F
August 4, 2021
Shushan, NY
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Explore # 155 ..... I understand how the moon ended up in this photo. However I am not sure how the white band on the left showed up? HBW
The weather last week on Isle of Skye was not the best I have to admit - however we did get to witness a few rainbows :)
We arrived at Sligachan to shoot the waterfalls at sunset and as we got out of the car and walked down the road, my pace was getting faster and faster and I was setting the tripod up as I walked!!
I didn't know how long the rainbow would last so i fired a few shots with no filters to quickly capture it, and then as I realised it was hanging around I put on the poloriser and soft grad and managed to capture this.
I was tempted to clone out the lady on the bridge, but she ads some scale and she was also admiring the same wonderful view as I.
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I found this Liophloeus tessulatus weevil on the side of my house and managed a couple of shots of it.
Weevils are often considered a pest in the garden (or commercial agriculture for that matter), but I obviously like them for being cute and interesting subjects.
This one however is sorta kinda beneficial in that they like to eat the plant known as ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria).
If you have ever had this one in your garden, chances are it's still there as it is incredibly good at resisting eradication and pretty much always seem to come back.
So you see, having these guys around waging war on the bad plant could be a good thing.
After taking a couple of shots of it on the side of my house (as can be seen in Pt. 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51580625812/) I moved it to a yellow flower (as seen in Pt. 3) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51885787595/ before actually moving it a second time, this time to this cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) for some punchy colours in the shot!
I am not sure what the white stuff on its elytra is. It could be pollen from a flower it has visited or some type of fungus.)
This 261 train was my primary target on this evening. However, I ensured to get the one ahead of him too, which turned out to be a ballast train with a MAC Belle (see "Flying West" in photostream). With the encroaching shadows eating up comps rapidly, I thought to try down by the depot, but rail cars pulled up tight to the crossing nixed that. So I reverted to this dark side shot from the newish pedestrian bridge on the west side of town. The sun was just low enough to get full nose light underneath the bridge for the ghost.
Traveling light ? However you are going - a safe journey into 2019 and I hope the destination will find you happy and well throughout the year .
Mynas are quite common on Maui. One day, however, I came upon what seemed like a full scale brawl involving as many as ten myna birds. This shot shows one of the pileups. If you look closely, you can see at least four birds in this particular part of the melee. Although the cause of the ten minute dispute was not entirely clear, it seemed that the large bird with its wings extended was attempting to establish its dominance over the others. The struggle was quite fluid with birds wrestling on the ground and in the air. I like the defensive wrestling hold administered against the larger bird. In subsequent shots, the larger bird wins the fight. The shot was taken in February 2017, with my trusty Olympus digital camera. Enjoy.
However, after a sleep she (the females have smaller heads) stood up and looked calmly around before descending.
The rage is unnerving. It is, however, understandable. As vicious seizures take over his fragile mind, making sense of it is difficult. No, making sense of it is impossible. He looks at me but cannot see through the bloodied tears running down his face. His involuntary movements and shaking which the seizure causes have caught his own face. Fingernails cutting into his skin. I could not get to cradle and protect him in time to prevent the harm he had caused himself. I reach him and hold him tight. He is shaking violently. He is crying out in pain and distress and is both deafening and frightening. He struggles with cognitive overloading as he recovers, trying to make sense of it. The unspoken question, why? is in those bloodshot eyes. I have no answer, I just hold him. He manages to say 'Help me'.
These attacks are getting worse. I have managed to arrange a neurologist appointment, still a few days away, but hopefully, if the country's industrial action does not stop the consultation, I will have an opportunity to talk through Marc’s decline. I know deep down that there are no answers. Only prayers and the loving support we give as long as we need to.
On my trip with Skarpi last weekend we visited this ice cave I have twice before attempted to enter but been turned back by unfavorable conditions. This time however the lengthy cold spell and good weather made sure the cave was accessible and in prime conditions.
Flowing from Europe´s largest ice cap Vatnajökull the glaciers contain centuries old ice which has seen all its air pressed out of it turning it into this crystal blue ice. Not all ice caves have this colored ice but Vatnajökull seems to produce the right conditions for them to form.
Shooting this shot we decided to play models in the entrance. I normally dont put people in my images but in this case it really puts things into perspective. Shooting with a very wide angled lens (Nikon 14-24mm) allowed me to capture as much of the 360° scene. Here Skarpi is the model. You can see his version of the same scene in his photostream.
Because of a recent accident in Iceland where a young amateur photographer died on a glacier I will not give details of this caves location. If you want to visit this place contact a local mountain guide f.x. Öræfaferðir or join my Winter Photo Tour
so many puffins so it is difficult isolating one. However, this fella was a lone outcast and so we sate with each other for awhile and i waited till he was looking dead on at me... I was happy when another puffin joined us to keep his friend company.
However I prefer the Crossrail MSC-shuttle from Antwerpen to Germersheim (D) in diesel modus, the white Traxx isn't that bad neither! 27/05/2020
Queens, workers and males all have two yellow bands on the thorax but none on the abdomen. The yellow is bright and often straw-coloured. However the rear band on the thorax is less pronounced. The orange-red tail colouring extends over more than half of the abdomen. This species is usually associated with upland moors but may also be seen in habitats close to these.
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I just happened to come across this weir when i was walking along a section of the park which i have never been before. It was fairly steep to go down & of coz, i gotta do it! :P i slided down the soil on my bum with my cam & tripod. That's pretty hilarious if any of you were to witness that :D I actually leap from 1 stone platform to another to get to the middle of the dam, just to get this shot. If i slip & fall, i guess i would be pretty screwed big time haha!
This HDR shot does look like a painting to me :P However to prove that the original shots are already pretty surreal. I've posted another original shot pretty much direct from the memory card (except for just a small amount of increase in overall saturation) -
Come Flow With Me II | Non-HDR
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Standard 3 exposures shots (-2..0..+2EV) with tripod using the Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens and a polarized light filter
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- Added a layer effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast
- Added a layer effect of 'saturation' of yellows & blues for the splash effect
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A captain is needed for the boat
We have received a human body, which is very rare, and now it is easy for us to do bhajana. However, we can see that other living entities do not create weapons of mass destruction, so many arrangements to maintain their lifestyle. If anything happens they will quarrel with each other by their claws and teeth, but at the next moment they forget their quarrelling. But we humans take revenge, and we become more ferocious than the tigers, bears, lions, and other wild animals. Nowhere in the world do we see problems in other living entities. Only humans have problems.
How can we become calm and quiet and peaceful with each other? It is possible only if we do bhajana. This human body is like a boat going from one place to another, in one direction or another. A captain is needed for the boat. Who is that captain? The bona fide guru is the captain of this boat – this human body. We are situated by the ocean in Hawaii. We see every day there are some boats floating on the Pacific Ocean. These boats have sails, and when the sails catch the wind, the boats move very fast. In the same way, sadhu-sanga is the favorable wind. By sadhu-sanga we can advance very quickly in Krsna consciousness. Then our lives will be maintained very easily, and we can be calm and quiet and in harmony with each other.
Generally, people understand the meaning of happiness in terms of the body and mind, health and money, and good sons and daughters. They consider that if they have these, they will be happy. But everyone becomes unhappy in spite of having these things. For a long time – since the creation of this world – we have been coming and going, taking birth and dying, but still we are not happy.
We have forgotten Krsna. We are part and parcel of Krsna, and we have forgotten Him. That is why His illusory maya took us and threw us into this world, and covered our constitutional body, form, and qualities with two bodies – the physical body and the subtle body.
We are trying so hard, here and there, to be happy, but really everyone is unhappy. Only a truly qualified guru can teach us by what process Krsna's service can be achieved. Then, by practice and maturity of bhakti-sadhana, we will become happy.
We took a trip to Haytor Rocks as the forecast was favourable however there were a few light rain showers while we were up there however that didn't stop me experimenting with a few different compositions on some of the smaller granite structures.
This past winter, I was disappointed that I wasn't able to see the firefall due to no snow melt. However, I loved the visit to the little photography shop in the valley that had many Ansel Adams's photographs and it inspired me to edit this one in black and white to bring out the majesty of these rock formations as seen from tunnel view! :)
The windmill (also stand mill, box mill or german windmill) is the oldest
milltyp in Europe.
The Core feature of this type of mill is that the entire mill house on a
single thick pile (the "buck") is, where it can be rotated by the lever
effect from beam in the wind. This method, however, was not optimal
and very difficult. The windmill, it was built in 1802, is an attraction in Tönisberg.
The most spectacular sunset colors are typically when the sun is no longer visible and below the horizon, afterglow in the twilight zone.
This rocky outcrop is actually a temple on a little island normally surrounded by the sea. The rocky seabed is however exposed at low-tide as per this image.
Was searching for an angle to frame the sacred island when I noticed how the little tide pools on a section of the exposed rocky seafloor shone like mirrors against the spectacular but fleeting light at dusk.
Quite happy with the composition with the little tide pools as foreground interest with the temple against the quality of the evening light.
Meanwhile Samyang has just announced their new AF 135mm f1.8 FE prime lens at a reasonable 772g and $999, this should be very interesting especially for those like me who like such a lens but don't use it often enough to justify or need the Sony 135mm f1.8 GM. The Batis 135mm is an entire stop slower at f2.8 and doubled the price, yikes! I really like my older Samyang manual focus 135mm f2.0 originally designed for DSLR, this is widely regarded as one of Samyang's best lens and a real steal for the money. The new Samyang AF 135mm f1.8 also has 11 aperture blades compared to just 9 in the older version.
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During the trip to Madeira I also visited the Madeira Banana Museum BAM. The banana leaf is large, flexible and waterproof. However, on Madeira they are also often frayed due to the strong winds. When standing under them they surely look like a roof above your head.
However, this unique building perhaps reflects a reluctance to fully embrace the Western idiom - the rear section of the building is completely traditional Japanese style, perhaps appropriate as it incorporated sleeping and kitchen areas.
Out of the blue come fish of two! twice as fast in tanks of the Zoo! However, just standing there, they appear to me and you.
I had a lot of highlights on my weekend trip. I however will love this one the most. My husband who drove me around helping me find locations was the spotter of this Snowy Owl this was his first ever sight of a snowy and he was totally thrilled to have spotted it for me. I think that is what made it so awesome. He rolled down his window and was going to listen to for the sandhills and when he did the owl was right out side his window. Yes this owl is this close. It is also not quite light enough to take this photo. I had an iso of 2000 shutter of 15 and I am hand holding my canon 100 400 ii. I couldn't get a tripod out of the back so I shot from out of the car behind the car. I was able to get about 7 shots before another vehicle parked right in front of my view which made the owl fly. I am glad out of the 7 shots two were not blurry. If you know this refuge and you see snowy's please give them space. from what I have been reading they are starving.
Looking inland from the coastal path at the Sands Resort, it looks amazing, however we did hear some dissatisfied customers on our flight home,
The history column is the essential part of a fountain on the Josef-Görres-Platz in the old town of Koblenz. It was presented to the city by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1992 for the 2000th anniversary celebrations. However, it was only completed and handed over to the city on June 1, 2000. The fountain with historical column was created by the sculptor Jürgen Weber. The column, which is 10.59 meters high, weighs 3.6 tons and costs DM 1.25 million, tells the moving 2000-year history of the city of Koblenz in ten images from Roman times to the present day. From 1884 until it was removed shortly after World War II, the Goeben Monument stood on the same site in honor of the Prussian General August Karl von Goeben.
The following events are shown in rows from bottom to top:
Row one: Roman fort settlement. A boat loaded with wine barrels symbolizes the Roman settlement from the 1st to the 5th century.
Row Two: Crown Estates and Conference. Venue Franconian royal court between the 6th and 9th centuries.
Row Three: From the Reich to Electoral Trier. The figures symbolize the affiliation of Koblenz to the Archdiocese of Trier in the 10th to 12th centuries.
Row Four: Crusades / Slave Trade Koblenz in the 12th and 13th centuries, the age of the Crusades.
Row Five: A thriving urban community. Figures with horses represent the thriving city of craftsmen, merchants and ecclesiastical dignitaries from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
Row Six: Thirty Years' War / Witch Mania. The silhouette of the city at the time of the Thirty Years' War and the witch hunt.
Row Seven: French Revolution. Reminiscence of the warlike events during and after the French Revolution around 1800.
Row Eight: Prussian Era. Representation of a mighty fortress and thus Prussian Koblenz in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Row Nine: Destruction 1944. Destroyed Koblenz after the air raids of 1944 in World War II.
Row Ten: A future-oriented cit. Symbolizes the rebuild and future-oriented city of today. (Wikipedia) Koblenz, Germany
I took a trip into Saskatchewan earlier this week to scout locations to shoot this summer. I managed to find most of what I was looking for. My first picture from the trip however is from Alberta. This is my favourite house by a long shot! It never seems to let me down. As I was driving back from Sask a heavy fog rolled in, I couldn't see more than 20 feet ahead of me and the sun was down by this point, I was only able to travel at about 50km/h. It was pitch black and near zero visibility so I was forced to stop at the closest hotel I could find.
The closest town was Hanna, so I got a room for the night against my will. I just wanted to go home. this turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I was up early wanting to hit the road but the fog was still too much. I was literally trapped. My choices were to drive super slow back to Edmonton through the fog or wait it out. I managed to find my way to this beauty through the the fog.
I made it here at about 7:15 am and trudged through the snow up to the house. It was eerily quiet and a very different atmosphere than the summer or fall when I usually visit. In the end it cost me a few extra bucks for that stop along the way but if I hadn't have stopped I wouldn't have been able to capture this frosty version of my favourite homestead! Enjoy!
On a side note the Travel Lodge in Hanna has awesome pizza and great convo with Dave the bartender.
Check out my other shots of it here, here, and here!
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I don't see her as often as I'd like... However when I do see her, it's a great pleasure--and privilege.
She's a living treasure!
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I know very little about film recipes or film simulations. However, I did grab some sort of Fuji Classic Negative 1980s film recipe from somewhere on the web, and loaded it in Capture One software. I just wanted to see what all the fuss is about, as a lot of people like it. So, here it is on a shot of my daughter. I guess I could add some grain to make it look more like film from the 80s, but it's late and I need my dessert.
At high tide, everything often seems normal and nothing is spotted by the eye. When the low tide comes however, all is revealed and secrets at the beaches unveiled.
I enjoy high key photos, glass and simplicity.
(However, getting these marbles to to stay put was a test of my patience! I didn't want to use any adhesive as it would have shown and didn't want to risk messing up the glass. Wine mellows a mood nicely though.... )
PA - The Little Things
Rainy and miserable today after such a gorgeous day yesterday. The forecast however said it would clear up later in the afternoon, so I held off until around teatime.
Yes, the clouds cleared, the sun came out for all of about 5 minutes. But I did like the way the sky looked from the garden.
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I know there are a great many historical churches in England but this one is very extraordinary and almost unique. The village of Lastingham is in the North York Moors National Park and its village church St Marys is itself very old. However it’s when you enter the church and go down the steep stone steps in the centre of the nave that you really begin to travel in time.
There are records that suggest a monastery was founded on this site in about AD650 . Around AD 725 the first stone church was built, and Cedd an important missionary from Lindisfarne human remains were reburied beside the altar. Stephen of Whitby refounded the Saxon monastery as a Benedictine house in 1078. Stephen built this present crypt over the place where Cedd was believed to have been buried. The crypt has been relatively unchanged for well over a thousand years.
I have not visited the Crypt for many years and it was a great pleasure to descend again into this remarkable space, which has a strange quality of calm.
I would agree with Simon Jenkins, author of England's Thousand Best Churches, when he calls the Norman crypt of St Mary's church in Lastingham 'one of England's special places'. He’s certainly right.
Technically the image is far from perfect I was balancing deep shadows a bright window and some strong LCD lights but I think you will get a sense of the place. In terms of size I would guess its about 100 meters long and 40 meters wide
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Jumping Spider with the Raynox DCR250
I love jumping spiders, and most commonly capture images of them using my Nikon D610 & Sigma 150mm macro however, lately i have wanted to get images with the spiders a little bit closer but had reached the limits of my macro lens (approx 1:1 magnification). As a result I decided to try the Raynox DCR250 super macro conversion lens which acts as a magnifier for your camera lens. This was my first attempt at capturing an image of a VERY hyperactive jumping spider. The spider was not harmed in the taking of the photo, and I managed to capture about 4 - 5 shots which was focus stacked using Helicon Focus before being processed with Topaz Sharpen, and being more comprehensively edited in Luminar 4 (using AI Structure, and AI Enhance).
There are a few issues with the photo, mainly relating to; 1. How quickly the spider was moving, 2. Depth of field, and 3. Reflections from the lens. The EXIF / shot data was 1/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 640. LOTS more practice is needed to get used to the tiny depth of field and moving animals (I do microscopy so depth of field is not a major issue, just the movement of the spider creates additional challenges).
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However, the same applies to poop. This is a significant difference, as poop revives them, while true beauty can easily kill them.
*Amanita muscaria. The term “Amanita” is derived from the Greek word “amnos,” which translates to “mushroom.” This indicates the mushroom’s importance in ancient Greek culture and highlights its recognition as a distinct and notable species. The word “muscaria” has Latin origins, stemming from “musca,” which means “fly.” This name reflects the historical use of this mushroom as a potent insecticide, especially for eliminating flies.
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This footbridge is normally busy, however with 25K COVID Omicron cases in Melbourne today, it is empty
It's said that witnessing comet NEOWISE is a once in 6,800 year event, however, what does it mean if you can see it multiple times over the course of a month? Is it still "once in a..."???? Willie and I went out on multiple occasions to photograph the comet, both when it was visible at sunrise and when it was visible at sunset.
The comet NEOWISE was first discovered on March 27, 2020 by the WISE space telescope. It consists of 2 tails, one of which is blue and made of of gas and ions (called the "ion tail") and the second, which is made up of dust (the "dust tail"). Apparently a third tail was observed, which is a sodium tail. The first 2 tails (ion and dust) are visible here.
We made a few sunset attempts to see the comet but we were flustered by smoky skies from a fire a few hours south. A few friends had taken some amazing photos from Marin and we decided we would shlep up there one evening.... but I had an idea that we might be able to see it from Windy Hill Open Space Preserve in Portola Valley, so the night before our Marin outing, we set off to see if we could skip driving 2 hours north. Sure enough we were in for a treat. At sunset the fog came in and created a beautiful foreground for witnessing the comet descend. The fog also blanketed the Bay Area, reducing some of the light pollution that would have washed out the comet. Instead we got a beautiful view of the sky. I strapped on a new 105mm f/1.4 lens so I could get the most amount of light in, and we were treated to this stunner.
This is a combination of an ~85mm foreground photo with the 105mm sky photo. Yes, this is a composite (I'm not a lier or a hider of the truth).
Nikon D850 w/Sigma 105mm f/1.4 and Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8:
Foreground: 80mm, f/8, 30 sec, ISO 400
Sky: 105mm, f/1.6, 3.0 sec, ISO 3200
Viewed best nice and large
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UP MPHBO is tied down in front of the lonely crew office in Phippsburg, Colorado with two engines and twenty cars and a crew on the way from the hotel to take it to Bond. Located 168 miles west of Denver at the west end of the Moffat Tunnel Sub, Phippsburg is the crew change point for trains on the Craig Branch which was one of the most significant coal-hauling arteries on the Rio Grande.
Only a few years ago, several coal trains a week passed through Phippsburg on their way to generating stations in Denver and beyond. However, the downturn of coal in the last decade has wiped out most of the coal traffic on the Craig Branch with the two remaining mines, Energy and Axial, expected to close in the next couple years. Today, besides the weekly MBOPH/MPHBO, the once-a-week LDZ11 to Craig, and the very occasional export coal train, not a whole lot happens in Phippsburg anymore.
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I am dreaming of a White Christmas... however, that is ALL it will be here... a dream.
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And thank you for all the good wishes. M, (*_*)
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The pointe Saint-Mathieu (Lok Mazé in Breton) is a headland located near Le Conquet in the territory of the commune of Plougonvelin in France, flanked by 20m high cliffs.
At present, there are only a few houses on the point, grouped around the abbey ruins. However, in the past the settlement was not limited to the abbey and its dependents. Very soon a village was established along the coast for commercial potential and the possibilities for salvaging wrecks.
The abbey held many privileges - right to rushes, right to furnaces, rights to a twelfth of jet, right to markets, right to fairs (Henry IV of France had instituted, in 1602, 5 annual fairs and a weekly market), right to measure wheat and wine, etc...
In 1157 Hervé de Léon accorded the abbey the right of flotsam and jetsam on wrecks in all his fiefdoms; in 1390 the abbey received the right to take 10% of the hull, cargo and rigging of wrecked ships. To this right were added the right of remains, confirmed in 1602 by royal letters patent. He accorded this right to the monks for "all those who perish in the sea, and on the coasts at Saint Mathieu, Plougonvelin and le Conquet".
Today abandoned, the Abbaye Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, was said to have held the skull of the apostle Matthew, now lost in the ocean off the point. Its ruins served as a set for the summer TV saga Dolmen.
The point also has a 56m high lighthouse, built in 1835.
The first signal station near the point was built in 1806, but the present one was built nearer the point in 1906, to give a view of the chenal du Four as the entrance to Brest. Progressively expanded in the 20th century, its top is now 39m above sea level, with lodging for spotters.