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Or, to me as a child, the "Doggy Boat".
Hugin, a replica Viking ship sailed and rowed from Esbjerg in Denmark to Broadstairs in Kent, England, to mark the 1,500th anniversary of the arrival of the Vikings at Ebbsfleet in 449. The Vikings are said to have included Hengest (or Hengist) and Horsa.
The ship made good speed crossing the North Sea and arrived two days early. The crew of fifty - only one, the navigator, a professional seaman - celebrated by swimming in the sea.
The ship was beached at Broadstairs and was then sailed up the Thames to Greenwich for a reception. A further trip up the Thames took them to more celebrations in Richmond-upon-Thames.
The events of that summer brought some brightness back into post-war Britain and were a hint of things to come in the Festival of Britain in 1951.
When it came to the ultimate fate of Hugin, things became a little complicated. The ship was owned by the Danish Travel Association which put it up for sale. The local authorities in both Broadstairs and Ramsgate put in offers and asked specifically that it should not be sold to the other town. In the event, the Association entered into negotiations with the "Daily Mail" newspaper because, as they said, "we did not want to let either town down."
After over fifty years exposure to wind and weather on the cliff top at Cliffsend, Hugin was not looking well. The sail and mast were no longer visible, the paint on the shields was fading and the hull itself showing signs of age. Hugin was taken to Gloucester for a complete overhaul and returned to Cliffsend in 2005. My only quibble with the restoration is that the shields along the sides are now all the same colour.
Or, to me as a child, the "Doggy Boat".
Hugin, a replica Viking ship sailed and rowed from Esbjerg in Denmark to Broadstairs in Kent, England, to mark the 1,500th anniversary of the arrival of the Vikings at Ebbsfleet in 449. The Vikings are said to have included Hengest (or Hengist) and Horsa.
The ship made good speed crossing the North Sea and arrived two days early. The crew of fifty - only one, the navigator, a professional seaman - celebrated by swimming in the sea.
The ship was beached at Broadstairs and was then sailed up the Thames to Greenwich for a reception. A further trip up the Thames took them to more celebrations in Richmond-upon-Thames.
The events of that summer brought some brightness back into post-war Britain and were a hint of things to come in the Festival of Britain in 1951.
When it came to the ultimate fate of Hugin, things became a little complicated. The ship was owned by the Danish Travel Association which put it up for sale. The local authorities in both Broadstairs and Ramsgate put in offers and asked specifically that it should not be sold to the other town. In the event, the Association entered into negotiations with the "Daily Mail" newspaper because, as they said, "we did not want to let either town down."
After over fifty years exposure to wind and weather on the cliff top at Cliffsend, Hugin was not looking well. The sail and mast were no longer visible, the paint on the shields was fading and the hull itself showing signs of age. Hugin was taken to Gloucester for a complete overhaul and returned to Cliffsend in 2005. My only quibble with the restoration is that the shields along the sides are now all the same colour.
Flying to visit Amanda in Claremont, we passed by Point Reyes. Although the plane moved between shots, I did manage to stitch together a panorama.
Even if you're too tired or sick of everyday worries, seize the moment when you see it, don't pass it by. It's worth it! Even if you don't have camera with you! :P
The full-quality JPEG is 25 MB in size and couldn't be uploaded to Flickr... I had to compress it a bit, giving us a file size of only 8.8 MB. The picture still looks huge and is still full of wonderful detail. Made with the open source "panorama photo stitcher" called Hugin: hugin.sourceforge.net/
To see the full-size picture, click on "all sizes" next to the magnifying glass above the picture, and then select "original size".
Little planet view of a handheld Panorama of the Railway Viaduct in Gümmenen, Switzerland.
Shot with a Sigma 8mm Fisheye lens on a Nikon D80 and stitched and remapped in hugin.sourceforge.net/
Immersive View: www.360cities.net/image/guemmenen-viaduct-shadow
This is a panorama I created from 4 photos taken at Medieval Times in Anaheim CA using Hugin software for Windows hugin.sourceforge.net/
The end of the island, in vertical and horizontal panorama (if only I took that one extra photo in the bottom left)