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This sign informed us that we enter a territory of an "alm" (alpine pasture).
Transcript:
"Vorsicht!
Freilaufende
Sau, Anko (?Name?)
Ziegen, Hasen
Katzen, Rind.
Lama - Pony,
Sennerin,
Kuabua
...Paule.
Esel - Leo
Kalb - Anton
+ Hena"
I am trying to translate:
"Attention!
Free range
pig, Anko (name of the pig?)
goats, rabbits,
cats, cattle.
Lama – pony,
dairymaid,
'cow-boy'
... Paule
Donkey - Leo
Calf - Anton
+ Chicken"
:-)
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Like all of the 917's at this years 74th Members Meeting, there is a fascinating history behind this eye catching purple and green liveried car.
Chassis 021 was one of the original 25 cars built for FIA homologation in April 1969. The car sat for 12 months unused until it was sold to Antti Aarnio Wihuri from Finland who was planning to run the 917K in the World Championship of Makes.
Antti Aarnio Wihuri used the proven Porsche 908 for the first part of 1970 at Daytona, Sebring and Brands Hatch. For the faster tracks of Monza and Spa the 917-021 was put to use. An accident at Monza meant the car finished 11th after driver Laine hit the barriers that required 2 further pit-stops. At a damp Spa the 917K was competitive and the fight was on for a fourth place finish until a pit stop cost the team time. They did finish in fifth place beating the Porsche works entries.
Laine was then tragically killed at the Nurburgring race, where the Porsche 908 he was driving took off and somersaulted, landing upside down and trapping Laine who perished in the flames.
As a result of this tragic accident, the team withdrew the remaining cars from the race. With one driver and the Porsche 917-021, the team took over the David Piper entry for Le Mans, meaning that Piper joined van Lennep in the driver lineup. Unfortunately the car was damaged beyond repair after suffering a puncture due to a bent chassis.
At this point, the car was rebuilt by stripping it down and putting the components onto chassis 012 that had been damaged at Daytona in 1969. Chassis 012 was renumbered 021 without the team being informed. The car was repainted in a white and yellow livery with red sills ready for the Interserie championship.
Van Lennep finished second behind Neuhaus driving the Gesipa entered 917 at the first race. At Hockenheim, the next round of the Interserie, 917-021 was raced in a new purple and green livery based on the paint scheme of the Le Mans 917LH Hippy car.
The car took its first victory in the Interserie round at Keimola, wearing the same psychedelic livery only now in yellow with red swirls. At Zandvoort, van Lennep won adding another success to 021 score sheet. The last round of the Interserie was held at Hockenheim and van Lennep finished 3rd in the race and 2nd overall in the 1970 Interserie series, taking the Porsche Cup prize.
The Porsche 917-021 was subsequently returned to Porsche and was stripped of its engine, wheels and suspension that were required to build the 917 spyder that went on to win the 1971 Interserie.
The chassis was then converted to road use by the German Joachim Grossmann, who had to find an engine, gearbox and suspension to return the car to an operational state. In 1977 chassis 021 became a white road registered car with licence plate CW-K-917.
In 1983, American Don Marsh bought the car and returned it back to its original specification. In 1999, 021 was repainted in the purple and green psychedelic livery. In 2004, a new Championship for Historic Sports Cars called the Classic Endurance Racing Series was created, reuniting many Group 5 cars with classic tracks from the period including Monza, Spa, Silverstone and the Nürburgring. Juan Barazi took ownership of 021 taking the car to 3 wins and a second place, winning the Championship. The car was last seen at the Goodwood Festival Of Speed in 2006 before being retired.
In 2008, Vincent Gaye bought 021 and performed a complete restoration of the car that took over 3 years to complete.
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"I still find each day too short
for all the thoughts I want to think,
all the walks I want to take,
all the books I want to read,
and all the friends I want to see."
(John Burroughs)
Let us continue the fight against this deadly disease in whichever way we can.
Let us remember all those people who are affected by this terrible disease.
And stay informed !!!
Thanks to info and ongoing updates from a buddy, I was well-informed of the leaders on NS D36 - the famed NS6173, plus the 6122 trailing. The 6173 is exactly the motor I picture when thinking about the NS Bloomington District. The former N&W unit looks very much as it did when it was built, with the long-hood bell, long-hood-forward control stand (though the second stand is no more), lack of "front" plow.. and plenty of dirt and rust to boot on the old thoroughbred paint. It hasn't seen a dot of new paint since it first got its Norfolk Southern colours. It's clapped out beyond belief, but it's still chugging along and sounds real nice.
As radio confirmed to my buddy the crew was done working Gibson City and they'd be heading south shortly, I was getting in my car as work ended to head out that way and nab a shot at Osman. ATCS is presently non-functional on the Bloomington (temporary, I think), however just enough data slips through when dispatch sends commands that you can get a minute or two to see what's happening. I was checking it and noted Osman was lined into the siding for a northbound, and that Lodge & Mansfield were flashing green for one as well...
Turns out, NS D09, led by NS9574/2717, was meeting D36 here at Osman. What a wonderful treat! I arrived plenty early to get set up and watch D09 pass by - not in the best light, spring and northbounds and all - then see 36 meet. Lights off for the meet, but they flicked on just as the crew throttled up when the 6122 cleared the three-header at Osman. The sound of a pair of EMDs powering up, even having just spent a few days up north listening to them, never truly gets old.
Right, now to race down to CP Mills... right?
Surgeon just informed me that Angie's surgery is done and was successful.
She will be in recovery/ICU for about 1.5 more hours. No visitors allowed -
not even spouse in the meantime.
A recent news article informed us that birds that love to play are the most intelligent. Australian Native Cockatoos and Parrots just love to play and there is no doubt they are intelligent. Comparisons are often made to kids up to the age of 3+. Like this Corella at Buckley's Hole, Bribie Island, the various types of cockatoos, galahs, and even other birds like crows, magpies and noisey miners just love to play and muck around. Watching them is sheer delight. Most relate very well to humans also.
A pal just informed me he bought a pair of Rapha sunglasse$,,
I have to admit I am supremely jealous,, son of a gun even got the tortoise shell jobs,, damn.
I have to go without,, and just ride with anything that works,,
Maybe I should stand on a street corner with a cardboard sign that reads, "WILL WORK FOR RAPHA SUNGLASSES"
If you want to buy a real Rapha H-Van here you go, www.rapha.cc/us/en_US/shop/rapha-h-van-miniature/product/...
This H-Van is from the esteemed JT, - Wayofftheback collection...
Khader was Yassine Labidi's friend. It was a shock the day he was informed about his death on tv. Yassine had just killed 21 people in the Bardo's museum in Tunis.
Before toughen himself, Yassine was living a regular youth, he used to drink, smoke and had a girlfriend. Khader doesn't understand, nothing couldn't predict this all thing
Fabien Lasserre © all rights reserved
I have been informed that the man on the right is the famous Louis Mendes. And here I thought these guys were just dressed up as vintage photographers. The man on the left is Anthony Meyro, who was kind enough to identify himself here.
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www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/new-york-citys-most...
As for the rest in the annual Easter Milling About (not really a Parade) the crowd could be divided: those who came to be seen and photographed, and those came to see and take photos. Oh yeah, and then there's the biggest group, those who came to take selfies of themselves with the people in costumes, to post on social media, Easter, NYC -- April 21, 2019
#Flickr21Challenge #vintage
Sorry Calool, this is really bad. I was rushing to finish it, becasue I was just informed of a death in my family.
Pastie: pastebin.com/jXtCD0DE
To everybody: I may not be posting for a week or so, this passing could take me some time to get over.
To Calool: Again, I'm sorry thi is so messy, and sloppy, but please forgive, and feel free to give me no credit if you use this Calool.
Also, I'd love to see what the fine people of PMG could do with this for me. Thank you, and god bless you all.
*****It is with a heavy heart that I must say, I was informed this morning 8/11/23 of the passing of Miss Mamie. Forever in my heart. Sleep peacefully among the angels.)*****
This beautiful lady is Mamie. She has been in my life for 30 yrs now, very dear to my heart. On this long awaited visit, I listened, she talked. Mamie is surviving leukemia, she is as strong as ever, in mind, in body, in her faith.
Everything on this table surrounding her dinner, is a part of her daily life. The sticky notes are holding memories that she is writing, with the pens that sit in the cup. Those memories, she hopes, her family will read one day. Her favorite food, chicken and veggies, she enjoys as she chats away.
The plastic forks, box of 48, I had to look at those and a really big box that had at least 500 more plastic forks. She wants to make sure, there are enough for every visitor.
We recorded a video, cherished memories of her life. An early memory, when she was 5 yrs old, she would see her grandpa with the hunting dogs, foxhounds, just like my dog that came along for the visit.
She talked about food and cooking, she showed me her seasonings, about 80 little bottles of seasoning. She talked very little about her treatment. Life is good. Miss Mamie, is happy and she sits here, at this dining table daily, with the sun on her shoulders. The conversation is profound and enlightening.
Miss Mamie dedicated her life to giving. Her home was everybody's refuge when they had nowhere to go. She had advice, food and wisdom to share.
She was the very best grandma to my children. Her memory will live on, she touched many.
Her last words to me, were "I love you, Liz". She passed away a few weeks later.
It did take a bit of time to figure out what exactly the Bloomer Line was up to when they kept shoving cuts of hoppers back and forth, but radio traffic finally informed us they were setting out a long string of hoppers onto the CN. With that information in hand, the only natural thing to do is visit the old Illinois Central depot in town.
Gibson City's IC depot looks good still, and it also retains a very... interesting late-IC era sign. The double deathstar-adorned sign features a strangely realistic eyeball drawing that makes me laugh and also wonder what the hell they designed the thing like that for every time I see it. It's becoming more and more weathered these days, but it's still just legible enough.
Unfortunately for us, the power set at the Bloomer these days includes LTEX3802. Solid black with nothing else on it, making it the least photogenic unit on the bright-red roster by a longshot - and not even a nice nose decal like on IC motors! In a better world, one of the two remaining Bloomer road units would lead, and even the LTEX3801 wouldn't be a bad leader here. But the black GP35 rebuild was our leader instead. Better than nothing really, but oh well.
Paint aside, the three motors did sound damn good taking care of business.
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A heads up from a friend informed me that the Grafton and Upton would be making their third revenue run over the Milford Industrial Track with two loads for Bluelinx in Bellingham. So instead of doing the responsible thing and having breakfast and then going to bed so I'd be rested for work that night I did the opposite and headed to Milford!
The one shot I wanted above all else was them swinging through Bellingham Junction, but when I got there I found the fresh snow u undisturbed so continued on up the line. I found them just as they were departing from the junction in Milford where their historic owned property meets this former New Haven branch line.
On a brilliantly cold clear winter day it was worthy of a little chase and I got them at three spots before they got to Bellingham Jct. where unfortunately they derailed ending my chase for the day as seen in this photo posted earlier: flic.kr/p/2kANeRg
Here is the the third spot on the chase as the pair of pair of patched ex CSXT nee SCL MP15ACs (EMD blt. Feb. 1978) numbers 1191 & 1160 approach Depot Street at MP 33.4 as Nick Athanus flags the crossing.
Bellingham, Massachusetts
Thursday February 11, 2021
The BBC reliably informed me that we were going to have crystal clear skies for last nights full moon…..well they got that wrong then! I set off anyway at 11pm hoping that the skies would clear by the time I got to the chosen location, Fewston Resevoir. But no, the skies didn't clear but luckily there was enough diffused moonlight to light up the surroundings, just!
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The curving balconies of Piercy&Company designed Deltic House caught my eye, then I spotted the people on the balcony.....
This is another upload from last months London Flickr Group photowalk around Kings Cross. Following our visit to the Aga Khan Centre we then explored the ever-changing area around Kings Cross.
These free photowalks are usually about every 4-6 weeks so keep an eye on the group for details of upcoming events : www.flickr.com/groups/londonflickrgroup
More of my London architecture shots here : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157635041185106
From the Piercy&Company website, "Located between Handyside Street and York Way on the eastern side of the King's Cross Masterplan, R8 is one of the final commercial buildings of scale to be delivered at King's Cross.
The project consists of a mixed-use hub, offering 72 affordable socially rented residential apartments and a range of workspace, meeting rooms and event spaces designed to support local businesses and residents in the area and beyond.
Comprised of two eleven-storey buildings, one dedicated to residential and the other, workspace, atop of a two-storey small business hub which connects the buildings at lower level in addition to a ground floor retail unit and garden at podium level.
Several contextual conditions informed the scheme's massing, layout and facade design. These include Network Rail tunnels to the northeast of the site, which limited the weight of the scheme; connecting the building to the variety of building uses within the masterplan and beyond; a pocket park to the west of the site; and providing a gateway into the masterplan via York Way.
Therefore, the resulting design is like a piece of infrastructure, refined and robust. The office building's facade gently curves to cradle the adjacent pocket park whilst inside, a large efficient floor plate can accommodate a flexible range of workspace. Small Business and Voluntary Sector spaces are envisaged for the ground and first floor, where the building will be most publicly accessible with an active frontage. Double height voids are introduced in the centre of the first floor floorplate to connect with the ground floor activity.
The residential building has a shallower massing which increases daylight within the apartments and minimises loading on the tunnels below. Its balconies echo the office facade curvature at a smaller domestic scale, creating a playful facade that defines the eastern edge of the masterplan and adds to the vibrant architectural language of the area."
© D.Godliman
The spring. A new 36-meter-long water feature at the equally new square Hagaplan. A combination of an artwork and a technical installation. After it was finished last year, the City announced a naming contest. The winner that came up with the new name was Alexander Söder. He got a diploma, the honour and a bronze plug! After the ceremony, someone informed the City that there was another artwork just around the corner, made by Liss Eriksson, with the same name! I will try and get a photo with the floating water when it gets a little warmer.
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Today Hope Squad came back to Coruscant. As I arrived at the Jedi Temple I was informed that an tragic accident happened over Er’Kit. Yesterday we lost one of our brightest minds of our time. Jedi Master Bal Dur. Her funeral will be in three days, but their is no body to bury. Her corpse couldn’t be saved…
With her death we also lost the whole Er’Kit system.
But their are some inconsistencies in the story oft he council told me. It looks like I have to make some investigations for myself.
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In today‘s press release of the GAR about the loss oft he Er’Kit system. Master Dur’s death was only mentioned offhand. That she fell "when attempting to hold the planet“.
Her apprentice Hode Vali will return tomorrow from the battlefield, maybe she has some answers.
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This morning I was waiting alongside two temple guards and Master Tiin in hangar C for Padawan Vali's shuttle to arrive. As the T-6 finally floated into the hangar I was shocked to see that the Padawan wasn't alone. She was acompanied by four Shock Troppers which transferred her to the temple guards.
After the schock left me I took Master Tiin to task. He meant I shouldn't interrupt council intern investigations.
Vali and I nerver met before but I as I looked into her eyes her desperation swept over to me.
Thankfully she gave me a hint how I could continue my investigations. "Ask Lok Lauvey." she said before the guards took her away.
Knight Lauvey isn't in the temple at the moment. He's in one of the GAR facilities in the north an information droid told me.
But this doesn't make any sense, for what did the council arrest Hode Vali? But the name Lok Lauvey spells trouble. He's the contact person of the Jedi for the Republic Intelligence. So it's certain that he has some answers for my questions but I'm not so sure if he will tell me them.
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Second recording for today. I wasn't the only person who wanted to talk to Knight Lauvey. Master Windu waited in front of Lok's chamber. He told me the council closed their investigation on Master Dur's death and Lok Lauvey is under arrest too, but he didn't wanted to say anything about Padawan Vali's fate.
Just that wasn't the reason he waited for me. The council has a new mission for the Hope squad and we have to start immediatly. An old friend of mine Master Kes Icsan and his battalion have problems with their long distance transmissions. They just go one way, he hasn't received any of our answers. These guys really need some hope out there in the Outer Rim. So we will bring them some new equipment.
And after this mission the council will be ready to share their results, Master Windu concluded.
Clearly they want want me out of their way, but why? Am I really asking the wrong questions? What has the council to hide?
Sometimes I think the politic situations of this war and these intrigues left larger marks at the Jedi than some might think.
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Ok... on my last post I said this chapter would be up one week ago, but this will be one of the last chapters of the clone wars so it's important for me to find a good end for this era.
That's it for today.
~Tom
Guam Parade in 1956 - SAC float. I have been informed it is a golden water buffalo. When you look close you can see the horns.
Yesterday I was informed about some neglected kittens who were in a pretty bad way. A friend and I managed to get them out and get them to loving, safe environments. This little girl...so tiny, scrawny, scared and malnourished broke my heart...so I brought her home with me.
Meet...Miss Lemon 💜 she has stolen all our hearts...even the dogs'...💜
I was informed that Avanti 390119 in PRIDE livery had worked south through Winwick at 14.20 this afternoon on 1M12.
Interrogating RTT revealed it would return on 1S90 later that evening but would there be enough light @ 19.20?
This shot is only 5 mins from home and the farmer has cut the field a couple of days ago so it was worth the move.
Despite some very poor signalling at Warrington PB (do they know they have a platform 4?) AWC PRIDE 390119 by now running late just caught the last dregs of hard light.
Brockholes is a new kind of nature reserve, an unreserved reserve owned and managed by The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside.
There's lots to see and do at Brockholes, you can hunt out our floating Visitor Village with a restaurant, shops and Welcome Centre or explore our family-friendly hides, walking trails and play area.
At Brockholes you can explore our beautiful reserve, see the wildlife that call it ‘home’ or hunt out our Visitor Village with restaurant and shops, all of which float (yes really!) on one of our lakes.
Our floating Visitor Village features a gift shop and a restaurant providing stunning views across the lake. You can also discover our interactive Welcome Centre and learn all about the wildlife that you could see on-site. Be sure to call in to pick up a welcome leaflet that will help you plan your day. You can view the reserve map in our Welcome Leaflet here to help you plan your first visit.
2013/14 Opening Times:
4th November 2013 to 31 March 2014 10am-4pm
1st April 2014 to 31st October 2014 10am-5pm
Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day only
Car Park Charges
We don't charge for entry and any profits made here go back into looking after the reserve. So every time you pay for parking, treat yourself in the shop or enjoy some lunch, you are helping look after the reserve and the wildlife that visits us!
Sorry no dogs allowed!
There is a good reason! Dogs can disturb wildlife, especially nesting birds. If your dog was to get too close to a nesting bird it would cause the mother to leave the nest. So to avoid any accidents we ask that you don’t bring your dog. (Assistance dogs are welcome.)
Explore the reserve
Brockholes is one of the best sites in the UK for many species of bird and has one of the largest strips of ancient woodland in the county. You can take a stroll by the River Ribble, explore our woods or enjoy the lakes on site, which have all been specially designed to attract all kinds of wildlife for you to see!
Walks around Brockholes
What can I see at Brockholes?
Read about the happy habitats we've been working hard to create at Brockholes.
Watch out!
The Visitor Village floats on water and there are lots of areas of open water on the reserve. Take care in these areas and keep an eye on any children with you. The following activities are not allowed on the reserve:
Barbecues and fires
Fishing
Swimming
Please do not feed the birds
Big gulls know it’s much easier to find food when we leave it lying around rather than finding their own lunch. Here at Brockholes we have lots of species breeding with us, little ringed and ringed plover, lapwing, oystercatcher and redshank. Unfortunately the big gulls will eat the chicks of these special birds so if we feed the gulls and encourage them to stay there is a big chance that they will eat our important chicks, so please do not feed the birds and take your leftover picnic away with you.
www.brockholes.org/our-journey
The Lancashire Wildlife Trust has been working on developing Brockholes for nearly 20 years, here is an overview of our journey.
1992 Lancashire Wildlife Trust first contests the quarrying of Brockholes.
27 November 2006 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust has four weeks to raise £50,000 to buy the Brockholes site, near Preston, and protect it from development. Brockholes sits next to J31 of the M6 and is the size of 120 football pitches.
15 January 2007 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust makes the biggest land purchase in its history - thanks to donations from Wildlife Trust members, and an investment of £800,000 from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) under the Newlands scheme. The project to buy and develop Brockholes is also supported by The Tubney Charitable Trust.
3 May 2007 Ian Selby is appointed as Brockholes project manager. Ian has 20 years' experience of managing the North West's canal network for British Waterways, followed by environmental regeneration work. Sophie Leadsom, Brockholes' new reserve manager, has worked in conservation for 14 years.
July 2007 The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced the launch of a new open competition to design new visitor facilities.
5 October 2007 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust announced the shortlist for the new multi-million pound visitor centre. 61 architects from all over Europe submitted designs. The five were Adam Khan Architects, Arca, Architecture 2B, AY Architects, McDowell + Benedetti.
25 February 2008 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust (LWT) and partners announce the winner of its competition to design a visitor facility. Adam Khan Architects was selected for its inspirational design concept: "A Floating World". Designed as a cluster of buildings constructed largely of wood and other sustainable materials, it resembles an ancient marshland village.
April 2008 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust announced the completion of its first phase of preparatory work, including the restoration of the wetlands, creation of ponds, seeding of meadows, planting new hedgerows and trees, making access paths and building proper bird watching hides.
March 2009 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust secured £8million of funding from the North West Regional Development Agency (NWDA). The investment was made under ‘Newlands’, a NWDA and Forestry Commission programme that is regenerating brownfield land across the Northwest into economically viable community woodland.
Summer 2009 Volunteers gave us 134 hours of their time to help propagate our own reed seedlings on-site. We ended up with 20,000 new redd seedlings ready to plant out around our new visitor centre, creating two hecatres of brand new reedbed.
August 2009 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust were granted detailed planning permission for the site.
December 2009 Contractors first day of work as they begin to construct the iconic floating visitors centre. Press conference being held with a ‘cutting of the first sod’
November 2010 A herd of longhorn cattle move into Brockholes to graze the reserve.
December 2010 BBC Countryfile fronted by Julia Bradbury visit Brockholes to film a feature that airs in January 2011.
March 2011 Brockholes makes history as the Visitor Village is floated for the first time.
Easter Sunday 2011 Brockholes opens its doors to the public for the first time!
www.brockholes.org/happy-habitats-brockholes
Happy habitats at Brockholes
The Lancashire Wildlife Trust are using their expertise to create habitats that will encourage lots of different species to visit the site, read more about the work we are doing on the reserve...
Number 1 Pit
Uniform and steep, the edges around the original gravel pit used to look very different. The island looked different too – an egg-shaped piece of land sticking out of the water by three metres. These land profiles weren’t great for the bird species and aquatic invertebrates we wanted to attract. So, with bulldozer and digger we pushed earth into the lake to create shallow, underwater ledges and peninsulas where birds can roost and feed, safe from predators. Diving ducks, such as Great Crested Grebe, now hunt for fish in the deep water.
Nook Pool
The edge of this pool has been planted with reed to create places for small fish and aquatic invertebrates like dragonfly larvae to hide and grow, away from predator fish. The shelter provided by the vegetation provides an ideal hunting ground for lots of species of dragonfly including the impressive Brown Hawker and Emperor Dragonfly.
Meadow Lake
This shallow lake is great for bird watching: when the water level is down, wading birds feed on small invertebrates in the exposed mud. This lake has some of the richest water plant life in and around it, including White Water Lily and Cuckooflower. The reed fringes are becoming well established and hold some of the largest populations of birds on site. The islands provide safe roosting and breeding areas, we keep the vegetation short so the birds can watch out for predators.
Boilton Marsh
This area is part of our newly created wet grassland habitat. We remodelled 17,000 cubic metres of quarry spoil to create 10 hectares of wet grassland with nearly 2km of channels and five pools. This is the ideal habitat for breeding wading birds such as Lapwing, Redshank and Snipe. We now graze traditional breeds of cattle and sheep that thrive on the coarse grasses and rushes and provide the low grassland sward that encourages wading birds to nest.
The channels and pools are kept topped up by using a high-level reservoir, filled from Number One Pit by way of a solar pump.
Woodland
Brockholes is fringed by the ancient woodland of Boilton, Red Scar and Tunbrook Woods. Woodland has grown here for thousands of years and developed a very rich variety of wildlife. Looking after our trees and paths will help the woodland to thrive and enable you to see the wildlife safely.
Reedbeds
Reedbeds are home to Sedge Warblers, Reed Warblers, Reed Buntings and Water Rail. We protect the new reed from grazing birds like Coot, Mute Swan and Canada Goose, by erecting chicken wire fences and baling string barriers. It will take several years before our lak fringes start to look like reedbeds. You might notice that the Visitor Village has been nestled in reedbed. This helps it to blend into the reserve and allows you to hear the song and chatter of the birds that nest there.
www.brockholes.org/brockholes-partners-and-funders
Brockholes partners and funders
For the past ten years, The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside have been working to secure this site of national environmental importance, and restore habitats to their full potential.
The £8.6 million of regeneration funding was provided for the Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Reserve project has been granted under 'Newlands' - a £59 million, Northwest Regional Development Agency and Forestry Commission programme to transform brownfield land into durable community woodland, which act as catalysts for economic, social and environmental gain.
The Lancashire Environmental Fund awarded £446,000 for the development of the education facilities, hides and infrastructure on the site. Tubney Charitable Trust granted £350,000 for Biodiversity and Natural England DEFRA's Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund awarded circa. £300,000. The Environment Agency granted £50,000 for the continued development of Brockholes.
The support of these funders helped make Brockholes a reality, as did the amazing support from our public appeal, which raised an amazing £63,000 - the most successful public appeal the Lancashire Wildlife Trust has ever run!
Volunteering at Brockholes
Around 200 volunteers have now been recruited, inducted and trained to begin volunteering at Brockholes, so we offer an enormous thank you to all who are helping it make such a big impact on our visitors... Volunteers truly are the face of Brockholes.
There are currently some exciting opportunities to be had volunteering here at Brockholes. Please have a look below at roles (you can click on the titles to download a full role description) which might suit you and click here to register, mentioning Brockholes and the role on the form.
Seasonal Activities Volunteer
Our seasonal activities program is the ideal opportunity for young people aged 16-23 to get involved here at Brockholes.
Running throughout all school holiday periods, you are expected to volunteer for 7 hours per week (normally one full day).
The Seasonal Activities Volunteer role is ideal for friendly, outgoing people who want to utilise their creative skills and help visitors – in particular children – enjoy the reserve. You will work alongside other volunteers to plan and deliver a variety of activities including pond dipping, guided walks, bird watching. The role will also include assisting with larger events such as our Extreme Adventure Weekend and Craft Fayres. Support will be given to you by the Events & Communications Manager.
This placement is perfect for those undertaking various award schemes, such as the Duke of Edinburgh award, as over the course of the summer you have the opportunity to gain upto 50 volunteering hours.
For full details on the role and what it entails, click here.
Seasonal Retail & Visitor Services
Our seasonal activities program is the ideal opportunity for young people aged 16-23 to get involved here at Brockholes.
As a volunteer for Retail & Visitor Services you will provide a warm welcome for visitors, helping to ensure that their Brockholes experience is a positive one. You will help visitors by providing them with information about products on sale in our gift stores and help them plan their visit by telling them about the various events and activities we have on offer.
The role suits a friendly, outgoing person who has an interest in wildlife and conservation.
Running throughout the school holiday periods, you are expected to volunteer for 7 hours per week (normally one full day).
This placement is perfect for those undertaking various award schemes, such as the Duke of Edinburgh award, as over the course of the summer you have the opportunity to gain upto 50 volunteering hours.
Each volunteer will be required to undergo a minimum of 1 and a half days training before they start. If you’d like to find out more or ask questions about any of these roles do not hesitate to get in touch with Catherine Haddon, Volunteering Support Officer on 01772 324 129 or email volunteer@lancswt.org.uk
Awards
Brockholes has scooped many high profile awards since opening in April 2011:
2013 Lancashire Tourism Award for Best Conference/Meeting venue
VisitEngland's Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Scheme (VAQAS) 'Excellent'
Green Tourism Gold Award
Customer at the Heart Award
Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism Awards 'Marketing Campaign of the Year'
National Wood Award
BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ for the interim design stage
Chartered Institute of Building Services – Building of the Year 2011
Civic Trust Award
Civic Trust Special Award for Sustainability
Highly Commended in portfolio of Newlands sites in Landscape Awards
CIWEM Living Wetlands award
Greenbuilds award
Green Apple Awards for the Visitor Centre
Sustainable Project of the year – 2012 Building Awards
RICS North West – Overall award
RICS North West – Tourism and Leisure
RICS NW – Design & Innovation
RIBA North West Building of the Year
RIBA North West Sustainability Award
RIBA Award for top 50 new buildings in the UK
Brockholes is an award winning-venue, which floats on one of our lakes - the only one of its kind in the UK.
Combine this unique design with access straight off the M6, a beautiful nature reserve, ample parking and on site catering, and you have found yourself the perfect venue for your next event. View our Conference Brochure here.
We think Brockholes is the natural place to do business, our dedicated centre can cater for 50 to 130 delegates.
We have a choice of two conference rooms and a reception/break-out area.
www.brockholes.org/conference-packages
At Brockholes we want you to be in control of your event as much as possible. This is why we have created these basic packages, enabling you to tweak each element to build an individual event.
Alternatively, we can cater to your specific requests if you require half day, early morning or evening hire.
Here is an overview of our conference packages, please contact us for a quote.
Our Conference brochure can be viewed in digi-book format here.
Day Delegate Package
Private room hire from 9am - 5pm
Tea and coffee served on arrival with bacon rolls
Mineral water for each guest
Tea and coffee served mid-morning
Buffet lunch served with tea, coffee and fresh fruit platter
Tea, coffee and biscuits served mid-afternoon
Use of a flip chart, screen and projector
Recycled pen and notepad for each delegate
Dedicated co-ordinator to assist you throughout the planning to delivery of your meeting
24 Hour Delegate Package
All of the above plus;
Three course dinner
Full breakfast
Accommodation in a standard bedroom at our recommended accommodation supplier
Accommodation
Preferential rates are available on request from a local hotel when booking through the Brockholes Sales Team.
We can tailor our packages to suit your needs. Make the UK's first floating venue your next choice
Please contact us for more information or to arrange a meeting or showround with our Conference Sales Co-ordinator
Call us on 01772 872005 or enter your details below and we will contact you to discuss your requirements.
www.brockholes.org/sponsorship-opportunities
Sponsorship Opportunities
Brockholes is an award winning nature reserve owned and manages by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, which was opened in 2011. The 250 acre reserve is already attracting record numbers of breeding birds and around 170,000 visitors each year. Brockholes runs a wide range of events throughout the year and has a particularly strong offer for families. Events include wild families, school holiday clubs, school and community group visits, self led trails and larger festivals during the summer holidays.
The key marketing campaigns run targeting families include Christmas, Summer and Easter. Each campaign targets a series of family focused publications across the North West, with a monthly average reach online of over 40,000 people through the website and social media. Advertising and direct marketing campaigns have an average reach of 70% of the total North West population.
Sponsorship and Partnership Opportunities
Summer at Brockholes sees a host of family events each year, from school holiday clubs to open air theatre, guided walks to family fun. Over the Summer period, Brockholes expects to welcome over 60,000 visitors. The marketing campaign is multi channel and will reach a wide audience of families across the North West. Brockholes has also been featured in the National Press for some of the unique events run. We have some new opportunities for sponsorship and partnership, which will allow your business to raise brand awareness and fulfill part of your Corporate Social Responsibility by supporting Brockholes and The Lancashire Wildlife Trust.
Summer at Brockholes Headline Sponsorship £4500
Expose your brand to thousands of families across the North West.
- Logo on all Summer promotional material
- Inclusion in all four of the Summer e-news and Lancashire Wildlife Trust e-news
- Sponsor Feature on Brockholes.org
- On site promotion
- Promotion through social media channels
- Inclusion in all PR activity
- Temporary use of Brockholes logo on promotional material directly related to the partnership
Wild Families Sponsorship £4000 per year
Our Wild Families events are always fully booked. With themes ranging from scarecrow hunts to nature detectives, each event provides quality family time for family members of all ages. Events are run throughout school holidays.
-Logo on marketing materials for Wild Families
-Inclusion in PR for trail launch
-Inclusion in social media activity
-Inclusion in Brockholes e-news
Seasonal Trail Sponsorship £500 per trail
Each visitor to Brockholes can collect their free seasonal trail on arrival. The trail helps visitors to explore the reserve, learn more about what to see and how the reserve changes with the season and challenges them to spot things.
-Logo on sponsorship trail
-Inclusion in PR for trail launch
-Inclusion in social media activity around the trail
Half term at Brockholes £1500
-Logo on all marketing materials
-Inclusion in launch PR
-Social media promotion
Annual Headline Sponsorship £10,000
- Logo inclusion on all Promotional Material
- Dedicated web page on Brockholes.org
- On site promotion
- Dedicated stand area on key event days
- Promotion through Brockholes and LWT e-news, member magazine
- Promotion through social media channels
- Inclusion in all PR activity
-Discounted delegate rate on our conference facilities
Children's Corner £500
Would you like to help brighten up the children's corner in our restuarant for our younger visitors?
-Inclusion in PR activity
-Recognition in the children's area
-Inclusion in activity to our database promoting the new area
To talk to us more about sponsorship opportunities, contact Ruth Gaskell rgaskell@lancswt.org.uk or call 01772 324129.
www.brockholes.org/commercial-opportunities
Commercial Opportunities
Make Brockholes your business
Businesses are being offered an opportunity to become partners in a North West tourism and wildlife success story.
Brockholes nature reserve is entering the second phase of development which will provide commercial opportunities for other businesses and boost local employment.
The Lancashire Wildlife Trust attraction attracted 185,000 people to its nature reserve and the first ever floating visitor village in the UK, last year. It is looking to top that visitor figure this year.
Just off the M6 at Preston and easily accessible from anywhere in the UK, Brockholes has received more than 30 regional and national awards despite only opening in 2011. Visitors continue to pour in despite the reserve being surrounded by the attractions of Manchester, Blackpool and Liverpool.
The business has shown year-on-year growth and, as a result, is seeking commercial partners for the next phase of development.
Anne Selby, Chief Executive of the Wildlife Trust said “Brockholes has performed incredibly well despite being launched in a recession. We have steered the business through the stormy weather and achieved fantastic results.
“We are now looking to move into the next phase of development. As a conservation charity, we want to ensure our focus remains on the nature conservation of the reserve, whilst ensuring the commercial income supports this work. We are looking for expressions of interest at this stage and asking businesses to be creative with their proposals.”
The Visitor Village has a restaurant, shops, conference centre, welcome centre and education centre. Major companies have made use of the conference centre including RBS and Aldi. The surrounding nature reserve is continuing to grow, with an increasing population of resident creatures and rare visitors like red kite, bittern and otter.
Anne continued: “Brockholes received funding for the initial start up and development phases but it was always designed to be a self-sustaining model. By making the most of the commercial opportunities and keeping these balanced carefully with the needs of nature, we believe we can continue to success of Brockholes into the future and achieve even more fantastic results for wildlife, our wide range of visitors and the tourism economy”.
Opportunities include retail, water sports (non-motorised), indoor play provision, events partners and mobile food concessions. However, the Trust is open to hear if any investors would wish to develop sympathetic commercial facilities on the site.
An opportunity information pack is available by request from:
Karen Williams Karen.Williams@brockholes.org
Expressions of interest should initially be made to
Lindsey Poole, Commercial Development Manager lpoole@lancswt.org.uk
Group Visits
Whether it’s a full day out or just a quick stop off on the way to your destination, Brockholes is the ideal place for groups to visit.
There's so much for all ages to see and learn about at Brockholes. Everyone from toddlers to seniors will find something to fascinate them, whether through our exciting range of organised events, or by just wandering around the site.
We are passionately committed to lifelong learning for all – our belief is that everyone should leave knowing something they didn't when they arrived! The Lancashire Wildlife Trust has over a decade of experience in delivering environmental education, so you can relax, enjoy the surroundings and be sure to come away both enchanted and enlightened...
We have several options for various groups, each with a variety of benefits. For more information click on the relevant link below…
Coach Groups
School Groups
Community Groups
To enquire about group visits please call 01772 872000 or email info@brockholes.org. Or leave your details on the form below and a member of our team will get back to you as soon as possible.
Coach Groups
Situated next to Junction 31 on the M6, we are the ideal stop for coach trips, whether it is for a short stop, as a green motorway services, or as part of a full day visit.
Free entry for coaches and convenient coach drop-off point
We have a variety of walking trails for your group to explore, ranging from half an hour to 2 hours in length.
We have our floating visitor village that features a stunning waterside restaurant, 2 unique gift shops and a welcome centre with exhibits, which are ideal should your guests decide for something less active (or if the weather lets you down)!
All our buildings are fully accessible, while the vast majority of our paths are well surfaced, level and suitable for wheelchairs.
We now have a more convenient drop-off point exclusively for coaches and in addition have a number of benefits for coach groups:
• Free entry to the reserve and visitor centre
• Free coach parking
• Refreshment voucher for the coach driver
• Free familiarisation visit for group organisers
• Free meet and greet at the coach (on request)
• Free Brockholes welcome leaflet and trail guide
• Free events and activities throughout the year (visit our events calendar for details)
• Free play area
• Pre-booked guided tours (available at an extra charge)
• Adapted toilets available at the visitor centre
Please note that there is a 4 metre high bridge on the entrance to Brockholes. We also advise all coaches to let us know of their visit in advance by calling us on 01772 872000.
For any further information please just call 01772 872000, email info@brockholes.org
School Groups
Our 250 acre nature reserve and Visitor Village is a great place for school groups to visit. Children can learn about the geological history and how the quarrying has shaped the land today. And because we are a new nature reserve, you can watch it grow! It is also home to the UK's first floating Visitor Village.
Most importantly of all, the children will be able to see that Brockholes is home to a host of wildlife, with many different species of bird popping by throughout the year, along with brown hare, dragonfly and deer to name a few!
Facilities
Your school will have use of the education centre on our floating visitor village and you will have at least one Education Officer dedicated to your group throughout the day.
Plus... NEW FOR 2014!
Next year your school will be able to get even closer to nature at Brockholes by booking an education session in our new purpose-built bird hide classroom, right on the edge of the lake!
The hide will overlook No 1 Pit Lake which is home to many different species of birds and you'll also be able to look across to the new sand martin wall, which will provide valuable breeding habitat when they arrive in spring.
Why not your details below if you'd like us to keep to informed of these exciting new developments!
Programmes
We offer a wide range of programmes including:
Big Adventure in a Miniature World
Life Cycles
Migration and Hibernation
Environmental Art
Geography and Geology
Forest School
You can read more about the education programmes available at Brockholes here.
Education Team
Our Education Team are based at Brockholes and have a huge amount of experience in inspiring young people about the natural world. They are a lively bunch and pride themselves on creating an exciting and memorable experience for your school. You can read about how great our team is here: Meet the Education Team.
Outreach
Can't get to us? Then we can come to you! Our outreach education programme is very popular and offers a wide range of programmes for those who are unable to reach Brockholes.You can view our Outreach Programmes here.
For any information just call us on 01772 872000 for more information, email eduadmin@lancswt.org.uk
Community Groups
Brockholes is a great place to bring your community group, whether it's the Scouts, Guides, Cubs, Brownies or Beavers or a rambling or photography group, there is something for everyone!
As well as exploring our stunning nature reserve you can enjoy an activity such as a guided walk, a mini-beast hunt or an environmental art session.
You can visit Brockholes during the day or we have special community group evenings when the reserve is open beyond our usual opening hours. Group activities usually take place between 5.30pm and 7.30pm.
Forest Schools
Forest Schools is a unique outdoor learning experience that improves children's self-esteem, confidence and abilities.
Brockholes provides an inspirational setting for Forest Schools sessions and training, and is conveniently located just off junction 31 of the M6 at Preston.
Our Forest School sessions are designed and delivered by our experienced and fully qualified Education Team including our Level 3 Trained Forest Schools Practioner.
Our next Forest Schools adult training session will be running in October. To find out more about Forest School sessions at Brockholes please call 01772 872017 or email kphillips@lancswt.org.uk
Shop til you flock
Why not drop into our two on-site shops, The Nest and Village Store, which are packed with all sorts of goodies. We've a variety of products from local beverages and food, to cards and books and crafts and jewellery. They are the perfect place to pick up a unique gift... and there's plenty of treats for the little ones too!
The Nest
The Nest is home to an inspiring collection of gifts, jewellery, books, toys, arts & crafts. Discover what's inside The Nest here.
The Village Store
The Village Store stocks a wide range of products, from locally sourced food and drink treats to bird food, garden accessories and wildlife books. Come and look inside here.
Membership of the Wildlife Trust
Brockholes is a Lancashire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve. You can become a member today or talk to our friendly staff members and volunteers on your next visit to Brockholes. Gift membership is available in The Nest or you can buy it online here.
Our restaurant is the perfect place to stop and watch the world go by with panoramic views of our lake. Scrumptious homemade dishes and a taste bud tingling selection of Lancashire's finest local produce are all here to tempt you, along with fair trade tea and coffee.
Our restaurant is open from 10am to 5pm.
www.brockholes.org/very-special-occasions
Brockholes is a fantastic place for your very special occasions.
Our floating venue is one of the newest and most unique in Lancashire and promises you and your guests an unforgetable event whatever the occasion.
We have a dedicated function centre that can accomodate weddings, christenings and all sort of functions.
The clean, contemporary finish of our venue means that you have the perfect opportunity to put your own stamp on your event, with a flexible range of catering available from our on-site restaurant.
We have a dedicated Conference and Events Co-ordinator that will be available to help you plan your special occasion.
Very Special Weddings
We had our first wedding celebration September 2011 and since then it's been all go with Wedding Fayres and lots more bookings for this year and next. Find out more about weddings at Brockholes here.
Very Special Christenings
Brockholes is a real family friendly venue for a Christening celebration that you will remember for years to come. Find out more here.
For general enquiries about holding a function at Brockholes please call 01772 872005 or email philip.dunn@brockholes.org.
Informed about an image thief recently. Apparently enough people have raised a hue and cry that the thief is no longer active on flickr. The power of the net for bad and then good! Thanks everyone.
Linus has just been informed that he'll have to stay alone at home on Friday morning because I have to take Fynn to the vet for his dental surgery. Alone with Cleo that is, but I don't have the impression that the presence of Cleo is much of a comfort for Linus. Her patience with rambunctious kittens has reached an all time low. Maybe he shouldn't have tried to pounce onto her when she was asleep ....
March 2011 - I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY A FEW RECENT OWNERS THAT MYLAR IS NOW MANUFACTURER-INCLUDED IN NEWLY PURCHASED O-FLASH UNITS
Glue a piece of Mylar to inside, wide end of cardboard. Replace cardboard insert. CAREFULLY replace clear-cover. It does not need to be re-glued, but can be secured to black shell with Scotch (clear) Magic tape. I use a pair of chained black "ponytail" elastic bands stretched from lower end of O-Flash Fresnel ring, to a screw in the camera's tripod mount. This keeps the flash-ring in correct position when shooting downward. A taut loop of mono-filament fish line will do the same.
The added reflective surface more than doubled the ring-flash output, which is more than a full stop increase. For maximum Depth-Of-Field, I like to photograph manually at ISO 400, usually 1/200-sec at f/22, which also allows some sunlight background exposure. The SB-600 Speedlight allows for easy adjust of flash output for exposure control.
I have been informed that another Flickr member by the name of JANET CARTWRIGHT has stolen this image and posted it on her page as her own. I have informed Flickr HQ and await to hear from them. I have also placed a suitable comment on her page showing my photograph. The link to her page is
www.flickr.com/photos/ulliottj/54286682474/in/feed-321056...
We were informed that a town is officially a ghost town when the post office is closed. This one is now rebuilt as a tourist attraction.
A heads up from a friend informed me that the Grafton and Upton would be making their third revenue run over the Milford Industrial Track with two loads for Bluelinx in Bellingham. So instead of doing the responsible thing and having breakfast and then going to bed so I'd be rested for work that night I did the opposite and headed to Milford!
The one shot I wanted above all else was them swinging through Bellingham Junction, but when I got there I found the fresh snow u undisturbed so continued on up the line. I found them just as they were departing from the junction in Milford where their historic owned property meets this former New Haven branch line.
On a brilliantly cold clear winter day it was worthy of a little chase and I got them at three spots before they got to Bellingham Jct. where unfortunately they derailed ending my chase for the day as seen in this photo posted earlier: flic.kr/p/2kANeRg
Here is the the third spot on the chase as the pair of pair of patched ex CSXT nee SCL MP15ACs (EMD blt. Feb. 1978) numbers 1191 & 1160 approach Depot Street at MP 33.4 .
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Thursday February 11, 2021
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This is a perfect example of why it pays to keep others informed. After grabbing a few shots of K444 since it was sitting in the hole at SE Tucker waiting for a crew, I decided to head north towards the Etowah Sub to see if I could find out where W024 with an SD50-3 leading a SD40-2 was. Upon arriving at Emerson, one of the younger railfans I helped informed where K444 was had posted that the crew had shown up out of nowhere & was waiting for Q583 to clear up the single track before heading south. I quickly got off at that exit & quickly started heading back over 30 miles south, not knowing if Q583 was near them. Upon getting to East Switch just before Howell Yard, I get word that K444 just cleared the signal at SE Tucker. So I parked where I was & waited for them to come to me, not wanting to give Howell any chance of slapping another engine or wying the power to put the 2431 in a trailing position. Less than 15 minutes later, they come into view & I set myself up, hoping that the break in the clouds would hold. Here, we see K444 knocking down the East Switch signal as it's about to go under I-75. As it would turn out, I ended up getting the only sunny shot of this train that day, as it would end up sitting at Gilstrap the rest of the day waiting for a crew to take it to Etowah. 1-2-21
I am informed this was a charter,the engine having completed a run round since there was no route beyond wisbech ? www.bramleline.com
When I was informed we'd gone more than two weeks without seeing the sun, I went looking for any patch of color. It was dreary: almost snowing, almost raining, cold, gray, winter solstice. And here was this withered up, frosted over fruit with a death grip on its color.
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got lots of thinks planed, really need my own web site to keep the people informed of them all, i have www.lomokev.com but just need to get a site up and running so little time
this thursday (june 11) i will presetting at PDN photographers vertual trade show in a session called "Do More With Your Photography: Best Practices On Promoting Yourself and Your Work" check a my previous post for more info. its an online thing so all you have to sign up and long on when the time comes for me to take the virtual stand
things i wanna do:
take my lomokev lecture on the road i recently gave it in hastings to the channel hastings crew and i think they liked it. if you think there might be a few people in you town that would be interested in hearing me talk flickr mail me and lets see if we can sort something out
talk the hot shots course on the road.
get my web site up and running www.lomokev.com
write another book
A friend at work kindly informed me of the location of several nesting Great Blue Herons. Yesterday I had the chance to drive there and I found them roosting on their eggs. I spent about an hour and a half at sundown observing and photographing them. They had build nests in deadwood trees that were standing in a small lake in the countryside.
What a privilege! Such beautiful creatures and not too bothered with my quiet observations... I was delighted to have captured quite a few good images, and this is the first one of many that I will be posting in a series featuring them!
Best viewed when enlarged... Enjoy!
SMHI informed us yesterday that Spring had arrived in Stockholm so earlier today I decided to see if that was true, and here is the proof.
By now I was joined by a couple of well known photographers who informed me of what I had missed. That information was to change the outcome of the rest of the day....
We were informed by our guides that these two, were together for the past 8 months, since being driven off by their mother. It is very unusual for siblings to stay together like this for this long, but they had for over 8 months. This was the last time we saw them together as the female was not seen for the next few days. It is common , she will keep venturing further and further and than one day not return and they will go there own separate ways. Serengeti, Tanzania.
My sister informed me that Elizabeth and her newest coworker Penny have been watching all I was up to at convention. Elizabeth tried chocolate to cure her anxiety, but the sight of all those Poppys in Style Lab and my two bags of dolls was more than she could take!
“What is she doing? Bringing more Poppys for Henri to date? Ack!”
Thanks to sis for sharing these photos!
Claire thoughtfully informed the children about starting the New Year off the way you want it to continue, explaining that this is why they did some de-cluttering, organizing, and cleaning the last couple days.
The Pukifee, however, took this to mean that they should stay in their pajamas all day and play with toys on the first day of 2015...so they can just keep doing that the rest of the year! ;)
Having just been informed that the Tees Transporter Bridge ceased operating in 2019, I realised how lucky I was to have made the crossing just a few months before, in August 2018. It was the furthest downstream bridge crossing over the river. The bridge was classed as part of the A178 road between Middlesbrough and Hartlepool. As of August 2025, the bridge remains closed due to safety concerns and is unlikely to return to operational status in the near future. When working, the bridge carried a travelling 'gondola,' suspended below the fixed structure, across the river in 90 seconds. The gondola could carry up to 200 people, nine cars, or six cars and one minibus.