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This is a photograph from the finish of the 36th Michael Manning Memorial "Dunshaughlin 10KM" Road Race and Fun Run which took place in Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, Ireland on Saturday 20th June 2015 at 19:30. This race is widely acknowledged within the Irish running community as one of the best races in Ireland. While being very well attended and competitive it is also one of the oldest 10KM races in Ireland. The numbers for this race have exceeded expectations year on year for the past number of years. In 2008 a record field of 306 took to the start line but by 2012 this number had more than doubled with 647 runners taking part. The starting numbers in 2013 topped this again at 668. Last year, 2014, the numbers rocketed to a new record of 883. This year 862 finished the race showing that the race continues to attract very substantial crowds. This year, as in previous years, the race attracted runners from not just all of Leinster but from the four corners of Ireland. Who knows but this race could reach 1,000 entrants next year? The work of the organising committee must be commended on making this event possible. The Dunshaughlin 10KM has earned it's place at the top of the pedestal of Irish running through the sheer hard work of Dunshaughlin AC over the years. Road race events do not survive on their own. There must be dedication, hard work and a development vision amongst the committee and the host club. Well done to all.
We have an extensive set of photographs from the race tonight taken at the 9KM mark and at 400M to go. The full set is available at: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157654823417232
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2748 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
Some useful links
Our Photographs from 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157645329098733/
2015 Results: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2748
2014 Results: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2037
2013 Results: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1320
2012 Results: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=891
History of the Dunshaughlin 10KM www.dunshaughlinac.com/
Dunshaughlin AC on Facebook: www.facebook.com/dunshaughlin.athleticclub?fref=ts
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
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►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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Criccieth is a town and community on the Llyn peninsula in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd in Wales. The town lies 5 miles (8 km) west of Porthmadog, 9 miles (14 km) east of Pwllheli and 17 miles (27 km) south of Caernarfon.
The town is a seaside resort, popular with families. Attractions include the ruins of Criccieth Castle, which have extensive views over the town and surrounding countryside. Nearby on Ffordd Castell (Castle Way) is Cadwalader's Ice Cream Parlour, opened in 1927, whilst Stryd Fawr (High Street) has several bistro style restaurants. In the centre lies Y Maes ("The Field", or town square), part of the original medieval town common.
CI is currently promoting the creation of a business group for Irvine, based upon successful models elsewhere; this is the logo with which we will attempt to sell the founding of such a group. The design incorporates a lower case 'b' with a lower case outline 'i' inset into it; the town's coat of arms is inset into the stem of the 'i'. Any local businesses interested in this proposal, please contact Irvine Meadow's Community Action Committee: onsideirvine@gmail.com
Easter is the apex of the Church's liturgical year and is the solemnity upon which the rest of the year revolves. It was on the first Easter Sunday that the Lord's disciples discovered the empty tomb, indicating that Christ had risen from the dead.
By His Resurrection Jesus Christ triumphed over death, paid the debt that came through the sin of Adam, and thus opened the gates of Heaven to mankind. Thus, the Lord's Resurrection on Easter thus marks the turning point in salvation history.
It is for this reason that Christians have great reason to rejoice in the new life brought to us by the Risen Savior. Salvation has come at last! For this reason, the Church resumes the use of the word "alleluia" which is said with even greater frequency and fervor for the rest of the fifty days of the Easter season, also known as 'Paschaltide.'
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is no mere historical event relegated to history but a living reality which Christians experience again and again each year. It is an ever ancient and ever new mystery that is re-presented each year. May all discover and receive the new life to be found in the Risen Savior.
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The Alice In Wonderland 10'' Doll is posed standing next to the 2012 Classic Ariel 12'' Doll. Both are by the Disney Store. They both have blue eyes of a very similar design. Although Ariel towers over Alice, she has a much smaller head than does Alice. The character Alice is much younger than the Ariel character, which explains the different proprotions of their heads versus their bodies.
Alice in Wonderland Doll - Our Family Tree
A Holiday Celebration
The Disney Store
Received 10/23/2012
I just received this beatiful Alice In Wonderland doll, bought second hand but new in box, in near mint condition. She is in the Disney Store's Our Family Tree - A Holiday Celebration series of merchandise, and is long out of production.
She is a 10'' doll with poseable head, arms and legs. She has large flat feet with flat heeled shoes, so she can free stand. Although she is a little unsteady on her feet, since she is top heavy, with her large head and long hair. Her rubbery legs can bend at the knees, with internal joints that have a limited range of movement. Her arms cannot bend at the elbow or wrist, so her have fixed attitudes. Her left arm is straight, with a bent wrist, while her right arm is bent with a straight wrist. In construction, her body and limbs are similar to that of the Disney Parks Tinker Bell 11'' doll.
She is a faithful reproduction of the character from the 1951 Disney animated feature of the same name. She has a large head, with large wide open blue eyes glancing to her upper right, small open mouth and a little nose, and a nice amount of rouge on her cheeks. She has a very pleasant, happy expression on her face.
Her hair is long, straight, smooth and shiny. It is light blonde in color with some streaks of very light (almost white) blonde hair. Over her forehead are two long sideways bangs that are very stiff, and are sewn to the main body of her hair at their ends. The ends of her hair are a little frizzy. She has a black satin ribbon in her hair, helping to keep it neat, with a large bow on top.
She is wearing a light blue satin dress with white lace at the hemline. In front is a white satin apron, which is secured with white satin ribbon tied around her waist, with a large bow in the back. She is wearing long white stretchy leggings that go up to her waist. Finally she has shiny black shoes that mimic patent leather.
She is photographed in the box, during the deboxing, and fully deboxed, both alone and with other comparable dolls.
On the fifth night of Navaratri, we venerate Skanda Mata. She is the mother of Shivaanda MatSkanda, and holds Him in Her lap. It is not only Him She holds. As the mother of power who vanquishes negativity, She takes us all onto Her lap and cares for us.
On this night, Gurudev gave satsang about the deeper meaning of Skanda Mata and how She supports us in living our true dharma. We offered turmeric to the feet of the Divine Mother and enjoyed a beautiful, traditional dance performance.
This is a composite image, made from LoC images. It shows the area known as Rocketts, just below Richmond, at was the site of the Confederate Navy Yard during the war (foreground), with another construction yard across the James River. John Coski's Capital Navy reproduces part of the original image, with this cation:
A view of Rocketts from Libby Hill/ April 1865
The only Civil War-era photographs of the Confederate navy yards were taken -- by Mathew Brady or his assistant, or Levy & Cohen of Philadelphia -- after the Federal capture of the city. On the near (north) side of the James River is Rocketts. A few residences and businesses of the Rocketts neighborhood are visib1e in the left foreground. The Rocketts landing, with its permanent sheds or shelters, can be seen near the right edge of the photo. Visible in middle of the photo is the captured Confederate artillery shown on page xiii.
Across the river is the yard (usually called the "Yard opposite Rocketts") where the C.S.S. Virginia II was constructed. On the point of land to the left are ways used for constructing the wooden frame of vessels. The unfinished vessel on the ways was probably an unnamed ironclad warship designed by William A. Graves. On the beach directly across the river are additional ways where a smaller vessel (probably a torpedo boat) was under construction. Archaeologists have recently [1996] discovered the foundations of the substantial building near the right side of the photograph. To the right of that structure (just beyond the frame of the photograph) were buildings and tents which were probably used by the laborers at the southside yard.
The vessels in the river are Federal ships. The sunken ship visible at the far left of both photographs is probably the Confederate school ship Patrick Henry. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
This is a photograph from the 12th running of the Donadea 50KM and the National 50KM Championships held in Donadea Forest Park, Staplestown, Co. Kildare, Ireland on Saturday 11th February 2023 from 10:00 onwards. The 50K at Donadea is now firmly established as one of the most popular ultramarathon running distance races in Ireland. This year a field of well over 200 participants started the race.
The race is run on a 5KM looped trail of Donadea Forest Park which is a beautiful Coillte-managed forest amenity near the village of Staplestown. The race is promoted by Donadea Running Club and the timing and event management was delivered by Kildare-based company Popup Races. The Popup website www.popupraces.ie will have full results of the event available.
The full set of photographs are available here on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72177720305946534
Elyas, "The Mosque is a place for prayer, it's a cultural centre, it's a place for a congregation, it's a place where people get together, it's also a community centre these days... the main mosques these days are more of a cultural centre, they hold events where people from different cultures come in, they learn about different aspects of the mosque, they learn about Ramadan and Eid etc, and the other smaller mosques have a lot of community events going on. The children go there and learn about the Koran and the ladies have a section which they use, they also have events... so the mosque is for everybody in general. You'll find in the bigger mosques that they'll have the coffins and they'll do the funeral stuff as well, in our religion it is all done in the mosque... the funeral prayers are done in the mosque. People will also come from different mosques and visit the other mosques to basically 'exchange' ideas and to teach other more about the religion, but it's also an opportunity to go to another area and make new friends and to propigate Islam."
"At the moment it's Ramadan which is the month when the holy Kuran was revealed, the thirty chapters were revealed in the holy month of Ramadan, that's why it is the holiest month in our religion, in that month people 'fast' from sunrise to sunset (the whole family do that), so people will have a meal in the morning, it's a special meal that the prophet took, shorty after that there is morning prayer and then we fast until after evening prayer. Right now this is quite a long day, after about eight O'clock'ish people will break their fast, there will be a call to prayer for Maghrib so people know what time it is, they will go to the mosque and what you'll find is most people will break their fast with dates and holy water from the Ka'ba (which is called Zamzam). Ramadan is a special month for everybody, a lot of people go to Makkah (Mecca) and perform their Ramadan over there. By fasting you show empathy to poor people and it's a time will give a lot of money to charity. Towards the end of the Ramadan we celebrate Eid for three days people will take a holiday from holiday, visit their past ones at the cemetery, they'll do prayers, they'll eat a lot of food, they'll go out and they got visit their family friends, people buy gifts and new clothes and that type of thing, so it's a family thing and people get together."
Is it the same black bear visiting our remote camera in Chiwaukum at night?
September 2012
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*This is Maddy.
Maddy is feral.
He lived on my patio after I trapped him and had him neutered about a year and a half ago.
The patio is gone.
A tragedy happened last September. My house was burned down and my life is forever changed.
I still take care of Maddy as much as he'll let me. We are survivors.
My house is still being rebuilt. The sink Maddy is laying in is one of 4 beautiful Talavera sinks going into my new house.
Maddy is so sweet and funny. This is the first time I've seen him bathe in the sink.*
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here is a r/c truck and trailer i got from a toy show some years ago.this truck and trailer is made by Shinsei and was sold back in the early to mid 70's .i found this at a toy show and converted it from a toy r/c to a hobby grade r/c using the futaba 2.4ghz radio system with proportional steering.this is the original colour with the original decals .and it works really well.the tires are rubber and i added the aluminum straight pipes and texas bumper and the rear half fenders
Barong is a character in the mythology of Bali. He is the king of the spirits, leader of the hosts of good, and enemy of Rangda in the mythological traditions of Bali. Banas Pati Rajah is the fourth "brother" or spirit child that accompanies a child throughout life. Banas Pati Rajah is the spirit which animates Barong. A protector spirit, he is often represented by a lion, and traditional performances of his struggles against Rangda are popular parts of Balinese culture. The Barong is often portrayed with two monkeys.
Worcester Cathedral is the commanding presence on the skyline of the city, perched on high ground overlooking the River Severn. It is one of England's most rewarding cathedrals, though denied first rank status owing to the heavy handed Victorian restorations it underwent, an unavoidable consequence of being built of soft red sandstone (a problem shared with Chester and Lichfield) and thus a 19th century feel pervades inside and out in it's mostly renewed external stonework and furnishings.
The cathedral impresses with it's scale, one or our longer churches, crowned by a magnificent central tower (originally surmounted by a lead spire, lost sometime after the Reformation; subtle alterations to the tower's design were made when it was refaced in the Victorian restoration) and with a secondary pair of transepts flanking the choir (as at Salisbury, Lincoln, Rochester & Canterbury). Of the former monastic buildings the cloister and Norman chapter house have survived (along with the refectory, now part of neighbouring King's School), making this a more complex and enjoyable building to explore.
The earliest parts are of the Norman period with the superb 12th century crypt under the choir. The west end of the nave is also Norman work, though very late and unusual in design, with transitional pointed arches. However the bulk of the building we see dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, the east end in Early English Gothic style (where most of the windows were restored to stepped lancets by Sir George Gilbert Scott during the Victorian restoration, having been altered over the centuries), whilst the remainder of the nave and tower are largely of the Decorated period (the cathedral originally also possessed a detached octagonal bell tower with a lead spire, which stood near the north east corner but was demolished in 1647).
Of the original furnishings little remains beyond the fine set of misericords in the choir stalls. The stained glass too is nearly entirely Victorian (only some meagre, much restored medieval fragments survive in traceries of the south aisle). However, much of the Victorian glass is really quite impressive, particularly the great east and west windows by Hardman's.
Worcester is however especially rich in tombs and monuments of all periods, with medieval effigies of bishops, knights and ladies, not all in good condition but worth seeking out. There are also several large tombs from the post-Reformation period (especially in the cluttered south aisle) and some fine Baroque work in the north transept.
The most significant of the monuments here are Royal; in the centre of the choir lies the fine 13th century effigy of King John, best remembered for signing the Magna Carta (and my 21st great-grandfather I've recently discovered!). Nearby is the superb chantry chapel of Prince Arthur, elder brother of Henry VIII, whose premature death aged 15 changed England forever (one of the most pivotal moments in our history, had he survived, the Reformation may never have happened). The gorgeous late Perpendicular Gothic chapel stands to the south of the High Altar and is remarkable for it's rich sculpted detail.
Business is good for Britain... is Britain good for Business?
Lord Jones has served at the highest levels of both business and
government and in this event he shares his experience and (often
forthright) opinions about what British business needs to do to thrive in
an increasingly global economy.
Knowledgeable, authoritative and independent, Digby argues how untenable
the status quo is in the UK, and sets out how Britain can get back in – and
stay in – the globalised game.
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UK businesses.
Chris is a frontline Paramedic by trade and is a caving instructor in her spare time, running her own business. She has been diving since 2004 and began through the Cave Diving Group. She is primarily a cave diver with the occasional nod to diving in the sea. She holds the current UK female cave diving depth record in the UK (Wookey Hole) and the end of the line in five caves in France and Croatia. She has run beach clean-ups on Chesil Cove and is project manager for the conservation initiative, Project Baseline South Wales Caves,
Chris has won awards for her dry cave photography and she is nominated photographer for the Ghost Fishing Project this year. She was a team member on last year's Ghost Fishing Scapa Flow project and is looking forward to returning this time in her new role.
There is little to report here, except the observation that the stands on the Pakistan side are slowly filling as well. Notice the India (left) and Pakistan (right) flags fluttering along in the foreground. These will be later taken down and retired to their respective sides of the border while the border itself closes for the night. Apologies for the poor photo quality- this was due to a defective zoom lens, oil stains on the lens filter thanks to kid the previous night in Amritsar and the general late afternoon haze. (India-Pakistan border at Wagah, near Amritsar, India, Nov. 2017)
The Verkehrshaus is the most visited museum of Switzerland.
From the train station you catch the bus (N° 6 or 8) up to the station "Verkehrshaus". The bus drives every five to ten minutes. At the entrance you'll find an old VW beetle full of stickers.
At the museum you can see a lot of different means of transport (airplanes, trains, ships, and so on) and things about communication. Further you can walk on the Swiss map and with a lens you can accrete every point of Switzerland (Swissarena). Not to forget: the planetarium.
If you're tired of the museum, you can visit the IMAX right beside of the musem. You can also have a kombi ticket (museum + IMAX).
The museum offers a lot of things, so keep free enough time.
Honduras is a country Latin Central America
Honduras officially the Republic of Honduras was once referred to as Spanish Honduras. Honduras in Spanish means "depths".
Honduras borders the countries of Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua
Honduras Independence day from Spain September 15, 1821
Honduras is best known for the production of minerals, coffee, tropical fruit, and sugar cane, as well as for its growing textiles industry, which serves the international market.
Roatán is an island that was formerly known as Ruatan and Rattan is a Bay Island in the Caribbean Sea.
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Carnival Glory is a Conquest-class cruise ship that was built by Fincantieri in Monfalcone, Italy. She is owned by Carnival Corporation & plc and operated by Carnival Cruise Lines.
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Honduras port of Roatán in Latin Central America
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This is just some of the massive amounts of new residential construction currently taking place in the unincorporated community of Clarksburg, in the Northern part of Montgomery County, Maryland, USA. Clarksburg is a Northern, outer ring suburb of Washington, DC that is currently enjoying massive amounts of population growth and real estate development. in the 2000 census, the Clarksburg unincorporated area had a population of only about 1,800 people. By the 2010 census, Clarksburg had a population of 13,766 people, an increase of over six times the population in just 10 years, and probably has significantly more people by now, nearly three years after the 2010 census was conducted on April 1st of 2010, probably about 15,000 to 20,000 people by now, judging by the fast pace of residential development since then. This is easily on track toward the projected population of 40,000 people in Clarksburg in the year 2030, when the area is expected to be completely built out. Clarksburg is currently an affluent, family oriented community with a young and very diverse population. Montgomery County, Maryland is located just North of Washington, DC, is the most populated of the 24 counties in the U.S. state of Maryland, currently has a diverse population of about 990,000 people, and is growing relatively fast in population. Montgomery County, Maryland is the second most populated county in the vast Washington, DC-Baltimore metropolitan area, behind neighboring Fairfax County, Virginia, which is in turn also the most populated county in the U.S. state of Virginia, with an also diverse current population of about 1.1 million people, and growing in population at about the same relatively fast rate as Montgomery County, Maryland. This photo was taken on Yesterday, January 20, 2013.
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Surya Sinha is a respected social activist who has innumerable honors to his name for community service attained simultaneously with the much demanding media career.
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This photo is from my mother's collection. I think it was taken somewhere in Mississipi. The back is stamped "Jiminez Studios - Sept 10, 1936" (update: Jiminez Studios was in Ashland KY). I think my father was working in Mississippi on highway construction. Don't know who the lady is on the left, but my mother (Katherine Waggoner Slone) is in the middle and my father (Odes Slone) is on the right. Also not sure about the baby, but it might have been my oldest sister, Maude Ruth Slone Fraley, who was born in March 1936. Dad was 29 and Mom was 26 at the time.
The building appears to be a country store or possibly a cafe, and notice that the Texaco gas, sold from the "visible" style pump, was 21 cents per gallon.
Explore is still a novelty for me, so you will have to forgive this.....
1. 133/365: Too much coffee ?, 2. 132/365: Shadows on a wall, 3. 124/365: I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy, 4. Sebe doing somersaults, 5. 111/365: Magritte - Boots, 6. 103/365: Magritte - Sky Silhouette, 7. 102/365: The cute chick I was with said she didn't want sugar in her tea...., 8. Guitar Lick,
9. 95/365: Lie down. Find out. Be shocked !, 10. My mop chop seems to have added years to me :-(, 11. 90/365: Business as usual, 12. 78/365: Mr Big, 13. 68/365: Midnight in Abu Dhabi, 14. 67/365: What all teenage boys deserve !!!, 15. 44/365: M is for Magic Marble Mounted on finger, 16. 40/365: I is for Imitation
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June 20, 2023 - "The Cité de Carcassonne is a fortified medieval city located on a hill in the old town of Carcassonne, in the Occitanie region of southern France. It is located on the right bank of the Aude and in the southeast of the current city. Its origins date back to Gallo-Roman times and it was enlarged into a fortress in the Middle Ages. The fortified city is surrounded by a double wall (each about three kilometers long with a total of 52 towers). The main buildings within the Cité, which is still inhabited, are a castle (Château comtal) and a church (Basilique Saint-Nazaire).
In the 19th century, the already decaying city of Carcassonne was restored under the direction of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. This resulted in an extensive well-preserved historical monument that was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Carcassonne was founded as Carcasso in the 1st century BC. Founded by the Romans on the site of today's Cité. The so-called Gallo-Roman towers with a horseshoe plan on the inner wall testify to the Carcasso period.
On the 14 hectares, where between 3,000 and 4,000 people lived in the Middle Ages, 229 permanent residents live today. All the others work for tourism and live abroad. La Cité is a large open-air museum used by tourists and is not normally accessible by car.
Legend has it that the fortress was once besieged by Charlemagne, when Mme Carcas was the lady of the castle. The siege lasted so long that famine soon claimed the first victims in the Cité. Mrs. Carcas then decided to stuff a pig with wheat and, when she was fat enough, she threw it off the castle wall. The besiegers, already exhausted, thought when they saw the fat animal that fell from their towers that the city must have food to spare. Dejected, Charlemagne's men gave up and returned home. When the town bells rang to celebrate the end of the siege, one of the besiegers is said to have exclaimed Madame Carcas sonne (Carcas sounds).
In 1208, Pope Innocent III, faced with the increase and extension of Catharism, decreed the Albigensian Crusade. The Count of Tolosa and the Viscount of Carcassonne are accused of heresy and their territories become the main target of the attack by the barons from France. On August 1, 1209, the city is besieged by the Crusaders. Raymond Roger Trencavel surrenders to them on August 15 in exchange for the lives of its inhabitants. The villages around the city are destroyed. The viscount dies of dysentery in his castle prison on November 10, 1209. Other sources speak of an assassination planned by Simon de Montfort.
The city becomes the headquarters of the crusade troops. The land and city are delivered to Simón de Montfort, military chief of the Crusader army. He died in 1218 during the siege of Toulouse and his son, Amaury VI de Montfort, took possession of the city, but was unable to manage it. He cedes the rights to it to Louis VIII of France, but Ramon VII of Toulouse and the counts of Foix allied against the king. In 1224, Ramón Trencavel II took possession of the city after Amaury fled.
Louis VIII launches a second crusade in 1226 and Ramón Trencavel must flee. The city of Carcassonne becomes part of the domain of the King of France and becomes the seat of a seneschal. A period of terror is installed inside the city among the inhabitants; the search and hunting of the Cathars multiplies the bonfires in the squares and there are continuous savage denunciations, with the installation of an Inquisition Tribunal within the city precincts.
Louis IX of France orders the construction of the second walled enclosure so that the city can withstand long sieges and sieges. Trencavel, refugee in Aragon, intends to recover his land. At the same time, the king of Aragon, Jaime I the Conqueror, is considered a constant threat to the region, very close to the borders of his kingdom, the city being part of the defensive system of the border between France and Aragon.
After the annexation of Roussillon to France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees, the military role of Carcassonne was greatly reduced, as the distance to the Spanish border increased considerably. The role of command post for the defense of the border was transferred to Perpignan.
The walls of the Cité date from various periods of construction. The oldest parts of the wall were erected at the time of the Visigoths. They can be recognized by the layers of small cube-shaped stones, interrupted by layers of bricks, and by the narrowness of the towers, which are already equipped with real windows. The castle was mainly built in the 12th century. The outer ring of walls with their smooth ashlars dates from the middle of the 13th century.
At the end of the 13th century some of the towers and parts of the inner wall were built, which was then being rebuilt and advanced. The ashlars from this period are mostly carved with art. The towers have several floors and are provided with loopholes. The building material for the two concentric belts of fortifications was brought from the surrounding quarries: hard sandstone, difficult to extract and work, but which over the centuries began to erode under the influence of violent storms from the southwest.
The interior of the walls is made of rounded stones, fragments of rock and sand, agglutinated with lime, which also serves as mortar. The texture of the masonry varies with each period of construction.
The regular outer wall, 1.5 kilometers long, was built in 15 years shortly after 1230, hence its uniform appearance. The construction history of the 1.3 km long inner wall is much more complicated and its masonry is far from uniform. At that time, the city already had a wall from the Gallo-Roman era that was around 1,000 years old, but it was no longer up to date. Today it forms the skeleton of the inner belt and can often be seen at the bottom of today's wall.
As always in such cases, the area between the two walls is called the Zwinger. The kennel kept the attacker in an area that militia projectiles could reach. The wall must be as high as possible, because until the 14th century people did not shoot back, they shot back. In times of peace, such a kennel was used for games and knightly combat festivals. In some cases, the old parts of the wall were supported on new foundations when they were tapped, so that the strange picture arises that the oldest part is higher than the later one.
The ditch around the wall was not filled with water, but it had the function of preventing the use of larger siege engines, which had to be directed against the wall at right angles to the direction of the Zwinger and therefore did not have sufficient access. here. The fortification of the city with a double fence corresponded to a new defensive tactic that had been designed around 1200 around the king in the time of Philip Augustus (1180-1223). His principle was: the defense must be active, it must be able to inflict heavy losses on the attacker. Therefore, more than a thousand archers were stationed on the battlements, and the towers flanked the entire wall without leaving a blind spot.
It was possible to advance towards the Zwinger between the two city walls without exposing oneself to the full mass of besiegers. This allowed early attackers who were said to have advanced this far to be pursued individually or in small groups. With this tactic, one could successfully resist even a numerically superior siege force.
Many towers of the outer line are so-called shell towers, i. that is to say, they are open at the back, so that the enemy could not take refuge once they crossed the first wall. Then it could still be attacked from the inner wall, for example by archers. However, the effectiveness of this defense has never really been proven." Previous description: www.topworldimages.com/Cite_de_Carcassonne.htm
This three-day conference is offered in the Group Relation tradition which offers a unique opportunity to study the conscious and unconscious dynamics involved in how groups organize themselves and interact with each other. This conference is not a passive learning event that relies upon lectures. Instead, the learning is experiential. Participants study how leadership, followership, authority, task, boundaries, and roles operate in the different group experiences they enter during the conference.
Trump Tower is a 58-floor, 664-foot-tall (202 m) mixed-use skyscraper at 721–725 Fifth Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Trump Tower serves as the headquarters for the Trump Organization. Additionally, it houses the penthouse condominium residence of the building's namesake and developer, U.S. president Donald Trump, who is also a businessman and real estate developer. Several members of the Trump family also live, or have resided, in the building. The tower stands on a plot where the flagship store of department-store chain Bonwit Teller was formerly located.
Der Scutt of Poor, Swanke, Hayden & Connell designed Trump Tower, and Trump and the Equitable Life Assurance Company (now the AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company) developed it. Although it is in one of Midtown Manhattan's special zoning districts, the tower was approved because it was to be built as a mixed-use development. Trump was permitted to add more stories to the tower because of the atrium on the ground floor. There were controversies during construction, including the destruction of historically important sculptures from the Bonwit Teller store; Trump's alleged underpaying of contractors; and a lawsuit that Trump filed because the tower was not tax-exempt.
Construction on the building began in 1979. The atrium, apartments, offices, and stores opened on a staggered schedule from February to November 1983. At first, there were few tenants willing to move in to the commercial and retail spaces; the residential units were sold out within months of opening. Since 2016, the tower has seen a large increase in visitation because of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and subsequent election—both his 2016 and 2020 campaigns are headquartered in the tower.
This is the inner barrier around the "Green Zone", an area where Labour Party delegates, lobbyists and politicians can roam free in their own self-contained environment, safe from meeting the public.
The screen is perforated. I tried peering through it (see previous image to see that this didn't work, and agitated the guards)
The Stop The War images are a little of out of order in my photostream, so they are best viewed in the Set here.
This is a trail on Land Trust land on Monte Sano in Huntsville, Alabama. The woods were well shaded, almost dark at times, humid, but generally cooler. The forest is rocky and calcareous. I would consider it moist, as there are a few ephemeral stream beds and one spring that winds its way perpendicular to the trail. Very few flowers were in bloom. I found Hairy Wood Mint - Blephilia hirsuta, Heart-leaved Skullcap - Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata, Wild Petunia - Ruellia caroliniensis, and Indian Pink - Spigelia marilandica, the latter two just one individual plant. Quite a few butterflies, all of them Little Wood-Satyr - Megisto cymela - as far as I could tell.
The date is July 25, 2010. The place is Milan, Piazza Duomo.
For the first time an international class triathlon will be entirely held in the historic center.
The dream became a reality thanks to the determination and organizational skills I AM Sports Events. Thanks also to the municipality of Milan, which has identified further opportunities in the triathlon to attract visitors and spread a international sports city.
The idea of three guys who drive I AM Sports Events, big fans of triathlon, was created by the ambition to see their hometown stage a World Cup test (WCS) Triathlon Olympic specialties launched in 2008 with the Beijing Olympic Games and with its 1.5 km swim, 40km bike and 10km run is gaining thousands of fans and the growing curiosity of the media.
Why Milan? The city offers all the facilities needed to support the three sports, to manage the flow of participating athletes and all the logistics that a race of this level requires. The Milan Course, studied with the police to ensure spectacular evidence causing minimum inconvenience to the citizenry, is developed entirely on city soil and sees the start from the Darsena and the swimming section along the Naviglio Grande, the bike spit starting from Via D'Annunzio Cairoli with a circuit around the Parco Sempione and finally the run split from Piazza Cairoli Dome with another ring around the historic city center.
This project could be a great opportunity to try to get among the best events on this distance in the world (along with Sydney, Seoul, Madrid, Hamburg, London, Kitzbuhel, Budapest), but especially for bringing the many triathletes and Milan Italians to a wonderful and growing sport, exploiting the opportunity to bring in Milan the best of the sport worldwide.
Carlo is the hospitality himself, making us enjoy every piece of Mattinata. He takes us up the hill and tells he used to play around here. Back then there was still nothing but the village.
Carlo is de gastvrijheid zelf, waardoor we genieten van elk stukje Mattinata. Hij neemt ons mee de heuvel op en vertelt dat hij hier vroeger altijd speelde. Toendertijd was hier nog niets anders dan het dorpje.
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Python is a genus of non-venomous pythons found in Africa, Asia and Australia. Currently, 17 species are recognized.Found in Africa in the tropics south of the Sahara, but not in southern Africa, the extreme southwestern tip, or in Madagascar. In Asia it is found from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, including the Nicobar Islands, through Myanmar, east to Indochina, southern China, Hong Kong and Hainan, as well as in the Malayan region of Indonesia and the Philippines.P. molurus and P. sebae are both an invasive species in North America and they are becoming quite abundant in South Florida and the Everglades
(In this picture a natural mutation of white python)
I pitoni sono dei grossi serpenti non velenosi che uccidono le loro prede stritolandole. La specie più nota è il pitone reticolato, che supera gli 8 metri.È capace di stritolare prede molto grosse. Questa famiglia è diffusa in Africa, Asia e Oceania. Si nutrono di ogni sorta di preda viva, dagli uccelli alle capre ad altri serpenti.La testa dei pitoni è grossa, distinta dal corpo. I denti sono a forma di uncino. L'occhio è piccolo, con una pupilla verticale.Esiste anche qualche mutazione naturale avvenuta in cattività come il piccolo di pitone bianco nella foto.
Goodrich Castle is a now ruinous Norman medieval castle situated to the north of the village of Goodrich in Herefordshire, England. The castle was built in the late 11th century or the early 12th century, when it was known as Godric’s Castle, named probably after Godric of Mappestone. In 1144, William Fitz Osbern seized the castle during the anarchy of the reign of Stephen. During this time, the small Norman keep to the south of the entrance gate was built by Gilbert de Clare. In 1643, during the Civil War, the Earl of Stamford garrisoned the castle for Parliament. In 1645, the castle became the scene of one of the most desperate sieges in Herefordshire. The siege continued into 1646. After being in the hands of Parliament, it was later occupied by a garrison led by the Royalist Sir Henry Lingen. It was attacked by Colonels John Birch and Kyrle. Colonel Birch built an enormous mortar that was called 'Roaring Meg' to reduce the castles defences. For years the mortar stood outside Hereford museum now the only civil war mortar to survive is situated in the inner courtyard of the castle. Eventually the Royalists surrendered. In 1647, the castle was slighted, which made it virtually uninhabitable and prohibited re-fortification. The castle is currently looked after by English Heritage. www.english-heritage.org.uk/
Taormina is a comune and small town on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Messina, about midway between Messina and Catania. Taormina has been a very popular tourist destination since the 19th century. It has popular beaches (accessible via an aerial tramway) on the Ionian sea, which is remarkably warm and has a high salt content. Taormina can be reached via highways from Messina from the north and Catania .Just south of Taormina is the Isola Bella, a nature reserve. Tours of the Capo Sant' Andrea grottos are also available. Taormina is built on an extremely hilly coast, and is approximately a forty-five minute drive away from Europe's largest active volcano, Mount Etna.A stay at Taormina is not just a seaside vacation. This area, rich in charm and history, must be experienced in a spirit that is outside the ordinary, and for one simple reason: here, everything is extraordinary. Every stone is a thousand-year-old piece of history, the glorious sea reflects Taormina's beauty, as it shapes and marks the passage of time, and the places that enchanted the Greeks create to this day a vibrant and exciting ambiance. But trying to describe in words what makes Taormina unique is truly difficult.
Taormina ist eine Stadt mit 11.076 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2010) an der Ostküste Siziliens. Die Gründung der Stadt geht auf die Sikuler zurück, die schon vor der griechischen Kolonisation auf den Terrassen des Monte Tauro siedelten. Im 4. Jahrhundert vor Christus wurde die Stadt griechisch. Die heutige Stadt ist eine Neugründung aus dem Mittelalter, nachdem die Araber die antike Stadt zerstört hatten.Auf Grund der malerischen Landschaft, des milden Klimas und zahlreicher historischer Sehenswürdigkeiten entwickelte sich die Stadt im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert zu einem der wichtigsten Touristenzentren Siziliens. Besonders bekannt und sehenswert sind das antike Theater mit Blick auf den Ätna und den Golf von Giardini-Naxos und die kleine Insel Isola Bella vor der Küste Taorminas.
Taormina (griego antiguo Ταυρομένιον, Tauromenion, latín Tauromenium) es una ciudad situada en la costa este de la isla de Sicilia (Italia), en la provincia de Mesina, a medio camino entre Mesina y Catania. Cuenta con 10.991 habitantes.Está casi en el límite de la provincia de Catania, se extiende por el monte Tauro, a 200 m de altitud, y se halla en un balcón sobre el mar, enfrente del volcán Etna. Es un centro turístico muy importante desde el siglo XIX.Posee magníficas playas (accesibles mediante teleférico) y un patrimonio histórico muy rico, cuyo máximo exponente es el célebre teatro greco-romano. Además, se conserva un castillo árabe, que ocupa el lugar de la antigua ciudadela o Arx.Taormina y el volcán Etna al fondo, desde el teatro griego.La ciudad fue fundada por los griegos en el 736 a. C., con el nombre de Naxos.La leyenda cuenta que los marinos griegos que pasaban por la costa oriental de Sicilia olvidaron realizar sacrificios en honor a Poseidón, y él, encolerizado, les hizo naufragar. El único superviviente, Teocles, llegó al Capo Schico, próximo a Naxos, y volvió a Grecia para contar las maravillas de Sicilia, convenciendo a sus compatriotas para instalarse en la isla.
Taormine, en italien Taormina, est une commune de la province de Messine en Sicile (Italie).Taormine est située sur la côte est de la Sicile, à peu près à mi-chemin entre Messine et Catane (50 km), presque à la limite de la province de Catane.Elle s’étend sur le Mont Tauro à 200 m d’altitude. La ville est en balcon sur la mer face à l’Etna. La Calabre, distante d'environ 30 km, est visible par temps clair ainsi que la nuit.La légende dit que des marins grecs, passant sur la côte orientale de la Sicile, avaient oublié de sacrifier à Neptune. Celui-ci, en colère, fit chavirer leur embarcation. Le seul survivant, Théocle, parvint au Cap Schiso, non loin du site de Naxos (aujourd'hui Giardini-Naxos). Il retourna ensuite en Grèce pour narrer à ses compatriotes les merveilles de la Sicile. Certains, convaincus, décidèrent de venir s’y installer.
Taormina è un comune di 10.991 abitanti della provincia di Messina. E' uno dei centri balneari di maggiore rilievo di tutta la regione. Il suo aspetto, il suo paesaggio, i suoi luoghi, le sue bellezze riescono ad attirare turisti provenienti da tutto il mondo.Situata su una collina a 206 m di altezza sul livello del mare , sospesa tra rocce e mare su un terrazzo del monte Tauro, in uno scenario di bellezze naturali unico per varietà e contrasti di motivi , splendore di colori e lussureggiante vegetazione.Il clima è dolcemente mite.Molto belle le mezze stagioni , Primavera e Autunno infatti vantano un clima idealmente mite.La storia di Taormina è sicuramente costellata da molteplici dominazioni, e questo è possibile vederlo passeggiando per le strade del centro storico che mostrano i segni lasciati dai vari popoli passati per Taomina. Essendo situata al centro del mediterraneo la Sicilia fu sempre una preda ambita per la sua posizione strategica di passaggio.Taormina essendo situata sulla parte est e in posizione fortificata su una collina permetteva già da allora di controllare buona parte della costa ionica e ha sempre rappresentato un ottimo punto di fortificazione e controllo nelle strategie di guerra. Dopo aver attestato l'esistenza di una sede di siculi ( antichi abitanti dell'isola, detti anche sicani) presso Taormina, per certo vi passarono e vi lasciarono le loro tracce I Greci, i Romani, i Saraceni, dunque gli Arabi, i Bizantini ,I Normanni , Gli Aragonesi , e per ultimi i Borboni.Un soggiorno a Taormina non è semplicemente una vacanza al mare. Questi luoghi, pregni di storia e di fascino, chiedono infatti di essere vissuti con uno spirito diverso da quello comune e la ragione è semplice: qui tutto è fuori
dall'ordinario.Ogni pietra reca in sé una storia millenaria, il mare meraviglioso su cui Taormina riflette tutta la sua bellezza, condiziona e scandisce lo scorrere del tempo ed i luoghi che furono l'incanto dei greci trasmettono tutt'oggi un'atmosfera vibrante di emozioni. Ma tentare di descrivere con le parole ciò che rende unica Taormina è davvero difficile.
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This is a photograph from the Longwood GAA 10KM Road Race and Fun Run 2013 which was held in Longwood Village, Co. Meath, Ireland on Sunday 13th October 2013 at 14:00. This is the fourth year which Longwood GAA have hosted race events. In the three previous years the club had organised a 5KM road race. This year, for the first time, the club have added a 10KM road race to the agenda on the day. The events were organised as fundraisers for both the adult and juvenille teams at Longwood GAA club. The event also provided a fundraising opportunity for the local St. Vincent de Paul charity. Overall the whole day was a great success with the hard work put in by the organising committee ensuring that participants enjoyed their race experience. Both routes were accurately measured, kilometer points clearly marked, junctions well stewarded, and electronic timing provided. The event provided my local fun runners with a local event to support whilst at the same time providing runners preparing for events such as the Dublin marathon with an opportunity to race a short, fast, distance in the lead up to marathon day. The GAA club provided excellent stewarding and traffic management all around the course.
This is a photograph which is part of a larger set of photographs taken at the event. There were photographs taken at the start of the races, the 5Km point at Blackshade Bridge for the 10KM, and the finishes of both races in Longwood GAA. The full set is available at this link www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157636477484093/
Longwood is a small village in South East Co. Meath and is close to the town of Enfield with access to the M4 Motorway.
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Overall Race Summary
Participants: There were about 170 participants over the two events.
Weather: The weather was perfect for road racing with calm breeze and temperatures around 10C.
5KM Course: The 5KM course changed direction for the 2013 event. The race this year went on the reverse of the 2012 route. This seen the 5KM start at the Longwood GAA grounds and proceed into Longwood village. Runners then took a left turn in the Village down St. Oliver's Road. This straight section of road brings runners to a left turn onto a very well maintained boreen road for less than one kilometer. The race then emerges and joins with the 10KM at Stoneyford where the runners take a left and then another left before arriving back at the finish line in Longwood GAA club. Overall this is a very fast and flat 5KM with no hills to speak of.
10KM Course: The 10KM is new for 2013. The 10KM event begins in Longwood Village outside Stoney's Pub (goo.gl/maps/Of4fW) and proceeds westward out of the village. There are some interesting points along this part of the course. At the 2KM point the runners will run under the double bridges - an aquaduct for the Royal Canal and a bridge carrying the Dublin Sligo Railway line. The race then enters county Kildare just before the 3km and after taking a right turn at the four-cross roads known locally as Lally's Cross it returns to County Meath on top of the River Boyne Bridge (Ashfield Bridge) which forms the county boundary. The race follows a straight road for the next 2KM until runners encounter Blackshade bridge which is the toughest climb on the route. As a point of interest Blackshade bridge brings runners back over the Royal Canal and the Railway line. The race then crosses the River Boyne again at Stoneyford before taking a right which will bring runners on a testing two kilometer stretch with some short hills. The 10KM course then joins with the 5Km course for the final 1.5KM back to Longwood GAA club for the finish.
Location Map: Longwood GAA club (Race Finish and Race Head Quarters - goo.gl/maps/4a8iQ Google StreetView)
Joining point of the two courses (Google Streetview goo.gl/maps/ICUvs)
Some Useful Links
Results will be available here: chipit.ie/race_results.php
Longwood GAA 10KM Event on Facebook: www.facebook.com/longwood.tenkm?hc_location=stream (may require Facebook logon)
Longwood GAA Facebook: www.facebook.com/longwoodgaa (may require Facebook logon)
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157631820426332/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157627782257481/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157625058772687/
Garmin GPS Trace for the 5KM Event in 2013: connect.garmin.com/player/238527691
Garmin GPS Trace for the 10KM Event in 2013: connect.garmin.com/activity/387453099
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In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc.
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Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland. Friends of St. Lukes is one of the nominated charities for the event www.friendsofstlukes.ie/
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
I want to tell people about these great photographs!
Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
There is nothing better than starting your day with a good old fashioned ruck march. Going where and how far you ask? The snipers wondered that themselves as they started off on foot to ranges of unknown distance headed to obstacles of unknown difficulty. Fatigued and unfamiliar, each team races against time and instability to attain as many targets as possible in the allotted time given on ranges at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, Barling, Arkansas, December 5, 2020. (U.S. Army National Guard photos by Sgt. Israel Sanchez)
Jumeirah is one of my favorite parts of Dubai. It's all villas and townhouses and has a wonderful Mediterranean feel, with the beach on one side and the skyscrapers of Sheikh Zayed Road (including the Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world) on the other. There are lots of great places to eat here, and it's relatively close to the airport, Marina and old parts of town like Bur Dubai and Deira.
Except for #4, all are drive by shots (apologies for the unclean window).
I want to live in the one with the blue door, once I figure out where exactly it is :-)
This is a photograph from the Mullingar Harriers "Pat Finnerty Memorial" 5KM Road Race and Fun run which was held in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 8th May 2019 at 20:00. This race follows on from the famous and well loved Mullingar Road League of years gone by which was held in Belvedere Gardens outside the town on every Wednesday in May. This league is now compressed to a once-off-race and the race started and finished at Mullingar Harriers' Training Facilities on the Clonmore Link Road. The course was a two loop, left handed course. Electronic timing was provided by MyRunResults.com. Over 100 people took part. The conditions were not ideal for 5KM running with a unseasonably cold evening with a stiff breeze.
Chartwell is a country house near Westerham, Kent, in South East England. For over forty years it was the home of Sir Winston Churchill. He bought the property in September 1922 and lived there until shortly before his death in January 1965. In the 1930s, when Churchill was out of political office, Chartwell became the centre of his world. At his dining table, he gathered those who could assist his campaign against German re-armament and the British government's response of appeasement; in his study, he composed speeches and wrote books; in his garden, he built walls, constructed lakes and painted. During the Second World War, Chartwell was largely unused, the Churchills returning after he lost the 1945 election. In 1953, when again prime minister, the house became Churchill's refuge when he suffered a debilitating stroke. In October 1964, he left for the last time, dying at his London home, 28 Hyde Park Gate, on 24 January 1965.
The origins of the estate reach back to the 14th century; in 1382, the property then called Well-street was owned by William-at-Well. It passed through various owners and in 1836 was auctioned, as a substantial brick-built manor. In 1848, it was purchased by John Campbell Colquhoun, whose grandson sold it to Churchill. The Campbell Colquhouns greatly enlarged the house and the advertisement for its sale at the time of Churchill's purchase described it as an imposing mansion. Between 1922 and 1924, it was rebuilt and extended by the society architect Philip Tilden. From the garden front, the house has extensive views over the Weald of Kent, "the most beautiful and charming" Churchill had ever seen, and the determining factor in his decision to buy the house.
In 1946, when financial constraints forced Churchill to consider selling Chartwell, it was acquired by the National Trust with funds raised by a consortium of Churchill's friends led by Lord Camrose, on condition that the Churchills retained a life-tenancy. After Churchill's death, Lady Churchill surrendered her rights to the house and it was opened to the public by the Trust in 1966. A Grade I listed building, for its historical significance rather than its architectural merit, Chartwell has become among the Trust's most popular properties; 232,000 people visited the house in 2016, the fiftieth anniversary of its opening.
History
Early history to 1922
The earliest recorded mention of the land dates to 1362 when it was sold by a William At-Well.[1] The origin of the name is the Chart Well, a spring to the north of the current house, Chart being an Old English word for rough ground.[2] The site had been built upon at least as early as the 16th century, when the estate was called Well Street.[3] Henry VIII was reputed to have stayed in the house during his courtship of Anne Boleyn at nearby Hever Castle.[4] Elements of the Tudor house are still visible; the Historic England listing for Chartwell notes that 16th- (or possibly 17th-) century brickwork can be seen in some of the external walls.[5] In the 17th and 18th centuries, the house was used as a farmhouse and its ownership was subject to frequent change.[3] On 22 September 1836, the property was auctioned at Cheapside, advertised as "a suitable abode for a genteel family".[6] In 1848 it was purchased by John Campbell Colquhoun, a former MP; the Campbell Colquhouns were a family of Scottish landowners, lawyers and politicians.[7] The original farmhouse was enlarged and modified during their ownership, including the addition of the stepped gables, a Scottish baronial genuflection to the land of their fathers.[8] By the time of the sale to Churchill, it was, in the words of Oliver Garnett, author of the 2008 guidebook to the house, an example of "Victorian architecture at its least attractive, a ponderous red-brick country mansion of tile-hung gables and poky oriel windows".[3] Tilden, in his "highly unreliable"[9] memoirs, True Remembrances, wrote of "creating Chartwell out of the drabness of Victorian umbrageousness".[10]
Churchill at Chartwell
1922 to 1939
Chartwell – Clementine Churchill's "magnificent aerial bower" to the left
Churchill first saw Chartwell in July 1921, shortly before the house and estate were to be auctioned.[11] He returned the same month with his wife Clementine, who was initially attracted to the property, although her enthusiasm cooled during subsequent visits.[12] In September 1922, when the house had failed to sell at auction, he was offered it for £5,500. He paid £5,000, after his first offer of £4,800, made because "the house will have to be very largely rebuilt, and the presence of dry rot is a very serious adverse factor", was rejected.[13] The seller was Captain Archibald John Campbell Colquhoun, who had inherited the house in June 1922 on the death of his brother.[14] Campbell Colquhoun had been a contemporary of Churchill's at Harrow School in the 1880s. On completion of the sale in September 1922, Churchill wrote to him; "I am very glad indeed to have become the possessor of "Chartwell".[5] I have been searching for two years for a home in the country and the site is the most beautiful and charming I have ever seen".[14] The sale was concluded on 11 November 1922.[15]
The previous 15 months had been personally and professionally calamitous. In June 1921, Churchill's mother had died, followed three months later by his youngest child, Marigold.[15] In late 1922, he fell ill with appendicitis and at the end of the year lost his Scottish parliamentary seat at Dundee.[16]
Philip Tilden, Churchill's architect, began work on the house in 1922 and the Churchills rented a farmhouse near Westerham, Churchill frequently visiting the site to observe progress.[17] The two-year building programme, the ever-rising costs, which escalated from the initial estimate of £7,000 to over £18,000, and a series of construction difficulties, particularly relating to damp, soured relations between architect and client,[18] and by 1924 Churchill and Tilden were barely on speaking terms.[19][a][b] Legal arguments, conducted through their respective lawyers, continued until 1927.[22] Clementine's anxieties about the costs, both of building and subsequently living at Chartwell also continued. In September 1923 Churchill wrote to her, "My beloved, I beg you not to worry about money, or to feel insecure. Chartwell is to be our home (and) we must endeavour to live there for many years."[23] Churchill finally moved into the house in April 1924; a letter dated 17 April to Clementine begins, "This is the first letter I have ever written from this place, and it is right that it should be to you".[24]
In February 1926, Churchill's political colleague Sir Samuel Hoare described a visit in a letter to the press baron Lord Beaverbrook; "I have never seen Winston before in the role of landed proprietor, ... the engineering works on which he is engaged consist of making a series of ponds in a valley and Winston appeared to be a great deal more interested in them than in anything else in the world".[25] As Hoare's presence indicated, Churchill's holidays were very rarely pure vacations. Roy Jenkins, in his study, The Chancellors, contrasted Churchill's approach to holidaying with that of his then boss, Stanley Baldwin. "Churchill went to Chartwell or elsewhere to lengthen the stride of his political work, but not greatly to reduce its quantity; far from shutting himself off, he persuaded as many as possible of his colleagues and henchmen to visit him, to receive his ever-generous hospitality."[26] In January 1928, James Lees-Milne stayed as a guest of Churchill's son Randolph. He described an evening after dinner; "We remained at that round table till after midnight. Mr Churchill spent a blissful two hours demonstrating with decanters and wine glasses how the Battle of Jutland was fought. He got worked up like a schoolboy, making barking noises in imitation of gunfire, and blowing cigar smoke across the battle scene in imitation of gun smoke".[27] On 26 September 1927, Churchill composed the first of his Chartwell Bulletins, which were lengthy letters to Clementine, written to her while she was abroad. In the bulletins, Churchill described in great detail the ongoing works on the house and the gardens, and aspects of his life there. The 26 September letter opens with a report of Churchill's deepening interest in painting; "Sickert arrived on Friday night and we worked very hard at various paintings ... I am really thrilled ... I see my way to paint far better pictures than I ever thought possible before".[28]
Churchill described his life at Chartwell in the later 1930s in the first volume of his history of the Second World War, The Gathering Storm. "I had much to amuse me. I built ... two cottages, ... and walls and made ... a large swimming pool which ... could be heated to supplement our fickle sunshine. Thus I ... dwelt at peace within my habitation".[29] Bill Deakin, one of Churchill's research assistants, recalled his working routine. "He would start the day at eight o'clock in bed, reading. Then he started with his mail. His lunchtime conversation was quite magnificent, ...absolutely free for all. After lunch, if he had guests he would take them round the garden. At seven he would bathe and change for dinner. At midnight, when the guests left, then he would start work ... to three or four in the morning. The secret was his phenomenal power to concentrate."[30][c] In his study of Churchill as author, the historian Peter Clarke described Chartwell as "Winston's word factory". Wikipedia