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Buck Stop Barbershop, Saranac, Michigan USA
Barbershops in Michigan opened this week. Time to get a proper haircut.
Saturday 05 July 2014 - Day 06 - Chingli (3,477m*) - Yangahirca Pass (4,450m) - Quishuar (3,700m)
A good day - our first day of proper trekking, and an amazing welcome into Quishuar where LED provide a clinic and local health worker, medical and school supplies, and solar lights.
After breakfast of porridge, we made sandwiches and headed off up hill, climbing into the upland pastures and swopping great views of Contrahierbas / Yanarahu (5,954 m / 19,534 ft) for cloudier ones of 'Toblerone Peak'. We shared our path with girls with sheep, boys with cows and ploughs - although they soon overtook us.
Yanghirca Pass was a smashing spot for a picnic lunch, complete with Inca ruins set on a conical hill reached by the old Inca Road we'd been walking along, with clear lines of sight to other prominent hills, also with Inca remains. The pass also provided our first view of a condor and a smaller busy bird hopping from tussock to tussock which Val told me was a Cinclodes.
A down hill run provided views of the green blue waters of Huecrococha / Wiqruqucha, but our destination was the village of Quishuar, further down hill on the banks of the river flowing from the lake.
As we approached the gate into the village, we could see ladies in blue dresses and a small band which included a huge harp. As we entered the gateway, a group of children in brightly embroidered outfits started making their way towards us singing and sashaying to a folk tune played on pipe and drum. The girls carried crooks, one boy a short piece of rope. We were given an amazing welcome to the village, flower petals strewn before us, flowers presented to us. We stopped in front of the school, for the women and children to sing and dance in Val's honour, and in due course we were invited to join in and lent hankies to flourish in the dance. I've never experienced anything like it. Wonderful.
We also got to meet Anne and Michael, who had been volunteering at the health post. Anne, who had been included in the welcome dance group, was joining us on our trek; Michael was returning to Lima for a second, more urban, placement.
After a visit to the health post, we returned to the playing fields where a volley ball match was in full swing involving several of the singing ladies (now changed out of their blue dresses and floral head dresses!). There were lots of children around, all wanting photos taken and to take photos... and the girls ended up having hours of fun plaiting my hair. I loved it :)
After tea in one of the school buildings (doubling up as our dining room for the duration of our stay, and a handy source of electricity for battery recharging - filming our welcome had used up a whole battery) we put up our tents in the playing fields before returning to the dining room for scrabble, dinner, two games of Ten Thousand and then bed.
Read more about my Cordillera Blanca trek with Val Pitkethly.
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Fucking idiots. At this point I was hoping there was no such thing as karma, as if there was any sense in the world this train would have careered off the tracks.
They seem to mis-understand how public transport works, and are hitting the ceiling in order to get the tube train to move. Which is probably their right, or something. It's ALL ABOUT OIL!! ETC!!!!
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Theme: Magic, Mystery and Occult Featuring: Accessories, Apparel, Cosmetics, Decor, Jewelry, Nails, Sale Items, Skins, Tattoos Event Opening Date: May 22, 2022 Event Closing Date: June 12, 2022
English Civil War Society
A celebration of history at Kelmarsh Hall was the backdrop for this impressive reenactment of a Civil War battle.
South Carolina's kicker starts of the second half of last year's senior day game at University of Arkansas. I couldn't help but notice his hand placement. That pinky belongs on a tea cup. :-)
Five crew cars and a caboose make up the end of a westbound Denver & Rio Grande Western coal train at Moffat Tunnel on May 15, 1984.
Prevents Piss-Poor performance.
As the saying goes.
I'd been looking forward to photographing the BLS Garston Growler at the site of my old box of Garston Junction that burned down in 2002. Having found a decent location thanks to the elevation of the pole, I was set up and could hear the flanges squealing as the train traversed the tight curve from Allerton Junction.
That's when the top section of the pole collapsed (loosened bracket) dropping the camera 3ft lower and ruining the shot. "Oh dear" said I - or words to that effect.
So the only shot I got of the inward working to Garston Docks was this classic after I'd spun the pole around as 37516 leads 37676 on 1Z32 1326 Preston to Crewe on 3rd September 2022.
Having had an aborted drive round to the freightliner terminal to try and get a shot there and finding there was nothing obvious available, I headed back to try and get a photo of the outward leg from Garston. All in all not a very successful trip!
So remember the seven P's.
I'm sure there'll be another tour along here in ten years
Yesterday a friend of mine borrowed me Canon's 50mm 1.2L. I need to do some proper testing if this lens is really approximately 1000 euros better than the 1.4 version - if so, I might consider buying one for myself too.
Let's see what this big boy can do!
5Dmk2 + 50mm 1.2
Just a fun little shoot I did at Westgate to showcase the new stance. After a few weeks of adjustments, the stance is finally perfect and I'm now also properly aligned. Eddie @ Bullitt Automotive did an incredible job on the alignment. I'd highly recommend them if you're in the area.
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Now this is the way to decorate a ceiling.
Above The Grand Hall Entrance at The Venetian Casino in Las Vegas.
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The Centre-of-Gravity of the payload marked on the BIM module.
MASER 13 Launch Campaign
Swedish Space Corporation, ESRANGE, Kiruna, Sweden
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Again, what a proper Americano should look like. If you don't get it like this in a cafe, send it back. NB - the "blonding" was from the one or two drips after the shot was done.
Used:
- 3oz hot water into preheated cup
- 2oz espresso pull (a double), using Intelligentsia Black Cat
- Rancilio Rocky and stock Silvia, temperature surfed.
And it was tasty :D
This is the interior of Arriva DLA173, working from Norwood on the 417 on 13/3/14. Apart from Stagecoach TA1, I can't think of any other surviving interiors like this in Tfl land? Seemed a pretty fit bus too...ironically we followed sister DLA178 into Crystal Palace, which is a training bus!
Found this in an old album when I was sorting some stuff out. It's dated 1980. My hair was more properly ginger back then. My dad went blonde as he got older but looks like I'm more likely to go white.
March 5, 2011
Oakland, CA
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