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Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Date: 2019.12.19
The things seen lying around in Reading, on a cold 20 degree evening.
This particular part of Kennet Side has changed very little since I attended Newtown School - the building almost in the centre of the photograph - almost 60 years ago. Behind the school you can just see a gasometer in its downward position. I seem to recall there were two and both dominated the skyline and surrounding houses when they were at their maximum height.
The bridge across the river is the railway line from Reading to London Waterloo.
My collection of Westerns is slim to say the least. A trip out to Reading in 1974 got me Hussar and Stalwart.
Snow fell on many parts of the south in early February 2019 and Fleet was no exception. Reading Buses used their Tiger-branded Scania K270UB / Alexander Dennis Enviro300 B42F 414 YR13PMV 'John Vaughan' on the service as seen at Fleet Station.
For the Monochrome Bokeh Thursday group
For the 52 in 2017 group - week 3 - Anything that you touch with your hands in the house
My neat, small pocket-friendly reading specs. Ultra thin, the case will slip easily into a pocket or purse. I was thinking mono - and playing around with my favourite macro lens, shooting at (for me) a high ISO setting to see what the effects would be with mono conversion. I liked the result, and then thought it would fit this week's "52 in 2017" group as well.
B/W IR Tinted Mono or nearly! B/W IR Tinted Mono or nearly!
My Bokeh set: Elisa's bokeh set
Shot with the Zeiss 50mm Makro lens: Zeiss 50mm Makro
Paisley is not addicted to reading. She can quit as soon as she finishes one more chapter.
Paisley is Mandy Cotton Candy. She is posing (in the BIG dolly chair I found at the antique mall) for the theme "Reading is Fundamental" in the Blythe a Day group.
Reading Buses currently have 3 Scania K270UB6 / Scania OmniLink tri-axle buses on long term loan from Stagecoach. Numbered 10-12 (SP57CNK/N/U) they have been vinyled for use on their Green Line 702 Reading/Bracknell-London Victoria service.
Seen in Bracknell bus station in February 2018 is 11 SP57CNN.
Lectura cáida
Oporto (Portugal)
El sol nos acompañó durante todo nuestro viaje por Portugal, a pesar de que se esperaba mal tiempo. Al alejarnos de los circuitos turísticos descubrimos sitios que no estaban marcados en los mapas, pero cuando te dejas llevar, descubres sitios maravillosos e inesperados.
No había monumentos, ni museos, ni tampoco los echamos en falta. Era un parque donde la gente leía, tomaba algo o charlaba tranquilamente mientras disfrutaban de una banda que tocaba en directo.
Por un momento, dejamos de ser turistas en aquel ambiente tan relajado. Y disfrutamos de unos de los atardeceres más bonitos que habíamos visto en Oporto. Espero que esta foto pueda transmitir mínimamente la experiencia que allí vivimos aquella tarde.
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We enjoyed a wonderful sunshine throughout our whole Portugal tour, although a bad weather was expected. Moving away from the touristic circuit, we found some places that were not marked on maps, but when you let yourself go, you find out wonderful and unexpected spots.
That evening, in Oporto, we wandered around and showed up at this place. There were no monuments or museums, nor do we miss them. It was just a park where people was reading, taking something or chatting friendly while enjoying a live band playing.
For a moment, we forgot we were tourists and got away in that atmosphere. Also, we enjoyed one of the most beautiful sunsets we had ever seen in Oporto. I hope this picture can convey a little of the experience we lived there that day.
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A June 2022 trip to Reading to ride the Reading Buses open-topper on service 17 plus a half hour photting passing buses whilst scoffing a meal deal!
Continuing my Lockdown Lookback @ 2020, March saw me in Reading which of course is home to the colourful fleet of Reading Buses.
Seen in Reading in January 2019 is Reading Buses Scania N280UD4 / Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC H45/27F 705 YN66EZS..
nrhp # 72001093- The Pagoda is a novelty building, built atop the south end of Mount Penn overlooking Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. It has been a symbol of the city for more than a century.
Completed in 1908 at a cost of $50,000, this pagoda was intended to be the hotel/restaurant centerpiece of a luxury resort. When plans for the rest of the resort were abandoned, the 7-story wooden building on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land was donated to Reading in 1911. It is now part of the Mount Penn Preserve, 1,595 acres (645 ha) of municipally-owned land.
The Pagoda is 28 feet (8.5 m) wide, 50 feet (15 m) long, and 72 feet (22 m) tall. Perched on the edge of a cliff, 620 feet (190 m) above the city and 886 feet (270 m) above sea level,[3] it offers a 30-mile (48 km) panoramic view of the city and the surrounding countryside.
Within the top story hangs a tocsin, a massive bell cast in Obata, Mie Prefecture, Japan, in 1739, and formerly installed in a Buddhist temple in either Ogose or Hannō, Saitama Prefecture, just north of Tokyo. Listed on the bell's sides in Japanese characters are the names of its 48 donors and a prophecy about the end of time. The temple was closed in 1881, and later destroyed.
Anti-Japanese sentiment was rampant during World War II, and there were calls to demolish the building. But it was restored in 1949, with the lower story and balconies rebuilt in stone. In 1960, neon lights were installed outlining its roofs. In the 1970s, the Japanese garden was restored, and Japanese cherry trees were planted around the building. LED lights were installed in 2008-09. A webcam on its third floor periodically records and publishes the weather atop Mount Penn.
The Pagoda is owned by the City of Reading but is managed and preserved by the Foundation for the Reading Pagoda. It houses a small café and a gift shop, and functions as an icon for the City of Reading. The Pagoda is also the home of Pagoda Skyline, Inc., a non-profit volunteer organization formed in 1969 to help with the restoration and preservation of the Pagoda, the William Penn Memorial Fire Tower and Skyline Drive.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
from Wikipedia
50 008 Thunderer stands at Reading with an Oxford - Paddington service. I've just enjoyed Hoover haulage behind her from Oxford.
A couple of months before I'd managed a cab ride from Didcot - Oxford and then back to Reading in her
Another cold and foggy evening sees 50025 after arrival at Reading with the 13:48 Plymouth - Paddington on 20/02/78
A June 2022 trip to Reading to ride the Reading Buses open-topper on service 17 plus a half hour photting passing buses whilst scoffing a meal deal!
240,000 fans attended Reading Rock Festival over the August Bank Holiday weekend this year... this is just one of them
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Date: 2019.12.08
Quite the holiday scene at Reading & Northern's Outer Station.
Of all the Urban Readers I've photographed, this was the only one of a person reading while standing...
Leica M3 DS + Summitar 5cm F2.0 + FUJICOLOR ETERNA Vivid 500T 8547 NEGATIVE FILM + 現代電影 + PrimeFilm7250u
On Sunday 24th October 2021, a large rail replacement operation took place in the Basingstoke area affecting the services of SWR, GWR and Cross Country. This resulted in a nice variety of vehicles turning up throughout the day - in fact 37 different operators were noted supplying 53 different vehicles!
Replacement bus services ran out to Andover, Reading, Winchester and Woking.