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Kasteel van Horst
Het kasteel van Horst is een kasteel in Sint-Pieters-Rode (deelgemeente van Holsbeek in Vlaanderen). Het kasteel is goed bewaard en heeft nog de traditionele slotgracht. Het kasteel bezit een zeer grote vijver annex slotgracht. Buiten de slotgracht is er ook een koetshuis, dat in de jaren 90 van de 20e eeuw werd gerestaureerd en verbouwd tot taverne. Herita vzw beheert het kasteel en zorgt voor de restauratie en ontsluiting. Prominent aanwezig in het gebouw is het stucwerk van de 17e-eeuwse kunstenaar Jan Hansche. Het kasteeldomein is Europees beschermd als onderdeel van Natura 2000-gebied 'Valleien van de Winge en de Motte met valleihellingen'
De oudste bekende heren van Horst zijn Jan van Horst en zijn zoon Arnold (13e eeuw). Jan van Horst behoort samen met zijn zonen Arnold en Adam van Landwijk tot de familie Van Thunen. Later, toen ze zich definitief in Horst vestigden, ging de familie zich 'van Horst' noemen.
In 1369 werd de heerlijkheid Horst verkocht aan Amelric Boote. Toen Amelric in 1405 overleed, erfde zijn dochter Elisabeth de heerlijkheid en verkocht het aan haar neef Amelric Pynnock. Pynnock bouwde de versterkte hoeve om tot een waterburcht. Tijdens de opstand van 1488-1489 tegen Maximiliaan van Oostenrijk werd het kasteel verwoest. De toenmalige eigenaar, Lodewijk III Pynnock, bouwde het kasteel weer op met een lening van Maximiliaan van Oostenrijk maar raakte toch in financiële moeilijkheden. Daarom moest hij in augustus 1500 Horst afstaan aan Ivan van Cortenbach.
Aan het eind van de 15e eeuw werden ook de vierkante donjon, de aula en de camera gebouwd, die nu nog altijd bestaan. Onder Franchoys van Busleyden (1545-1555) werden de grote kruisramen aan de grachtkant aangebracht waardoor het kasteel zijn versterkt karakter kwijtraakte. In 1587 werd Horst verwoest door de geuzen. Het bos, kort bij het kasteel (de huidige Horststraat) werd toen de ketterije genoemd. In de 17e eeuw werden de twee westelijke vleugels met dienstvertrekken beneden en pronkzalen boven bijgebouwd door Olivier van Schoonhoven. In die tijd werd ook de kapel toegevoegd. Maria-Anne van den Tympel, de laatste kasteelvrouwe, liet in 1655 de stucplafonds in de grote zalen van de westelijke vleugel aanbrengen.
Er worden elk jaar Kasteelfeesten gehouden, waarbij er ridderspelen in scène worden gezet. In oktober 2007 verkocht gravin de Hemricourt de Grunne het kasteeldomein samen met de 113 hectare grond eromheen aan het Vlaams Gewest. Er was geen geld meer om de erfpacht te verlengen.
Located in the Winge valley to the east of Leuven, Horst Castle has remained largely untouched since the middle of the 17th century.
To get the most out of a visit to Horst Castle, you should know what not to expect. There are no works of art hanging from the walls; no ancient tapestries in the bedrooms. The living rooms are empty of tables and chairs; the kitchen devoid of pots and pans. In fact, Horst Castle is empty and unlived in, and has been for over three hundred years. And that’s precisely why it’s worth visiting.
Horst Castle is special because it’s authentic. Most of the castles in Flanders were renovated or rebuilt in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries, but at Horst nothing happened; everything stood still after 1658.
The castle was built in the mid 14th century by Amelric Boote, described in local records as a wealthy money-changer. By 1482 it had come into the hands of Lodewijk Pynnock, Bailiff of Leuven. Being bailiff has always been an unpopular profession, and residents of Leuven expressed their displeasure at Pynnock by burning down part of the castle. However, he rebuilt it and re-started his feasts and tournaments – until his money ran out in 1500 when he was forced to sell the castle.
In 1650 a remarkable woman came on the scene, when widow Maria-Anna van den Tympel inherited the estate. She fell in love with Horst, and carried out major work on the property. A deeply religious woman, she built a new chapel. Three living rooms were decorated with superb stuccos. A servants’ wing was added. Outside the main gate, a coach house was constructed. This was a particularly forward-thinking decision as the horse-drawn carriage had not yet become a common mode of transport. However, the coach house never realised its full potential; the lady of the castle died in 1658 and Horst has been uninhabited ever since.
So what can you expect to see at Horst Castle? Entering the courtyard across the wooden bridge you can see the original medieval perimeter wall and the slot where the portcullis would have been. From the courtyard you get a good view of the traditional Brabantine brick and sandstone wall with stepped gables and cruciform windows. Note the difference between the plain servants’ windows and the ornate windows of the floors above.
The biggest room is the Ovid Hall, where feasts were held and dances organised, with its haut-relief stucco work on the ceiling, including six scenes from the Metamorphoses by Ovid, the impressive work of Jan-Christian Hansche.
The walls of the 600-year-old keep certainly have some stories to tell. The first floor is the reception area where visitors were received. The entrance door dates back to 1422. Today’s visitors can examine the cramped privy and tiny washbasin. The faded pictures and emblems on the walls can still be seen – red, blue and gold, reflecting the wealth of the owners.
The narrow stairs take you up to the living quarters and the bedroom. Occupants would have slept sitting on the wide window ledges (lying down was for the dead). Higher up would have been the barracks and finally the battlements with their crenellations and throwing holes. From here you get a good view of the lake in which the castle stands. Maria-Anna van den Tympel would have had a different view. The lake was dug in the early 20th century and stocked with fish, although the castle always had a moat.
Rode Procaster hooked up to Symetrix 528e, Aphex 230 and ICOM 7600 at the shack of PA3RK. Taken with Panasonic FZ-150
On Saturday, 26 November 2011, a meal appeal took place in all of our supermarkets and a small number of our convenience stores. Our aim was to collect enough food to contribute to 1 million meals for those suffering from food poverty. In order to take part, customers needed to add an item to their shop from our meal appeal shopping list and donate it in the FareShare trolley after checkout.
Thank you to all our volunteers, customers and colleagues for their support.
Read more on the day and our work with FareShare on our website.
Abbess Roding, Essex
On the north wall of the nave ia a large tablet to the memory of Sir Gamaliel Capel, being figures of himself and his wife kneeling at a prayer desk. Below them also kneeling are the effigies of their nine children. Inscribed on it are the words "Here lleth Sir Gamaliel, knoght, son of Henry Capel Esq., and Lady Katherine, daughter of the Earl of Rutland. He marryed Jane one of the daughters of Weston Brown Esq., by whome he had six sonnes viz:-Gamaliel, knight, Thomas, Anthony, Henry, Theodosius and Francis, and three daughters - Mary, Anne and Mildred-Ob. A.D.1627 aet fuae 50".
"We bragge no vertures, and we begge no teares.
O, Header, if thou hast eyes and ears
It Is enough; but tell me why
Thou comst to gaze? Is It to pry
Into our cost? or borrowe
A copie of our sorrowe?
Or dost thou come
To learn to dye,
Not knowing whome
To practice by?
If this be thy desire.
Remove thee one step nigher,
Here lies a President; a rarer
Earth never showed, nor heaven a fayrer.
She was... but rooms denyes to tell the what.
Summe all perfections uppe, and she was that".
I rode the Seattle George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line or 'The Benson Line' in August 20015. The line is no longer in operation.
The Seattle Space Needle can be seen in the distance.
They're the default ones than come with the Rode Videomic to suspend the mic like a "shock mount" on the base. For the longest time I thought the grinding/rubbing noise in my videos were coming from me just handling my camera poorly, or perhaps something on my shoulder brace is rubbing... but then after spending a good 15 minutes tapping, testing, trialing various positions, i narrowed in on these bands. I tried doubling it up and making it firmer. The noise reduced but occasionally still had annoying low rumbling noise in my audio.
I ended up ripping them out and using Lucy's hair elastics. Triple wound it around the anchors. The mic still is able to bounce around to still function as a shock mount, whilst eliminating that intrusive rubbing noise from the audio.
After googling this, I found a few others had this issue and Rode issued free replacement bands. Apparently there was a bad batch of bands that were recalled.
Some people used cooking oil to get rid of the sound... naa, not a good solution for me. Lady's hair bands suffice.
www.dvinfo.net/forum/all-things-audio/117930-rode-videomi...
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This video showcases the versatility of the Xtracycle platform.
Today I rode about 15 miles around town on my Xtracycle with my two
kids. One was in a Yepp Maxi mounted securely on the Flightdeck, and one
was pedaling on a Piccolo attached to the Flightdeck.
On Monday, I won't need neither accessory for my commute to work.
As seen here, in about 1 minute, the bike can be transformed to add or subtract
both a kid seat and a "trail-a-bike" style extension.
One key here is the new 2014 Flightdeck, which explicitly supports one
or two Yepp Maxi seats without an adapter.
That's a big win. The cost of the adapter purchase is saved, the child sits
lower so the bike handles better, and the top deck is still very usable with
the seat is removed.
So if my older daughter wanted to ride on the Flightdeck and hold the
handlebars, she can do that now. Itt wouldn't work to have her sit on top of a
permanently-installed Yepp Maxi adapter.
The other important piece here is the custom Burley Piccolo adapter for
our Xtracycle. More discussion about this solution is
here.
A completely different design for a Piccolo/Xtracycle attachment is
available from www.flickr.com/photos/33677687@N00/7226782192.
There are some problems though:
Xtracycle neglects to highlight that the new Flightdeck is not fully compatible
with older bag revision of theirs. Their are now up to 8 super hooks in use in
the new design, and they are all recommended to be used when using the Yepp Maxi.
I was only able to get 6 to fit. It appears this is not an issue with the X1 bags.
Also. two of the Superhooks end up under part of my Piccolo mount. That appears
that it will be addressable with an allen wrench that can work at an angle, or
otherwise had a "L" shape with a very short arm. (Or the whole thing gets
assembled once very carefully in a specific order.
Overall, I'm loving this combination of options and versatility to change
around my kid-hauling options as needed.