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Barafundle Bay, Stackpole Estate, Pembrokeshire - May 30th 2012
A small bay backed by dunes and pine trees, accessible only by a half mile walk from the nearest car park. Swathes of golden sand and crystal clear waters, Barafundle has been voted many, many times as one of the best beaches in Britain and the world; it’s often likened to a Caribbean beach! This pristine beach is isolated which means no facilities; so everything you take has to come back up over the cliffs. WHICH are a good 25minute walk from the Car Park up hill!
Boasting beautiful, unspoilt beaches, miles of dramatic cliffs and stunning woodlands, what does this route not offer? The Stackpole Estate really is a must see.
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San Francisco, California.
Sculpted from granite on-site by artist Ralph Stackpole, this art deco (ca 1930) tympanum over the entrance to the Stock Exchange Tower would be better accompanied by a more sympathetic font. Perhaps it once was. Presented here desaturated by 40%.
1945: Actress Rita Hayworth posing in white two-piece bathing suit as she sits on deck at the edge of her enormous swimming pool at home. (Photo by Peter Stackpole)
Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) on Bosherston Lily Ponds, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire Wales
taken 02 October 2012
Characters from Michael A. Stackpole's X-wing novels and comics.
Left to right:
Elscol Loro
Sixtus Quin
Kapp Dendo
Iella Wessiri-Antilles
Corran Horn
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Stackpole Walled Gardens, Pembrokeshire. Wales. UK
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Walled Gardens in Stackpole.
www.stackpole-walledgardens.co.uk/
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“Importance of Education in Sacramento” by Ralph Stackpole 1937
Auditorium Lobby, Sacramento City College
painted 1937 with support from the WPA Federal Art Project.
“San Francisco painter and sculptor Ralph Stackpole was among the artists who created on the federal dime. He spent the summer of 1937 painting a mural on plaster in the lobby of the auditorium at Sacramento Junior College on Freeport Boulevard, since renamed Sacramento City College.
Stackpole’s mural depicts people engaged in various forms of work, such as designing an airplane and farming.”
The mural is 30′ x 10′ tempera on plaster.
WPA-mural_Sacramento college Stackpole_office scene
Ralph Stackpole, 1963, near Sather Gate, University Of California Berkeley, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA, sculpture. Photo 2 of 2.
Bosherston Lily Ponds, Bosherston, Nr Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, SA71 5DN
Visited on 13 June 2014 - beautiful summers day, loads of sunshine.
Walk around one or both of the very large lily ponds.
This one is the west most pond (closest to the car park) then have a tea/coffee etc. in the 'tea shop' on the main road or something stronger in the pub just along from it.
Very nice day but took too many photos (this is just a small selection) so the walk took 2,1/2 hours in stead of 1 hour.
Beautiful small beach half way around this pond - really nice to visit.
stackpole@nationaltrust.org.uk
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I'm above Saddle Point - just west of Broad Haven beach on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. In the distance is Stackpole Head. The geology here was fascinating.
The view is NE.
More info about the artist:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Stackpole
www.cityclubsf.com/new_art_and_arch.htm
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more info on the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange building:
Sculpture over the entrance of 155 Sansome by Ralph Stackpole. According to the Wikipedia article, which references the book Art Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger by Therese Poletti and Tom Paiva, the Yosemite granite figures were direct-carved in situ on a scaffold over the entrance of the Stock Exchange Tower.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Stackpole
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The building:
San Francisco Stock Exchange Tower, 155 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA
Built circa 1929-31, Miller & Pflueger under the direction of Timothy L. Pflueger
Stackpole Estate is located between the villages of Stackpole and Bosherston near Pembroke, Pembrokeshire. It lies within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and is owned and maintained by the National Trust. The property consists of 12 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi) of farmland, lakes, woodland, beaches, and cliffs.
To view my blog from this trip visit the link below.
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Another fab weekend in Pembrokeshire, enjoying better weather than London - and making the long awaited visit to the legendary Mrs Weston's Tea Shop!
On Friday, Hazel and I followed our usual routine for the our journey west - taking the mid-afternoon train to Newport where we rendezvoused with Dave for the drive on to Steffi's.
As is traditional, we prepared for Saturday's stroll along the Pembroke Coast Path with a Friday night feast of Steffi-curries - and a snifter of whiskey to see us on our way to Newgale for a night in the 'van. We slept well.
Saturday dawned sunny, and after a leisurely breakfast we set off, Dave at the wheel, destination: the National Trust car park at Stackpole Quay for a circular(ish) walk, combining the Pembroke Coast Path with the National Trust Stackpole Estate.
From Stackpole Quay we walked along the coastal path to Barafundle's beautiful beach and flower-filled woods, onwards to Stackpole Head for the nesting seabirds, rock windows and the eponymous stacks masquerading as wizard hats and seals. Next up Broadhaven South - another expanse of golden sands - although by now the sun had given way to sea mist, making for pleasant walking but gloomy-looking photos.
Crossing the Castlemartin firing range we arrived at the tiny chapel of St Govan's, and then looped back towards Broadhaven turning off into the sand dunes and overgrowth to make our way to Bosherston Lakes. Lilies galore; people too. A lone swan gliding through the lily beds.
Emerging into the NT Car Park at Bosherston, we homed in on the holy grail of Mrs Weston's Tea Shop, AKA (if all you have to go on are the signs) Ye Olde Worlde Cafe. If I tell you that panini and filter coffee are considered new-fangled additions to the menu, you'll appreciate that the name is apt. Proper big tea pot of tea, with a large ceramic jug of hot water for topping up (itself topped up with alacrity), "two beans and cheese on toast" came just as hoped - not beans with a sprinkling of grated cheddar, but 1xbeans on toast and 1xcheese on toast. Plus an array of traditional condiments: salad cream, Branston pickle, English mustard. TAY-STEE.
We completed our loop back to Stackpole Quay across and alongside Bosherston Lakes and the Stackpole Deer Park, which we felt justified another cup of tea / coffee and giant slices of cake / scones at the Boathouse Tea Room before a final stroll to Stackpole's stony beach for fossil fossicking.
Back at Newgale, we indulged in Mohitos and many rounds of Uno. As night fell on the longest day, the skies turned pink before giving way to a bright crescent moon, planets and stars.
Sunday - the traditions continued: a stroll along Newgale beach, heading south along the cliff path this time, before driving back to Steffi's for one of Maurice's Marvellous Sunday lunches. Hazel and I succumbed to the post-prandial snooze for most of the drive back to Newport as a result. Another tradition - sorry Dave!
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