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[Having returned home and as we inch into late Fall and Winter with no plans for extended photo trips until next year, I resume uploading the rest of my selected photos from 2020 (10 per day, usually in the morning CET), as well as a selection of my current, 2021 photos (usually 3 or 4 per day, in the evening CET).]
The Gers is a small part of the region of Aquitaine, which covers most of southwestern France. On July 2020, we rented a house for three weeks in the Gers area, and commencing today, I will upload a selection of the photographs I took while we were there. I hope you will enjoy them!
As usual, I will caption more specifically in bold type below whenever necessary.
The very small fortified village of Laressingle is listed among the Plus beaux villages de France, and for once it truly deserves the appellation! Not only has it retained most of its Mediæval fortifications and towers, but it also has a splendid Romanesque church and very picturesque ruins of a small castle.
The whole place is truly remarkable, it was one of our best finds in the Gers.
These photographs are of the fortifications, I will upload a couple of pictures from inside them tomorrow.
Visiting 9F number 92203 "Black Prince" leaves Williton on the 4th October 2012 with the 14.45 Minehead to Bishops Lydeard.
Bare Island at La Perouse, with it's old fort still guarding the entrance to Botany Bay.
A popular spot for weekend outings, fishing and scuba diving
No. 1 - 4:- Journeying to Redbourn, Hertfordshire.
St. Albans - the Gardens outside the Parish Church of St. Peter.
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It's been a strange winter. Started very cold and snowy. Usually we will get some cold and a little snow before January. Not this year. But then we got a warm-up. And just when started getting use too. Here comes back winter with a vengeance.
Because of that and my personal health problems. Haven't been up to visit and ride Mr. Biscuits.
Had a minnie window and I took advantage of it. Didn't take long for the estrogen to flow. Went for a little ride. Handed out treats. Brushed him out. Singing soft songs as I did. Melted my heart to hear his snorts and bellows. Just like a little baby falling asleep to a lullaby.
I get more happiness just being with him all day. We've both been through so so much together. He's in my soul and will never die. At least in my heart. And I truly believe. That regardless of which of us dies first. We will be waiting in heaven with Rocky for the other to join us at their earths completion. Because that's what heaven is all about. Love and comfort forever.....
4422 climbs past Oakworth Mound with the 14:45 Keighley to Oxenhope service. 10th September 1995. The loco was at the Worth Valley for about a month and was used frequently during its stay. The Worth Valley's own 4F was in the midst of a lengthy overhaul at the time.
William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist editor and orator, is memorialized in a bronze statue on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston's Back Bay. The statue, by sculptor Olin L. Warner, was dedicated in 1885.
Garrison was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1805, where a statue has also been erected to honor him. A newspaper editor by trade, he joined the abolitionist movement at the age of 25. Within a few years he founded a newspaper, The Liberator, which he ran from Boston for 35 years.
Garrison was an active and vocal anti-slavery figure, and a proponent of "immediate and complete" emancipation of all slaves. He was active in many anti-slavery groups, and in 1833 he helped to establish the American Anti-Slavery Society, at Boston's African Meeting House. A notorious figure (he once burned a copy of the Constitution at an anti-slavery rally), he was a constant target of threats from pro-slavery organizations, and his speeches (at sites such as Boston's Faneuil Hall) often attracted mobs.
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Trying to take advantage of the evening light before it got too dark for handheld shots, I came across the Commonwealth Avenue mall. The sun shining though the leaves made it such an interesting scene. While sometimes I try to avoid people in my shots and often get frustrated at them, I was again glad to have these two ladies walk by when they did :)
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Visiting B1 locomotive 61264 on it's first run out with the 10:00 Heywood - Rawtenstall on Sunday 12th January.It is seen here at Ewood Bridge passing the disused football ground, will they ever remove the floodlight pylon which looks so incongruous in this setting! No chance of any more sun today. 61264 previously visited the ELR in 2004.
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Montoya has just arrived in Tortuga to meet up with the man who calls himself Captain Benjamin Morgan.
YRP Constable Plunkett and his son’s grave always brings a tear to my eyes despite the fact that I never met him. YRP Chris Barratt, is currently the National Canadian President of the International Police Association (IPA) knew him and had high regard for him. We honour the man and his service.
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Torstar: A routine police surveillance operation on the trail of thieves stealing cars and airbags ended in tragedy yesterday when a veteran York Regional Police officer was dragged to his death while trying to arrest a suspect on a quiet residential street in Markham.
York Regional Police Chief Armand La Barge called Const. Rob Plunkett, 43, a "true hero" and said his death marks a dark day for the small GTA force that last lost an officer in the line of duty in 1984.
One man has been charged with manslaughter, the other with theft-related offences.
Both accused were on bail for other charges.
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The drama unfolded just before dawn yesterday after investigators had followed a white Honda Civic, registered to a home in Ajax, and a gold Honda, which was stolen but not yet reported as such, from an address in Toronto to Ascot Cres., a winding, tree-lined street not far from Steeles Ave. and Kennedy Rd.
There has been a rash of airbag thefts across York Region, particularly in Markham.
Since January, there have been 43 incidents of airbag thefts and investigators had zeroed in on a couple of suspects.
The undercover officers watched the two cars pull over to the side of Ascot Cres., just around a bend, and saw the driver of the gold Honda attempt to remove an airbag. It was just after 5 a.m. when Plunkett approached the open driver's side, said La Barge.
"As Const. Plunkett attempted to arrest the suspect, the suspect put the vehicle into reverse, and accelerated over a curb, across a lawn and over several shrubs," he said.
Plunkett was then pinned by the open door as it struck a tree on the front lawn of 65 Ascot Cres. As the suspect tried to drive away, the officer was dragged onto a nearby lawn and thrown from the car.
The suspect continued to reverse across the lawn, "at which time assisting officers rammed the vehicle to stop its progress," said La Barge. The suspect fled the car but was quickly arrested.
The second suspect was also arrested trying to flee.
Police said they didn't know why the suspects chose Ascot, except at that time of day it is still dark and there are no surveillance cameras in the immediate area.
Kuo Wan Liu was awake inside his Ascot Cres. home. "There was a big bang noise once, and then a second one," Liu said. "It was not normal. Ascot Crescent is very quiet."
Soon after, a group of people outside were yelling, "`Bleeding! Bleeding! Bleeding!' Very loud," he said.
It's unclear how many officers were at the scene when Plunkett moved in. La Barge said other officers were in the area and responding when Plunkett moved in to make the arrest.
The 22-year veteran had identified himself as a police officer, but detectives will look at what he was wearing and what identification he had, said homicide Det. Kevin Torrie.
Plunkett, married and the father of a daughter, 18, and sons 16 and 14, was rushed to Scarborough Grace Hospital, where he died.
Nadeem Jiwah, 19, has been charged with manslaughter. He was on a recognizance order to live at Hawkeshead Cres.
Baseer Yousafzai, 23, is facing various charges of theft and mischief. He is a landed immigrant from Afghanistan. They're scheduled to make a court appearance in Newmarket today.
A charge of first-degree murder requires evidence of planning and specific intent, second-degree murder covers a "spur of the moment" decision to kill with no planning, and a manslaughter charge can be laid when someone commits an unlawful act that results in someone's death, criminal lawyer Andrew McKay explained.
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TORONTO -- At last, the family of York Regional Police Det. Const. Rob Plunkett can begin to heal.
Nadeem Jiwa, the airbag thief convicted of manslaughter in Plunkett's death, has lost an appeal of his sentence and must do the dozen years behind bars he was given in 2011. No more excuses, no more stalling, no more whining. He must do his time.
For Amanda Plunkett, the good news came a day after a grim anniversary - Aug. 7 marked five years since her vibrant father was senselessly killed in the line of duty. From that day of horror, there have been so many difficult stages for the family to endure - Jiwa's preliminary hearing, the trial, a shocking verdict that came back not as murder but manslaughter, and then news that still not satisfied, he was appealing his sentence.
But now, finally, an end.
"It's been hanging over our heads," explained Plunkett's 22-year-old daughter, who is working this summer as an assistant youth probation officer. "We've been waiting for this decision and we can all rest easy now. We're relieved that this last little thing is over now. It's that last bit. There's nothing more he can do."
In a judgment released Wednesday, the Ontario Court of Appeal found Justice Michelle Fuerst's sentence was on the "very high end" for a youthful, first-time offender, but contrary to what his lawyers had argued, it was not demonstrably unfit.
"Police officers carry out an essential and responsible role in society," wrote Justice Eileen Gillese on behalf of a three-judge panel, quoting an earlier decision. "When a police officer is killed in the execution of duty, the community is understandably outraged. In imposing sentence, it is appropriate to reflect society's revulsion for this aspect of the offence."
In the early morning hours of that August day in 2007, 19-year-old Jiwa was on bail facing airbag theft charges and was out well past the 1 a.m. curfew when he was supposed to be tucked in at his mother's home. Instead, he was out with a friend in a Markham, Ont., neighbourhood, stealing a car and valuable airbags. Plunkett , 43, was part of an undercover surveillance unit watching Jiwa and his partner when they were given the order just before 5 a.m. to move in and make the arrests.
With the cops screaming, "Police, police," his partner in crime quickly surrendered, Not Jiwa. He jumped into his stolen gold Honda and threw it into reverse, crushing Plunkett against a tree. And even as the father of three lay collapsed on the ground, the thief kept on reversing. When his car was finally rammed to a stop, Jiwa tried to take off on foot.
He later insisted at his trial that hitting Plunkett had been an accident and he didn't know he was a police officer trying to arrest him.
Charged with first-degree murder, Jiwa was convicted by a jury of the lesser offence of manslaughter in 2011 and sentenced to 12 years in prison and a 10-year driving ban when he's released. In May, Jiwa's lawyers went to the appeal court to argue the sentence was too harsh for a first-offender with genuine remorse.
The learned judges disagreed.
"This was a very serious crime," wrote Justice Sarah Pepall. "Detective Plunkett was killed in the line of duty. His family and colleagues have been devastated by his death. I recognize that Mr. Jiwa was only 19 years of age at the time of the offence, had no previous record, showed some remorse and the killing was involuntary. Nonetheless, the offence was committed while he was on bail for pending air bag theft charges; he was driving a stolen vehicle having spent several hours stealing air bags; and he was in violation of his curfew."
The top court's decision was applauded by John Miskiw, Plunkett's friend and head of the York police association. "Sonja Plunkett and her children deserve some closure to the court process."
But, of course, 12 years doesn't mean 12 years at all and the family will soon have the parole system to confront: Given two-for-one credit for the almost four years he spent in custody, Jiwa has only three years left on his sentence. www.flickr.com/photos/21728045@N08/42927256632/in/photoli...
Who Was Constable Robert Plunkett?
BY NEWS STAFFPOSTED AUG 2, 2007 12:00 PM EDT
He was both an officer and gentleman. The loss of Constable Robert Plunkett in a tragic takedown Thursday morning isn’t affecting just the members of his family and his colleagues on the force. Plunkett is being remembered as one of the true good guys by those who knew him and those who lived near him. He lost his life while trying to affect an arrest around 5am in a quiet Markham neighbourhood.
Plunkett was a 22-year veteran of the York Regional Police. He joined in 1985 and at the time of his death was a long standing member of the Special Services Unit within the Intelligence Bureau. What do they do that might have put him in the figurative line of fire? “They support our criminal investigators in the field,” Dep. Chief Bruce Herridge explains.
But he was more than just a man in uniform. For eight years he served with the Emergency Response Unit and in1998 he was recognized for bravery after rescuing a senior from drowning.
While he was a prolific presence behind the badge, off duty Plunkett commanded just as much respect. He’d been involved with the Special Olympics for years (top left), and even chaired the event in 2000. He was a tireless fundraiser for the event that helps the disabled compete in sporting challenges they might otherwise never get a chance to participate in. “Payment in our hard work comes at special moments, the look of joy and happiness on their faces,” he commented during one recent gathering.
But there’s no joy on any faces now. “There’s going to be an enormous sense of loss,” confirms Glen MacDonell of the Ontario Special Olympics. “He volunteers all over Canada and the world, really. He had an innate ability to make people feel good around him. We are very, very sad about this.”
Neighbours are already feeling his absence. Even normally stoic teenagers are breaking down at the thought they won’t be seeing Plunkett again. “He gave us everything he had and now he’s gone,” Brian Hughes relates, a tear streaming down his cheek. “There’s never anything you couldn’t like about him. Now he’s dead.”
His wife and three teenage children are pleading for privacy as they attempt to process the enormity of their loss. Robert Plunkett was just 43 years old.
RD25015(vid). Over the weekend 21st - 23rd April, 2023 the Bluebell Railway in Sussex held another of their 'Branch Line Weekend’ Galas; visiting for the occasion were two Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway locomotives, 0-6-0 52322 (B.R. Number) and ‘Pug’ 0-4-0ST Dock Shunter 11243 (LMS number). A third visitor was Hunslet 0-6-0ST HASTINGS. The two L &YR locos had come from the East Lancashire Railway and HASTINGS was from the Kent & East Sussex Railway.
I went along on the Friday and had a thoroughly enjoyable day riding on the trains and videoing from the stations. This is the forth part of the video footage that I took that day and it was shot at Horsted Keynes. Locos seen are the Hunslet 0-6-0ST and the Bluebell Railway’s own South Eastern & Chatham Railway O1 Class 0-6-0 No. 65. Further videos will feature more of the splendid steam action that took place during the day.
***More videos from the Bluebell Railway can be seen here:
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Videoed in 4K using a Sony Handycam FDR-AX53 camcorder.
To be continued...
Saturday, 22nd April, 2023. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2023.
Two Decauville locomotives, 1885 built Chuquitanta and 1912 built Lily were special guests on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway during The Snowdonian events courtesy of the Richmond Light Railway. The diminutive duo are seen here returning to Porthmadog.
Visiting from Kirklees Light Railway in West Yorkshire, 2-6-2T 'Fox' heads seven of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway based locos on the late running 1644 service from Dungeness to Hythe, seen here passing Greatstone. The Romney locos are Nos. 4 'The Bug', 6 'Samson', 8 'Hurricane', 2 'Northern Chief', 10 'Doctor Syn', 1 'Green Goddess' and 5 'Hercules'. 27/05/12.