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Glacial stream flowing on a forest path near Rohtang La, Himachal.
The stream flowing on a path off the Manali-Leh highway near Rohtang La was an interesting sight. It was probably originating from a small glacier nearby and was on full flow due to the high day temperature.
Displayed at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
Lord Kitchener's Coach was built in 1885 by the Metropolitan Carriage and Wagon Company at Birmingham. It was allegedly used by Lord Kitchener in the 1896/97 period on the Suakin-Berber Railway in the Sudan. Some sources question whether he did actually use it at all. After the Sudan Campaign the carriage and other rolling stock from the Suakin-Berber Railway was store at the MOD facility in Shoeburyness, Essex for a very long time.
YN08 DFZ is one of the specially adapted buses with a self steering capacity when travelling on purpose built dedicated road track. Metrobus use the name Fastway for this bus rapid transit system that serves Gatwick Airport amongst several other destinations. Photograph taken in Crawley town centre.
F926 NHK on display for an open day at the Vulcan Restoration Trust. Outside of Hanger 6 at London Southend Airport, Essex.
This Dennis RS is in private ownership now after service with Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, mainly at Harlow.
Displayed at the Historic Dockyard Chatham.
This is XE8, Expunger commissioned on 6th November 1944. It would appear that this actual midget submarine was not used operationally in WW2, but others of the same type were. Expunger was built by Broadbents in Huddersfield. She was transported to Portsmouth by railway and used for training and instruction purposes. Taken out of service in 1952 and used as a target somewhere in the region of Portland. Recovered during 1973 and I believe is now part of the Imperial War Museum's collection and has previously been displayed at Duxford.
12 'X' Class craft were ordered ( not all built). 5 got to be used operationally. They were a later development of the type of midget submarine deployed against the Tirpitz
Blue plaque attached to the frontage of St Martin's Theatre on London's West End.
The Mousetrap opened in 1952 at the neighbouring Ambassadors theatre and transfered to the larger St Martin's Theatre in March 1974.
At Wansford Station where the headquarters of the Nene Valley Railway is located.
Photo taken in 2018.
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The Soho Mural painted in 1989 on the end of a row of terraced houses faces on to Noel Street in the Soho area of London.
I can't pretend to understand what it all means, but here's a couple of bits and pieces relating to it. The name ' Ode to the West Wind' is from Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem of the same name. Shelley lived near here around 1819, not long before he lost his life. The boy seen reading the book probably relates to that. The split tree trunk may well relate to the Great Storm (usually called hurricane) of 1987, but possibly could have deeper meaning as well.
XBV 301 displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard Chatham.
This overall design was introduced during 1941, but not produced in any numbers until 1946. Back in 1941 the design was a major update on American Ford cars from the 1930's. But by the time 1948 came along Ford had much more advance body designs ready to go in to production to replace this model range.
FGZ 3109 works out of the Milewater Depot in Belfast. It is in the dedicated Airport Express livery working the route between Belfast International Airport and the Europa Bus Centre in the heart of Belfast. Powered by a modest 5132cc diesel engine.
Photographed here at Belfast International Airport.
Avro Lancaster PA 474 of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at London Southend Airport after an overnight transit stop.
PA474 entered RAF service too late for active wartime duties.
PBP 886 powered by a 2994cc engine at the Southend and District Classic Car Club event along the seafront at Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
I don't really like modified cars like these. But this one does look good.
One of the very well presented railway trucks on the standard gauge railway track within the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
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Go-Ahead London's Y824 TGH making its was along the A13 London Road towards Southend-On-Sea for the start of another day of the open top service 68.
Group of Punjabi farmers in a tractor-trailer on a highway near Ludhiana, on their way to the site of farmers' protests in Delhi.
The farmers had stopped on the highway side to take a break in their long journey. With a biting cold wind blowing, they were huddled together for warmth, and having their dinner inside the trailer. A tarpaulin sheet was all they had to protect them from this year's unusually bone chilling winter, which has seen temperatures in the plains of Punjab region fall below even Shimla in some instances.
Special thanks to Mohit Khanna (Hindustan Times) for taking me along during his story run on the farmers' protests.
Ulster Volunteer Force mural. There were many such murals to be seen on the route of the tourist bus. Regardless of anything else, the quality of the artwork on some of them was of a high standard.
Q962 YRX at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent.
No idea what this is really, other than it appears to be a 3 wheeler kit car based around the 602cc engine from the Citroén 2CV. On the DVLA website it is listed as a Citroén Tyke.
Looks good though!
This one in Westcliff-On-Sea, Essex became a sub-post office a few weeks ago. A growing number of these open all hours shops have post office counter facilities available 7 days a week now.
Better external Post Office signage on the one photographed here wouldn't go amiss.
After so much time finally i got again the good feeling in taking pics, thanks to a great and nice model
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Migrants walking on the Ludhiana-Delhi Highway (NH-44) near Ludhiana, Punjab, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
As the pan-India lockdown gradually extended to nearly 2 months, migrants all over India - predominantly labourers - began an exodus back to their home states.
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May 31 + June 1
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Drew Bird Photography
San Francisco Bay Area Photographer
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drew@drewbirdphoto.com
The now much loved original Fiat 500 was made from 1957 until 1975 with variations and updates along the way.
This one is the Fiat 500L that was produced between 1967 and 1971. It has front hinged doors instead of the rear hinged 'suicide doors' on the earlier models. It also featured slightly better levels of trim and dashboard layout that the more basic model that was still available alongside the 500L (Lusso).
Photograph taken in 2019.