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A Grade II listed structure from about 1787. Spanning the River Can it connects the pedestrianised High Street and Moulsham Street.
In the past the bridge has also been known as Old Bridge and Moulsham Bridge.
Photo taken in 2019.
On a site about 400 feet above sea level on the slopes of Cavehill Country Park. Building started in 1811 but was not completed until 1870. More of a grand manor house or a small palace really as it was built as a place to live rather than a defensive position.
There had previously been a Belfast Castle within the main city area of Belfast.
This is part of the poppy patch in our garden that was flattened by the recent heavy rain. Now recovering with plenty of bees around today. One even stung me! The piece of deadwood on the left has holes drilled in to it and is being used by solitary bees.
Male wood duck (Aix sponsa) in eclipse plumage swimming in the colorful summer early morning light at North Chagrin Reservation in Willoughby Hills, Ohio.
Photo taken from Southend Pier Head about one hour after low tide. But just over another hour later the area in the foreground was covered in shallow water from the incoming tide.
Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
Moored in the River Medway at the Historic Dockyard, chatham, Kent.
This one of (probably the last one) 98 such steam powered vessels built between 1941 and 1946. They were used in dockyards to help provision the ships in wartime service. Steam engines were used because of the demand for more modern power plants in front line ships.
VIC 56 stayed in service until 1970. Purchased for preservation from the MOD in the late 1970's. The information board says that
she is still sometimes brought in to steam.
VIC 56 was built locally by James Pollock and Sons Ltd at their Faversham yard. The company started in 1875 and went in to liquidation during 1970.
An immature Spotted or Scaly-breasted Munia perched on a Sorghum plant in a crop field near Ludhiana, Punjab.
The juveniles have a pale brown under-body, lacking the distinctive spots that give this bird its name.
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).
RFZ 8427 had earlier in its life worked in Dublin. Now working hard going up some very steep hills at times in Belfast.
Renovated K6 red telephone kiosk with an recorded audio history of the local area. Voiced by Dame Helen Mirren who grew up locally to this Clifftown area of central Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
Not sure about the temperature reading 30 degrees! The camera was strapped to a wooden post, so may be the wood was releasing heat built up during the day.
Built in 1959 to an old LMS design going back to the early 1930's. This is DB993856 on the Epping Ongar Railway. Seen here with Class 3 shunter, 03170, providing motive power for brake van rides at £5 per person. I regret not having a brake van ride now. But next time!
Photo taken in 2019.
Brilliant window display in this Sicilian style pizza delicatessen and café. This is one of two branches in London, with half a Cinquecento each.
Perhaps they should be called a Fiat Duecento Cinquanta.
320 XUS displayed at City Beach, Southend-On-Sea, Essex at a Southend and District Classic Car Club event.
Looks to be in a wonderfully original condition.
BN14 CUO in Metrobus Fastway livery. These specialy adapted buses have a small piece of apparatus forward of the front wheels to help guide the bus along dedicated roadway tracks in a self steering mode.
Photographed here at Crawley Bus Station, West Sussex.
ZA 947 had an overnight transit stop at London Southend Airport in the company of the Lancaster, along with a Spitfire and Hurricane. All from the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Built n 1942 this particular aircraft has served with USAAF, RCAF and Scottish Aviation.
On the way to Photo London at Somerset House we got distracted by the photo opportunities at Victoria Station. We were approached by Station Security twice but when we showed them our photo's they realised we really were practicing.
View from Southend Pier Head at near enough low tide. Looks like discarded pieces of the pier structure from years gone by. May be from one of the fires or where vessels have hit the pier.
HMS Enterprise heading upriver in the Thames Estuary passing The Point, Canvey Island, Essex.
This vessel is one of two Echo Class multi-role survey ships. They have a secondary role of mine counter measures.
HMS Enterprise was launched in 2002 and has a total crew of 72 with usually 48 on board whilst on normal duty. Her deployments include; migrant rescue work in the Mediterranean,evacution of British citizens from Libya and patrols around the Falklands.
LNER Thompson Class B1 Mayflower heading towards Benfleet across Leigh Marshes with the backdrop of the Hadleigh Downs.
Mayflower was ordered by the LNER and built in 1948. But she only came in to service after nationalisation with British Railways.
Photograph taken in the rain. Wasn't expecting that!
8743 H at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham.
The classic 'sit up and beg' body styling that was first introduced in the 1930's. Although the Anglia model was updated during 1953 to the 100E version the body shape remained in production until 1959 as the Ford Popular.
H564 VKU AND H310 SYB displayed at the Big Wheels 2018 event held by Canvey Island Transport Museum, Essex.
On the left is a AWD-TL8/14. A 4 4 wheel drive truck that was a reincarnation of the old Bedford TL.
On the right is a Reynolds Boughton AB44 military light truck. Not a popular vehicle when in service. The braking system was a cause for concern.
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*****Update April 2020****** See comments from Carl Lemon regarding AWD-TL8/14. It is a two wheel drive vehicle.********
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Old Watling Street, Canterbury, Kent.
Photo taken through the dirty window of a moving car. I can't complain though as it was my car and I had cleaned it the day before! My daughter was driving.
Looks like SJB 233G got the short straw in display locations. This was at the Festival of Steam 2019 held at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
Produced from 1961 until 1973, but really a product designed in the late 1950's. Production could have commenced in late 1958 but for commercial pressure on the design house Karmann from larger customers than Volvo to supress their involvement with this project.
A 2+2 touring coupé rather than an outright sports car. Running gear based on the reliable Volvo Amazon components.
Forever associated with Roger Moore in the TV series The Saint.
A light cruiser that was launched on 29th September 1914 and finally decommissioned in 2011.
HMS Caroline's main claim to fame is that she was present at The Battle of Jutland. Interestingly towards the end of WW1 HMS Caroline was fitted with a flying-off platform to launch fighter aircraft over the North Sea to try and intercept German airships. She started her long association with Belfast in 1924 when her weapons and some boilers were remove and HMS Caroline became a floating administration and training base. She took on the role of Royal Naval headquarters for Belfast Harbour during the Second World War and played a very important part as a base for operations in the Atlantic Ocean. Post WW2 she was more of a training facility and accomodation ship. Has been a floating museum near the Titanic Quarter of Belfast for about 3 years now.
G29 TGW
in Labworth Car Park, Canvey Island, Essex working the shuttle connection to Canvey Island Transport Museum. This was for the Big Wheels 2018 end of season event.
On the day of the Flying Festival 2019. A modern electric buggy with a 1921 Leyland / Dodson Charabus for company. Just over the fence is a kit built light aircraft, G-CEIL, from 2006 called a Just Escapade.
Himalayan Griffon Vulture flying near Rohtang La, Himachal.
This threatened species of Old World vulture is one the largest raptors that can be seen soaring above the snow clad mountain ranges of Himalayas.
This church was consecrated on 12th September 1138. It contains the holy relics of St Eanswythe, an Anglo-Saxon princess who is the patron saint of Folkestone.
Photo taken in 2019.
Alley leading to a pub at Lakeside in Pokhara, Nepal.
Being a top destination for international travellers, Pokhara shows an interesting amalgamation of local Nepalese culture with modern international hues.
Stagecoach South East 10708 photographed at Folkestone Bus Station, Kent. SN66 VVW has dedicated 'Wave' livery for the Dover-Hastings coastal routes, 100 being the main one. But seen here working route 16 Canterbury-Hythe.
A major tourist attraction within the Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent. The interior of the submarine is open for the able bodied to clamber their way through. I did it many years ago, but would not attempt it now.
H.M. Submarine Ocelot is a Oberon Class vessel commissioned in January 1964 and paid off in August 1991.
She was equipped with a stealth diesel engine and some of her mission details are still classified. This was the last warship built at Chatham for the Royal Navy, although a few more warships were built later and supplied to overseas customers.
SYH 213 displayed at the Echoes of History 2019. The event was held by the Essex HMVA at Purleigh, Essex
Pleasing that so many of the Green Goddess vehicles are presented in such good order.
A juvenile deer walking through a stream during a light drizzle in Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand.
Watching the young deer dragging its legs in the water made me think of a youngster dragging his feet and he walks around with his teenage attitude, without a care in the world.
Displayed at the Echoes of History 2019 event held in Purleigh, Essex.
A rare Russian car in the UK that was widely used by authorities in the old Eastern Bloc countries.
9905 MY displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
The Messerschmitt Kabinenroller, otherwise marketed as KR200, was in production from 1955 until 1964 powered by a 200cc engine. It was developed from an earlier similar microcar.
DYW 721C displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. I don't think that I've seen an HA model of the Viva at a classic car show before. They were very prone to rust if I remember right. Was a fun small car to drive though. Produced from 1963 until replaced in late 1966 by the somewhat more stylish HB model.
Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.