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Saturday, and instead of getting up early to go to the gym, I get up early to catch a train.
Or so I thought.
Can had said we might meet up in Great Yarmouth on the 6th, but then heard nothing, so it came as a surprise to hear on Tuesday it was still on.
And after some rearranging of a family event, I agreed. Bought a new old folks railcard and ticket on Friday, and up at six, showered, dressed and had coffee, all was set.
All I had to do was catch the quarter to eight train from Dover.
Jools dropped me off, I walked in and went through the barriers, where three members of staff were hanging around.
There's no trains, one said.
He pointed to three empty platforms behind him.
But there will be, won't there, I laughed.
There's no electricity, he said. So no trains.
We're in the process of arranging replacement buses. My connection at Stratford of 50 minutes, looked in doubt.
Oh dear, what to do?
I call Jools to see if she'll take me to Ashford, as that's where staff said trains would be "normal".
She returned, and we zipped up the A20, to be met with three miles of stationary trucks waiting to get into the town. Not much fun for them.
Onto the motorway, and up to Ashford, she dropped me outside the station, and once I checked that there were actual trains running, I let Jools know and she went home.
I ended up catching the same service that would have run from from Dover, then starting at Folkestone. It was busy, but I got a seat.
Back on track.
Off at Stratford International, and instead of taking the DLR, as I had 50 minutes to kill, I walk through the shopping centre, or mall as I believe they're called these days, ignoring the endless windows full of shiny things.
Leaving Westfield, there is the arcing bridge over the regional rails and Underground lines, the sun had just risen ahead, and cast everything in warm golden light.
I walk down the steps and into the hall of the station, waiting to see when the platform for the train to Norwich would be announced.
So I people watched, the kid with the latest fashion in street ware, pushing through the barriers so not to pay, not taking his eyes from his mobile.
He had places to be.
Platform 10 in fifteen minutes, so I walk along the subway and walk up the steps to the platform, where a train to Clacton was just boarding. Not sure what was on, but the train was rammed.
Next train in was mine, so I walked to the far end of the platform, so upon arrival in Norwich I would be near the barriers.
The forecast was for rain all day, so the blue skies and endless sunshine was a welcome surprise.
Up the line, through Chelmsford, Colchester and Ipswich, where Simon got on, so we could talk on the last part of the journey up through Stowmarket and Diss to Norwich.
We walked round to platform 5 and found Cam on the train, so got on board, shook hands and waited for the train to depart.
There are two routes to Great Yarmouth from Norwich, the usual one through Acle, and the lesser used one to Reedham past Berney Arms, where the station now serves a single isolated pub, now closed, and a house or two.
And much to my joy, our train was the once daily service that stopped at the tiny station, to allow a walker to get off.
showing off :)
Peafowl are two Asiatic species of flying birds in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail, which it displays as part of courtship.
The species are:
* Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus, a resident breeder in South Asia. The peacock is designated as the national bird of India and the provincial bird of Punjab.
* Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus. Breeds from Burma east to Java. The IUCN lists the Green Peafowl as vulnerable to extinction due to hunting and a reduction in extent and quality of habitat.
[From the Wiki entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock ]
I explore the rooms from a 5000 sq ft Presidential Suite at an event at the Waldorf Astoria in Park City, Utah during the Evolution of Women in Social Media Conference in Park City Utah. More at www.benspark.com/evo10-thanks-for-the-inspiration.html, www.benspark.com/big-mountain-big-sky-big-fun.html & www.benspark.com/park-city-evo10.html
Long walk in the snow, 70 years after the Rhineland Battles
The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery and Memorial (French:Le Cimetière de Guerre Canadien Groesbeek) is located about three kilometres north of the village of Groesbeek, Netherlands. The cemetery contains 2,338 Canadian soldiers of World War II.
The cemetery is unique in that many of the dead were brought here from nearby Germany. It is one of the few cases where bodies were moved across international frontiers. It is believed that all fallen Canadian soldiers of the Rhineland battles, who were buried in German battlefields, were reinterred here (except for one who is buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery). General H.D.G. Crerar, who commanded Canadian land forces in Europe, ordered that Canadian dead were not to be buried in German soil.
Thousands of Dutch children tend the graves of the soldiers buried here as they do throughout the Netherlands.
The cemetery also has a Cross of Sacrifice within it.[1]
'Wedding walk' in Orkney, c. 1923
Lots of people get together to celebrate a wedding in Orkney, in around 1923. This is the custom of the 'wedding walk'.
In Orkney, as in many places both in Scotland and in the wider world, it was the custom for a broad section of the community to get together to celebrate a wedding. This walk must have been almost the last one in the Orkney islands, as the last one was in the late 1920s.
The woman at the front of the parade is probably the bride, as she seems to have some sort of headdress with a veil down her back. 'White weddings' have only been traditional since the nineteenth century. Light coloured clothing has been connected more with being 'feminine' also since then.
Find out more about the Scottish Life Archive at National Museums Scotland by visiting our website.
A walk in the botanic gardens. It had been closed for ages and it was so nice to have a walk around. Everything looked lovely.
First Friday Art Walk in Downtown Baker City Oregon
Celebrating the arts during the monthly First Friday Art Walk in historic Baker City, Oregon. The First Friday Art Walk is one of numerous events celebrating the arts throughout Baker County.
Baker City, Oregon’s historic downtown is one of the largest and most intact turn of the 20th century downtowns in the Northwest and is surrounded by historic neighborhoods.
Over the last 20 years the historic downtown has been lovingly restored and revitalized by the work of the local Mainstreet program Historic Baker City Inc., and today Baker City’s Main Street is a vibrant downtown full of small independent retail shops, restaurants and art galleries.
For more information about Baker City’s historic downtown visit Historic Baker City Inc’s website www.historicbakercity.com
Other events include the Baker Open Artists Studio Tour in October, the monthly
Thursday Art Night at the historic Eltrym Theater, the
We Like ‘em Short Film Festival in August, and the Great Salt Lick Art Auction
in September.
Visitors will find numerous art galleries throughout Baker City’s historic downtown including the Crossroads Carnegie Art center in the restored Carnegie Library building.
For more information about First Friday Art Walk or other art events and galleries throughout Baker County Oregon visit the Baker County Tourism website at www.basecampbaker.com
Every Saturday The challenge "Walk In The Street"
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