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Darjeeling tea, often referred to as the "Champagne of Teas," thrives in the steep hills of the Darjeeling region, where the unique climate and terrain create ideal growing conditions. The tea gardens are located at elevations ranging from about 600 to 2,000 meters (2,000 to 6,500 feet) above sea level. These high altitudes contribute to the distinct flavor and quality of Darjeeling tea.
The tea bushes are meticulously planted on terraced slopes, which not only helps with soil erosion but also maximizes sunlight exposure. The steep inclines ensure that water drains quickly, preventing waterlogging and promoting healthy root growth. The soil, rich in organic matter and minerals, further enhances the tea's unique characteristics.
The cool, misty mornings and warm, sunny afternoons create a perfect environment for the tea plants. The frequent rainfall, coupled with the mountain mists, keeps the leaves hydrated and contributes to the tea's distinctive muscatel flavor. This flavor is often described as fruity and floral, with a delicate astringency that sets it apart from other teas.
Harvesting Darjeeling tea is a labor-intensive process, often done by hand to ensure that only the finest two leaves and a bud are picked. This careful selection contributes to the high quality and premium status of Darjeeling tea.
The sight of the tea gardens on these steep hills is enchanting. The neatly pruned tea bushes, interspersed with shade trees and vibrant flowers, create a patchwork of green that stretches as far as the eye can see. The tea pluckers, often dressed in colorful traditional attire, add a human touch to this picturesque landscape.
The items on display in this section come from materials dumped in the final decades of the 1st Century AD (Flavian period) to improve ground drainage, following waterlogging problems. The thousands of fragments recovered during the excavations consist mainly of pottery. They bring to us a striking image of the goods coming into Rome from across Italy and the Mediterranean region as a whole. Coins and specific pottery items, sometimes bearing trademarks, help us to pinpoint precisely the timeline of the local context as well as the identity of the people involved in the production cycle. The two heads made from marble powder on display on the left also come from the same assemblage.
From top let to bottm middle, going left to right:
1. Fine Pottery
Sets of pots with relief decorations and glossy or matte coatings. These items were used at the dining table for consuming food and drinks. The vase imitating marble veins was rare on the Roman market.
2. Mortar
Container used to prepare food. Its internal surface embedded coarse sand and grit, which made it similar to a grater. Specific pestles were used to chop and blend cereals, oil, herbs, spices, and cheese. The maker's name is on the rim L(ucius) Ru[--] Sosia
3. Pottery for Cooking Food
Cooking utensils including cooker, pots, pans and lids.
4. Oil Amphorae Handles with Stamps
Iberian peninsula. The Signatures of L. Attenius Rusticus and L. Valerius Trophimus refer to the makers of the containers or to the land owners, while the trademark Atitta identifies a craftsman involved in production
5. Glass, Bronze, Coins
Glass items were used to preserve, serve nad consume food and drink, and to store ointments.Bronze sewing needle, and two lead tokes from the 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD, as well as three coins: Nero Quadrans, AD 64-65, and an As of Galba from AD 68.
6. Painted Plaster and Shells
Mollusc shells, Oysters and Spiny Oysters. These shellfish were considered as great delicacies. The shells were used for decorative purposes or as jewellery holders.
7. Fine Red-Slipped Pottery (Italian terra sigillata) and Ampora Rim with Stamp
This pottery bears the trademarks of the workshops of Camurius and Clodii, located in Arezzo. The ram-head stamp signed by C. Clodius SAbinus has not been seen before. The Amphora Rim comes from the Iberian peninsula. The stamp, framed in a foot-shaped cartouche, bears the name Cnaeus Lentulus Augur, an important politician and landowner, 47 BC - AD 25. The provenance of the amphora suggests that the person in question owned land overseas.
8. Ceramic Oil Lamps
The oil lamps most used at the time were those coated in red with relief decorations on the central part
9. Domestic Pottery for the Dining Table and Pantry
Bottles and jugs used for pouring wine and water, with tops, lids and small jars.
In How Tun Woods this afternoon.There was barely an inch of water in this water hole yesterday,but after last night's deluge there was plenty to drink,and Benjy took full advantage of it.
Denmans Garden near Fontwell, West Sussex.
It wasn't sunny, but neither was it raining ... and this year we have to grab our chances while we can!
It was a bit early in the season but there is always something to see. Magnolias, Camellias, Primulas ... Stachyurus catkins ... and little bulbs defying the constant rain. Parts of the lawn were off limits due to waterlogging, and one section was cordoned off so they could do tree work. And to finish, a bowl of homemade tomato and red onion chutney soup and a piece of cake in their Midpines Cafe.
on the northern exposure I put some shade tolerant species. The ostrich fern seems to be reacting to the poor soil and waterlogging.
Due to waterlogging of their Oxen Lane home Cliffe Fc reversed there fixture this week and made the short journey to Selby to face Selby Olympia.
Cliffe FC won 7-1.
Due to waterlogging of their Oxen Lane home Cliffe Fc reversed there fixture this week and made the short journey to Selby to face Selby Olympia.
Cliffe FC won 7-1.
Due to waterlogging of their Oxen Lane home Cliffe Fc reversed there fixture this week and made the short journey to Selby to face Selby Olympia.
Cliffe FC won 7-1.
Barton Aerodrome is an airport in Barton-upon-Irwell, Eccles, Greater Manchester, England, 5 nautical miles west of Manchester. Formerly known as City Airport and City Airport Manchester, It is known by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as Manchester/Barton and rebranded as Manchester Barton Aerodrome on 3rd April 2023.
The United Kingdom's first purpose-built municipal airport, it has four grass runways. The airfield operates Tuesday - Sunday, from 9 am BST until 6 p.m. or sunset (whichever earlier) for fixed-wing aircraft. Commercial, private, military, police and air ambulance helicopters can operate in the hours of darkness by arrangement.
The airport serves as an important reliever airport for Manchester Airport. It is also used as a refuelling stop for light aircraft and helicopters. It lies on the edge of Chat Moss and the aircraft movements area suffers from occasional periods of waterlogging, restricting fixed wing operations. Works to improve drainage on the airfield have seen some success in reducing the number of closures. It has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P886) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee, City Airport Limited. The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.
Due to waterlogging of their Oxen Lane home Cliffe Fc reversed there fixture this week and made the short journey to Selby to face Selby Olympia.
Cliffe FC won 7-1.
A boy wades through almost knee-deep water on Dhaka-Mymensingh road before Targachh Boro Market in Gazipur yesterday. The waterlogging caused due to the recent incessant rainfall has been creating difficulties for the pedestrians and vehicle drivers for many days. Photo: Star
Denmans Garden near Fontwell, West Sussex.
It wasn't sunny, but neither was it raining ... and this year we have to grab our chances while we can!
It was a bit early in the season but there is always something to see. Magnolias, Camellias, Primulas ... Stachyurus catkins ... and little bulbs defying the constant rain. Parts of the lawn were off limits due to waterlogging, and one section was cordoned off so they could do tree work. And to finish, a bowl of homemade tomato and red onion chutney soup and a piece of cake in their Midpines Cafe.
One of FIVE IMAGES taken today from near Birmingham Selly Oak Weather Station UK.
Compass direction and time UTC are indicated in image titles.
THIS IMAGE: Sunday morning local league football returns for the first time in three weeks as flood plain begins to dry out after weeks of waterlogging.
WEATHER: Temperature 10.4 deg C. Pressure 1027mb.
Weak sunshine through broken layer of cirrus. Visibility good. Wind direction S 190 deg, variable between 160 deg & 220 deg; very gusting, mean speed 15km/h with frequent gusts up to 24km/h. Previous 24 hours pressure maximum 1033mb, minimum 1027mb.
Synoptic situation at 00Z today: HIGH 1039mb St-Naizaire to 1041mb S Germany. Deep LOW 944mb 650km SW of Iceland. Strong SW flow covers whole of UK.
LINK: To see full list of BSOWS daily weather observations back to January 2004, please view the MetLink International website of the Royal Meteorological Society. Direct link: www.metlink.org/data/obsdetail.php?ID=377
Denmans Garden near Fontwell, West Sussex.
It wasn't sunny, but neither was it raining ... and this year we have to grab our chances while we can!
It was a bit early in the season but there is always something to see. Magnolias, Camellias, Primulas ... Stachyurus catkins ... and little bulbs defying the constant rain. Parts of the lawn were off limits due to waterlogging, and one section was cordoned off so they could do tree work. And to finish, a bowl of homemade tomato and red onion chutney soup and a piece of cake in their Midpines Cafe.
Pterocarya, often called wingnuts in English, are trees in the walnut family Juglandaceae. They are native to Asia.
Pterocarya fraxinifolia is commonly known as the Caucasian wingnut or Caucasian walnut. It is native to the Caucasian region Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey. It was introduced to France in 1784, and to Great Britain after 1800.
The species is fast growing and grows best on flat ground or shallow slopes near river banks and in deep moist soils. The climate associated with the distribution of this tree includes mild winters and mild humid summers. It generally grows in mixed stands with other species and rarely grows in pure stands.
The tree can grow up to a height of about 30 metres with a widely spreading shape. Leaves are pinnate. The flowers appear in April, the male catkins thick and green, 7.5 – 12.5 cm long, the females longer with less dense flowers, bearing red styles forming fruiting catkins 30 – 50 cm long, the green, winged, nuts approximately 1.8 cm wide.
Denmans Garden near Fontwell, West Sussex.
It wasn't sunny, but neither was it raining ... and this year we have to grab our chances while we can!
It was a bit early in the season but there is always something to see. Magnolias, Camellias, Primulas ... Stachyurus catkins ... and little bulbs defying the constant rain. Parts of the lawn were off limits due to waterlogging, and one section was cordoned off so they could do tree work. And to finish, a bowl of homemade tomato and red onion chutney soup and a piece of cake in their Midpines Cafe.
Due to waterlogging of their Oxen Lane home Cliffe Fc reversed there fixture this week and made the short journey to Selby to face Selby Olympia.
Cliffe FC won 7-1.
Highdown Gardens near Worthing, West Sussex.
An early season stroll on a rare sunny morning, following yet another night of heavy rain. The gardens was muddy in places, and areas of lawn were roped off to allow the grass to recover from the relentless waterlogging.
But the birds were singing their hearts out. Flowering cherries and Malus were bursting with bloom. Staphylea trees ... some tulips ... Euphorbias ... Primulas ... spring Cyclamen ... Leucojum. It won't be long before the ancient Cercis blooms ... it's covered in buds. And I will be interested to see how their Eremurus experiment does (still under fleece wraps) ... Eremurus can be tricky at the best of times.
Buddleja crispa, the Himalayan butterfly bush, is a deciduous shrub native to Afghanistan, Bhutan, North India, Nepal, Pakistan and China (Gansu, Sichuan, Tibetan Autonomous Region), where it grows on dry river beds, slopes with boulders, exposed cliffs, and in thickets, at elevations of 1400–4300 metres. It is not reliably winter-hardy, but it can thrive in a sheltered sunny spot.
Buddleja farreri is a xerophytic deciduous shrub endemic to Gansu, China, discovered by Reginald Farrer in 1915. Farrer described the shrub's habitat as "the very hottest and driest crevices, cliffs, walls and banks down the most arid and torrid aspects of the Ha Shin Fang". Farrer sent seed to the UK shortly afterwards, and it is from this consignment that all the British specimens have been derived.
Buddleja farreri was one of five species removed from being classified as Buddleja crispa by Leeuwenberg in 1979, however the original epithet is widely retained in horticulture. It seems to be slightly more hardy in British winters ... even if shoots are killed by severe frosts it will generally recover.
Due to waterlogging of their Oxen Lane home Cliffe Fc reversed there fixture this week and made the short journey to Selby to face Selby Olympia.
Cliffe FC won 7-1.
Barton Aerodrome is an airport in Barton-upon-Irwell, Eccles, Greater Manchester, England, 5 nautical miles west of Manchester. Formerly known as City Airport and City Airport Manchester, It is known by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as Manchester/Barton and rebranded as Manchester Barton Aerodrome on 3rd April 2023.
The United Kingdom's first purpose-built municipal airport, it has four grass runways. The airfield operates Tuesday - Sunday, from 9 am BST until 6 p.m. or sunset (whichever earlier) for fixed-wing aircraft. Commercial, private, military, police and air ambulance helicopters can operate in the hours of darkness by arrangement.
The airport serves as an important reliever airport for Manchester Airport. It is also used as a refuelling stop for light aircraft and helicopters. It lies on the edge of Chat Moss and the aircraft movements area suffers from occasional periods of waterlogging, restricting fixed wing operations. Works to improve drainage on the airfield have seen some success in reducing the number of closures. It has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P886) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee, City Airport Limited. The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.
Whenever people had to find our house it was the one with palm tree. Unfortunately the harsh frosts, the waterlogging and finally last week's gales have finally killed it off.
Now it's the house without the palm tree.
Denmans Garden near Fontwell, West Sussex.
It wasn't sunny, but neither was it raining ... and this year we have to grab our chances while we can!
It was a bit early in the season but there is always something to see. Magnolias, Camellias, Primulas ... Stachyurus catkins ... and little bulbs defying the constant rain. Parts of the lawn were off limits due to waterlogging, and one section was cordoned off so they could do tree work. And to finish, a bowl of homemade tomato and red onion chutney soup and a piece of cake in their Midpines Cafe.
Denmans Garden near Fontwell, West Sussex.
It wasn't sunny, but neither was it raining ... and this year we have to grab our chances while we can!
It was a bit early in the season but there is always something to see. Magnolias, Camellias, Primulas ... Stachyurus catkins ... and little bulbs defying the constant rain. Parts of the lawn were off limits due to waterlogging, and one section was cordoned off so they could do tree work. And to finish, a bowl of homemade tomato and red onion chutney soup and a piece of cake in their Midpines Cafe.
Denmans Garden near Fontwell, West Sussex.
It wasn't sunny, but neither was it raining ... and this year we have to grab our chances while we can!
It was a bit early in the season but there is always something to see. Magnolias, Camellias, Primulas ... Stachyurus catkins ... and little bulbs defying the constant rain. Parts of the lawn were off limits due to waterlogging, and one section was cordoned off so they could do tree work. And to finish, a bowl of homemade tomato and red onion chutney soup and a piece of cake in their Midpines Cafe.
Denmans Garden near Fontwell, West Sussex.
It wasn't sunny, but neither was it raining ... and this year we have to grab our chances while we can!
It was a bit early in the season but there is always something to see. Magnolias, Camellias, Primulas ... Stachyurus catkins ... and little bulbs defying the constant rain. Parts of the lawn were off limits due to waterlogging, and one section was cordoned off so they could do tree work. And to finish, a bowl of homemade tomato and red onion chutney soup and a piece of cake in their Midpines Cafe.
Front cover of a 20-page Fleetwood Rugby Union Club match programme (£2.50, included with admission), issued in January 2012, for a North Lancs/Cumbria League fixture with Eccles. About 80 spectators saw the visitors win, 22-0. Owing to waterlogging, the game was switched to the King George V Memorial Playing Field.
On another dreary,cool morning in How Tun Woods,where the waterlogging is already so bad that wellingtons are a must.But here's one lad who doesn't let the weather spoil his enjoyment of life - and his biscuits !