Abbotsford International Airshow
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ABBOTSFORD, the home of SIR WALTER SCOTT, Melrose, Scotland - See more at: www.scottsabbotsford.co.uk/#sthash.J6wSt8eG.dpuf
The Abbotsford Airshow was a thriller again this year. Lots of photos in my inbox waiting to be edited. :D
If you're into aerial photography, here are 3 minutes of my best shots from last year's show:
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Abbotsford House, just outside Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, home to Scottish historian, novelist, poet, and playwright Sir Walter Scott.
Although we didn't do a tour of the actual house, we walked around one of many walks around the grounds and nearby forest.
I heard the screeching cry of the young owls as they demanded to be fed. By the time I found this pair of young Barred Owls only one had food, until it's sibling took it away from it. The one who had not completed it's breakfast decided to do some grooming instead.
I was checking out the birding sites in Abbotsford and I made my way to Willband Creek Park where there were many Common Yellowthroat working the tall grasses.
Abbotsford is the house built and lived in by Sir Walter Scott, the 19th century novelist, and author of timeless classics such as Waverley, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and The Lady of the Lake. In 1811 Sir Walter bought the property which was to become Abbotsford, set in the heart of the Scottish Borders, on the banks of the River Tweed. The building of Abbotsford took six years, and was completed in 1824. William Atkinson was the chosen architect, and George Bulloch gave his advice on the furnishings, while local craftsmen carried out the work. The house was opened to the public in 1833, five months after Sir Walter's death, and has been enjoyed by visitors ever since.
RCAF Snowbirds always put on an awesome show with their 9 ship formation...it is getting harder and harder to keep the Tutors flying...interesting to see what type they change to...this was one heck of a maneuver..!
ABBOTSFORD, the home of SIR WALTER SCOTT, Melrose, Scotland
Walter Scott was the foremost literary figure of his day. Born in 1771, and outliving by the time of his death in 1832 all the great romanticists except Coleridge and Wordsworth, he was incomparably better known than any of them.
I came across this slightly larger than usual sparrow which I thought at first was a Song or maybe a Fox Sparrow. The upright crest has thrown me though is this a subspecies or something else.
I was down by my carport and I spotted a Pileated Woodpecker fly into the trees in the ravine. No camera with me but here is hoping that a Woodpecker like this one I photographed several years ago takes up residence nearby.
The Huntingdon Turn is a CP local job that has been known by many names and symbols in the past. Under the current operating plan it runs as the A84. Called for mid day, the train departs Coquitlam Yard east onto the Cascade Sub mainline in the mid afternoon. It hauls traffic for the three remaining customers on the mainline, as well as several in the Abbotsford industrial park at Huntingdon via the Mission Subdivision branchline. Regardless of the symbol, or era, the schedule seems to have remained the same.
For many years the Mission sub was the domain of four axle locomotives only. Nowadays this train can draw just about any pair of locomotives from the Coquitlam yard and transfer pool. This train can have upwards of forty cars sometimes, so if an ailing GP38 is assigned for power, the crew may have to double the steep southbound grade into Abbotsford. Today A84 has drawn a sharp looking pair of SD's from the the Coquitlam transfer pool. Ex-Soo SD40-2 6607 was recently repainted, and is led by another former Soo unit, SD60 6228. Of course on the day that the job draws the heavy power, the train consists of only one load and four empties.
A84 glides east across the bridge over Kanaka Creek, approaching the control point and crossovers at River Road. Here the train will pull five loads of power poles, freshly peeled and shaped at the small Stella Jones facility, to be sent to one of their other plants for preservative treatment. After pulling the loads, the empties will be spotted, to be loaded up for the next days turn.