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Comes with sea view and it's own waterproof sheet.
Cooped up for the past few weeks, I've been losing the will to live. So on Ken's day off at the weekend, we ventured along Seaton Beach, to the blue lagoon. No its not somewhere like the Med and why it got that name, I've no idea lol!
The weather has been horrible lately. Yes I know, there's no such thing as bad weather lol!
Well the sky has been flat white, dullness, and I'm struggling to see what I can make of it.
I took a few images of the industry over at Teesbay but this image of the makeshift accommodation on the beach, made me smile.
It's not my usual capture from a beach scene but it's certainly a bit different.
I've spent the past week, looking tirelessly for somewhere to go at the end of Aug. It seems because of Covid, everyones had the same idea. Nothing to be had, as I don't really want to stay in a hotel. Maybe I need to build one like this :)
KARANGA CAMP (4400m)
Machame Route
Mount Kilimanjaro
Usually, weather changes along the day in Mount Kilimanjaro. It's very common during the morning begins a sunny and warm weather and while pass the day it changes to a cloudy and cold. Even, It's not rare that it rains in the afternoon.
These tents form part of the Karanga Camp.
The mountain you can see on the background of this photography is the Kilimanjaro peak.
Machame Route, Mount Kilimanjaro.
Tanzania, February 2016
A charming somewhat dilapidated guest house I spotted in Montagu, Western Cape.
I think they might have to go down with the prices…a little. :-)
(799 South African Rand = 52 Euro)
For Wednesday Walls
Namtso is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet and significant for Tibetan Buddhists. Kora is a Tibetan word that means "circumambulation" or "revolution". Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhism. Thus, Namtso Kora means pilgrimage walk around the Lake Namtso.
Namtso literally means heavenly lake in Tibetan language. Located around 240km northwest of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, it takes four hours’ driving from Lhasa. Extending 70 km from east to west and 30 km from south to north, the lake covers an area of 1,920 sq km and has an altitude of 4748 m above sea level. It is biggest lake in Tibet and the second biggest salt lake in China as well as one of the highest lakes in the world. The water in the lake is crystally clear and blue. The blue sky joins the surface of the lake in the distance, creating an integrated, scenic vista.
In every Tibetan year of sheep, thousands of Tibetan Buddhism believers will come here to worship this sacred lake. As a rule, they will walk clockwise along the Namtso Lake in order to receive the blessing of the gods.
There are several fine Tibet treks around the lake. The shortest one is roughly 4 kilometers and takes less than one hour. It starts from the accommodation area to a hermit’s cave hidden behind a large spinter of rock. The kora continues to a rocky promontory of cairns and prayer flags. At the promontory, pilgrims undertake a ritural washing in the lake. And then the trail continues past several caves and a prostration point where there are two rock towers looking like two hands. Pilgrims squeeze into the deep slices of the nearby cliff face as a means of sin detection or drink water dripping from cave roofs, even swallow holy dirt.
The Moyka River is a small river in Russia that encircles the central portion of Saint Petersburg, effectively making it an island. The river, originally known as Mya, derives its name from the Ingrian word for "slush" or "mire". It is 5 kilometres (3 mi) long and 40 metres (130 ft) wide.
The river flows from the Fontanka River near the Summer Garden past the Field of Mars, crosses Nevsky Avenue and the Kryukov Canal before entering the Neva River delta. It is also connected with the Neva by the Swan Canal and the Winter Canal.
In 1711 Peter the Great ordered the consolidation of the banks of the river. After the Kryukov Canal linked it with the Fontanka River four years later, the Moyka became so much clearer that its name was changed from Mya to Moyka, associated with the Russian verb "to wash".
Magnificent 18th-century edifices lining the Moyka quay include the Stroganov Palace, Razumovsky Palace, Yusupov Palace, New Holland Arch, Circular Market, St. Michael's Castle, and the last accommodation and museum of Alexander Pushkin.
At my accommodation
The leguan lives in trees, is up to 2 m long, active during the day and very lively.
The green color is mainly shown by young animals.
With increasing age, the color becomes darker. From the fourth year onwards, the growth of the head + dorsal crest of male iguanas increases
This house is located on Waupoos Island in Prince Edward County. The island is an active livestock farm in warmer weather (Sheep) . No one resides there in the winter. There is a barge available to move goods and livestock back and forth. Electrical and phone services go to the island.
The island is tricky to navigate around by boat as the island rock comes out a long way into the water. There are also some hidden shoals.
Mount Pleasant, Swansea. An old NHS hospital. Formerly a Victorian workhouse built in 1862. Now a private housing estate.
If you're on the hunt for a new property that's a little out of the ordinary, Little River's Silo Stay may tick all your boxes.
Located in 'the gateway to the Banks Peninsula', the property is approximately 45 minutes drive from Christchurch on the main route to Akaroa.
Comprised of nine silo units, the former agricultural complex was converted into boutique accommodation in 2012.
The Heygate Estate in Elephant & Castle. For those not familiar with it, yes it has been earmarked for demolition. The buildings were not the prettiest, but they did provide affordable accommodation close to the centre of London, and there lies the problem I imagine. The land bucked the capitalist ideals of London so it had to go.
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Rolleiflex 3.5F TLR Camera. Planar Lens.
Ilford FP4 Film + ADOX Developer.
Negative scanned using a Pentax K1-II + K Adapter + Pentax 645 120 Macro Lens + Negative Lab Pro Software.
Soon enough it will warm up, patrons at a local bar will venture outside again, and these patio chairs will be unstacked to accommodate them. In the mean time, abstract juxtapositions of lines and curves catch my attention. It's not one of my stronger suits but worth exploring from a composition point of view.
ELEPHANT PLAINS: Located in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, neighbouring the Kruger National Park, the Elephant Plains Game Lodge promises a Big Five game viewing experience with high class luxurious and comfortable accommodation facilities. From rondavels to intimate honeymoon suites the lodge provides its guests with a vast range of options to choose from for their accommodation. Elephant Plains Game Lodge is famous for the enthralling Big Five game viewing where guests can avail two game drives a day. With amazing facilities like swimming pool, spa, gym, library, games room and much more; Elephant Plains Game Lodge serves the guests with one of the best accommodation services in South Africa. The lodge can accommodate up to 24 guests at a time and also offer wedding planning services for those who wish to celebrate the wedding in the wilderness of South Africa. www.elephantplains.co.za
KRUGER NATIONAL PARK is one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,485 km2 in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km from north to south and 65 km from east to west. The administrative headquarters are in Skukuza. Areas of the park were first protected by the government of the South African Republic in 1898, and it became South Africa's first national park in 1926. To the west and south of the Kruger National Park are the two South African provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga. In the north is Zimbabwe, and to the east is Mozambique. It is now part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, a peace park that links Kruger National Park with the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe, and with the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique. The park is part of the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere an area designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an International Man and Biosphere Reserve (the "Biosphere"). The park has nine main gates allowing entrance to the different camps. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruger_National_Park
SABI SAND: The Sabi Sand Game Reserve is situated in the southwestern corner of the world-renowned Kruger National Park in South Africa and consists of 65000 hectares. It is the most prestigious game reserve in South Africa and is famous for incredible leopard and lion sightings. www.sabisandsgamereserve.com
These summer camps are great but you have to wait till nearly midnight to try any night shots .
Looking inside my Alpkit Soloist as I was getting ready to bed down for the night on the summit of Mardale lll Bell above Haweswater.
The large concrete building, known as the Adriatico Guest House provides accommodation for students at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics just along the coast from Trieste in Italy. It also provides a centre for academic scientific meetings and conferences that I've enjoyed on four or five occasions. This was the last in 2009.
The study bedrooms are on two sides of the building. Half have beautiful views over the Adriatic. The other half face a cliff. No prizes for guessing which rooms are used by students and which are given to conference delegates!
Comes to it when all the nest boxes are full and some birds feeling a bit lazy about making a nest for themselves !! Here we see the result in every sense of the word " Overflow Accommodation " . This is a house in the area and the shots were over a six foot high brick wall , I did move position hence the change of angle with the brickwork . To me that looked a well tight fit getting in and out !!
I guess these blue tits had to choose a place of the most convenience !!
More dragonflies seen around the lakes near the accommodation.
I have guessed the ID as the dragonfly looks like others I have photographed with that name.
Ashford Castle on the bank of Lough Corrib, where we had our afternoon tea, County Galway, Ireland
Some background information:
Ashford Castle is a large medieval and Victorian castle that has been expanded over the centuries and turned into a five star luxury hotel. It is located near the village of Cong on the County Galway side of Lough Corrib, directly bordering the County Mayo side of the lake. Today, Ashford Castle, which was previously owned by the Guinness family, is a member of the Red Carnation Hotels organisation.
We just had an afternoon tea in the castle’s Connaught Room. The afternoon tea offers guests a wide selection of speciality teas, delicate finger sandwiches, freshly baked scones and delectable pastries, presented on a silver three-tier stand,. whereby every guest is served their own three-tier stand. On the lowest tier, there are the sandwiches. On the middle tier, guests will find three different scones, served with two types of clotted cream. And on the top tier, the elegantly presented pâtisserie is displayed.
I had an Irish Whiskey Cream Tea accompaning the delicacies and if you don’t manage to eat all of them, the leftovers are packed for you in a neat box, so that you can take them home. We had our afternoon tea at a table next to one of the windows, with view into the gardens and onto Lough Corrib. By the way, if you want to take your afternoon tea there, you have to order it in advance. Just dropping by would be pointless and you wouldn’t even be able to pass the gatekeepers of the estate.
In 1228, Ashford Castle was built on the perimeter of a monastic site by the Anglo-Norman noble House de Burgo. After having been more than three-and-a-half centuries in possession of the Burke family, the castle passed into the hands of Sir Richard Bingham, Lord President of Connaught, in 1589. A battle between the forces of the de Burgo family and those of Bingham had been preceded the change of the owner. Following the battle and thereby also the owner change, Bingham added a fortified enclave within Ashford Castle‘s precincts.
In 1670, Dominick Browne, Baron Oranmore and Browne, received the estate in a royal grant. In 1715, the estate of Ashford was established by the Browne family and a hunting lodge in the style of a 17th-century French chateau was constructed. In the late 18th century, a branch of the family inhabited the castle.
In 1852, the Irish brewer and philanthropist Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, who later received the title 1st Baronet of Ashford, purchased the estate. He added two large Victorian style extensions, extended the estate to 110 square kilometres (26,000 acres), built new roads and planted thousands of trees. After Sir Benjamin's death in 1868, the estate passed to his son Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, who expanded the building further in the neogothic style.
Arthur Guinness was an avid gardener who oversaw the development of massive woodlands and rebuilt the entire west wing of the castle, designed by architects James Franklin Fuller and George Ashlin. The new construction connected the early 18th-century part in the east with two de-Burgo-time towers in the west. Additionally, battlements were added to the whole castle. After being rebuilt, Ashford Castle welcomed many famous guests such as the British King George V, among others who stayed with the Guinness family.
After having been sold to Noel Huggard in 1939, the new owner opened the estate as a hotel. Since then, the hotel has hosted many famous guests, such as Queen Mary, the author Oscar Wilde, the actors Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne, UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Ronald Reagan, US Senator Ted Kennedy, Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his wife Princess Grace, Prince Edward, the Beatles members John Lennon and George Harrison, as well as the actors Robin Williams, Pierce Brosnan and Brad Pitt. Professional golfer Rory McIlroy even married there in 2017.
In July 2015, Ashford Castle was voted third best world hotel by "Travel + Leisure magazine", US. In August 2015, it was voted world's best hotel during "Virtuoso Travel Week". Furthermore, in 2020 and 2022, the hotel claimed top spot in the prestigious World’s Best Resort Hotel in the UK & Ireland awards. And in 2023, it has been hailed as one of the world's best hotels by "Forbes Travel Guide", from which it received the maximum rating of five stars – just like only a handful of other hotels.
Lough Corrib, on whose bank Ashford Castle is located, is a lake in the west of Ireland connected to the sea at Galway by the River Corrib. It is the largest lake within the Republic of Ireland and the second largest on the island of Ireland (after Lough Neagh). Lough Corrib covers 176 km² and lies mostly in County Galway with a small area of its northeast corner in County Mayo. The main tributaries draining into Lough Corrib include the Cornamona, Bealanabrack, Owenriff, Drimneen, Cong, Clare, Annacourta, Black and Cross rivers.
The lake is rather popular with anglers because it has a large fish population. Among the fishes in the lake are trouts, pikes, perches and salmons. Furthermore, the wildlife in Lough Corrib includes birds and hawks, otters, mink, stoat, frogs and bats. In 1996, Lough Corrib was designated a Ramsar site and it has also been designated a Special Area of Conservation.
The lake is also of international importance as a marine archaeological site. Surveys have uncovered a number of objects of historical significance, which have been investigated by the Underwater Archaeology Unit of the National Monuments Service. These include Bronze Age and Iron Age vessels as well as the "Carrowmoreknock Boat", a well preserved 10th century vessel carrying three Viking battle axes. There are also a lot of islands on the lake. Among them are Inchagoill with ist Early Christian abbey ruins, Inishquin, Inishmicatreer, Inishdoorus and Rabbit Island, to name just the largest ones.
▪︎Parachute Store, Building 14 (A/M Drg No: 11137/41)▪︎
Originally known as RAF Bury St Edmunds Airfield, Rougham Airfield is situated 3 miles east of the Suffolk market town of Bury St Edmunds. The airfield was built between 1941 and 1942, and had three intersecting concrete runways. The main runway was approximately 2,000 yards long, and ran in an east to west direction. It was designed for a United States Army Airforce unit (U.S.A.A.F) Bomb Group. Fifty concrete hardstands were constructed just off the encircling perimeter track. Two T2 type Hangars were erected, one on each side of the airfield, accommodation was provided for some 3,000 personnel in Nissen Huts and other temporary type buildings.
The airfield was opened in September 1942 and was used by the U.S.A.A.F Eighth Air Force, and given the designation Station 468 (BU). The first U.S.A.A.F group to use Bury St. Edmunds airfield was the 47th Bombardment Group (Light) arriving from Greensboro A.A.F North Carolina in mid-September 1942. The 47th was equipped with the Douglas A-20 Havoc bomber, but the group quickly moved to RAF Horham, as Bury St. Edmunds was still under construction. On 2nd November the 47th was ordered to North Africa, departing for Medina Air Field 15 miles south of Casablanca in Morocco. The 322nd Bombardment Group (Medium) arrived in December 1942 from Drane Army Airfield, Florida, a satellite installation of nearby MacDill Field, where the 322nd originally began their pre-deployment training. The group was assigned to the 3rd Bomb Wing and flew Martin B - Z6B/C Marauders.
Ongoing construction at RAF Bury St. Edmunds forced two of the group's squadrons to locate to RAF Rattlesden. The group's aircraft did not arrive until late in March 1943. Once operational, the 322nd flew two low-level bombing operations from RAF Bury St. Edmunds. The first, on the 14th of May when it dispatched 12 planes for a minimum-level attack on an electrical generating plant near Ijtnuiden. This was the first operational combat mission flown by B-26's. The second was a disastrous mission to the Netherlands on Monday, 17th May, when the group sent 11 aircraft on a similar operation from which none of the aircraft penetrating the enemy coast, returned. Sixty crewmen were lost to flak and interceptors. Group morale was not improved when, on the 29th of May, a B-26 crashed onto the airfield killing the crew and damaging a hangar. After these missions, the group was re-equipped and trained for medium-altitude operations for several weeks before returning to combat operations.
On the 13th of June, the 322nd moved to RAF Andrews Field in Essex. The 94th Bombarment Group (Heavy) arrived from RAF Earls Colne on the 15th of June 1943. The 94th was assigned to the 4th Combat Bombardment Wing, and the group tail code was a 'Square-A'. The group flew the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress as part of the Eighth Air Force's strategic bombing campaign and served chiefly as a strategic bombardment organization throughout the war.
The 94th flew its first mission on the 13th of June 1943, bombing an airfield at Saint Omer. After that, the group attacked such strategic objectives as the port of St Nazaire, shipyards at Kiel, an aircraft component parts factory at Kassel, a synthetic rubber plant at Hanover, a chemical factory at Ludwigshafen, marshalling yards at Frankfurt, oil facilities at Mersburg, and ball-bearing works at Eberhausen. The 94th took part in the campaign of heavy bombers against the enemy aircraft industry during ''Big Week'' between the 20th and the 25th of February, 1944. Prior to ''D-Day'' on June 1944, they helped to neutralize V-Weapon sites, airfields, and other military installations along the cob Industrial Estate.
The T2 hangars are still in use, for storage, the Control Tower was used for many years as a private dwelling, and has now been restored and is used as a museum. The airfield, once again known as Rougham Airfield, now has two grass runways available for civil use. Gliding and model aircraft flying are frequent and several open-air events are organised each year.
Information sourced from – military-history.fandom.com/wiki/RAF_Bury_St_Edmunds
Are there any qualified electricians out there who fancy a couple of nights a way with a partner or someone else's partner, at a top rated B&B in amazing Ardnamurchan, B&B accommodation in part payment for an EICR report and PAT testing of 3 electric kettles and 2 hairdryers?
This picture from my Seaweed and Sand collection.