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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 :)
After the splendour of Tasmania's finest country mansion yesterday, I will present some wooden gems to you today. The scale is nowhere nearly as grand in this cottage, even though it shares a name.
Clarendon Cottage has been restored beautifully as tourist accommodation in Evandale, and when you see their website you will agree: www.clarendoncottage.com.au/
First built in the 1840s it comes replete with a gorgeous little fireplace and white picket fence. Just remember, "No junk mail."
Back to Orkney and the Island of Westray. This is Noup Head with an amazing cliff face used by nesting gannets and guillemots.
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
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_Grand_Central
Correction:
It was built on the site of the Ribble Bus Station, not "a former children's hospital".
Update:
Since corrected.
The Eshaness lighthouse in Shetland, Scotland, was built from concrete in 1929, the last manned lighthouse built by the famous Stevenson family. It was designed to keep ships away from the offshore Ve Skerries (rocky islands). It was not that effective, so a lighthouse was built on the Ve Skerries in 1979 to protect traffic to and from the heavily trafficked Sullom Voe terminal for North Sea oil. The lighthouse is now available for self-catering accommodation.
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One of the accommodation buildings at Kersfontein, catching brilliant morning sunlight.
Around 140 km/85 miles north of Cape Town, Kersefontein is a farmstead with many period Cape Dutch buildings, some dating back to the late 18th Century... very old in South Africa.
Originally purchased by settler Martin Melck in 1770, Kersefontein remains in the possession of the eighth generation of his descendants. The first deed described the farm as a 'zeker Veepost' (certain cattle post) and it remains used to farm sheep, cattle, horses and wheat as it has for a quarter of a millennium. It is also available for farm-stays.
Europe's most beautiful place, Lofoten islands, Norway
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Lofoten islands is undoubtedly Europe's most beautiful place.
The brightly colored seaside wooden huts of the Lofoten Islands (rorbuer plural, or rorbu singular) are steeped in tradition, once housing scores of hardened fishermen who made the winter pilgrimage to the world’s most fertile cod fishing grounds. Fish are still the basis of all human settlement on Lofoten, but beginning in the 1960’s a number of the huts have been converted into accommodation for travelers. Visiting the Lofoten Islands and staying in a rorbu makes an already extraordinary experience even more distinctive.
Reine is the most scenic fishing village on the Lofoten Islands and the Reine Rorbuer are best in class .
Lying within the Arctic circle, Lofoten (Norwegian pronunciation: ['lu?fu?t?n]) is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten is known for a distinctive scenery with dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches and untouched lands.
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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.
To most people the building at number 10, Pavement is just Pizza Hut. The building however is more significant in the history of York. It was built in 1870 by Joseph Rowntree to provide a showcase for his growing chocolate business. He was born in 1834 in the building that preceded this one, a grocery shop with living accommodation above. He worked in the shop himself until 1869. By then Rowntrees had become a much larger enterprise which continued to grow. It was sold to Nestlé in 1980. The modern windows produce lovely reflections, including one of the post box opposite and the dresses in the window of Marks and Spencer. Drawn with a Staedtler 0.3mm pencil in an A4 cartridge paper sketchbook.
Italien / Südtirol - Eisacktal
Morning view from our accommodation in Feldthurns / Schnauders. In the background you can see the Schlern.
Morgendlicher Blick von unserer Unterkunft in Feldthurns / Schnauders. Im Hintergrund sieht man den Schlern.
Eisack Valley (Italian: Valle Isarco [ˈvalle iˈzarko]; German: Eisacktal) is a district (Italian: comprensorio; German: Bezirksgemeinschaft) in South Tyrol, Italy. It comprises the middle part of the valley of the Eisack, from Franzensfeste in the north to Waidbruck in the south.
Overview
The valley of the Eisack river stretches from Brenner Pass southwards down to its confluence with the Adige near Bolzano. The upper valley north of Franzensfeste is known as Wipptal, while the lower parts belong to the Salten-Schlern administrative district. The valley is part of a major transport route across the Eastern Alps, traversed by the Autostrada A22 (part of the European route E45) and the parallel Brenner Railway line.
According to the 2001 census, 85.76% of the population of the valley speak German, 13.22% Italian and 1.02% Ladin as first language.
(Wikipedia)
Das Eisacktal (italienisch Valle Isarco, ladinisch Val dl Isarch) ist ein vom Eisack durchflossenes Alpental und eines der Haupttäler Südtirols in Italien. Wichtigste Stadt im Eisacktal ist Brixen.
Bezeichnung
Die Bezeichnung Eisacktal kann auf zwei verschiedene Arten verwendet werden:
Traditionell wird nur der Bereich von der Franzensfeste oder alternativ von der Sachsenklemme talabwärts als Eisacktal bezeichnet. Das Obere Eisacktal, also der nördlichste Talabschnitt, wird zum Wipptal gezählt.
Im weiteren Sinne umfasst das Eisacktal den gesamten Verlauf des Eisacks von seinem Ursprung am Brenner bis zum Erreichen des Etschtals bei Bozen.
Im Früh- und Hochmittelalter war auch die Bezeichnung Norital gebräuchlich.
Geographie
Der oberste Abschnitt des vom Eisack durchflossenen Tals von dessen Ursprung am Brenner bis zur Franzensfeste wird üblicherweise zum Wipptal gerechnet. Somit nimmt das Eisacktal im breiten Brixner Talkessel seinen Anfang, wo neben dem Wipptal auch das von Nordosten kommende Pustertal einmündet. Südlich von Albeins verengt sich das Tal zunehmend und bietet bei dem vom siedlungsgeschichtlich bedeutsamen Säbener Berg überragten Klausen letztmals einer größeren Siedlung im Talboden Platz. Der Richtung Südwesten streichende Talverlauf nimmt ab Kollmann zwischen den Mittelgebirgslandschaften des Ritten und des Schlerngebiets einen schluchtartigen Charakter an. Das Eisacktal mündet schließlich im Bozner Talkessel ins Etschtal.
Westseitig wird das Eisacktal von den Bergen der Sarntaler Alpen begrenzt. Von dort laufen nur relativ kleine Seitentäler zu, unter denen das Schalderer Tal und das Tinnetal die größten sind. Aus den ostseitigen Dolomiten erreichen das Eisacktal wesentlich längere Seitentäler, wovon das Lüsner Tal, das Aferer Tal, das Villnößtal, das Grödner Tal, das Tierser Tal und das Eggental die bedeutendsten sind.
Verwaltungsmäßig sind die Gemeinden des Eisacktals auf die Südtiroler Bezirksgemeinschaften Eisacktal und Salten-Schlern verteilt.
Verkehr
Durch das Eisacktal verlaufen wichtige europäische Verkehrsadern der Brenner-Transitroute. Dazu zählen die Brennerautobahn A22, die SS 12 („Brennerstaatsstraße“) und die Brennerbahn. Für den Radverkehr erschlossen ist das Gebiet durch die Radroute 1 „Brenner–Salurn“.
Historisch bedeutsam ist der Kuntersweg aus dem 14. Jahrhundert, der die bis dahin kaum passierbare Eisackschlucht für den Nord-Süd-Verkehr erschloss.
Sprachen
Vor der Eroberung durch die Römer 15 v. Chr. im Zuge der Augusteischen Alpenfeldzüge lebten im südlichen Eisacktal die Isarken und weiter nördlich die Breonen. Sie waren rätische Alpenvölker, deren Namen uns aus der Inschrift auf dem Tropaeum Alpium bekannt sind. Durch ihre Romanisierung entstand die rätoromanische Sprache Ladinisch. Im Eisacktal südlich von Brixen und auch in den Nebentälern (Lüsner Tal, Villnößtal, Grödner Tal und Teile des Eggentals) wurde noch im Spätmittelalter ladinisch gesprochen. Dies sieht man heute noch an den zahlreichen ladinischstämmigen Familien-, Hof-, Flur- und Ortsnamen. Spätestens in der Frühen Neuzeit setzte sich im gesamten Eisacktal und seinen Nebentälern der Gebrauch der deutschen Sprache durch, allein in Gröden hat sich die ladinische Sprache bis heute als dominierende Alltagssprache erhalten und genießt heute den Status einer Amtssprache. Die italienische Minderheit im Eisacktal entstand seit dem Beginn der Industrialisierung Tirols gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, vor allem im Laufe des 20. Jahrhunderts.
(Wikipedia)
This is the view from the area where out conference room was looking across at one of the room buildings where I stayed when at the Speke Conference centre, I am over travelling so much these days, but as you have seen was sure a beautiful place to stay
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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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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.
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.
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.
19.02.2025. St William's College, York.
The college was founded in 1460 and work started on this building in 1465. It was named after SIr William of York for accommodation for twenty three priests and a provost who were attached to the nearby York Minster.
The college was not a monastic establishment but it was affected by the Dissolution of the Monasteries, as in 1548, the building was converted to a substantial house.
Olympic Triton off Great Yarmouth.
Name: Olympic Triton
Vessel type: Multi purpose vessel
Design: Ulstein P101
Home port: Fosnavaag
Flag: Norway
IMO: 9383754
MMSI: 259424000
Call sign: LADM3
Crew: 20
Accommodation: 100
Length overall: 95 m
Beam: 20.5 m
Max draught: 7 m
Gross tonnage: 5,947 ton
Net tonnage: 1,784 ton
Deadweight, with crane: 3,916 ton
Deadweight, without crane: 4,330 ton
Main crane: 1 x 150 ton knuckle boom offshore crane
Cargo deck area: 940 m2
Heli-deck capacity: 12.8 ton
Fuel capacity: 1,423 m3
Propulsion: Diesel-electric
Main generator engines: 4 x 3,500 hp (2,610 kW) at 900 rpm
Electric propulsion motors: 2 x 4,023 hp (3,000 kW) at 1,200 rpm
Main azimuth thrusters: 2 x 4,023 hp (3,000 kW) at 150 rpm
Speed: 15.4 knots
Builder: Ulstein Verft AS, Ulsteinvik, Norway
Yard number: 278
Delivery date: 25th. October 2007
Owner: Olympic Subsea ASA, Fosnavaag, Norway
The large Accomodator storm drain, was awesome! This cast iron roofing section was defiantly the best part. We decided to bring out the fire monster, and create a inferno!