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Angels ascending and descending a ladder (between heaven and hell?). The descending angels are upside down; that way, you can tell. West end of Bath Abbey.
Taken with an f2.8 180mm Nikon lens which I had acquired just an hour earlier. I was passing one of my favourite shops, London Camera Exchange, by Bath Abbey when I spotted a mint-condition allegedly-used lens in the window for £150 below the best new price. I went straight in and nabbed it. It was spotless and the box, lens case and documentation were with it also (Greys of Westminster please note, your f2 135mm lens was also mint but minus the bits that should have come with it). What baffles me is why people buy expensive lenses like this and then don't use them. Anyway, my gain and I'll be turning it to astro-photography shortly.
Alu and Maria enjoys a bath together
Visit this location at Alu und Maria's Familiensitz in Second Life
Two kids take a morning bath of the bucket variety at the Karen hilltribe village of Noi Soi just outside of Mae Hong Son.
The Guildhall in Bath, Somerset, England was built between 1775 and 1778 by Thomas Baldwin to designs by Thomas Warr Attwood. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The current Bath stone building replaced a Stuart Guildhall, built in 1625, which itself replaced an earlier Tudor structure.
The facade has 4 Ionic columns and the building is surmounted by the figure of Justice. The central dome was added in 1893. It forms a continuous building with the Victoria Art Gallery and the covered market.
The interior includes a banqueting hall with engaged Corinthian columns. It contains 18th century chandeliers and original royal portraits. The room is used on royal visits to the city including Queen Elizabeth II who had lunch in the banqueting room in May 2002.
It now houses the Council Chamber and Register office for Bath and North East Somerset and is used as a wedding venue, and for filming period dramas. The Guildhall also serves as one of the venues for the Bath International Music Festival.
The Guildhall was originally built as a town hall: it has never served as the meeting place of any specific guild. A suggested etymology is from the Anglo Saxon "gild", or "payment"; the guildhall being where citizens came to pay their rates.
Milestone. Early C19. Stone. Square with rounded corners and top. Incised Roman
letters read:
On east face To Reading 9 Miles Bath 78
On west face To Hyde Park Corner 30 ? Miles
Maidenhead 4 Colnbrook 13
From www.milestonesociety.co.uk/aboutmilestones.html
Turnpike Trusts were set up, by Acts of Parliament, from 1706 to the 1840s. Groups of local worthies raised money to build stretches of road and then charged the users tolls to pay for it.
From 1767, mileposts were compulsory on all turnpikes, not only to inform travellers of direction and distances, but to help coaches keep to schedule and for charging for changes of horses at the coaching inns. The distances were also used to calculate postal charges before the uniform postal rate was introduced in 1840. At the height of the turnpike era, there were 20,000 miles of roads with milestones.
From the 1840s, rail travel overtook road for longer journeys and many turnpike trusts were wound up. In 1888, the new County Councils were given responsibility for main roads and rural district councils for minor routes. As faster motorised transport developed so the importance of the milestones waned.
Such waymarkers are fast disappearing; around 9000 are thought to survive in the UK. Most were removed or defaced in World War II to baffle potential German invaders and not all were replaced afterwards. Many have been demolished as roads have been widened, or have been victims of collision damage, or have been smashed by hedge-cutters or flails. Nowadays, roadside milestones generally fall within the remit of the local Highways Authority or the Highways Agency and their contractors.
Bath Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery now used a parish church. The first founding of the church was in the 7th century before being reorganised in the 10th century, the church was expanded in both the 12th and the 16th century before Sir George Gilbert Scott RA in the 1880's. The church is built in the Perpendicular Gothic style.
Taken the day before 1st National lockdown in March 2020, social distancing was being adhered to.
Bath Abbey and Arch. The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery and a proto (former) Co-cathedral in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. The cathedral was consolidated to Wells Cathedral in 1538 after the abbey was dissolved in the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but the name of the diocese has remained unchanged.
Rather more than ten years ago I wandered along here and noticed this mews court when it was empty and (astonishingly for the centre of Bath) hadn't yet been converted to residential use.
Day trip to Bath Spa in Somerset England. Bath Abbey, The Roman Baths, River Avon, City Centre, Pulteney Bridge, Bath Weir and Parade Park
" if your fuel pump breaks while you're at the sea side, just call us up, and we'll come and fix it for you "
...I'm sure there are stronger arguments to consider 'road side recovery' than if you're lucky enough to have your car fail at the seaside!!
07.04.2011
Anyone who has dogs knows that they need a bath now and then. Some dogs are easier to bathe than others. Mary Ann is one of the easy ones. She just stands there in the tub while Sue washes her and rinses her off. Most of the time Mary Ann looks straight ahead. I call Mary Ann's name a few times to try and get her to look at the camera. Sue tells me I am going to be in big trouble if Mary Ann jumps out of that tub because I called her name, but she just stands there. When Sue is done she pulls the shower curtain closed and tells Mary Ann to shake and that is what she does. She shakes, like dogs do, and the water comes flying off. Mary Ann is a good dog.