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The view down from my office building into the Park in the Park. I played with the colour a little and pulled the contrast up for some punch.
iPhone camera app panorama cropped to 16:9 and post processed in Snapseed.
Sunny Ketchikan, Aviator
Aviators Dreams. I snapshot the plane in Ketchikan. It was amazing to see the plane between those giant dramatic clouds! Of course, my camera was very handy :)
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Loch Fyne is a sea loch off the Firth of Clyde and forms part of the coast of the Cowal peninsula. Located on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It extends 65 kilometres (40 mi) inland from the Sound of Bute, making it the longest of the sea lochs in Scotland. It is connected to the Sound of Jura by the Crinan Canal. Although there is no evidence that grapes have grown there, the title is probably honorific, indicating that the river, Abhainn Fìne (river Fyne), was a well-respected river.
In the north the terrain is mountainous, with the Arrochar Alps, Beinn Bhuidhe, Glen Shira, Glen Fyne, Glen Croe, Arrochar, Tyndrum and Loch Lomond nearby.
It is overlooked by the Tinkers' Heart, an old travellers' monument. It was a place for weddings to traditionally take place.
Transport
Roads
The loch has several roads surrounding it. The A83 goes round the head of the loch then travels down the west coast of Loch Fyne, from Ardrishaig to Tarbert along the Knapdale coast. Leaving the A83 north of Cairndow the A815 travels down the east shore of Loch Fyne along the Cowal peninsula coast to Strachur, where to continue down the east shore the A886 leads to Newton. Where you turn off onto the B8000 which carries on down the east shore to Millhouse, where you can go to Portavadie or Kames (direct) or via the Ardlamont peninsula, a longer route to Kames.
Ferries
At the mouth of Loch Fyne between Portavadie on the Cowal peninsula, on the east shore of the loch. A vehicle ferry traverses the loch to Tarbert on the Kintyre peninsula on the west shore.
Crinan Canal
The Crinan Canal connects Loch Fyne at Ardrishaig and the Sound of Jura at the hamlet of Crinan itself, giving a shortcut for smaller vessels out to the Hebrides saving the longer route of going around the Kintyre peninsula. The canal was built between 1794 and 1801 when the canal was opened, under the supervision of John Rennie. In 1816 Thomas Telford redesigned parts of the canal to remedy technical issues with water supplies for the canal. There are fifteen locks along the canal's 9-mile (14 km) length.
History
World War II
During the Second World War, HMS Quebec (a shore establishment) also known as the "No 1" Combined Operations Training Centre (CTC) was centred a few miles south of Inveraray and used the shores of the Loch Fyne and surrounding coastline. It trained personnel in the techniques involved in the use of landing craft and the setting up of a beachhead. The No1 CTC was manned and trained personnel from all three services, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and the Army, troops of the allies were also trained. This important military facility was set up in October 1940, around 250,000 personnel passed through the training centre by 1944. The main site is now occupied by Argyll Caravan Park.
Nature and conservation
Dolphins, seals and otters inhabit the loch, and basking sharks can appear in its waters during the summer months. A Ross's gull was present at the loch in early 2007.
In 2014 Loch Fyne was declared a Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (NCMPA). The designation covers the entire loch northwards from a point near Otter Ferry.
Fisheries
Loch Fyne has a reputation for its oyster fishery, and as a consequence, the loch has given its name to the once locally owned Loch Fyne Oysters and to the associated Loch Fyne Restaurants. It is also notable for its herring-fishing industry, and hence the famous Loch Fyne Kipper, originally caught using the drift-net method. In the mid-19th century, Loch Fyne was the centre of the battle between the traditional drift-net fishermen and the new trawl-net fishermen who sprang up around Tarbert and Campbeltown in 1833
Sport and leisure
Diving
Loch Fyne is a popular area for sport diving. Off the coast at St Catherines, is a boulder field and a wrecked speedboat. At Kenmore Point is Stallion Rock, a single rock that rises from the sea bed.
Sight seeing
It is also a popular tourist destination with attractions such as
Inveraray Castle, Dunderave Castle, Kilmory Castle, Minard Castle and the nearby ruins of Castle MacEwen and Old
Castle Lachlan around the shores of Loch Fyne.
Crarae Garden
Crarae Garden located 10 miles south of Inveraray, the National Trust gardens overlook Loch Fyne.
Inveraray Bell Tower
The Loch is overlooked by the 126 feet (38 m) high Inverary Bell Tower, visible from much of the Loch, and is a popular tourist attraction.
Inveraray is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is on the western shore of Loch Fyne, near its head, and on the A83 road. It is a former royal burgh, the traditional county town of Argyll, and ancestral seat to the Duke of Argyll.
During the Second World War the Combined Operations Training Centre, located close to the town, was an important military facility.
The town's coat of arms depicts a net cast out over the ocean, entangled in which are five herrings and the Latin motto "SEMPER TIBI PENDEAT HALEC" (possible English translation: "may a herring always hang to thee").
Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, in his 1909 book A Complete Guide to Heraldry, notes the following:
There is no doubt of its ancient usage. ...and the blazon of the coat, according to the form it is depicted upon the Corporate seal, would be for the field: "The sea proper, therein a net suspended from the dexter chief and the sinister fess points to the base; and entangled in its meshes five herrings," which is about the most remarkable coat of arms I have ever come across.
In 1747, William Adam had drawn up plans for the creation of a new Inveraray. By 1770, little had been done, and the fifth Duke set about rebuilding the town in its present form. Some of the work on the rebuilt Inveraray was done by John Adam. The Inveraray Inn (formerly known as the New Inn, Great Inn, Argyll Arms Hotel and Argyll Hotel) on Front Street being his, as well as the Town House. Much of the rest of the town, including the church, was designed and built by the celebrated Edinburgh-born architect Robert Mylne (1733-1811) between 1772 and 1800.
The end product was an attractive town which included houses for estate workers, a woollen mill, and a pier to exploit herring fishing, which was to grow in later years to play a major role in the town's economy. The finished product is one of the best examples of an 18th-century new town in Scotland, and the vast majority of the properties in the centre of Inveraray are considered worthy of protection because of the town's architectural significance.
In addition to the castle, the Georgian Inveraray Jail in the burgh is now a museum. Other attractions include the Argyll Folk Museum at Auchindrain. The Celtic Inveraray Cross can also been seen in the town. The Clyde puffers VIC 72, Vital Spark. The Bell Tower dominates the town, and contains the second-heaviest ring of ten bells in the world. The bell tower is open to the public, and the bells are rung regularly.
In autumn 2014, PBS premiered a series, Great Estates of Scotland. Inveraray was featured in one episode, as was the present Duke of Argyll, head of the Campbell clan.
I have been searching
All my life, or so I feel
In all the books
For the phrase that will show me a way.
As high as I climbed
Looking in the next book for this line
That will give wisdom.
And only when I went out
To the streets of life
I have found it.
Outside a fruit & vegetable store on St. Nicholas Ave., I found this lovely "fruit of the womb." What an adorable child! But he was cunning...
As soon as I took this shot, he noticed me, and subsequently hid behind the cardboard sign, peeking over the top from time to time.
But I got my shot, so I was pleased...
St. Nicholas Ave., Washington Heights
Upper Manhattan, New York City
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For six word story.
Posted this purely for an honest critique/opinion would like you to be truthful and tell me what you think. Saw these deer scatter in some woodland near the gite, was in the car at the time they ran into some vines so drove ahead to a gap to try and catch them Just made it and this was a quick snap as we drove alongside them at speed. At first, thought it was useless but it has grown on me. Let me know HONESTLY what you think.
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Taken in the middle of nowhere (Between Ranger and Palo Pinto, Texas), laying on the street, between the yellow lines...FUN!
Really liked the contrast that these cyclamen-like flowers seemed to bridge between soft and hard as they grew at the edge of two worlds.
In Between
We all know "in between" meal snacks is a no no, but when you're a Lalaloopsy any time is a good time to enjoy a treat. These look really tasty and are non-fattening :)
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Between floods ,strikes and the economy it's hard to keep smiling
323 on Thursday, November 26, 2009,Explore
Between 1935 and 1938, some 3.900 Rapid-chassis with the 1.4 litre side valve, were produced. They were available in various body styles : sedan, sedan-convertible, coupe, convertible and even an delivery van. The first owner of this car had the fenders modified by an unknown body shop. It has been part of the Skoda Museum's collection since 1974 and took part in the 1993 Mille Miglia.
1.386 cc
4 In-line
31 hp @ 3.500 rpm
Vmax : 100 km/h
Exposition : Å koda 125 Years
18/12/2020 - 24/01/2021
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
December 2020
Between Dunoon and the Isle of Bute.
"A highly competitive racing yacht, Adela has twice graced the Pendennis Cup fleet, winning the event overall in 2010. Since then she has become a contender for the major superyacht racing titles with victories in the St Barths Bucket, RORC Caribbean 600, Antigua Superyacht Challenge and the America’s Cup Superyacht Regatta over the past five years."
As the shelf ice along Lake Michigan retreats with the approach of spring, the shoreline goes through a series of transitions. Today we found the ice covered with sand, blown by the wind and washed onto it by the waves. Not as pristine looking as the past few weeks, but interesting in its own way.
Small roads between towns in Germany can be speedy little shortcuts. Narrow and unmarked; just be sure to drive on your side.
This is a typical pathway that serves as a lane between blocks of buildings. Imagine large square blocks of buildings with a bit of space between them for pathways. These were built at the start of the communist era, very quickly, at lowest cost, to meet the critical need to house millions of devastated people. The buildings are ugly but functional. The Zuiko lens has performed well to capture the DNR and details, Zoom into the fellow smoking in the background to see the whiffs of smoke. pretty good resolution for a $45 lens.