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The great wall or gate or fence, that is opened when the BNSF and FXE interchange traffic in El Paso.
A side view of the Long Border taken during a light mist on an autumn morning. Full view of 'Gracillimus' Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis) with the seedheads on Black Eyed Susan and Threadleaf Coreopsis.
Borders Buses 12317 SJ23 HRW At Berwick Upon Tweed Railway Station On the 10:00 253 Berwick to Edinburgh Service
Remnants of WWII
(Vintage, Jul/Aug 1982; most photos taken with Rollei 35s on various slide films [ORWO was a mistake...])
The actual north-south border post at Panmunjon, Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The three blue buildings actually straddle the border while the white building behind houses US spies.
Walking on the public footpath through Tinkers’ Hill alongside the Malvern Hills. While the Hills lie along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, this path is on the Worcestershire side.
The Malvern Hills are a range of hills in the English counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and a small area of northern Gloucestershire, dominating the surrounding countryside and the towns and villages of the district of Malvern. The highest summit of the hills affords a panorama of the Severn valley with the hills of Herefordshire and the Welsh mountains, parts of thirteen counties, the Bristol Channel, and the cathedrals of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford.
The name Malvern is probably derived from the ancient British moel-bryn, meaning "Bare-Hill", the nearest modern equivalent being the Welsh moelfryn (bald hill). It has been known as Malferna (11th century), Malverne (12th century), and Much Malvern (16–17th century). Jabez Allies, a 19th Century antiquarian from Worcestershire speculated that 'vern' was derived from the British words 'Sarn' or 'Varn' meaning pavement or seat of judgement.
They are known for their spring water – initially made famous by the region's many holy wells, and later through the development of the 19th century spa town of Great Malvern, a process which culminated in the production of the modern bottled Malvern Water.
The Hills have been designated as a Biological and Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest and as national character area 103 by Natural England and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty by the Countryside Agency (now Natural England). The SSSI notification has 26 units of assessment which cover grassland, woodland and geological sites. The site (The Malvern Hills SSSI (Chase End Hill)) is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS). Management of the hills is the responsibility of the Malvern Hills Conservators
Flint axes, arrowheads, and flakes found in the area are attributed to early Bronze Age settlers, and the 'Shire Ditch', a late Bronze Age boundary earthwork possibly dating from around 1000 BC, was constructed along part of the crest of the hills near the site of later settlements. The Wyche Cutting, a mountain pass through the hills was in use in prehistoric times as part of the salt route from Droit-wich to South Wales. A 19th century discovery of over two hundred metal money bars suggests that the area had been inhabited by the La Tène people around 250 BC. Ancient folklore has it that the British chieftain Caractacus made his last stand against the Romans at the British Camp, a site of ex-tensive Iron Age earthworks on a summit of the Malvern Hills close to where Malvern was to be later established.
J.R.R. Tolkien found inspiration in the Malvern landscape which he had viewed from his childhood home in Birmingham and his brother Hilary's home near Evesham. He was introduced to the area by C. S. Lewis, who had brought him here to meet George Sayer, the Head of English at Malvern College. Sayer had been a student of Lewis, and became his biographer, and together with them Tolkien would walk the Malvern Hills. Recordings of Tolkien reading excerpts from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were made in Malvern in 1952, at the home of George Sayer. The recordings were later issued on long-playing gramophone records. In the liner notes for J.R.R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Fellowship of the Ring, George Sayer wrote that Tolkien would relive the book as they walked and compared parts of the Malvern Hills to the White Mountains of Gondor.
A guard in traditional costumes by the Oosterbeek Airborne War Cemetery during Poppyday (Remembrance Day)
Borders Buses 11501 SN15 LJF In Marygate Berwick Upon Tweed On the 09:15 60 Berwick to Duns Via Eyemouth Service
In 1938 Czechoslovakia mobilized against the German threats of war, but hat to give in to the Munich Agreement and withdraw from the border fortifications, even if the army was fully capable to stand against the Wehrmacht. After this not only Germany, but also Poland and Hungary ripped pieces of land from the country, and there were also extensive fights with insurgents, which cost lives of many Czechoslovak soldiers and gendarmes. Today it´s a tradition to reenact how the situation could be, when we would have defended ourselfs. It´s a fact that Hitler was affraid of the Czechoslovak military, which at that time had better tanks, more heavy guns, and a very effective fortification system. Of course we win in the reenactments :-)
Back in the UK in '65 my mom strikes a pose at the border of Scotland and England. It would be interesting to find out which road this is.
Mixed herbaceous border containing Cephalaria gigantea, Cardoons, Nepeta, Geraniums and Salvia, Town Place, late June.
In 1938 Czechoslovakia mobilized against the German threats of war, but hat to give in to the Munich Agreement and withdraw from the border fortifications, even if the army was fully capable to stand against the Wehrmacht. After this not only Germany, but also Poland and Hungary ripped pieces of land from the country, and there were also extensive fights with insurgents, which cost lives of many Czechoslovak soldiers and gendarmes. Today it´s a tradition to reenact how the situation could be, when we would have defended ourselfs. It´s a fact that Hitler was affraid of the Czechoslovak military, which at that time had better tanks, more heavy guns, and a very effective fortification system. Of course we win in the reenactments :-)
Borders Buses 11622 (YN16 CFU)
Scania N250UD/Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMC
Route X62 to Edinburgh Bus Station
Elder Street/Edinburgh Bus Station, Edinburgh
Taken on 22/02/2020
This bus was new to Scania as a demonstrator.
A small one bedroom cottage behind the abandoned Montgomery Pass Motel in a remote portion of western Nevada just past the California border. I've heard that these small buildings were part of a brothel complex, but I'm not sure if this particular building was.
Exposure: 5 minutes @ f/8, 200 ISO. Full moonlight and AA maglight
An Afghan man carries more than 80 water jugs through the bazaar at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, March 26, 2011.
16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
Photo by Spc. Jonathan Thomas
Date Taken:03.26.2011
Location:WEESH, AF
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