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Cliff Bridge across Valley Road in Scarborough. Tuesday 3rd May 2011
Note, Cliff Bridge was completed for the Cliff Bridge Company in 1826. Initially named Spa Bridge it was officially opened on 19th July 1827 and soon become a toll bridge. The bridge was purchased by Scarborough Borough Council in 1951 who soon abolished the tolls and it was awarded Grade II listed building status on 22nd December 1953
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Howth - Dublin, Ireland (Winter)
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Pausing to enjoy a Mediterranean vista. We tried to get down to the beach below here, making a pretty hairy downlimb most of the way, but the last 50 feet were too technical to attempt unroped.
Later, we were able to access some of these coves we couldn't get to from above by scrambling along the rocks at the cliffs' bases.
Here's a close view of the towering sandstone cliffs that grace the Wisconsin shoreline of Lake Superior. I love the layers of red and burnt orange that create those beautiful patterns in the rock! Soft sunlight falling on this rock face added to its vibrant hues...
Small particles of red sand from these rocks produce varying degrees of orange and yellow colors to some of the frozen ice formations...
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On March 3, 2014, I had the delight of visiting the Ice Caves of northern Wisconsin.
The Apostle Islands Ice Caves have made national and international news this winter because of the rare opportunity to walk onto frozen Lake Superior and hike the mile to the caves on the shoreline. This happens every six to ten years or so, depending on the temperatures and their duration, making it safe to walk onto Lake Superior.
Located on the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument includes the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. The Monument borders Kaibab National Forest to the west and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to the east.
This remote and unspoiled, 280,000-acre Monument is a geologic treasure, containing a variety of diverse landscapes from the Paria Plateau, Vermilion Cliffs, Coyote Buttes, and Paria Canyon. Elevations range from 3,100 to 7,100 feet.
Visitors will enjoy scenic views of towering cliffs and deep canyons. Paria Canyon offers an outstanding three to five day wilderness backpacking experience. The colorful swirls of cross-bedded sandstone in Coyote Buttes are an international hiking destination. There are also opportunities to view wildlife, including California condors. There are two developed campgrounds just outside the Monument: Stateline and White House. Dispersed camping is allowed outside the wilderness area in previously disturbed areas.
A permit is required for hiking in Coyote Buttes North (the Wave), Coyote Buttes South, and for overnight trips within Paria Canyon.
Learn more at: www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/natmon/vermil...
Photo: Bob Wick, BLM California
Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin. Collection: Alina Deaconu.
In the late 1950s, British singer, actor and Sir Cliff Richard (1940) was known as Britain's answer to Elvis Presley. The ‘Cliff Richard musical’ became the number one cinema box office attraction in Britain in both 1962 and 1963.
Cliff Richard was born Harry Roger Webb in Lucknow, British India, in 1940. He was the son of Rodger Oscar, a train driver of Indian Rail, and Dorothy Marie (born Dazely) Webb. Following India's independence, the family moved to Britain. In 1957 Harry Webb became interested in skiffle and formed the Quintones vocal group. Later he sang in the Dick Teague Skiffle Group, and then became lead singer of a rock and roll group, The Drifters. In 1958, the group adopted the name Cliff Richard and the Drifters. The handsome singer burst onto the rock 'n roll world in 1958 with his debut single 'Move It', originally the B-side. The single went to no. 2 on the UK charts. Music critics Roy Carr and Tony Tyler wrote that it was "the first genuine British rock classic". Cliff adopted an Elvis Presley-like dress and hairstyle. In performance he struck a pose of rock attitude, rarely smiling or looking at the audience or camera. His late 1958 and early 1959 follow-up singles, 'High Class Baby' and 'Livin' Lovin' Doll', were followed by 'Mean Streak' which carried a rocker's sense of speed and passion, and 'Living Doll' by Lionel Bart. Living Doll (1958) became the first of fourteen #1 singles in the UK for Cliff. 'Living Doll' triggered also a softer, more relaxed, sound. By that time The Drifters' lineup had changed with the arrival of Jet Harris, Tony Meehan, Hank Marvin, and Bruce Welch. The group was obliged to change its name after legal complications with the American soul group The Drifters and the new name was The Shadows. Their subsequent hits, the no. 1's 'Travellin' Light' and 'I Love You' cemented Cliff's status as a mainstream pop entertainer.
In 1964 Cliff Richard announced his conversion to Christianity. Initially, he believed that he should quit rock 'n roll, feeling he could no longer be the rocker who had been called a 'crude exhibitionist' and 'too sexy for TV' and a threat to parents' daughters. He re-emerged, performing with Christian groups and recording some Christian material. Cliff still recorded secular songs with the Shadows, but devoted a lot of his time to Christian work, including appearances with the Billy Graham crusades. He never married and claims to have observed a celibate lifestyle since his conversion. This and the softening of his music led to his having more of a pop than a rock image. After the Shadows split in 1968, Richard continued to record solo. Twice Cliff Richard represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest: in 1968 and in 1973. In 1968 he sang 'Congratulations' by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter. It lost by just one point to Spain's 'La La La' by Massiel. According to John Kennedy O'Connor's 'The Eurovision Song Contest — The Official History', this was the closest yet result in the contest and Richard locked himself in the toilet to avoid the nerves of the voting. In May 2008 a Reuters news report claimed that voting in the competition had been fixed by the host country's dictator leader, Francisco Franco, to ensure that the Spanish entry won, allowing them to host the contest the following year. In particular, it is claimed that Spanish television executives offered to buy programmes in exchange for votes. This has not been proved beyond doubt, but it is thought to be likely. Eurovision later ended voting by national juries in a bid to eradicate such scams. Nevertheless, 'Congratulations' was a huge hit throughout Europe and yet another no. 1. In 1973 he sang the British entry 'Power to All Our Friends'. This time the song finished third, close behind Luxembourg's 'Tu Te Reconnaîtras' by Anne-Marie David and Spain's 'Eres Tú' by Mocedades. Richard had taken Valium in order to overcome his nerves and his manager was almost unable to wake him for the performance.
Cliff Richard’s first film was Serious Charge (Terence Young, 1959), followed by Expresso Bongo (Val Guest, 1959). In 1961 he filmed The Young Ones (Sidney J. Furie, 1961) and the title track gave him another no. 1 with more than one million sales. The film was an enormous success in the many countries where it was released. The follow-up Summer Holiday (Peter Yates, 1963) featured a slimmed-down Richard with visible dancing skills. At the premiere, huge crowds prevented him reaching the cinema on time. These films created their own genre, known as the 'Cliff Richard musical'. Cliff was the number one cinema box office attraction in Britain for both 1962 and 1963. His next film, Wonderful Life (Sidney J. Furie, 1964) was not as successful as his other teen musicals. In 1966, Richard and the Shadows appeared as marionettes in the film Thunderbirds Are GO (Gerry Anderson, 1966). His first straight acting role took place in Two a Penny (James F. Collier, 1968), in which he played a young man who gets involved in drug dealing while questioning his life after his girlfriend changes her attitude. His other films were Finders Keepers (Sidney Hayers, 1966) and Take Me High (David Askey, 1973). As with the other existing rock acts in Britain, Richard's career was affected by the sudden advent of The Beatles and the Mersey sound in 1963 and 1964. However, his popularity was established enough to allow him to weather the storm and continue to have hits in the charts throughout the 1960s, albeit not at the level that he had enjoyed before.
In 1976 the decision was made to repackage Cliff Richard as a 'rock' artist. That year he produced the landmark album 'I'm Nearly Famous', which included the successful but controversial guitar-driven track 'Devil Woman' (Richard's first true hit in the United States) and the ballad 'Miss You Nights'. His fans were excited that he was getting back into the heavier rock in which he had begun his career. In 1979, Richard teamed up with the producer Bruce Welch for the pop hit single 'We Don't Talk Anymore', which hit no. 1 in the UK and no. 7 in the US. Bryan Ferry added the backing vocals to the song. It was his first time at the top of the UK singles chart in over ten years, and the song would become his biggest-selling single ever. In 1987 Cliff Richard again reached number one in the UK with 'Mistletoe and Wine'. The popular TV sitcom The Young Ones took its name from Richard's 1962 film, and also made references to the singer. In 1986, Richard teamed up with the cast to re-record his smash hit 'Living Doll' for the charity Comic Relief. Along with the song, the recording contained comedy dialogue between Richard and The Young Ones. This release went also to no. 1. In 1995 Cliff Richard was knighted, the first rock star to be honoured so. In 1999, controversy arose regarding radio stations refusing to play his releases when EMI, Richard's label since 1958, refused to release his latest song, 'Millennium Prayer'. Richard took it to an independent label, Papillon, which released the charity recording (in aid of Children's Promise). The single went on to top the UK chart for three weeks, his fourteenth no.1, and the third highest-selling single of his career. Cliff and The Shadows reunited and started a Final Reunion tour in the autumn of 2009. In October 2010, Cliff did six concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The Bold As Brass concerts ran across the week of his 70th birthday and also coincided with the release of his eponymous album.The singer was accused of sexual abuse of minors in 2013. He was never charged or prosecuted. The police apologised for the allegations after years of investigation. The BBC was condemned for its method of reporting and paid some two million pounds in damages. In October 2015, Richard performed on tour to mark his 75th birthday. During the more than 60 years in which he had been active, Cliff Richard reportedly sold over 250 million records. He is the only singer in the history of music to have a #1 hit in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Cliff Richard divides his time between living in Barbados and at a vineyard property in Portugal.
Sources: Official Cliff Richard Website, IMDb, Wikipedia and Eurovision Song Contest official site.
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Bradda Head in Port Erin has been the site of copper mining since the bronze age and finally ceased in the 19th century.
"Cumming remarks that these mines " seem to have ' been wrought to some extent at the beginning of the seventeenth century, but have latterly been almost abandoned."2 Chaloner, in 1656, after mentioning the occurrence, of lead-ore containing silver at this place, adds3:-" The Veins of this Mine, by it's brightnesse, may plainly be discerned in the Rock towards the Sea; but it seemeth not possible to be wrought, in regard the Sea beats upon it constantly at High-water, unlesse it may be done by Mining within the Land ; a tryal whereof were worth the undertaking, in regard of the great benefit that possibly may ensue thereof." Feltham in 1798 (" Tour," etc.5 op. cit., p. 213) mentions that the mines though closed at the time of his visit, were worked and the ore brought from the shore in boats, and then carted to the smelting house at Port-le-Mary. Woods, Berger and Macculloch, early in the past century, found them standing idle, the last-mentioned author stating (in 1819) that they had been abandoned "twenty years ago." A plan of the workings1, dated 1826, is preserved in the Office of Woods and Forests.’
Work was resumed soon after Cumming wrote, as there is a return of 25 tons of lead ore from them in 1850; and similar small quantities are recorded intermittently between this date and 1863, the returns for the whole period, showing 178 tons lead ore and 146 tons copper ore. The "South Manx Mining Company" which had been prosecuting the work seems then to have come to an end; but between 1866 and 1875 the "Bradda Mining Company" resumed operations, with a total output, as shown by returns between 1869 and 1874, of 364 tons lead ore and 193 tons copper ore. In 1881 the mine passed into other hands, and a new "Bradda Mining Company, Limited," was instituted, which ceased working in 1884. The returns of this company (1881—1883) give a total of 478 tons copper ore. The output from these mines seems never to have approximately reached the cost of production." Quote Cumming remarks that these mines " seem to have ' been wrought to some extent at the beginning of the seventeenth century, but have latterly been almost abandoned."2 Chaloner, in 1656, after mentioning the occurrence, of lead-ore containing silver at this place, adds3:-" The Veins of this Mine, by it's brightnesse, may plainly be discerned in the Rock towards the Sea; but it seemeth not possible to be wrought, in regard the Sea beats upon it constantly at High-water, unlesse it may be done by Mining within the Land ; a tryal whereof were worth the undertaking, in regard of the great benefit that possibly may ensue thereof." Feltham in 1798 (" Tour," etc.5 op. cit., p. 213) mentions that the mines though closed at the time of his visit, were worked and the ore brought from the shore in boats, and then carted to the smelting house at Port-le-Mary. Woods, Berger and Macculloch, early in the past century, found them standing idle, the last-mentioned author stating (in 1819) that they had been abandoned "twenty years ago." A plan of the workings1, dated 1826, is preserved in the Office of Woods and Forests.’ Quoted From Lamplugh, Geology of IoM, 1903.
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Yet another gorgeous section of the Pembrokeshire coastline, with a beautiful array of colours in the rocks, sea and surrounding grassland.
Acapulco cliff diver at La Quebrada. The cliff divers literally jump off a rocky cliff for a tricky 148 foot (45 m) dive down into the sea below.
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Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. The cliff dwelling and park are in the southwestern corner of Colorado, in the Southwestern United States.
Anasazi cliff homes.
Location: Mesa Verde National Park (outside of Cortez, Colorado).
Ancestral Puebloans
Tragically I am moving so I could not retrieve this charming portrait from the rubbish. I did think about hanging it up for my tenants but they are foreign and may be scared by Sir Cliff's greatness.
He does this pretty much all the time. A fun sequence photo of a "Rodeo 540" dive, shot hand-held and comped/saturated using GIMP. My camera ran out of memory on the splash shot, and then I accidentally deleted it.
The cliff lift at Shanklin, built in 1958 to replace the WWII bomb damaged original. Recently refurbished, the lift carries people 34 metres from the Esplanade to the top of the cliff..... Only taking cash as payment, I walked the zig zag path.....
Otter Cliff is a cliff in Acadia National Park, which is famous on the post cards of the park. Though there is no otter nearby.
The hard chalk cliffs at Bempton rise are relatively resistant to erosion and offer lots of sheltered headlands and crevices for nesting birds. The cliffs run about 10 km from Flamborough Head north towards Filey and are over 100 metres (330 ft) high at points.
The only picture i have of Cliff Box, the midway point on the Hoo to Grain branch ,where as a secondman it was my job to change the single line token from Hoo with the one to Grain.Istill have one of the Hoo to Cliff tokens i got from someone i know who purchased one of the machines.
Bempton Cliffs is one of the best places in the England to see sea birds. From April to August more than 200,000 birds live on the cliffs. Adults bring food to their nests and young chicks launch into the air to make their first flights.
This image sets the scene to show the context and the scale of the cliffs.
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