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Lugar: Faro de Lastres (Asturias, Spain)
Fecha: 22/05/2015
Foto: Nacho Cosío www.flickr.com/chinau
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History
In 1890 Sir George Newnes, MP, publisher and builder of the Lynton funicular railway, offered to build a cliff railway to connect Babbacombe Downs to Oddicombe Beach but died before the project could be realised.
Thirty years later George Croydon Marks, an English engineer, patent agent and Liberal, noted by many as a disciple of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, began consultation with The Torquay Corporation and in 1923 the Torquay Tramways Company announced that it was to install a lift from Babbacombe Downs to Oddicombe Beach. Work started in December 1924 and the Babbacombe Cliff Railway was completed in 1926 at a cost of £15,648.
On April 1st 1926 the then Mayor of Torquay, Alderman John Taylor, made the first trip. His ticket, number A000, was framed in silver by Mr H Thomas, the lessee of Oddicombe Beach and presented to the Mayor.
The Torquay Tramway Company company worked the line until the 13th March 1935 when it was taken over by Torquay Corporation for the sum of £18,000. Early returns showed that 192,000 people used the lift that year.
In 1941, the line was closed and the beach sealed off due to wartime restrictions The line did not reopen until 29th June 1951 after refurbishment by J & E Hall of Dartford, at a cost of some £10,000.
In 1993 the railway was closed for track replacement, re-opening in 1995.
The cars and track were replaced in the winter of 2005/6 and the control gear and doors in 2006/7. Passengers now travel in new carriages painted in the original maroon and cream colours with Torbay’s coat of arms on either side of the centre panels.
In July 2009, the ownership of the line was transferred from Torbay Council, which had inherited Torquay Borough Council as a result of local government organisation, to a specially created community interest company. In 2019 the CIC was converted to a Charitable Incorporated Company which now runs the railway.
Taken during the recent TP loonies meet. It was a nice sunny day out, but no stunning sunset shots I'm afraid.
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Dorset's Jurassic Coast, near Tyneham.
Chalk eroded from the cliffs and beaches is changing the colour of the sea near the coast.
Great view of Bempton cliffs from Thornwick.
Another long exposure.
Exposure25
Aperturef/8.0
Focal Length17 mm
ISO Speed100
Best on black press L
Just north of the village of Robin Hoods Bay are some dramatic cliffs along the North Yorkshire coastline.
North Yorkshire, twixt Scarborough and Whitby, January 2009.
This was a garden directly across from one of the many amazing Meteora monasteries. The only way to get to this garden is by way of an old, rickety, wood ladder.
Cliff Gilker Park is located in Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast and has a network of easy hiking trails that pass several scenic waterfalls. The park offers a perfect hike for families to explore the bridges, forest, and terrain along several picturesque creeks.
This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was tone-mapped from three bracketed 360° photographs with Photomatix, straightened with PTGUI Pro, processed with Color Efex, and touched up in Affinity Photo and Aperture.
Original size: 7000 × 3500 (24.5 MP; 141.92 MB).
Location: Cliff Gilker Park, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada
Coastal Maine is renowned for its majestic granite shores. These cliffs are just below Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse.
This is very close to the path that leads down to the beach.
I asked for permission to camp on the property. There is a dell below this rather windy cliff-side campsite and there were some young hippies camping there. I asked if they would mind me staying the night and they were okay with it. It seems that the property owner leaves the gate open for people to have access to the nude beach as he supports the need for people to have a nude beach in Chile.
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