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Continuing from my previous posts focusing on exploring food photography. As you may of noticed like my previous posts that I've picked the less healthy side with sugary food in the form of sweets.
As with the previous subjects I wanted to focus on the colour and detail with the effect to create a desire for the viewer to want the product, even though it would be an unhealthy choice.
More (unhealthy) food images to follow soon.
The 0-6-0T is still a placeholder, but I have now completed a second combo. These will be part of the expansion to my California State Railroad Museum display.
(Continued from the photo of the 2 in the hospital). So I couldn't leave Aswan without visiting Abu Simbel, broken foot or no, signed up for this tour, left to drive south at @ 4 am by cab, hobbled @ at the site on crutches, and was stared at more than a bit. From Aswan it was a trick getting back to Cairo, navigating train stations and trains on those crutches with my backpack. Our cab was in a bad accident on the way back to Aswan, noone was hurt but the car was totaled and the driver was inconsolable. I stayed in the hospital in Cairo for a couple of days, got a second opinion (and a cast with my foot set extended at exactly the wrong angle I learned later, with my toe pointing down - ?), until I contacted the Cdn consul. (At the hospital I was bitten by a wild kitten I tried to pick up from under my bed, plenty of wild cats there, and the consul made me get a rabies shot). I flew back home via London and soon developed amoebic dysentery symptoms, and I got a letter from a Dutch friend who had to rush back to Holland shortly after I last saw her in Aswan for an emergency appendectomy. How's that for a string of bad luck? I have the crutches and a big scar on my foot as souvenirs, but my foot's good.
- This famous shrine in the far south of Egypt, only @ 40-50 clicks north of the Sudanese border as the crow flies, was dedicated to Ramesses II and was raised piece by piece by Unesco in the 60s to a plateau to escape a rising Lake Nasser when the Aswan dam was built. Ramesses reigned for 67 yr.s in the 19th dynasty of the 'New Kingdom' of the 13th cent. B.C.
www.google.com/maps/place/Abu+Simbel,+Aswan+Governorate,+...
- Lotsa photoshop with this one.
- "It took 20 yr.s to create [this] complex. ... The temples are dedicated to the gods Ra-Horakty, Ptah, and the deified Ramesses II ('The Great Temple' [this]) and the goddess Hathor and Queen Nefertari, Ramesses' favourite wife ('The Small Temple')."
- "Allegedly, the Swiss explorer Burckhardt was led to the site by a boy named Abu Simbel in 1813 and the site was then named after him. Burckhardt, however, was unable to uncover the site, which was buried in sand up to the necks of the grand colossi and later mentioned this experience to his friend and fellow explorer Giovanni Belzoni. [Read more re Belzoni below.] It was Belzoni who uncovered and first excavated (or looted) Abu Simbel in 1817 and it's considered likely that it was he, not Burckhardt, who was led to the site by the young boy and who named the complex after him."
- "The Great Temple stands 30 m.s high and 35 m.s long with 4 seated colossi flanking the entrance, 2 to each side, depicting Ramesses II on his throne; each one 20 m.s tall. Beneath these giant figures are smaller statues (still larger than life-sized) depicting Ramesses' conquered enemies, the Nubians, Libyans, and Hittites. Further statues represent his family members and various protecting gods and symbols of power. Passing between the colossi, through the central entrance, the interior of the temple is decorated with engravings showing Ramesses and Nefertari paying homage to the gods. Ramesses' great victory at Kadesh [in Syria, the battle against the Hittites] (considered by modern scholars to be more of a draw than an Egyptian triumph) is also depicted in detail across the north wall of the Hypostyle Hall. According to the scholars Oakes and Gahlin, these engravings of the events surrounding the battle "present a lively account in both reliefs and text. Preparations for battle are being made in the Egyptian camp. Horses are harnessed or given their fodder while one solder has his wounds dressed. The king's tent is also depicted while another scene shows a council of war between Ramesses and his officers. Two Hittite spies are captured and beaten until they reveal the true whereabouts of Muwatalli, the Hittite king. Finally, the two sides engage in battle, the Egyptians charging in neat formation while the Hittites are in confusion, chariots crashing, horses bolting and soldiers falling into the River Orontes. In the text, Ramesses takes on the whole of the Hittite army single-handed, apart from support rendered by [the god] Amun who defends him in battle and finally hands him the victory."
- "The location of the site was sacred to Hathor long before the temples were built there and, it is thought, was carefully chosen by Ramesses for this very reason. In both temples, Ramesses is recognized as a god among other gods and his choice of an already sacred locale would have strengthened this impression among the people. The temples are also aligned with the east so that, twice a year, on Feb. 21 and Oct. 21, the sun shines directly into the sanctuary of The Great Temple to illuminate the statues of Ramesses and Amun. The dates are thought to correspond to Ramesses' birthday and coronation. The alignment of sacred structures with the rising or setting sun, or with the position of the sun at the solstices, was common throughout the ancient world ... but the sanctuary of The Great Temple differs in that the statue of the god Ptah, who stands among the others, is carefully positioned so that it is never illuminated at any time. As Ptah was associated with the Egyptian underworld, his image was kept in perpetual darkness." www.worldhistory.org/Abu_Simbel/
- Again, this was first excavated and explored by the great Giovanni Battista Belzoni, hydrologist, pioneering Egyptologist, Herculean strongman, showman and adventurer, the closest anyone's come to a real Indiana Jones. www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/September-2018/Egyptology-s-...
- "[In 1816] Belzoni continued upstream with his party toward the temple of Abu Simbel, some 500 km.s south of Luxor, to investigate the remains of 4 20 m. seated statues of Ramses the Great. They found the temple’s grand entryway drowned in sand, and Belzoni realized that excavating there would be like “making a hole in water … an endless task.” Unless, that is, he could find a way to keep the sand from refilling the hole after every scoop. Deploying his knowledge of hydraulics, engineering and stagecraft, he calculated that the doorway “could not be less than 35' [10 m.s] below the surface of the sand,” and the front of the temple was likely proportionately “117' [36 m.s] wide.” (The top of the temple’s doorway is in fact about 2/3rds of the way down a 30-m.-high façade, and the temple is indeed 36 m.s wide.) With palm logs and locally hired labor, Belzoni drove a palisade into the sand in front of the temple. Then he wet the sand “close to the wall over the door” to stop the drifts from sifting back down into the hole. After exposing the face and shoulders of one statue, he had to interrupt the task to return to Luxor to load the bust of the Ramses statue onto a boat. He arranged for a local tribal leader to safeguard the site, sketched his progress and left “with a firm resolution of returning to accomplish its opening."
- "... In February 1817, ... Belzoni was eager to return to his interrupted excavation at Abu Simbel. It wasn’t until summer that Belzoni got his wish, and he and his crew excavated the front of the temple in temperatures topping 51 degrees Celsius. On July 31 they reached “the upper part of the door as evening approached [and] dug away enough sand to be able to enter,” he wrote. But Belzoni chose to wait until dawn, after he observed that the rising sun would pierce directly into the temple’s massive, east-facing doorway. As the first light for more than a thousand years illuminated the interior, the team “entered the finest and … most magnificent of temples … enriched with beautiful intaglios, painting, colossal figures,” Belzoni gushed." No gushing, he was just being descriptive and accurate.
- "... Although he and his team took little from the temple, they spent several days measuring, drawing and compiling a detailed record of the structure’s interior and exterior. “Taking measurements, drawing pictures - that is real archaeological documentation,” says Ryan, who often refers to Belzoni as a 'proto-archeologist.' The accuracy of Belzoni’s record-keeping ... remains useful to this day."
- Here's one of several doc.s re Belzoni online, 'The Great Belzoni: The Last Tomb Raider Of Ancient Egypt'.: youtu.be/LAm9Rcrh2-0?si=Sl8Zt2fUV0xEA0IU
Construction work continues in the Cannon House Office Building's east wing.
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Continuing our miniature Oribana project... and here is another artwork for a miniature version of our Oribana composition called SOLO.
The starring vase is Yuri's design called Solo, hence the name of the composition. The flower design is Katrin's Solo-Lily, a special kind of an imaginary bloom :-)
The vase is just 4 cm high, 1-3/4 inches, and the whole arrangement is 4 inches high (10 cm).
Used wonderful hand-made Japanese paper Moriki Kozo for the flowers, classic origami paper for the greens and some silvery designers paper for the vase.
The step-by-step diagrams on how to fold the composition are published in our ORIBANA BEAUTY
www.oriland.com/store/collections/oribana_beauty/main.php Happy folding!
time to use the spyglass........??????????.... what the hell....... Ambrosia you gotta see this...... wait..... no you don't want to see this..
Beginning with the 2nd century B.C., and continuing into the 6th century A.D., the paintings and sculptures in the caves of Ajanta and Ellora, inspired by Buddhism and its compassionate ethos, unleashed a surge of artistic excellence unmatched in human history. These Buddhist and Jain caves are ornately carved, yet seem quiet and meditative and exude a divine energy and power.
About 107 km from the city of Aurangabad in Maharashtra, are the rock-out caves of Ajanta nestled in a panoramic gorge, in the form of a gigantic horseshoe. A set of 29 caves, Ajanta is among the finest examples of some of the earliest Buddhist architecture, cave paintings and sculptures. These caves comprise Chaitya halls or shrines, dedicated to Lord Buddha and Viharas or monasteries, used by Buddhist monks for meditation and the study of Buddhist teachings. The paintings that adorn the walls and ceilings of the caves depict incidents from the life of lord Buddha and various Buddhist divinities. Among the most interesting paintings are the Jataka tales, illustrating diverse stories relating to the previous incarnations of the Buddha as Bodhisattava, a saintly being who is destined to become the Buddha. These elaborate sculptures and paintings stand in impressive grandeur in spite of withstanding the ravages of time. Amid the beautiful images and paintings are sculptures of Buddha, calm and serene in contemplation.
The cave temples and monasteries at Ellora, excavated out of the vertical face of an escarpment, are 26 km north of Aurangabad. Sculptors, inspired by Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, created elaborate rock carvings. Extending in a linear arrangement, the 34 caves contain Buddhist Chaityas or halls of worship, Viharas or monasteries and Hindu and Jain temples. Spanning a period of about 600 years between the 5th and 11th century A.D., the earliest excavation here is of the Dhumar Lena (Cave 29). The most imposing excavation is, without doubt, that of the magnificent Kailasa Temple (Cave 16) which is the largest monolithic structure in the world. Known as Verul in ancient times, it has continuously attracted pilgrims through the centuries to the present day.
Declared as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO since 1983, the paintings and sculptures of Ajanta and Ellora, considered masterpieces of Buddhist religious art, have had a great influence in the development of art in India. The creative use of colour and freedom of expression used in depicting human and animal forms makes the cave paintings at Ajanta one of the high watermarks of artistic creativity. The Ellora preserved as an artistic legacy that will continue to inspire and enrich the lives of generations to come. Not only is this cave complex a unique artistic creation and an excellent example of technological exploit but also, with its sanctuaries devoted to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism, it illustrates the spirit of tolerance that was characteristic of ancient India.
this is hard.
my machine makes a "trace" of the area that will be sewn, but its really hard to connect curves and predict where they are going to line up. looks like a flawless match here. yay!
The sea level continues to rise - so far it has been possible to build dikes and water barriers - and the former pavements have been replaced by large floating structures - all basements are filled with water. Damp and rot attack all buildings - the first old buildings have collapsed - when will entire districts collapse?
Updates - Egypt, July 1, 2013**
Protests continue for the second day after the official call for the revolution in tens of cities and villages across Egypt. While millions of protesters were sure that they will bring Morsi down, others decided to let it be known. Like the case of January 25, some protesters decided to show that they brought the regime down by protesting in front of the ruling group's headquarters. The clashes in the vicinity of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters left eight dead and many injured when the MB youth shot live bullets at the protesters. Later the headquarters was broken into and set on fire.
Later in the day, the Armed Forces gave its first communique. The military helicopters that were met yesterday with great support from many protesters resulted in a statement declaring that the Armed Forces is on the side of the people. The Armed Forces gave "a final 48 hours for all sides to meet the people's demands, or else it will have to do its national duty of protecting the people." In the case of not meeting the demands before the end of the 48 hours, the Armed Forces will put its own roadmap and oversees its implementation. It was also stated that the Armed Forces will not take part in politics.
The communique was met by both the majority of protesters and people who didn't join with great support that has given the squares of Egypt a celebratory spirit. Secular political groups like the Salvation Front, the National Association for Change and Tamarod Movement also gave a positive reaction, but stated that protesters will ensure that the army stays out of the political life.
The Presidency and the Muslim brotherhood both announced that they will hold press conferences to comment on the communique, but none of them ever happened. Meanwhile the Islamist groups started mobilizing their youth in marches in more than six cities all over the country.
Egypt, June 30, 2013**
The second wave of the revolution has started! June 30 began as a much bigger movement than January 25. After a majority of Egyptians were fed up with Muslim Brotherhood rule they took their decision and lead the politicians to the street.
June 30 made a great start with millions of people revolting in almost all governorates of Egypt. With red cards and whistles, Egypt declared Morsi out. Rules were put for the protesters to never chant for or against the army or the police, but when a military helicopter started flying over Ithadeya many cheered for it. The loudest chant though was "LEAVE", all protesters united on one aim, to topple the Islamist fascist regime.
Meanwhile a few clashes between the regime supporters and revolutionaries took place in Assuyt and Beheira, leaving at least five dead and around 80 injured. In Cairo, the clashes were in front of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Mokkatam where supporters fired bird-shot from the building and where met with Molotov cocktails from the protesters resulting in small fires inside the building.
June 29, 2013**
The Egyptian People did one final warm up before the Red Card comes out. Tamarod Movement (Rebel) held a press conference early Saturday at the Journalists Syndicate, the movement's founder announced that the final count was more than 22 million signatures. He called upon the people to protest on June 30 to continue what they started and topple the first civilian elected president one year after his inauguration for his failure in achieving the main objectives of the January 25 Revolution as well as putting the Muslim Brotherhood in control of the top of power of all country's sides of power. He also asserted that the number of signatures was a reflection of how much the public has turned against Morsi. It is noteworthy that the number of signatures collected is more than 85% of the number of voters in the presidential elections' second round.
Egyptians took their decision and raised the red card against President Mohamed Morsi!
Egypt, June 28, 2013**
As Egypt approaches June 30, the date of the uprising called for by Tamarod (Rebel), a movement that has already collected more than 22 million signatures to ouster President Mohamed Morsi, both excitement and apprehension fill the residents of the capital. In the governorates though, the protests have started earlier than expected. On the day of the governors' reshuffling people took the streets in all governorates that had a new Muslim Brotherhood governor. As the protests became bigger they have also demanded the removal of the regime.
In the past year, the life of the average Egyptian has become harder everyday; prices of essential products never seize to increase, people had to stand in endless lines to find diesel, every house and workplace all over Cairo suffer from water and power cuts. All this lead to rising aggression between a great percentage of the population. Anger was dramatically increased when Egypt ran out of gas and the streets of Cairo turned into one big parking lot.
By the beginning of the week, it has become known that Ann Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt met with Khairat El Shater, deputy supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood. The meeting with a non-governmental-official was never explained by the embassy, but it has become clear that the U.S. Administration still supports the Muslim Brotherhood rule, and President Morsi as part of it. The U.S. Administration that has always claimed to encourage democratic change in developing countries, proved itself wrong after the Arab Spring. It is now understood that the American support is always given to a group whom they believe will give them the most benefit regardless of the group's view on people's freedom. For this reason, a new addition to the revolution's banners was ones against Obama, Patterson and the U.S. Administration in general.
The Defense Minister, Abd El Fattah El Sisi has been very discreet about his stance regarding the Muslim Brotherhood rule. On Sunday he gave a vague speech that has kept people wondering if we'll be facing a coup in the coming days, especially when he mentioned that the army's role is to protect the will of the people. One day after the minister has spoken a National Security Council meeting was announced. The meeting's statement expressed the attendees' respect to peaceful protests and declared that the parliamentary elections will be held in a few months, once the elections law is approved. The presidency has also announced that the president will give a speech on Wednesday to celebrate the first anniversary of his inauguration.
Tamarod met the announcement of the president's speech with calling for a protest to watch him in Tahrir Square. After the whole country waited in front of a television, Morsi spoke for almost three hours saying complete nonsense. The speech that had not once mentioned June 30 or the clashes that were happening in Mansoura a few hours before he spoke, had one aim; to show that the army and police are on the side of the regime. This was proven, from the president's opinion, after both ministers of Defense and Interior were present in the front row listening to his speech, and after mentioning five times that he's the commander-in-chief of the police and armed forces.
Two days before the revolution, the plan was to mobilize all governorates but Greater Cairo's. Today what actually happened was that there were protests in almost every city and village in Egypt. While Alexandria, Dakahleya, Port Said, Dameitta, Monofeya, Gharbeya, Sharqeya and Beni Souief had huge protests, Greater Cairo had four sit-ins for the first time since January 25, 2011. As protesters poured in in Tahrir Square, others stayed in Kitkat in Giza, and others in front of the Ministry of Defense. A warm up has started with two small sit-ins in the vicinity of the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis. The day has faced clashes in many cities between revolutionaries and regime supporters that left two dead, one of which is an American citizen, and 227 injured.
**Text by: Mariam Saleh (mariam-saleh.blogspot.com)
“Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
~Ralph Ellison
This is the third placer, continued paddling to finish the race. Please read the full story in my blog.
...Continued from last photo:
I have made probably 100 of these. Wouldn't a tree look great using these not as gift tags, but as ornaments? These are all made from recycled food packaging...the backs are plain, but the fronts are boldly graphic. What do YOU think? Non-traditional tree ornaments or gift tags? Maybe a garland instead? Give me your thoughts please.
FINIS
Continuing rare bird photographed in heavy rain as it foraged along the edges of the docks.
Crescent City Harbor - Large Boat Basin
Del Norte County, CA 2/2/2015
eBird Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21654378
Continued flooding caused evacuations throughout the county, power outages and the closure of U.S. 36 on Thursday. Parts of most major roads in Boulder were also closed.
A Fundação Municipal de Esportes (Fundesp) promoveu na manhã deste sábado (12/04) os circuitos de natação na Piscina Municipal Guaíra. As provas começaram às 9h30 e tiveram participação de atletas a partir de 7 anos com disputas de 25 e 50 metros, nados livre e costas.
Foto: Mariele Morski
At 4:19AM on July 11, 2019 the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 1220 S Wall St in Downtown Los Angeles. Firefighters arrived to find a 50’ x 100’ row of commercial units with heavy smoke showing. Immediately, crews initiated simultaneous operations with truck companies going to the roof, firefighters working on forcible entry to gain access and hand lines being prepared for interior fire attack.
The 6,900 square foot building, built in 1924, is deep and presented challenges reaching the fire. After approximately 20 minutes of working to locate the seat of the fire while it continued to rage, the conditions were too precarious for the offensive operation to continue. Incident Commander, Battalion Chief Michael Castillo, declared the transition to a defensive operation and all firefighters withdrew both from the interior and the roof.
Crews quickly put multiple master streams in action, setting up ladder pipes and large diameter hand lines on the ground and the roofs of adjoined buildings. Their dedicated efforts in defending the two attached buildings on either side of the fire unit paid off and prevented any extension into those structures.
102 firefighters achieved full extinguishment of the fire in one hour and 49 minutes with no injuries reported. The three units in the main building suffered varying levels of damage with the central unit being most heavily affected. LAFD Arson and Counter-Terrorism Section responded per protocol for a Greater Alarm fire and the cause investigation is on-going
© Photo by Eric French
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Continuing my new Set of places in Brockton, Massachusetts, that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Moses Packard House is an historic house at 647 Main Street in Brockton, Massachusetts. The house was built in 1897 and added to the National Historic Register in 1978.
It currently serves as the Dahlborg-MacNevin Funeral Home which has added a Chapel to the building.
Our year in Paris continues...
Take a turn of the (19th) century train station, remove the trains, and fill it with some of the greatest art in the world. Do it just across the Seine from that other little French museum - what's it called - oh yeah - the Louvre. And presto - you've got one of the greatest concentrations of the greatest art ever in one small place. Relatively speaking. Relatively because the d'Orsay is gigantic as well and it is breathtaking.
But - in spite of all that - it still has a few of the touches of a train station, including two giant clocks on north side, facing the River. Behind this very clock is a very upscale cafe, but because we were there early in the morning, it was not yet open - which made taking pictures of the clock and the snazy artistic stuff around it - easy peasy.
Head over to the Central Illinois Photoblog to get your own March desktop. Merci!
In the continuing saga of my Zodiac Room sign, I'm am grateful to say the story is over and the piece has been restored.
Long story short, I dug the channel letters, their neon tubes and the plastic faces out of a dumpster years ago. The new owners of the restaurant space didn't care for them and tossed them out just at the moment I was driving by. The timing was right and they were mine.
Years later, the Museum of Neon Art (MONA) puts together a show based on the design of words in signage and artwork. This Googie piece would be perfect for the show and became my kick in the pants to geterdone. Months of searching for the right can company and getting one piece screwed up after another, getting the broken C repaired, and getting it wired, transformers bought and etc... well thankfully it's lit!
With a lot of help and guidance from MONA and its crew, I'm so very gratefully that it's working again. I've yet to do it, but I'm going to write a nice thank you check to them for their help.
Once I get a photo of the lit Zodiac Room, I'll definitely post it here. In the meantime, go to MONA and check it out in person!
Continuing local rarity photographed for eBird documentation.
First record of this species in the Sacramento area and Yolo Co.
Progress continues at the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway's control structure in Folsom, California, Dec. 29, 2014, where installation of six bulkhead gates is scheduled to begin in January. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, together with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and state and local partners, is building the spillway to reduce flood risk throughout the Sacramento region. (U.S. Army photo by Todd Plain/Released)
Continuing our review of the Sydney Trains network - Rhodes railway Station. Located on the Main North Line it serves suburban trains on the T1 line.
From Wikipedia:
Rhodes station opened on 17 September 1886. In March 1892, a second platform was added when the Main North line was duplicated. In 1912, an extra line was added to the west of the station, but no platform face was provided until 1928.
Rhodes developed into a predominately industrial area, being the base for railway locomotive manufacturer Tulloch.
To the north of the station, the line crosses the Parramatta River via the John Whitton Bridge. This opened in May 1980 replacing the original iron lattice bridge.
Beginning in the 1990s with the gated village/suburb of Liberty Grove (the luxury suburb opened in 1998) the area was redeveloped. It now includes residential apartments, commercial offices and the Rhodes Shopping Centre. In the early 2000s, Rhodes station underwent a major redevelopment.
In 2015, a southbound loop was added south of the station as part of the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor project
I was already spoiled rotten over Christmas, but I got home from Christmas today and found two more gifts! The box of C.Howard's Violets from Jim is aces for multiple reasons. Like Jim himself, they are so freaking sweet and delicious. And a little more bittersweet was the last piece of my Merge Records Score! 20th anniversary box set. It was the actual box to house the book and CD compilations I've received throughout 2009, plus the last two installments of the compilations.
dear friends!! it has been weeks since i began this tale... and since i last responded to your comments. summer has passed into autumn, and outside the rain is falling, falling. but tonight, please join me as we continue our journey into another world, a world that appeared only briefly when summer was ending and the magic of autumn had just begun to stir...
at the end of our journey, we will find a teahouse where we may share our travelers' tales. the kettle will be on, and our cups will be waiting. will you continue this journey with me?
may all travelers find joy!!
jeanne
digital image, september 5, 2010
(taken while walking at a fair one evening... at the gate to a world of water and spheres)
These pictures continue the story of the 4-day 'Belmond' 'Britannic Explorer' which is just one of their luxury 'outings which can also be taken at various other locations in the UK, see-
www.belmond.com/trains/europe/uk/britannic-explorer
as an example, hold on to your wallet, the 6-day 'Cornwall & Wales' event, costs £12,600 per passenger, so for a twin room, that's over 25 grand! it includes luxury accommodation, fine dining and 'exciting excursions' and it is, of course, a sleeper train. The next date for this event, is on 6th March, next year, the one on October 17th this year is sold out! If you want the 'Grand Suite' with separate bedroom, living room and en-suite, that's a whopping £30,600 per adult.
So, a bit of an 'eye-opener' as they say, for me at least.
Whilst waiting for the 'Explorer' to arrive, I was chatting to one of the local 'enthusiasts' and he informed me the coaching stock on this train, is ex-Irish Mark 3A, which have had to be modified for gauge, the Irish gauge being 1,600mm (5ft 3in) and that of the UK is 1,435mm (4ft 8.5in); I assume therefore this would have been a significant change-over when the coaches were brought here..
Today's excursion is a 4-day event starting out at London Victoria on Friday the 5th September and terminating back there on Monday the 8th. Here are the workings-
1Z20 Day1/4, London Victoria(15:48) to Keighley(00:38). 5th/6th September.
1Z80 Day2/4, Keighley(08:55) to Penrith North Lakes(12:24). 6th September
1Z82 Day2/4, Penrith North Lakes(18:40) overnight at Appleby, then Ribblehead Station(10:17). 6th/7th September.
1Z26 Day3/4, Ribblehead Station(10:26) to Princess Risborough(18:26), overnight at Princess Risborough. 7th September.
and finally
1Z66 Day4/4, Princess Risborough(05:33) to London Victoria(10:10). 8th September.
The coaching stock used was-
99101 Mark 3A Generator Car
99102 Mark 3A Crew Car
99103 Mark 3A Sleeping Car
99105 Mark 3A Sleeping Car
99106 Mark 3A Sleeping Car
99107 Mark 3A Sleeping Car
99108 Mark 3A Dining Car
99109 Mark 3A Dining Car
99110 Mark 3A Observation Car
More information about the 'Britannic Explorer' here-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmond_Britannic_Explorer
G.B.R.f. are the locomotive company providing the power with class 66s 66744, 'Heart of Wales' and 66748, 'St. Michael's Mount' hurrying back south on the old goods line along platform 4 with the 'Britannic Explorer' on 1Z26, Day3/4, from Ribblehead Station to Princess Risborough ACE.
Also passing south on the platform 2 line, at about the same time is contrasting traction with a pair of Transpennine Trains class 185s 185145 & 185108 on the hourly Cleethorpes to Liverpool Lime Street service, this one 1B77.