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Another image from Daws Hall - I love the reflections of the bushes in the water especially the curved branches that appear to carry on with thier arc.
Wondering through the forested area at Daws Hall Nature Reserve and Gardens in Suffolk this little guy caught my eye. It was growing on moss on a tree trunk - only about 5mm to 10mm tall. No idea what sort of toadstool it is but no doubt someone out there knows.
A Class 185 First TransPennine Express unit is seen heading towards Manchester Piccadilly, crossing over Stockport's famous viaduct.
It was probably destined for Manchester Airport, this picture was taken on Saturday 15th March 2008
It's magical when you witness a sunrise like this over the most beautiful harbour in the world.
This was taken from Dawes Point last Sunday morning. In case you were sleeping, this is what you missed...:-)
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Canon 6D
Canon 17-40mm f/4L USM
ISO 100 | 35mm | F11 | 1/2 sec
Lee 0.9 GND
5 Shot stitched Panorama
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Even though it is no longer the nation's official capital, Yangon – formerly Rangoon – remains Myanmar's largest and most commercially important city. Yangon is the country's largest city with a population of nearly six million. This city is a melting pot—a diversity of cultures and communities in terms of people, settlement and religions. The Shwedagon Pagoda is one of the most famous pagodas in the world and it is certainly the main attraction of Yangon. Locally known as Shwedagon Zedi Daw The, it sits atop of a hill and is 99 meters high. It can be seen from most places of Yangon day and night as the golden roof illuminates the city. According to some, the pagoda is 2,600 years old, making Shwedagon the oldest pagoda in the world. However, no official documents attesting its construction exist and its age is still a matter of debate. Shwedagon PagodaThe main gold-plated dome is topped by a stupa containing over 7,000 diamonds, rubies, topaz and sapphires, the whole giddy concoction offset by a massive emerald positioned to reflect the last rays of the setting sun. There is little wonder that the Shwedagon is referred to in Myanmar as The crown of Burma. As Myanmar's most revered shrine it has always been customary for families, mendicants and followers of the Buddha to make the pilgrimage to the Shwedagon.
The Shwedagon Pagoda officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda. No visit to Myanmar is complete without a visit to the 2,600 years old Shwedagon Pagoda, which enshrines strands of Buddha's hair and other holy relics. Located west of the Royal Lake on 114 -acre Singuttara Hill in Yangon, Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred and impressive Buddhist site for the people of Myanmar.
Yangon is de voormalig hoofdstad van Myanmar. Het is voor de meeste reizigers het startpunt van hun rondreis door Myanmar voor ons het eindpunt. Voor de grootste stad van het land komt Yangon relatief relaxed over. De sfeer is er gemoedelijk en het verkeer is nog lang niet zo jachtig als in de buurlanden Thailand en India. De stad grenst in het westen en zuiden aan de Yangon rivier. De stad is behoorlijk uitgestrekt. Gelukkig heb je voor een paar duizend Kyats, de munteenheid van Myanmar, een taxi of fietstaxi te pakken.
Vanuit het centrum van Yangon nemen we een taxi naar de tempel van Shwedagon Pagoda. De tempel ligt aan de Shwedagon Pagoda Road in het Dagon Township en de weg er naartoe is al indrukwekkend. De 2.600 jaar oude gouden pagode schijnt vanaf een heuvel over de stad en is moeilijk te missen. De Shwedagon Pagoda is de grootste tempel in Myanmar en is bedekt met 50.000 kilo bladgoud en vele duizenden kostbare edelstenen. De kegelvormige pagoda is 99 meter hoog en bevindt zich op de heuvel Singuttara in een buitenwijk van Yangon. Een bezoek brengen aan de indrukwekkende bouwwerk is de moeite zeker waard. Dag en nacht is het er levendig met gezang en gebeden van boeddhistische monniken en gelovigen. Rond de tempel vind je allerlei spirituele shopjes, astrologen, handlezers en Boeddhabeelden. Stupa's zijn oorspronkelijk grafmonumenten en wordt er de as van gecremeerde heiligen bewaard. Gedurende de ontwikkeling van het boeddhisme heeft de stupa in de verschillende gebieden ook diverse vormen gekregen maar volgens dezelfde basisregels gebouwd en is een afspiegeling van het universum. De vierkante basis staat voor de aarde, de feitelijke stupa voor het element water, de spits met dertien schijven voor het vuur, het zon/maan- symbool voor de lucht, terwijl het kleine vlammetje erboven vlammetje erboven voor ether, de bovenlucht staat, de hoogste verlichting. Deze vijf elementen zijn tegelijkertijd symbolisch voor de vijf zintuigen, de vijf onderdelen van het lichaam van boeddha, kortom, het universum
And here's why I usually shoot birds through my window: If I step outside they tend to fly away. ;)
10/2020
DRS Class 37/4 No.37425 Sir Robert Mc Alpine is seen passing the site of the old Daw Mill Colliery on the 21st of September 2020, working the 12:38 4Z67 Long Marston to Daventry International Rail freight terminal, incorporating the movement of a single IKA wagon No.6849094493.
Taken with the aid of a pole.
SE-DAW - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41 - SAS - Scandinavian Airlines Systems
in July 1984
c/n 47.629 - built in 1974 for SAS -
retired 2004 and stored ROW - scrapped
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
Myanmar Railways 'YD' class 2-8-2 No.961 heading a well-loaded cane train with passengers from Thazi to Pyinmana on 4th January 1999.
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Tyseley's Pannier's, Nos. L94 (7752) & 9600 drift past Daw Mill Colliery on 14th April 2012 while working Vintage Trains 'East Midlands Rambler' 1Z84 0755 Tyseley Warwick Road - Tyseley Warwick Road via Lichfield & Coalville. L94 (previously BR No,. 7752), was one of several Pannier Tanks purchased by London Transport from BR to haul engineering trains around their system, hence the livery carried today. Daw Mill Colliery closed less than a year later in March 2013 due to the consequences of a serious underground fire. It had been Britain's biggest coal producer but doubts over it's future were already circulating in early 2012. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Not really a tachikoma, but built within the spirit.
Note the leg technique, working like radius and ulna.
As passengers find space on the cane wagons for the journey ahead, Myanmar Railways 'YD' class 2-8-2 No.961 prepares to leave Ywa Daw with loaded sugar cane from Thazi on Independence Day, 4th January 1999.
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PADDY: “Look! It's a card with me on it! It was taken whilst on an adventure at Veg Out Community Gardens in St Kilda. I was having a rest next to some pretty flowers. I had just been playing with some metal hoops which are great for little bears to swing around on.”
SCOUT: “Where am I, Paddy?”
PADDY: “Well, this was taken before you came to live in your forever home with Daddy and me.”
SCOUT: “Oh!” *Puts paw to mouth.*
PADDY: “This card must be from our special friend! How clever to make this card just for me! I wonder what it says. Shall we find out?”
SCOUT: “Oh yes please!” *Trembles with excitement.*
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
This beautiful nursery tea set comprising of a tea pot, milk jug and sugar bowl are very Art Deco. They were obviously made for the child of a very wealthy family, as the set is made of very heavy sterling silver. The hallmarks on each piece (including on the inner lip of the teapot lid) indicates that it was made in Sheffield by the well known English silversmith James Dixon of James Dixon and Sons in 1921. The pot also features an ebonised finial and handle which are affixed with tiny sterling silver screws and wingnuts, just like a real teapot!
The cups and saucers come from a beautiful nursery tea set that is made by the Shell China company in the 1910s. It features six cups, saucers (not all the set is being used today) as well as a teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl, all gilt and featuring different nursery rhymes including: “See Saw Margery Daw”, “Jack and Jill”, “This Little Pig Went to Market”, “Taffy was a Welshman”, “Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross”, “Simple Simon”, “Little Jack Horner”, “Old Mother Goose” and “I Saw a Ship a Sailing” amongst others. It is the prequel set to the Shell China nursery rhyme and faerie tale tea sets I have from the 1920s and 1930s. The designs are very Edwardian and the set is made up of smaller pieces.
60019 'Port of Grimsby & Immingham' throbs through Daw Mill working 6V55 Bedworth - Robeston Murco tanks
I had never seen a photo taken from here and just went on a bit of a gamble that I could get a nice shot. Unfortunately the Sun is a bit far round but apart from that I feel its a great location and will be returning for other workings in the future
1979 Ford Escort RS2000 Custom.
Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"We have been advised by the vendor that this RS 2000 has been in dry storage for the last sixteen years. It is fitted with an upgraded 5-speed gearbox and benefits from a recent full service including new cam-belt. Described by the vendor as an original example. Eight registered owners. It comes with an older V5. Mileage recorded at 72,700.
V5 Present
MoT Jan 2019
Chassis number: GCATWL018030
Estimate: £24,000 - 28,000." Unsold.
If you're a bus operator, the phrase 'dead mileage' is one to bring a little cloud over the accountant's desk. For 'dead mileage' is the need, sometimes, for a bus (and its crew) to travel from the depot to its income-earning work. Not all services run past the depot door, so travel to and from the nearest point on the route is 'dead mileage' - costing diesel, wear and tear on the bus and staff wages, but not earning any fares.
So bus companies try to reduce dead mileage as much as they can. Manchester City Transport used to arrange for buses to travel 'in service' on a short working on a route that passed the garage and the remote service; others were lucky by having the garage right in the middle of the town such as in Stockport. But others including Bury, Rochdale and North Western used a convenient piece of spare ground in the town centre to park buses that were 'resting' between duties, saving a trip back to the depot.
This is Stockport Daw Bank, with a variety of buses on standby. North Western had an inspector based here and even, later on, a small mess room for crews. There's a variety of the company's buses here and the vehicles we can see, plus other evidence from the collection of photos of which this is part, implies a date of around 1968.
The building in the background now houses the excellent Stockport Hat Museum; and the ground on which the buses are standing became the town's bus station.
The North Western Road Car Company Ltd is long gone but you can still see North Western buses, restored and on display at the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester. If you'd like to know more about the Museum of Transport and its collection of vintage buses, go to www.motgm.uk.
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