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Shwedagon Zedi Daw. Religious center of Yangon on Singuttara hill.
One of the most famous stupas in the world.
According to legend, the Shwedagon Pagoda is more than 2500 years old.
Damaged several times by strong earthquakes. especially in 1768 and 1970.
Finally ventured out with my camera, after 4 weeks nursing a broken knuckle, to Daws Hall Nature Reserve and Gardens in Suffolk. Beautiful sunny, but cold, day. This scene just caught my eye with the sun shining through the trees, bushes and shrubs highlighting their colour, shape and form and casting wonderful shadows over the wet grass.
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
Certes, en France, c'est le dawa complet.
Certes, on vient à l'instant d'apprendre que le gouvernement recule sur l'idée d'un troisième confinement, actuellement en suspend jusqu'aux prochaines annonces du gouvernement.
Certes certains ont des rêves de Grand Soir.
Mais la vraie Révolution, sachez-le, c'est de laver son linge avec une casquette rouge !
And here's why I usually shoot birds through my window: If I step outside they tend to fly away. ;)
10/2020
45062 - Trip (Daw Mill Colliery - Bescot Yard, which was formed of HEAs loaded with domestic coal) - Walsall - 15/04/86.
Notes from that day are very poor, as I left my book on the train to Watford Junction!
These days the West Anglia Test Train runs at night, but last night 1Q90 went straight from Liverpool Street to Ferme Park, where it arrived 259 minutes after omitting Hertford Easy, Chingford & Enfield Town!!!
P.S. Even if it was warmer, I won't be going out riding new Class 720's today & why do "darksiders" ask for consists, when they want wagon numbers???!!!!
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.
Apparantly, the common name jackdaw first appeared in the 16th century, and is thought to be a compound of the forename Jack, used in animal names to signify a small form (e.g. jack snipe), and the archaic native English word daw.
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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.
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. It is important for Burmese Buddhists to know on which day of the week they were born, as this determines their planetary post. There are eight planetary posts, as Wednesday is split in two (a.m. and p.m.). They are marked by animals that represent the day — garuda for Sunday, tiger for Monday, lion for Tuesday, tusked elephant for Wednesday morning, tuskless elephant for Wednesday afternoon, mouse for Thursday, guinea pig for Friday and nāga for Saturday. Each planetary post has a Buddha image and devotees offer flowers and prayer flags and pour water on the image with a prayer and a wish. At the base of the post behind the image is a guardian angel, and underneath the image is the animal representing that particular day. The base of the stupa is octagonal and also surrounded by eight small shrines (one for each planetary post). President Barack Obama pours water over the left shoulder of the Friday Buddha during a tour of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, Burma, Nov. 19, 2012. Barack Obama pours water over Friday Buddha at Shwedagon Pagoda
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 eerbetoon van boeddhistische monniken en gelovigen. Een kannetje wordt gebruikt om water uit te gieten over het beeld van Boeddha. Het is een uiting om eer te brengen aan Boeddha. Water staat ook voor 'hart, liefde, goed doen'. Zoals water overal naar toe loopt en dingen doordrenkt, zo is het ook met je 'hart, liefde, je goed doen'. Hierbij mag ook gedacht worden aan het Nederlandse spreekwoord: Wie goed doet, goed ontmoet. Rond de tempel vind je allerlei spirituele shopjes, astrologen, handlezers en Boeddhabeelden.
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
47241 is leading 86243 past Daw Mill Colliery in Warwickshire their train was the 11.31 Shrewsbury to Euston service
Daw Mill Colliery opened in 1956, it was closed after an underground fire in 2013, the site has been levelled.
47241 was built by Brush as DD1918, it entered traffic 16/11/1965 becoming 47241 under TOPS. It was named The Silcock Express August 1994, the plates were removed August 1995, on September 12th 1995 it was named Halewood Silver Jubilee 1988. It was scrapped at C.F. Booth 13/01/2006
86423 was built at Doncaster as E3152, it entered traffic 07/06/1966. Under TOPS it became 86023,86323 01/1983,86423 01/1989. It was withdrawn in October 2003 and cut by Sandbach Car and Commercial Dismantlers at Crewe LNWR.
Copyright Geoff Dowling 26/03/1989: All rights reserved