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I have just returned from a trip to Scotland with Richard Childs. Richard originally organised a fabulous itinerary for the west coast of Scotland, taking Argyle, Ardnamurchan, Malaig and the Isle of Sky, however thanks to Richard foresight and because of the horrendous wind and rain the west been experiencing lately and the awful forecast for last week. Richard changed the itinerary to the north east of Scotland northo of Aberdeen and the Cairngorm, as the forecast was more favourable. At least we came back with some photographs.
I took a mixture of 5x4 and digital, here is a digital of a reflected tree growing up side down, very little correction made to exposure or colour, this is in the Creag Meagaidh Nature reserve – this took about 20 minutes to get the framing right, was hard to manage on the view camera and the position I was at, Thanks Richard for your patience, tips and constructive feedback.
On the way back to Glen Coe, I was greeted with wind and rain, was planning for few hours in Glen Etive before heading back home, Glad we made that change
Arca Swiss / IQ160 f11 3/4 - 1 Second exposure
Shenanigans in the pool.
[note]: edited for colour and contrast upon returning to a civilized computer.
[highest position in explore: #316, May 11, 2008]
One downside to operating through a park that hugs a river is that it is prone to flooding. On more than one occasion the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad has had its tracks washed out by flash floods. A severe thunderstorm in May left the rails with a roller coaster profile. The tracks were repaired and reopened to rail traffic in early July. The scene is just north of Bath Road.
The evening walk around Stratton-on-the-Fosse on our first day staying in the village.
Checking out Downside Abbey after closing time, and just before sunset.
Downside School
Grade II* listed building
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10/10/2012
ST 65 SE
5/188
2.6.61
STRATTON-0N-THE-FOSSE CP
FOSSE WAY
(west side)
Downside School
(Formerly listed as Mount Pleasant and chapel with flanking wings, Downside Abbey and School (previously only Mount Pleasant listed))
II*
School. Including the Old house, the Old Chapel and School, the main Refectory and associated buildings and the houses on the west side of the guadrangle, but excluding the Gasquet Hall, the Science wing, the Allan Swimming Bath and all post World War II buildings. c.1700 (Old House) 1820-3 (Old Chapel and School) 1853-4 (School) 1873-6 (Main Refectory) 1884 (Gasquet Passage), 1910-14 (South and West ranges) 1939 (South-east Wing ). Architects in same order. Unknown, H E Goodridge, Charles Hansom, A M Dunn and E J Hansom, A M Dunn and E J Hansom, L A Stokes, Sir G G Scott. Mendip and Bath limestone, part rubble and part ashlar, with Welsh slate and tile roofs. The buildings form three sides of the quadrangle which is open to the east, and a north wing stretching through the Gasquet Passage and the Main Refectory towards the Monastery and Church (qv).
Description: Old House. Original Manor House on site. Semi ashlar. Central entrance double depth house of Queen Anne type. Three storeys and attic, 5 windows wide. 2-light stone mullioned windows with sashes. Continuous hood-moulds. Ashlar porch. Eaves on brackets. Big hipped slate roof with three gabled dormers. Return hidden by early C20 2 x 3 window three storey block which is not of special interest. Interior not inspected, but known to have original wooden staircase.
Old Chapel and School: designed to give the appearance of an Early English Church with transepts, nave aisles and grand west front, but in fact contains chapel on first floor of transept, and the usual school rooms elsewhere. Transept with tall buttresses (finials gone), large triple window to chapel. 6-bay nave including south porch, lancets with continuous drip, clerestorey with lancets. Octagonal tower at west end (passage round west end added 1867). An unusually refined piece of Gothic revival for the date. Interior not inspected, the chapel has plaster vaulting.
School: L-shaped block with stair turret in angle. 2 storeys and attics but only east wing has dormers. 2-light mullion and transomed windows, 6 bays to south wing, 2:2:2 divided by buttresses, 5 bays to east wing. Central bay of east wing projects with stepped gable. 4=light window to ground floor, single lights flank statue (St Gregory) on first floor. South range with two chimney stacks and 2 vents to ridge. West elevation reveals a parallel secondary range with lower ridge line. 6 bays, left hand one gabled with canted 2-storey bay, rest as on quadrangle elevation, but with central external stack and right hand bay gabled with 3-light window to ground floor and stack above. Interior partly inspected and largely in original condition.
South and West Range: A section of a very much larger scheme by Leonard Stokes. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and tiled roofs. Quadrangular elevation adjoins school with 5-storey tower, the rest three storeys and attics with classrooms below, studies above and dormitories in attics. 4 bays to west range and 5 bays to south range. 4-light mullion and transomed windows with iron glazing to 1st and 2nd floors with ashlar apron between. Some of the iron glazing has been replaced by aluminium. Range of 2-light windows to 2nd floor. Long ranges of attic windows with large gabled dormers. West and south elevations are broadly similar but with 5-light windows. Interior largely unaltered with original plann-ing and joinery (see Architectural Review, October 1912 p.228).
South East wing is an extension of the above with Scott's design similar in intention to Stokes' but differing in detail. 5-bay east elevation with 2:4:2:4:2 light windows, third floor 2-light windows and continuous attic window. Some of the iron glazing has been replaced by aluminium. Interior not inspected. Gasquet Passage (partly obscured by temporary buildings) is a plain single storey range, connecting School with Main Refectory. Large window with 5-lights and 2 mullions. Interior not inspected.
Main Refectory is a large ashlar block with slate roof in a collegiate style. Three storeys with large steeply pitched roof with stair turret on west gable and prominent stairtower on south side. South side has two large gables, each with two paired windows with trefoil heads and two small gables with paired window with quatrefoil. First floor window are 2-light mullion and transom with hoodmould. Ground floor obscured by other buildings. Tall, twin-shafted stack. North side has large windows to first floor and range of small gables to attic storey. Interior not inspected, but contains carved stone chimneypiece and panelling. The Old Kitchens block and the Poldings House by Dunn and Hansom, although largely obscured by other buildings are also included. Two storeys with red tile roofs and of a domestic character. Interiors not inspected. Taylors Row is also included and may be related to Pugin's unbuilt second scheme of 1841.
History: Built for a community of Benedictine monks, founded at St Gregory's Monastery at Douai in Flanders in 1607. House re-established in England in 1795, present estate purchased in 1813. The Old House, the existing house on the site, was the monastery and school until extended in 1820-3 and continued until the present monastery was built in 1872-6. The School was greatly enlarged in the early C20 when it vied to become a major English Public School. Many notable English Catholics have been educated here.
References: Pevsner, Buildings of England, North Somerset and Bristol.
Architectural Review, October 1912, p.228. Peter Howell, The Raven, 1971 (Vol
LXII No 252).
Listing NGR: ST6553850643
The downside of courses that exist solely online through CMS is the loss of face-to-face communication.
A downside of Goodwill purchases is potential missing pieces. My experience is that about 80% are complete, but for these older ones, it's more like 65%. This one is cut from the back, and I'd say it's pre-1962, when it looks like they started cutting from the front side.
The downside to concrete block foundation walls is the fact that they are porous. International building code laws require that the outside of foundation walls be covered with a water repellent tar-like material. That is a good step to try to waterproof your block foundation wall, but it is not foolproof. It is simply the first step of many you will end up taking to keep your basement dry. Keep your dream home design simple yet very effective, this helps you every way in getting the project done in time.
the downside of being the designated Family Photographer is that i don't get as many photos of me and odin together as i might like ( although i must admit that i don't care to be photographed thank you very much ).
but i love this photo taken by odin's grandfather, eric the second.
we're wrestling, which is almost as much fun as eating pudding.
OurDailyChallenge FOOT
ODC "Rule of Thirds"
The challenge was foot but the foot I chose was on the bttom of my 50 year old tripod. This presented an additional challenge because I would be taking the shot indoors with low light and a long shutter speed. How to do it?
The solution was to prop the tripod against a table with the head removed. attach the camera to the head and sit it on the table. Slide the camera toward the foot until it came into focus and then use one hand to hold the head against the table top and the other to trigget the shutter. This was my third shot, only because I didn't like the background in the first one and the second was spoiled because the head slipped on the smooth table top during exposure.
"Downside Up, Under the Sea"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
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"A Downside To The Trump Rally? Pending Home Sales Plunge After Surge In Mortgage Rates - Forbes" t.co/XfMvgTUol4 (via Twitter twitter.com/downpaymentaz/status/814601238792781824)
Downside Motors, Chilcompton, Somerset, BA3 4EX, was a small Vauxhall retail dealer for many decades, founded in 1982. It lost the franchise in, I think, 2018 0r 2019, as Vauxhall sought to close up to a third of it dealers. These photos were taken soon after this, as it began a short period as a used Vauxhall specialist, before the garage closed completely. The site is now empty.
Downside of shooting with low depth-of-field on a snowy day: I'm not sure you can even tell he's in a snow field.
Rode with all three of the Babbels today at this really fun bank in San Marcos. This is Eric Babbel, the third brother that I don't ride with nearly as much as Mikey and Bryan.
View In Large.
Strobist: Sunpak 444d on 1/2 power to the right.
The downside of French Guiana is that they were always burning things - rubbish or rain forest. You can see it from miles away and the soot falls all over the boats.
Detail from another stained glass window at Downside Abbey in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England, showing a priest's robes; robes of glass.
If you like RED, I have built a large RED Set
One of the downsides of Andrew running off to the Biodynamic conference in LA this weekend was the removal of our electric kettle. We have been forced to resourcefulness, tearing apart the weekend set up for the propane and stove.
It's been sunny but cold the last couple of days, so we're having to stay out in the sun of the warehouse as much as possible to keep off the chill. Sallee, our bookkeeper, was sitting against the wall, trying to build up the energy to go back in the office.
"Coffee?" I asked.
"YES!" she moaned from her spot by the wall.
It took a bit, and the grinder was mis-set, but this batch of the Nic CoE was quite delicious, and warm. I drank almost the entire pot myself.