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Last autumn, we felt confident enough to start arranging things in the new year. One of these was a show by Chinese acrobats that Jools wanted to see. She got Jen, Sylv and a friend to go. And yesterday was the day of the show. I made it clear it wasn't for me, but I would go up to rephotograph some City churches and we would meet up afterwards for a meal before coming home.
When we arrange things, we don't know what slings and arrows fate might throw at us. In Tuesday's case, it was a Tube drivers strike, and no last minute talks fixed that. I could arrange my trip to avoind using public transport other than the train up and back home, which were unaffected. Jools thought they would be OK, as their tickets were for the Odeon, which she thought was in Leicester Square, but it turned out was the old Hammersmith Apollo. Now, usually this would not have been a problem, but on Tuesday it was.
They arranged to leave an hour earlier than planned and try to get a taxi, which they did after waiting in line for an hour, getting to the theatre just half an hour before showtime, leaving them only time to get a snack.
Their journey up was done outside rush hour, the show ened at five, and they had to get back to St Pancras. Which would prove to be an adventure.
For me, however, it was a walk in the park. And to add to the pleasure of the day, I would meet up with my good friend, Simon, owner of the Churches of East Anglia website, just about every word and picture done by his own hand. His website also covers the City of LOndon churches, so I asked if he wanted to meet up; he did, so a plan was hatched to meet and visit a few churches, one of which, King Edmund, he had not been inside. He wouldn't arrive until jsut after ten to get the offpeak ticket prices, I would get up early as a couple of the churches would be open before nine.
A plan was made, and I had a list of chuches and a rough order in which to visit them.
The alarm went off at five, and we were both up. I having a coffee after getting dressed and Jools was to drop me off at the station, and as we drove in the heavy fog that had settled, I realised there was a direct train to Cannon Street just after seven, could I make it to avoid a half hour layover at Ashford?
Yes I could.
Jools dropped me off outside Priory station, I went in and got my ticket, and was on the train settled into a forward facing seat with three whole minutes to spare.
The train rattled it's way out of the station and through the tunnel under Western Heights, outside it was still dark. So I put my mask on and rested my eyes as we went through Folkestone to Ashford, an towards Pluckley, Headcorn, Marden to Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and so onto south east London. The train filled up slowly, until we got to Tonbridge which left few seats remaining, and at Sevenoaks, it was standing room only, but by then its a twenty minute run to London Bridge.
After leaving London Bridge station, the train took the sharp turn above Borough Market and over the river into Cannon Street. I was in no hurry, so enoyed the peace and space of an empty carriage before making my way off the train then along the platform and out onto the street in front. A heavy drizzle was falling, so I decided to get some breakfast and another coffee. Just up Walbrook there was an independent sandwich place, so I went in and asked what I wanted: faced with dozens of choices, all made to order, I had no idea.
I decided on a simple sausage sandwich and a coffee and watched people hurrying to work outside. I had all the time I wanted.
I check my phone and find that opening times were a little different, but St Mary Aldermary was open from half eight, so I check the directions and head there.
It was open, mainly because there is a small cafe inside. I ask if I could go in, they say yes, so I snap it well with the 50mm lens fitted, and decide that something sweet was called for. They recommended the carrot cake, so I had a slice of that and a pot of breakfast tea sitting and admiring the details of the church. Once I had finished, I put on the wide angle lens and finished the job.
Just up the lane outside was St Mary-le-Bow, which should also be open.
It was. Also because they had a cafe. I skipped another brew, and photographed that too, and saw that the crypt was open too, so went down the steps to that. Simon tells me that the church got it's name because of the brick arched crypt: bowed roof.
A five minute walk past The Bank of England was St Mary Woolnorth and St Mary Abchurch: both open, and both recorded by my camera and keen eye.
It was now near to ten, so I texted Simon to let him know to meet me at St Edmund, and I set off in the wrong direction. I only realised this when I was the other side of The Bank, so checked my map and retraced my steps and went down Lombard Street.
The rain was still falling gently, and I was damp, so found shelter under a balcony, as the church was not unlocked. The smell of tale piss rose from the pavement, it wasn't pleasant.
Simon arrived, we shook hands and reviewed the plans, and with it being nearly half ten, thought we would give Stephen Walbrook another go. And wonder of wonders, it was open! The church has been reordered, which isn't to everyone's taste, but the doughnut in the centre can be removed if needed, and Wren's church is still there, including the wonderful painted ceiling.
We went to Cornhill, as Somon had never visited St Peer there, or rather never found it open. I had a feeling that Friends of the City Churches were watching it on Tuesday, so should be open. And it was, although a workshop was going on, we went round not getting in anyone's way getting shots, and then chatting with the watcher, who didn't quite match Simon's knowledge, but the watcher had his book for reference.
Another church Simon hadn't been inside was St Katherine Cree, which again was a five minute walk back across the Square Mile.
It too was open.
Yay.
Pride here was the fine rose window, wheel-like for St Catherine.
I was now on the home straight, but after a night for broken sleep, I was flagging. We had an appointment at St James Garlickythe, which was only open an hour. St James was a longer walk, but we made it, getting to the church at ten past, only to find there was a service on at quarter past.
We look inside, and apart from some incense drifting, and the sound of a dog crunching a bone, there was no one inside. I go in and get what shots I could.
The vicar came out and I apologise and leave him to his service with just his dog to witness it. In a city of millions, no one attended.
With that done, we retired to a nearby pub and had an ale, refreshed we went up past St Paul's Cathedral to Ludgate and to St Martin which was also open as expected.
I was getting churched out by now, so only took shots with the 50mm, I had been here before, so wanted detailed shots.
That done, we went to the final church of the day.
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There are two churches abutting directly onto the street along the northern side of Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill, and St Martin's proximity to the great west front of St Paul's Cathedral erases any doubt you may have that it was completely destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. It was rebuilt by Christopher Wren between 1677 and 1686. Looking from Ludgate Circus, Wren's perky spirelet is dwarfed by his great replacement cathedral beyond. The tower, and that of St Augustine Watling Street on the other side of the Cathedral, were deliberately intended as foils to the great dome, their diminutive spires creating the illusion that the dome is larger and more distant.
St Martin's frontage might lead you to expect that this is a 'west' front turned around ninety degrees so that the church faces north, like the other, St Dunstan in the West. In fact, you step into a narrow narthex, and the stairs lead you up into the south side of the nave. At first sight, the interior is rather unexciting - dark and gloomy even - but St Martin suffered less damage from the Blitz than any other City church, and so what you see today is essentially Wren's interior, albeit augmented by the Georgians and Victorians. It would be possible to entertain a romantic notion that the little church had been sheltered by its giant neighbour, but of course Christ Church Newgate Street and St Augustine Watling Street, which were similarly close, were both destroyed, and the interior of St Vedast alias Foster at the east end of the cathedral was gutted in the fire storm.
The font is dated 1673 and inscribed The gift of Thomas Morley Esq. Around the bowl, the Greek palindrome NIYON ANOMHMA MH MONAN OYIN ('cleanse my sin and not my face only'). The grand west gallery dominates one end, with a large candelabra hovering over the furnishings, some of which came from St Mary Magdalen in Fish Lane, demolished in the 19th Century. Once you know that St Martin is a great survivor, you become more sympathetic to the atmosphere of the interior, dusty as it is and creaking with age. Why, this might be the very church of which Betjeman reminisced in Summoned by Bells:
'A single bell would tinkle down a lane:
My echoing steps would track the source of sound -
A cassocked verger, bell-rope in his hands,
called me to high box pews, to cedar wood
(Like incense where no incense ever burned),
To ticking gallery clock, and charity bench,
And free seats for the poor, and altar-piece -
Gilded Commandment boards - and sword-rests made
For long-discarded aldermanic pomp.
A hidden organist sent reedy notes
To flute around the plasterwork. I stood,
And from the sea of pews a single head
With cherries nodding on a black straw hat
Rose in a neighbouring pew. The caretaker?
Or the sole resident parishioner?
And so once more, as for three hundred years,
This carven wood, these grey memorial'd walls
Heard once again the Book of Common Prayer,
While somewhere at the back the verger, now
Turned Parish Clerk, would rumble out "Amen".'
Simon Knott, March 2022
The driver of 'Coronation' 4-6-2 No.46233 'Duchess of Sutherland', Kevin Treeby, looks as immaculate as always, just after arrival at Carlisle with the 'Royal Scot' charter, steam-hauled the 140 miles from Crewe on 9th June 2012.
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Taxi drivers with keys in hand, await for the next haul. They are sitting near a central location near the city market and wear the driver attire, white short sleeve shirt and dark pants and black shoes. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, S.E Asia
The instructor was probably quite pleased at the blocked exit. It gave the driver the opportunity to demonstrate correct assessment of the road, and put that plan into action.
There is a lot of responsibility in the hands of the driver. Its not a task to be undertaken lightly.
Taken in 1969 in La Union Province, Philippines with a Rolleiflex Automat 3.5 Xenar on Ektachrome film.
One of a pair of Volvo B7TL Plaxton Presidents now in use with BrIghton & Hove primarily on training duties.
My last day in Ljubljana. Plan was to go on the 15th all the way to Brno, in Czech Republic. But for some lazy reason, I didn't call my carpool ride until it was to late and this one was full by then. Plan B was then to hitchhike all the way in one day. I didn't wake up so early and had some trouble with the keys. All my stuff was had already been packed and brought by airmail to Lisbon, I just had some small backpack for the final week. This one I brought in my trip.
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I attempted to hitchhike first to Maribor, then towars Vienna and finally Brno.
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But it didn't start well. After 1h, nobody stoped for me for Maribor. I gave up, called my friend and went on the first available bus.
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In Maribor I got a ride to the petrol station already in the highway heading to Austria and then some retired croatian couple drove me all the way to Vienna. They're some of the nicest people I've met, really happy couple. Their son had a really good croatian restaurant in Vienna, where I had dinner. They even called him on the way to check the buses from Vienna to Brno that evening. There was one at around 10pm.
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they gave the station address and I went there. Little do they knew this ticket had to be bought online. I realized this fact after arriving in a bus station somewhere in a shady dark corner of a shopping mall, with no apparent ticket office. There I've met a big group of australians who told me this. Apparently, the bus was already full. I become friends with them and entered the bus, taking a seat and pretending to fall asleep. Of course, someone would notice. The moment finally came. A guy came with the ticket supervisor, looking for the place (he couldn't find because all of them was full). They then approached me and asked me for my ticket, which, of course, I didn't have. I said I thought I could buy in the bus. This one, was already moving and leaving the station. The supervisor shouts out loud to stop and kicks me out badly. I felt a bit embarassed, but I had to try. Lesson leaned.
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My plan was going bad again. I stoped to assess my situation. I could try to go to the northen part of Vienna, where the hitchhiking spot was and try to do it, although one of the hitchhiking rules is never to do it at night.
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I tried to stop some cars and after a shady guy that I could'nt understand offered me a ride that I refused, I decided to spend the night by the road, near a tree and some bushes. It was the first time I slept on the street. It was cool. Fortunately an hot summer night.
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Next day early in the morning I started pimpin' again. My main concern was that I had a visit to the legendary Tugendhat House, in Brno, at 11 in the morning, something I had booked 1 month in advance and just couldn't miss.
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First ride was a taxi. A turkish fella dropped me by the highway junction. Then my first truck ever. An austrian driver that couldn't speak a shit of english. Somehow we got along. He offered me some loquats as we tried to communicate with signs.
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He dropped me some kilometres further in the highway. Then a car with a lady, that dropped me already in the national road, near the border with Czech. Perfect hitchhiking spot, in a long straight segment of the road, with plenty of space to stop and for me to be seen. Not long after, another truck stopped.
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This time the guy spoke well english (for what I suppose are truck driver standards) and we had a pleasent ride. He dropped me in the suburbs of Brno right on the bus stop of the bus to the city center. Imagine a truck stopping right in front of the bus stop, people watching and all, and some guy just jumps out of the door, says goodbye, packs his stuff and joins them in the stop, as nothing had happened.
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I then caught he bus and arrived at the main staion in the city centre. It was almost 11! I asked some infos on how to go to Tugendhat. I misunderstood the numbers and lost the tram, had to wait another 5 minutes. This could be fatal. Fortunately it was still on time. The tram left on the main street uphill and Tugendhat was on the top of another side street. It was 3 minutes to11. I ran with my bag, everything, tired of bad sleeping night and sweating and smelling like shit. But I didn't care. I just ha to get to the place. And I arrived right on time. Just dropped my bag and started this architectural journey as if the last two days had been completely normal.
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What a day.
The driver of Loco 71515 on the Blaenavon Steam Railway
Some stats for the Loco
Builder: R. Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Built: 1945, works no.7169
Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0ST
Wheel diameter: 4’ 3”
Boiler Pressure: 170psi.
Weight : 48 tons 5 cwt.
Taken in Vitoria-ES, Brazil.
Brazilians loves to drive, but sometime the traffic make us crazy.
Enjoy the road with safety.
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The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program and Latinos and Society Program hosted a joint discussion, "Drivers of Opportunity: How Will Latinos Shape the Future of the American Dream?” on February 21, 2018. Panelists at the event — including Office of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s Jose Corona, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Marie Mora, Nation Waste, Inc.’s Maria Rios, The Workers Lab’s Carmen Rojas, and Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams — discussed how we can secure economic stability and mobility for Latino workers, families, and communities. The event was part of the Economic Opportunities Program’s Working in America series and the Latinos and Society Program’s Latino Economic Advancement series.
Property of the Aspen Institute / Credit: Laurence Genon
A driver heading westbound on King was past the point at which it is closed for construction and got themselves stuck in fresh asphalt. They were stuck for over an hour until finally being freed by a very amused CAA tow-truck driver.
Location: King near Beaty
August 19, 2011
She drove her car up the sidewalk and just left it there to "park". Worst Driver Ever! Guess what ... it's a female. No wonder!
Drivers Choice (1,937 square feet)
12196 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA
This location opened in fall 2016; it was originally a United Virginia Bank, which opened in June 1975. It became a Crestar Bank in spring 1987, Blanton Auto Sales & Service in March 1993, Point Auto Sales in May 1995 and Dad's Auto Sales on January 2nd, 1996.
It opens and fits a minifig driver
My version of the M1 series Abrams lego tank. with a minifig for scale. This is my first creation, that hasn't been a kit, since I was a young kid.
Thanks for looking and Constructive criticism is welcomed!
台灣尚青台北山水愛之旅
台灣尚青將推出一系列愛之旅行程。今天浩角翔起搶到頭香，要介紹由自己規劃的約會路線，帶大家一起到台北山海之旅，想這行程肯定浪漫到不行。
包車旅遊一日遊費用3000~3500元(依人數多少須選用車輛之大小)
以上報價為台北~野柳~基隆~陰陽海~南海齊岩~金瓜石~九份~台北 一日遊(
所須時間 0800 ~ 1900)
此旅遊行程最少可規劃成一日遊當天回行程
自助旅遊車費試算與台灣尚青包車旅遊費用比較:
3.台灣尚青包車旅遊 台北~野柳~基隆~陰陽海~南海齊岩~金瓜石~九份~台北 一日只須費用3000元旅途中可欣賞到西海岸公路與東北角海岸公路之美,與特色美食與雄偉嚴峻山水風光,超值價格是您不錯選擇.
行程1. 野柳“Yehliu” (女王頭) 風化奇景
野柳奇景介紹
野柳岬
野柳的地層主要由傾斜的層狀沉積岩所組成，海岬與海灣的形成是因軟弱的岩層被侵蝕後凹入形成海灣，而堅硬、抗蝕力強的岩石便相對突出形成海岬。
遠眺野柳岬時，它就像隻烏龜般俯臥在海中，所以又稱為”野柳龜”。野柳早期為大陸帆船至基隆港貿易的必經航道
女王頭:
野柳的標誌女王頭是蕈狀岩的一種，在地殼抬升的過程中，因受到海水差異侵蝕而逐漸形成今日的面貌。若以其高度比對台灣北部地殼平均上升速度推算，女王頭的芳齡將近4000歲。其實女王頭就是蕈狀岩，在1962~1963年間因頂部結核上的節理斷裂，從某一角度觀看時貌似英國伊莉莎白女王頭像，因此而得名。
如此特別的形狀，使得女王頭自此成為野柳的地標，但也讓它飽受盛名之累。除了常年風吹、日曬、雨淋之外，遊客的不當行為也加速了侵蝕的速度，2008年量測頸圍最細的部份約為138公分。
行程2. 基隆廟口(最美位台灣小吃)
廟口小吃歷史
台灣各地有歷史的鄉土小吃區，大都伴隨位於市集、香火鼎盛的廟宇而產生，稱為廟口小吃。基隆奠濟宮的廟口小吃，更因有口皆碑，引來的食客多於香客，形成以美食取勝的的觀光區。
由於特殊的歷史原因，台灣的飲食文化非常豐富，以閩粵移民的飲食基礎，融入了原住民、荷蘭人、西班牙人、日本人的飲食，再加上1949年國民黨政府遷台時帶來中國各省的美食，以及台灣民生富裕後引進世界各國的美食。這些飲食，以及彼此之間融合與創新，形成東西並列、漢和雜陳外加鄉土味的台灣小吃。
台灣獨樹一幟的小吃文化，當時反映在台灣的重要港口--基隆，並且集中表現在基隆的市中心--廟口。基隆廟口小吃得到「種類之多，全台之冠」的美譽。
行程3. 南海奇岩
南雅海邊的巖石千奇百怪，可說是東北角最明顯的象徵，而神似彩繪的風化紋路更是南雅巖石最優美的特色，順著巖石層面的波紋，讓人想像起古世代的海水在你腳下流動的生命力。
由於山勢陡峭，所以海崖及海蝕風化巖最為發達，因為這一帶的巖層屬於大埔層砂巖，其海岸岩塊的垂直節理甚多，砂岩的特性為堅硬而不易受侵蝕，各層岩石的硬度與厚度不同，因此其受侵蝕的抗力、侵蝕速率也有所不同而產生造形奇特的地貌，而節理在風化侵蝕的作用下而形成了如針狀或柱狀的「岩峰」。其實濱海公路沿線有許多類似這種唯妙唯肖的奇石巨岩，在當年濱海公路修築工程中，從水湳洞、南雅到和美一段是開鑿山壁而成的，在炸山開路時也將許多山脈開鑿成美麗又奇怪形狀的岩石，讓你從各種不同的角度來觀察，都能產生許多美麗而生動的幻想。
行程4. 陰陽海
... 特殊在於它不同隅蔚藍海岸的黃褐顏色,黃藍相對映下,形成了北部聞名的「陰陽海」奇觀。 根據研,陰陽海的成因為酸礦排水,因金、銅、鐵礦在雨水、溪水及地下水等流到礦坑,與鐵細菌產生催化作用,形成硫酸亞鐵。 ...
行程5. 黃金瀑布
黃金瀑布位於台北縣瑞芳鎮的興村與梅蘭村之間，由於早期於瀑布小溪上游，為採銅礦之處，長年來因重金屬類礦砂沉積溪床作用之下，使其水質氧化而形成奇特的金黃色瀑布景觀，當地居民將其稱為『黃金瀑布』。
於黃金瀑布景觀處，可將鄰近的陰陽海其美麗的景致盡收眼底，也可從此處遠眺到整個金瓜石山城，如此遼闊的視野，總是吸引許多遊客們慕名到此賞景拍照留念。尤其每當夕陽西下時，在夕陽的餘暉照映之下，更為黃金瀑布添增三分色彩，使其看來金碧輝煌宛若一座黃金寶庫。
而平日於黃金瀑布，也會看見即將步入禮堂的新人到此此景拍攝婚紗照，藉由黃金瀑布的背景陪襯，使婚紗照看來更顯浪漫、唯美，和著新人們臉上幸福喜悅的表情，增添出濃烈的甜蜜感。若是您有空，不妨到此一遊。
行程6. 金瓜石
黃金博物園區的主要館舍規劃包含有：介紹與展示礦業文化及黃金物理特性的「黃金博物館」；讓民眾能夠深入礦坑坑道體驗採礦情景的「本山五坑坑道體驗」；展示金瓜石地區生態環境與地質礦體特色的「環境館」；「太子賓館」則開放周邊庭園參觀，讓民眾欣賞優雅的日式宮廷建築之美；此外，地質公園、金瓜石神社、茶壺山、戰俘營、黃金瀑布等人文生態地質景觀，亦是園區週邊不容錯過的重要景點。
行程6. 九份
九份簡介
九份位於新北市瑞芳區，是昔日台灣的採金礦中心，環山面海，擁有變化多端的山海美景，為一座小小的山城，保有著純樸的舊日生活風貌，但在金礦產業漸漸沒落之後，九份的輝煌時期便走向歷史；時至今日，由於觀光產業的興起，九份又恢復到以往的繁榮，在老街上處處是人聲鼎沸，忙碌的都市人在這裡找到一處可以放鬆心靈的地方。
九份的歷史發展
九份的歷史發展根據《台北縣誌》上的文獻資料顯示，在清朝初年的時候這裡的村落只住了9戶人家，因此每當外出到市集購物或是貨船來到時每樣東西都是要九份，後來九份便自然而然地成為這裡的地名；清朝光緒19年(西元1893年)在九份地區發現砂金，淘金與採金的人潮便逐漸湧入此地，於是展開了淘金歷史，到了第二次世界大戰台灣光復後淘金熱潮減退，人潮也漸漸散去，終於在1971年正式結束開採。
九份老街的特色介紹
由於九份依舊保留著日據時代的舊式建築，其主要的景觀聚集在基山街，是九份最熱鬧的街道，土小吃芋仔蕃薯、九份第一家茶坊及九份文史工作室都設置於此，還有觀景台可以看九份的海景；豎崎路是特殊的丰」字道路，為九份的直向道路，絕無僅有的階梯路上有很多觀景茶館；輕便路上則有許多九份民宿，還有九份金礦城懷舊壁畫。
九份美食
九份的懷舊氣息，自然而然的也承襲的許多美食，例如香Q有勁的芋圓，除了原有的地瓜、芋頭口味之外，還有特別的抹茶口味，冷熱皆宜喔；紅糟肉圓則以傳統古法製作內餡兒，搭配上軟嫩的外皮，味道恰如其分的醬料，在您口中形成絕妙的滋味；此外還有黑糖麻糬、豆腐乳、無鉛土皮蛋等等，都是相當美味的伴手禮喔！
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