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Under the arches of the Ouse Valley Viaduct near Balcombe, West Sussex, UK.
Built in 1841, the Ouse Valley Viaduct (also called Balcombe Viaduct) over the River Ouse on the London-Brighton Railway Line in England north of Haywards Heath and south of Balcombe is 1,475 feet (450 m) long.
The viaduct is 96 feet (29 m) high and is carried on 37 semi-circular arches, each of 30 feet (9.1 m), surmounted by balustrades. Each pier contains a Jack arch with a semi-circular soffit to reduce the number of bricks required. At each end of the abutment is an ornamental square open tower, the brickwork of which is faced with stone from Heddon Quarries near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The viaduct was designed by engineer for the line John Urpeth Rastrick in association with the architect of the London to Brighton railway, David Mocatta. It has been described as "probably the most elegant viaduct in Britain."
The viaduct was opened in July 1841. The 11 million bricks needed for its construction were shipped up the Ouse River (via Newhaven and Lewes) from the Netherlands. It cost £38,500 to build (equivalent to about £3½ million in 2014).
The structure is a Grade II* listed building and was restored in 1996 with grants from the Railway Heritage Trust and English Heritage. Matching stone was imported from France, to ensure a close match with the existing balustrades and pavilions.
The viaduct is still used, with around 110 trains per day passing over it on the Brighton Main Line.
it doesn't look like they are but they were running across the field, far away... so not the best quality image but I still like it.
The meadow is near Ianova. I stopped the car and took this picture to take with me the colors of nature. I hope you will enjoy them too.
Canola/Rapeseed field in full bloom.
Barn in middle of field surrounded by hedge with lead in of trees and tracks from tractor.
Tree line at top of field balances out the foreground.
You must try the Wholegrain version
A gentle breeze, journeyed haphazardly across the expanse of curved fresh barley. I effortlessly bobbed in the maize sea, the warm air, sweet with the cereal's perfume. Soft dry soil, stuck to my bare feet like talcum powder. I was warm and cool intermittently, for the time I sat there: The breeze, rushed through the grasses stroking me with its coolness...then seemed to courteously fade as the clouds opened and the sun warmed me again.
Wardwood Lane is a green (well, today muddy and icy) track that leads from the village of Lilley to Warden Hill at the eastern end of the Chilterns. Here we are just within a piece of Hertfordshire that juts into Bedfordshire below the Icknield Way. At this point a track leads off between the fields to a farm over the horizon.
Wow is it ever wildflower season in Stanley right now. Take a look at the wider shot to see the purple-meadow effect, but those delicate little camas flowers are too pretty not to get their own closeup. And the light and bokeh - so beautiful. I didn't think my widest 17-50mm lens would do too well on a flower shot, but opened up to 3.2 and it's actually not bad!
Why is it when they're in a large field like this they cause you stop the vehicle, get out and shoot photographs, but when they are in patches on a lawn you just want to uproot them? :-)
This was a very spontaneous trip to a nearby sunflower field as the light got right.
July 2018 | Niefern-Öschelbronn
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