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Arbatax, Tortolì fraction, is one of the most important ports on the east coast of Sardinia, located on the northern tip of the promontory of Capo Bellavista, the town is built around a tower of the late sixteenth century, which served as a munitions depot. Arbatax is famous for the characteristic red rocks, a cliff of red porphyry, which is located near the harbor, behind the east pier. Beyond the reef opens a passage carved into the rock through which you go to a beach at the foot of the red rocks.
Arbatax is a territory rich in green Mediterranean scrub and the characteristic red rocks and masses of porphyritic granite.
Arbatax is a stunning place to be in the spring, when you can see an explosion of colours with the contrast of the rocks of the headland and the reef, the white sandy beaches and the limpid waters. A natural frame to this panorama are the surrounding mountains, the highest on the island.
Arbatax (in sardo Arbatassa) è una frazione costiera del comune di Tortolì, in provincia dell'Ogliastra, sede di porto e di aeroporto (Tortolì-Arbatax).
Arbatax si trova su una penisola, (Capo Bellavista), al centro della costa orientale sarda, a ridosso dello Stagno di Tortolì. I centri abitati più vicini sono Tortolì (che è il capoluogo del comune di cui la frazione Arbatax fa parte: a 5 km), Girasole (a 7 km) e Lotzorai (ad 9 km).Le Rocce Rosse sono il Monumento Naturale più conosciuto di Arbatax, oltre che uno dei simboli dell'Isola. Vengono anche detti, meno diffusamente, "Scogli Rossi" e rappresentano una delle tante formazioni di filoni di porfido rosso affiorante dell'Ogliastra, (come per esempio i faraglioni di Cea a Bari sardo). Situate tra il Porto e Cala Moresca, queste rocce di porfido rosso dalla forma particolare che va man mano a stagliarsi nelle acque del Mediterraneo, non sono solo un monumento naturale ma rappresentano anche lo spendido e panoramico scenario della piccola spiaggia di scogli bianchi e di granito rosa, nonchè scenario dell'appuntamento annuale del ROCCE ROSSE & BLUES, una manifestazione musicale molto famosa
I just had a browse for a few examples for us and these are just a fraction of the awesomeness out there...
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I think it's fun to see what the Flickr Host thinks is interesting in my personal photos. They capture only a small fraction of my personal favorites of my own photos, and certainly a very very small fraction of my favs of my friends photos!
This grey background is ghastly! Yes, it is a color that detracts from the presentation. Can someone help me? Is there a way in Scout to set the background color to suit the photographer's "Sense and Sensibility"?
1. MIT's Frank Gehry Affecting Tucson? Hmmm... Makes you wonder!, 2. ♥ Young Ballet Dancers In Studio ~~ Having Fun ~~ Mugging For The Camera, 3. Mandelbrot Fractal Meets Escher Tesselation "Hands-On" In a Dimensional Distortion Field The Uncertainty of How We Should Or Must View Dimensionality Itself , 4. Karina Ballerina Airborne-01 - A Picture Within A Picture - Student and Teacher, 5. Unnamed Melody ~~ Last White Summer Flower of 2011 In Tucson? ~~ Garlic vs Rose~~, 6. Stablized Shadow ^_^ Without Wall Fixture ^_^ - {Explored July 15th}, 7. 100_7052- Heart Healthy Breakfast, 8. Norman Walker's "The Sacred Path",
9. My Cardiac Surgery - News Update #3, 10. 100_6270 Gobi Desert Beauty :: First White Hollyhock of 2011, 11. Cup of Rose Tea, 12. Bokeh Bubbles, 13. Cholla Cactus Trunk and Arms Remain Standing, 14. First Perennial Pollen of 2011 - Into The Heart Of Darkness, 15. ~~ Racked and Stacked ~~, 16. Inspecting Tutus With Multi-Spectral Lights,
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Famous touristic place for climate and beautiful beaches, the Lido of Mazzarò has grown from an ancient settlement of fishermen. The bay faces the Ionian Sea, surrounded by bright colors or blue depending on water depth, or from the different angle of sunlight. Mazzarò (alias Taormina mare) is a coastal fraction of Taormina. Tourists have plenty of choice, to make their way from Taormina that leads to the sea and vice versa. You can drive along the Via Pirandello and continue on the SS.114, or by the cable car that connects in few minutes Mazzarò to Taormina center and vice versa. For those who wants to enjoy the colors of Sicily can undertake a walk that starts from the beautiful panoramic view and ends with the arrival of the front bay of Isola Bella, immersed in an evergreen garden full of flowers and prickly pears characteristic of the Mediterranean. From the Bay of Mazzarò you can reach any other costal area : The Grotta Azzurra, the Capo Taormina one of the most exclusive area , also for its emerald green sea.
La funivia di Mazzarò collega il centro della città di Taormina, in Sicilia con la costiera jonica in località Mazzarò proprio di fronte all'omonima baia, poco più a nord dell'Isola Bella.La costruzione della funivia venne intrapresa alla fine degli anni venti come informava nel 1928 la rivista Vie d'Italia del Touring Club Italiano. Ha nel tempo subito importanti riammodernamenti strutturali.L’impianto attuale, di costruzione Leitner, è del tipo cabinovia monofune con stazione traente posta a valle; l'impianto supera il dislivello di 170,5 m con uno sviluppo lineare di 725,32 m e una pendenza massima del 68%. Le cabine sono agganciate stabilmente in due gruppi di 4 cabine ciascuno e viaggiano ad una altezza massima dal suolo di poco più di 30 m.La quantità di persone trasportate per ciascuna cabina è di 12 unità e ciò consente una portata oraria di circa 650 passeggeri. Gli orari di apertura sono dalle 8h alle 20h 15', con corse effettuate ogni quindici
minuti.
Taormina is a comune and small town on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Messina, about midway between Messina and Catania. Taormina has been a very popular tourist destination since the 19th century. It has popular beaches (accessible via an aerial tramway) on the Ionian sea, which is remarkably warm and has a high salt content. Taormina can be reached via highways from Messina from the north and Catania .Just south of Taormina is the Isola Bella, a nature reserve. Tours of the Capo Sant' Andrea grottos are also available. Taormina is built on an extremely hilly coast, and is approximately a forty-five minute drive away from Europe's largest active volcano, Mount Etna.A stay at Taormina is not just a seaside vacation. This area, rich in charm and history, must be experienced in a spirit that is outside the ordinary, and for one simple reason: here, everything is extraordinary. Every stone is a thousand-year-old piece of history, the glorious sea reflects Taormina's beauty, as it shapes and marks the passage of time, and the places that enchanted the Greeks create to this day a vibrant and exciting ambiance. But trying to describe in words what makes Taormina unique is truly difficult.
Taormina ist eine Stadt mit 11.076 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2010) an der Ostküste Siziliens. Die Gründung der Stadt geht auf die Sikuler zurück, die schon vor der griechischen Kolonisation auf den Terrassen des Monte Tauro siedelten. Im 4. Jahrhundert vor Christus wurde die Stadt griechisch. Die heutige Stadt ist eine Neugründung aus dem Mittelalter, nachdem die Araber die antike Stadt zerstört hatten.Auf Grund der malerischen Landschaft, des milden Klimas und zahlreicher historischer Sehenswürdigkeiten entwickelte sich die Stadt im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert zu einem der wichtigsten Touristenzentren Siziliens. Besonders bekannt und sehenswert sind das antike Theater mit Blick auf den Ätna und den Golf von Giardini-Naxos und die kleine Insel Isola Bella vor der Küste Taorminas.
Taormina (griego antiguo Ταυρομένιον, Tauromenion, latín Tauromenium) es una ciudad situada en la costa este de la isla de Sicilia (Italia), en la provincia de Mesina, a medio camino entre Mesina y Catania. Cuenta con 10.991 habitantes.Está casi en el límite de la provincia de Catania, se extiende por el monte Tauro, a 200 m de altitud, y se halla en un balcón sobre el mar, enfrente del volcán Etna. Es un centro turístico muy importante desde el siglo XIX.Posee magníficas playas (accesibles mediante teleférico) y un patrimonio histórico muy rico, cuyo máximo exponente es el célebre teatro greco-romano. Además, se conserva un castillo árabe, que ocupa el lugar de la antigua ciudadela o Arx.Taormina y el volcán Etna al fondo, desde el teatro griego.La ciudad fue fundada por los griegos en el 736 a. C., con el nombre de Naxos.La leyenda cuenta que los marinos griegos que pasaban por la costa oriental de Sicilia olvidaron realizar sacrificios en honor a Poseidón, y él, encolerizado, les hizo naufragar. El único superviviente, Teocles, llegó al Capo Schico, próximo a Naxos, y volvió a Grecia para contar las maravillas de Sicilia, convenciendo a sus compatriotas para instalarse en la isla.
Taormine, en italien Taormina, est une commune de la province de Messine en Sicile (Italie).Taormine est située sur la côte est de la Sicile, à peu près à mi-chemin entre Messine et Catane (50 km), presque à la limite de la province de Catane.Elle s’étend sur le Mont Tauro à 200 m d’altitude. La ville est en balcon sur la mer face à l’Etna. La Calabre, distante d'environ 30 km, est visible par temps clair ainsi que la nuit.La légende dit que des marins grecs, passant sur la côte orientale de la Sicile, avaient oublié de sacrifier à Neptune. Celui-ci, en colère, fit chavirer leur embarcation. Le seul survivant, Théocle, parvint au Cap Schiso, non loin du site de Naxos (aujourd'hui Giardini-Naxos). Il retourna ensuite en Grèce pour narrer à ses compatriotes les merveilles de la Sicile. Certains, convaincus, décidèrent de venir s’y installer.
Taormina è un comune di 10.991 abitanti della provincia di Messina. E' uno dei centri balneari di maggiore rilievo di tutta la regione. Il suo aspetto, il suo paesaggio, i suoi luoghi, le sue bellezze riescono ad attirare turisti provenienti da tutto il mondo.Situata su una collina a 206 m di altezza sul livello del mare , sospesa tra rocce e mare su un terrazzo del monte Tauro, in uno scenario di bellezze naturali unico per varietà e contrasti di motivi , splendore di colori e lussureggiante vegetazione.Il clima è dolcemente mite.Molto belle le mezze stagioni , Primavera e Autunno infatti vantano un clima idealmente mite.La storia di Taormina è sicuramente costellata da molteplici dominazioni, e questo è possibile vederlo passeggiando per le strade del centro storico che mostrano i segni lasciati dai vari popoli passati per Taomina. Essendo situata al centro del mediterraneo la Sicilia fu sempre una preda ambita per la sua posizione strategica di passaggio,situata sulla parte est e in posizione fortificata su una collina permetteva già da allora di controllare buona parte della costa ionica e ha sempre rappresentato un ottimo punto di fortificazione e controllo nelle stradegie di guerra. Dopo aver attestato l'esistenza di una sede di siculi ( antichi abitanti dell'isola, detti anche sicani) presso Taormina, per certo vi passarono e vi lasciarono le loro tracce I Greci, i Romani, i Saraceni, dunque gli Arabi, i Bizantini ,I Normanni , Gli Aragonesi , e per ultimi i Borboni.Un soggiorno a Taormina non è semplicemente una vacanza al mare. Questi luoghi, pregni di storia e di fascino, chiedono infatti di essere vissuti con uno spirito diverso da quello comune e la ragione è semplice: qui tutto è fuori dall'ordinario.Ogni pietra reca in sé una storia millenaria, il mare meraviglioso su cui Taormina riflette tutta la sua bellezza, condiziona e scandisce lo scorrere del tempo ed i luoghi che furono l'incanto dei greci trasmettono tutt'oggi un'atmosfera vibrante di emozioni. Ma tentare di descrivere con le parole ciò che rende unica Taormina è davvero difficile.
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Arbatax, Tortolì fraction, is one of the most important ports on the east coast of Sardinia, located on the northern tip of the promontory of Capo Bellavista, the town is built around a tower of the late sixteenth century, which served as a munitions depot. Arbatax is famous for the characteristic red rocks, a cliff of red porphyry, which is located near the harbor, behind the east pier. Beyond the reef opens a passage carved into the rock through which you go to a beach at the foot of the red rocks.
Arbatax is a territory rich in green Mediterranean scrub and the characteristic red rocks and masses of porphyritic granite.
Arbatax is a stunning place to be in the spring, when you can see an explosion of colours with the contrast of the rocks of the headland and the reef, the white sandy beaches and the limpid waters. A natural frame to this panorama are the surrounding mountains, the highest on the island.
Arbatax (in sardo Arbatassa) è una frazione costiera del comune di Tortolì, in provincia dell'Ogliastra, sede di porto e di aeroporto (Tortolì-Arbatax).
Arbatax si trova su una penisola, (Capo Bellavista), al centro della costa orientale sarda, a ridosso dello Stagno di Tortolì. I centri abitati più vicini sono Tortolì (che è il capoluogo del comune di cui la frazione Arbatax fa parte: a 5 km), Girasole (a 7 km) e Lotzorai (ad 9 km).Le Rocce Rosse sono il Monumento Naturale più conosciuto di Arbatax, oltre che uno dei simboli dell'Isola. Vengono anche detti, meno diffusamente, "Scogli Rossi" e rappresentano una delle tante formazioni di filoni di porfido rosso affiorante dell'Ogliastra, (come per esempio i faraglioni di Cea a Bari sardo). Situate tra il Porto e Cala Moresca, queste rocce di porfido rosso dalla forma particolare che va man mano a stagliarsi nelle acque del Mediterraneo, non sono solo un monumento naturale ma rappresentano anche lo spendido e panoramico scenario della piccola spiaggia di scogli bianchi e di granito rosa, nonchè scenario dell'appuntamento annuale del ROCCE ROSSE & BLUES, una manifestazione musicale molto famosa
A fraction of the Galahs at sunset.
(This is part of series "Some of the birds at Bowra Lagoon last November". I'm trying to catch up before heading off again on what will hopefully be a photographically fruitful trip).
I like the Base Toys range for their screw construction and interchangeable parts which lend themselves so well to conversion work. This is one of my simpler efforts and started life as the GWR Foden DG ballast tractor; the chocolate and cream livery is rather attractive so I simply removed the logos with nail varnish remover rather than giving it a full repaint. In the back is a whitemetal Gardner 6LW generator set from Doug Roseaman and the living wagon on tow is a very old Fraction Models kit.
Edgar Besussan's photograph immortalises a science lesson sixty years ago..
There was obviously an explosion in 2009 - as Mr Kyan has blue speckles all around him!
I don't know if the explanation will make this almost abstract better or worse, but this is a reflection of the Musée d'Orsay's western tower clock in the mirrored wall of the museum's Café Campana...
"...a place that inspires the imagination. Designed by the Campana brothers, famous Brazilian designers, the café transports the visitor into a dream-like aquatic environment, directly inspired by Emile Gallé, and a tribute to Art Nouveau"
I know that it inspired me personally to take dozens of photos of various reflections and juxtapositions, of which this, to me, is the most complete.
Fraction wild ... un luogo non lontano da casa mia , abbastanza selgaggio !
Barco di Sotto Tn 03.11.2013
Rasiglia is a mountain fraction of the municipality of Foligno that rises at over 600 meters above sea level, along the state road 319, about 18 km from the city of Quintana.
The town, which retains the typical characteristics of the medieval village gathering in an amphitheater structure, is famous above all for its springs: walking through the suggestive alleys of the center it is impossible not to be enchanted by the waterways that cross the town, making it unique and charming.
The spring that feeds and runs through Rasiglia is that of Capovena: it is located in the upper part of the town, at the foot of the building that the Trincis (lords of Foligno between 1305 and 1439) occupied at the time of their government over the Foligno area, and which runs through the country forming rivulets and waterfalls that meet in a large pool called "Peschiera", and then pour into the river Menotre.
Here my friends and I spent a significant fraction of our dissolute youth over endless cups of coffee, eggs, bacon, home fries, hamburger steak and cigarettes. At 2 AM the bars would close and the Diner would transform into a loud and smoky after-party. Looking back it seems like another lifetime entirely.
I'd been waiting for a suitably atmospheric misty morning to take a few half-light photos of the newly restored sign. Weekday traffic usually argues against heading in toward DC in the morning but this close to Christmas there is a short window of opportunity. There were no customers yet as I took some shots of the exterior. I was a little surprised they were open that early after having been closed the previous day but happy to find the neon on. I hadn't planned on getting breakfast there but my sense of obligation to support this icon of my youth got the better of me and I decided to be the first customer of the day.
I'd eaten here a couple of times since I had first heard it had reopened so I knew the food was decent, (actually much better than I remember it ever having been!) So I sat myself in the eastern corner booth and ordered the sausage gravy on biscuits. One of the new owners was sitting nearby at the counter doing paperwork so I struck up a conversation with him and got the story of the Diner's resurrection. His history with the Diner was similar to my own - although his preferred seat was the western corner booth. It was great to trade Diner stories and learn some of the details of its history. It is evident his rescue of the Diner is a labor of love.
While we were chatting a woman appeared from the kitchen, stared at me for a second and then said my name. I honestly didn't recognize her but it turned out that she had lived in my old neighborhood and knew my younger brother. She referred to me as the "elusive" older brother - which adjective I heartily enjoyed. It was interesting how much she knew about me and the house I grew up in but it sort of made sense since it turned out she was friends with one of my old neighbors.
Anyway, this place is great. Once they get the old bench seats restored and put 'Rocky Top' back on the jukebox it will be amazing - even if you didn't happen to grow up in Fairfax.
Gotfryd, Bernard,, photographer.
[Merce Cunningham Dance Company performing "Fractions," New York City]
March 1981.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm (slide format)
Notes:
Title based on information from slide mount or other caption information provided by the photographer.
Photo agency: Newsweek.
Date on slide mount: 3/81.
On mount: Fractions and Cunningham & Co.
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Gift; Bernard Gotfryd; 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:032).
Subjects:
Dance performances
United States--New York (State)--New York.
Format: Slides--Color--1980-1990.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For information see "Bernard Gotfryd," hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.592.gotf
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Part Of: Bernard Gotfryd photograph collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650142
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/gtfy.06792
Call Number: LC-GB05- 6792
Save by a fraction - or would have become a fiction!
Venue is the level crossing near Udvada station, Gujarat. The green giant AJNI WAG-9# 31040 was making its way towards jnpt.
Arzan Kotval
This is the minimal version: One piece of printed paper, cut with scissors, one brass paper fastener. It works.
Learn how to make your own working replica of the 1952 Fraction Of An Inch Adding Machine right here.
English Heritage site illustration.
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Bolingbroke Castle is now a fraction of its former glory but - in its day - it was a handsome and important building. As the birthplace of Henry of Bolingbroke, later King Henry IV, it could be argued that Bolingbroke was the cradle of the so-called 'Wars of the Roses' as it was Henry who overthrew the unpopular Richard II - but his act of rebellion also established a precedent. Two generations later the House of York overthrew his equally unpopular grandson, Henry VI.
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The area had been fortified by the Saxons in the 6th or 7th century AD but in the 12th century the Normans built a motte and bailey castle on a nearby hill. The present castle was founded by Ranulf, Earl of Chester in 1220 shortly after he returned from the Fifth Crusade. Its imposing round towers were fashionable and he may have been inspired by castles he saw on his travels. He also chose to build without a keep although the huge gatehouse may have served a double function of both keep and gate.
The site is an irregular hexagon with round towers at the salient points and a handsome twin-towered gateway facing the present village. The moat to the main site was 90-100 feet wide with the water lapping at the base of the walls when built. Today, so much material has fallen into the moat that there is now a wide berm around the base of the exterior wall where visitors can walk. When built it was lime-washed in white and traces of this remain on some of the walls today.
Ranulf had died in 1232 without a male heir, and his titles, lands and castles passed to his sisters. Following the death of the first Duke of Lancaster in 1361 Bolingbroke passed through marriage into the ownership of John of Gaunt. His wife Blanche, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, was born at the Castle in 1345. John and Blanche's son, Henry was also born at Bolingbroke Castle in 1367 and became known as "Henry of Bolingbroke" before he took the throne in 1399.
In addition to this main castle there is a ditched outer enclosure (see aerial photo) which may have served an agricultural purpose. Within this there is a mysterious earthwork of roughly 'playing card' shape with its long side facing towards the castle. This earthwork has not been positively identified but the ditch is still deep enough to be flooded today and was clearly defensive. It is probably a siege earthwork from 1643 (its in the right position and at the right range for muskets and cannon) but the enclosure also strongly resembles the king's 'pleasaunce' which Henry IV's son, Henry V, constructed at Kenilworth Castle during his reign. At Kenilworth this functioned as a secure pleasure palace to entertain friends, and the ladies, at the far end of the huge lake and moat. Bolingbroke's may have been an earlier essay in the craft given that Henry of Bolingbroke was under constant threat when he got into dispute with Richard II. Henry snr may have needed somewhere outside the smells and claustrophobia of the castle's main walls where he could kick back and enjoy himself in relative security. The outer ditched area around would then lend itself to riding and hawking. Think of it as a 'man cave' in the garden perhaps? Of is it just a Parliamentarian siege work?
The local building material was poor in quality and by the 16th century, the castle had fallen into disrepair. Some work was carried out during the Tudors. In 1636 a survey found that all of the towers were - effectively - beyond repair.
A bad castle is better than no castle, so at the start of the English Civil War Bolingbroke was garrisoned by the Royalists. In 1643 it was damaged in a siege and the nearby Battle of Winceby. The following year, the castle was recaptured from Parliament but was lost again later. In 1652 the castle was 'slighted' (deliberately damaged) to prevent any further use. The towers and walls were torn down and dumped into the moat. The last major tower fragment collapsed in 1815.
Of course none of this collapse would have been helped by locals robbing the stone for their own buildings. Large parts of the castle are probably in the village and in surrounding farms and villages!
The site is free to visit, supported by a local friends group.It is in the care of English Heritage via a Lincolnshire heritage group.
Referred to by some as Khao San Road on the river, Don Dhet is a classic backpacker hub with just a fraction of the shenanigans that take place on Khao San Road. Now well-established on the backpacker trail through Laos, the number and quality of rooms on Don Dhet continues to climb steadily. The scenery is indeed beautiful and the ambience very relaxed, but Laos this is not. Anyone who tells you differently has eaten too many banana pancakes.
If you're on the way here expecting to experience the local culture, prepare to be very, very disappointed. If, on the other hand, all you want to do is relax in a hammock for a week (or a month), meet and talk to travellers and eat traveller food then you're in the right place.
Certainly it's a beautiful area, with daily sunsets and sunrises equally stunning and a wealth of activities on offer – hiking to waterfalls, taking boat or cycling trips, general hiking, camping and extended hammock laying. You could busy yourself here for days or weeks.
You can easily visit nearby Don Khon by crossing the French Bridge, where there are great waterfalls, rusty trains, and the occasional glimpse of an Irrawaddy dolphin.
Electricity arrived in Don Dhet just a few years back and all rooms now at least have a light and a fan. And the fan you will absolutely need as most rooms are extremely stuffy due to the intense heat of the day, which doesn't seem to go away overnight. Especially now that most bungalows come with tin roofs, which compound the issue of the heat. Particularly brutal are the sunrise bungalows in the early morning and the sunset bungalows from about 15:00 onwards.
When we previously visited Don Dhet, rooms were still available for $1 per night. Now, the cheapest you will find is around the $3 per night mark or a little higher, depending on the season. And even these rooms are difficult to find and are extremely basic -- more like camping than staying in a room.
Most bungalows these days are moving toward private bathrooms, but there are still plenty around that share facilities. Overwhelmingly, we found that those with shared facilities offered fairly poor value as they were often priced similarly to those places with private bathrooms.
The accommodation on Don Dhet runs along three sides of the island: the northwest side (sunset side), the northeast side (sunrise side) and the southeast side (facing Don Khon).
For some, this is what travelling is all about. Relaxing by the river, living cheaply and meeting new friends. For others, it's exactly the opposite of what they are looking for. It all depends on what you want from your journey and only you can be the judge of whether this place is a good one or not.
Orientation
Boats from Nakasang usually dock at one of two landings, depending on where you depart from -- songthaews from Pakse often head to the landing to the south of Nakasang, and the boats that leave from there pull up at the landing about midway along the eastern coast of Don Dhet. There is some accommodation between here and the French bridge to the south (which crosses over to Don Khon). These are good places to get away from the throngs if you're looking for some solitude.
Heading north, there's a long line of places to stay, eventually coming to a junction marked with signs pointing to accommodation on the sunset side. This road crosses the island and continues south for a bit before ending in some rice fields -- enterprising hikers who pick their way through the fields can find their way south to the French bridge.
The eastern road continues from the junction to the top of the island, passing the boat landing at the north end -- the boats here cross back and forth between here and the landing in Nakasang town proper. You'll want to take a boat from this landing when leaving Don Dhet, because songtheaws to Pakse depart from Nakasang town.
The road continues around the top of the island and terminates at Khampong Restaurant and Guesthouse. To get to the sunset guesthouses further south, you'll have to backtrack to the junction and take the sunset road.
Internet is widely available on the island with free WiFi often offered in cafes and guesthouses. At this point in time, it's quite poor and relies on the 3G signal. While this is fine if you have one person connected, we found that groups of people with iPhones would congregate at restaurants and this typically slowed internet down to a snail's pace. Your best bet is to buy your own Unitel SIM card and data.
There is no post office, no police station and no hospital on Don Dhet. The nearest facilities are all on Don Khong.
There are no ATMs on the island, but the town of Nakasang across the river has a BCEL ATM should you be running low on cash. Shops in the north of Don Dhet can exchange foreign currency and Adam's Bar offers a cash advance service from credit cards.
And finally, here's a bit of a hint for the uninitiated: the word 'happy' when it appears next to an item on a menu in Don Dhet has a very special meaning. Ask around before you order (by Adam Poskitt, travelfish.org).
The iFi iDSD Pro.
I came to discover ifi after a past of positive and negative experiences in the audio in the last 30 years, in the search for the holy grail of sound in my living room, I have had a lot of brands, Nad, Rotel, Mark Levinson, Linn, Sony, Cyrus, Audiolab, Pioneer, Marantz, Rega, Bowers & Wilkins, Castle Speakers, Vandersteen, Paragon Regent Speakers, monitor Audio, Kef, Mission Cyrus speakers, only to name a few.
Some of my old gear I sold until today I remember them as pieces I regret not having today, My Marantz CD10 and Marantz CD16, My Sony SCD1, my loving Levinson 383 had circuit board problem and was 14 months waiting an internal circuit board repair in the Portuguese representative of the brand, and because of that bad experience and some others in the audio world, I sold my Levinson at a low price and almost all audio gear I had, I loved that Levinson, and that warranty experience was something very negative for me as a user, I abandoned audio and that search that never ends, and for 8 years the computer and headphones was my way to interact with music, a big downgrade from what I was used to.
Six years ago I started looking for a DAC and some better speakers to my iMac, the speakers I found that in my opinion produced an acceptable sound was the Harman Kardon GLA-55, latter paired with a monitor audio subwoofer, and sound was ok, at least a better experience that the iMac speakers had, In a search for a good computer DAC I discovered the ifi brand and their range of products, a perfect match for what I was thinking.
The products made by ifi were good looking and they supported DSD and HD audio formats something I was willing to try as I own many SACD’s, DSD was very appealing format to me, I purchased the ifi iDSD, it came in a beautiful package and well built, I connected the iDSD to my iMac and clicked on play on the iTunes App, a glimpse of what I have had in the past for a fraction of the price, for me it was it, the holy grail in price paid and return that I was receiving, so I started a new journey, maybe a never ending one certainly full of new product discoveries, but at every step taken up is a more engaging and pleasant one.
So ifi brought me back to the audio experience, today my computer audio system is a little upgraded from the Harman Kardon GLA55 and Micro iDSD, I just acquired an ifi Pro iDSD that was launched in the end of May. It finely arrived and took the place of my ifi Micro iDSD Black, micro iTube 2 and micro iUSB 3.0, every person quantifies the upgraded differences obtained by each component change differently, for some is the same experience a little better and a justified investment or not, for others a small sonic achievement is a huge upgrade in the final result, for me and after some weeks of listening to the ifi Pro iDSD there is no way I could live anymore without it, so I acquired it.
The Pro iDSD has a lot of functionality that you could see on the ifi website ifi-audio.com/home/products/pro/ I will focus more on the sound and changes I have noticed from the micro iDSD Black.
The global sound grows in small big changes, the separation, fluidity, speed, soundstage of the tracks is so better defined that you can’t stop playing and thinking constantly “this one is really on another level of gear”. That’s not a subtle change, the global sound character is similar to the micro iDSD Black Label, but sounds are presented very fast, the sense of speed is really impressive, the impact, transients, instrument separation, identification of the elements on the soundstage, multiple voices are perfectly separated, it’s all there, every audio file you play on the Pro iDSD is a new experience. I do remember in the past of investing a lot more and get almost none.
If you own one of the other ifi product line like the nano, micro, or even other brand DAC of the same price level, when you connect the Pro iDSD you will have a constant audio discover on each track of your library, it’s noticeable right away if your system has the quality to show and reveal what the iDSD pro can archive you will be amazed.
The micro iDSD Black was a feat for the price, but the Pro iDSD takes every aspect from the micro iDSD BL and gives him super powers.
The iDSD Pro has almost all features you will ever need, there are two absent from the pro iDSD the XBass and 3D sound, you can have this feature in the Pro iCan, but having them in the Pro iDSD is a miss in my most minimalistic good sounding system I can have, and to add these features the pro iCan is a necessary add-on that comes with more cables and more accessories in the middle of the sound signal. The iDSD approach for me is more a puristic approach and first a DAC, all the other features come for me as a bonus, it’s a product that will reveal all elements of the sound presentation, and plays your music files from multiple formats, it’s very easy to setup and very well built, and the oled in the middle of the unit makes me in love by it
So the iDSD Pro for me it’s finesse, fireworks, emotion, love, an even better capacity of turning small detail perceptible in a way that appears natural to my ears, it’s adds macro to the texture detail in the mix, better quality bass, initially the bass appears to be less present, less present in this case of the Pro iDSD is not less bass, but a bass with musical scale and better defined, there is no 3D or XBass, but there is a lot more to take out from every track.
The iDSD Pro will not hide a bad recording, It will show without any guilt the quality of a bad studio engineer or a low quality mix, if the mix is bad it will sound very bad, but if you give the Pro iDSD a better quality track, you will make your speakers rock has they never think they would be capable of, after that you will not let the iDSD Pro go back to the store.
There are a lot of offers in this segment, some more expensive, some less, I have built my system from the beginning on the original ifi IDSD Sound Signature, so in my case it was a perfect match.
I didn’t focus on many aspects like streaming, digital filters, upsampling to DSD1024, playing directly from SD or SSD USB HD, and finely Airplay, the Airplay functionality is my favorite and there is a lot more the Pro iDSD can do, In the last weeks I tried some of this functionality for curiosity and they all shine in a way that describing it will take weeks or months, my main use will be in the desktop computer and I am loving it.
If you are serious about your audio, the ifi Pro iDSD should be one of the higher priorities on your list of a DAC acquisition. If the price is too hot, the micro iDSD Black Label could give you a lot from the Pro iDSD at a very affordable price, and is my favorite DAC in the price / sound return equation.
All devices where connect to an Audioquest Nigara, the power cables including computer and ifi IDSD Pro were with Audioquest Tornado, and Audioquest Thunder for each of the Speakers.
USB Cables in use are ifi Gemini 3.0 and Audioquest Diamond USB Cable, also used ifi iUSB 3.0 in between.
Speakers are Focal Solo 6BE.
Interconnect Linn Silver balanced.
Software used, Roon and Audirvana.
The related review is a personal opinion of the experience and use of the products acquired. All products were acquired at retail price, in normal stores that have them in stock, and I am not sponsored by any of the brands mentioned or any kind of brand.
Remake of the Carl Zeiss Biotar 75mm f/1.5, also known as ‘the Original King of Bokeh’ instead of the Helios 40 85/1.5 as ‘King of Bokeh’. It seems that the TTArtisan draws identically except for coated lenses, the same soft look especially wide open, sharpness in the centre and – well – very soft at the edges, unless you stop down. But it has character, discreet swirl if desired and bokeh as mentioned above. Even the exterior, including size and weight, are almost identical, even M42 (!), a Biotar in black, full metal, very solid, 13 blades - only new and costs a fraction of a used Biotar.
Fossil Falls, Mojave Desert. Plenty of holes cut right through the rocks by water. October 20, 2007. Photo #24 of 40.
Fossil Falls, Inyo County, California - Located roughly an hour north of Ridgecrest along Highway 395, Fossil Falls is woefully misnamed - it contains neither fossils nor waterfalls. Instead, it is an interesting geologic feature that illustrates the power that water commands over rock with the passage of time.
This corner of California is still geologically active, with nearby bubbling hot springs and hot spots - Panum Crater just to the north erupted only a few hundred years earlier. The area that surrounds Fossil Falls, in the shadows of the nearby Coso Range of mountains, is covered with lava flows ranging from a few hundred thousand years old to just a few thousand years old. One of these lava flows crossed the watershed of the (now dry) Owens River.
During the last ice age, approximately 10,000 years ago, massive amounts of meltwater from the glaciers formed massive lakes in eastern California. This water poured over the basaltic lava rocks, wearing them down, polishing them into smooth shapes, forming the present-day Fossil Falls. While the area is now usually bone-dry, Fossil Falls shows what happens when billions of tons of water need to find some place to go.
A bumpy dirt road just past Little Lake leads to a small parking area. From here, a trail leads a fraction of a mile through the sharp, jagged rocks to the top of the falls - a large U-shaped nearly vertical drop to the base of the falls below. It's 70-80 feet straight down, then there is a second dropoff further downstream. But all around the lip of the falls are all sorts of curiously curved rock-forms, holes and water-swept mini-caves, all perfectly smooth and shiny in contrast to the razor-sharp basaltic boulders just feet away. Also of note just to the north, within sight of the falls, is the nearly symmetrical Red Cinder Mountain, a recent volcano waiting for its next chance to erupt.
In addition to its unique geologic interest, Fossil Falls is also very popular with rock climbers, providing numerous opportunities for all experience levels. Many of the rocks also sport prehistoric petroglyphs dating back thousands of years.
For me, this was just a quick visit, as part of the first day on my three-day trip to Death Valley. (Earlier in the day I had stopped at Randsburg and Red Rock Canyon State Park, and later in the day I visited Darwin and Darwin Falls.) It was extremely windy, with gusts approaching fifty miles per hour, so standing close to the edge of the falls was a dubious prospect (these same winds were whipping up massive wildfires in Los Angeles on that same day). Less than an hour to visit, didn't afford me the time to climb down into base of the falls, or look for Indian petroglyphs. Down in the valley below, a small group of rock climbers were goofing around, and a bus full of college students pulled up as I left.
For more information on Fossil Falls, please visit:
- Fossil Falls at Digital Desert.
Pictures taken on October 20, 2007. For more pictures of Fossil Falls, please visit my Fossil Falls photoset.
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CloudSat-AIRS cloud top height differences as a function of AIRS cloud fraction are shown. Since the ability of AIRS to characterize cloud amount and height is cloud-type dependent, differences in the agreement between AIRS and CloudSat vary depending on the cloud type. (a) For all cloud types. (b) portion of PDF in (a) where the cloud classification indicates Altocumulus (Ac) clouds at the CloudSat cloud top; there is no partitioning of CloudSat profiles that may contain one or more vertically-stacked cloud types. (c) Altostratus (As). (d) Cumulonimbus (Cb). (e) Cirrus (Ci). (f) Cumulus (Cu). (g) Nimbostratus (Ns). (h) Stratocumulus (Sc). The relative frequencies of each cloud type are given by the magnitudes of each PDF.
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Citation: Kahn, B. H., Chahine, M. T., Stephens, G. L., Mace, G. G., Marchand, R. T., Wang, Z., Barnet, C. D., Eldering, A., Holz, R. E., Kuehn, R. E., and Vane, D. G.: Cloud type comparisons of AIRS, CloudSat, and CALIPSO cloud height and amount, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 1231-1248, 2008.
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About AIRS
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, AIRS, in conjunction with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit, AMSU, sense emitted infrared and microwave radiation from the Earth to provide a three-dimensional look at Earth's weather and climate. Working in tandem, the two instruments make simultaneous observations all the way down to the Earth's surface, even in the presence of heavy clouds. With more than 2,000 channels sensing different regions of the atmosphere, the system creates a global, 3-dimensional map of atmospheric temperature and humidity, cloud amounts and heights, greenhouse gas concentrations, and many other atmospheric phenomena. The AIRS and AMSU fly onboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft and are managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, under contract to NASA. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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NASA/JPL AIRS Project
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Had some old Math textbooks for a while now. Trying to figure out exactly what I want to do with them.
The Price Tower was commissioned by Harold C. Price, for use as a corporate headquarters for his Bartlesville company. His wife, Mary Lou Patteson Price, and his two sons, Harold, Jr., and Joe, rounded out the building committee. The Prices were directed to Frank Lloyd Wright by architect Bruce Goff, who was then Dean of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma, where the Price sons had studied. That relationship bonded into a life-long patronage of both architects by the Price Family. Wright designed an Arizona home for the senior Prices and a Bartlesville home for Harold, Jr., his wife Carolyn Propps Price, and their six children. Goff, who was also a tenant at Price Tower, became the favored architect of Joe Price, designing a bachelor studio on his family's property in Bartlesville and two later additions following his marriage to Etsuko Yoshimochi.
Wright nicknamed the Price Tower, which was built on the Oklahoma prairie, "the tree that escaped the crowded forest," referring not only to the building's construction, but also to the origins of its design. The Price Tower is supported by a central "trunk" of four elevator shafts which are anchored in place by a deep central foundation, as a tree is by its taproot. The nineteen floors of the building are cantilevered from this central core, like the branches of a tree. The outer walls hang from the floors and are clad in patinated copper "leaves." Wright had championed these design ideas, which other architects had put to use before the construction of the Price Tower, as early as the 1920s in his design for an apartment complex of four cantilevered towers for St. Marks-in-the-Bowerie in downtown New York City. Following the effects of the Great Depression, the project was shelved and adapted by Wright for the Price Company in 1952. Wright, therefore, plucked his "tree" out of the "crowded forest" of Manhattan skyscrapers and placed it on the Oklahoma prairie where it continues to stand uncrowded by neighboring tall buildings.
The floorplan of the Price Tower centers upon an inlaid cast bronze plaque, bearing the logo of the Price Company and marking the origin of a parallelogram grid upon which all exterior walls, interior partitions and doors, and built-in furniture are placed. The resulting design is a quadrant plan—one quadrant dedicated for double-height apartments, and three for offices. The materials for the Price Tower are equally innovative for a mid-twentieth-century skyscraper: cast concrete walls, pigmented concrete floors, aluminum-trimmed windows and doors, and patinated embossed and disstressed copper panels. The general geometric element is the equilateral triangle, and all lighting fixtures and ventilation grilles are based upon that form while the angled walls and built-in furniture are based on fractions or multiples of the triangular module. The lobby contains two inscriptions by Walt Whitman. One is from the concluding stanza of Salut au Monde, and the other from Song of the Broad-Axe.[3]
Wright designed the St. Mark's project for apartments, but his Price Tower was to be a multi-use building with business offices, shops, and apartments. The H. C. Price Company was the primary tenant, and the remaining office floors and double-height apartments intended as income-raising ventures. Tenants included lawyers, accountants, physicians, dentists, insurance agents, and the architect Bruce Goff, who kept an office in the tower as well as rented one of the apartments. A women's high-end dress shop, beauty salon, and the regional offices of the Public Service Company of Oklahoma occupied a two-story wing of the tower, with a drive-through passageway separating the high and low structures. The Price Company occupied the upper floors, and included a commissary on the sixteenth floor as well as a penthouse office suite for Harold Price, Sr., and later his son, Harold, Jr.
The H.C. Price Company sold Price Tower to Phillips Petroleum in 1981 following a move to Dallas, where their company is presently located. Phillips Petroleum's lawyers deemed the exterior exit staircase a safety risk, and only used the building for storage.[4] They retained ownership until 2000 when the building was donated to Price Tower Arts Center, and it has returned to its multi-use origins. Price Tower Arts Center, a museum of art, architecture, and design; Inn at Price Tower; Copper Restaurant + Bar, and the Wright Place museum store are the current major tenants with smaller firms leasing space. In 2002 Pritzker Prize winning architect, Zaha Hadid, was commissioned to design a museum expansion for Price Tower Arts Center—a project that was included in the 2006 retrospective exhibition of Hadid's work at the Guggenheim Museum, New York City.
On March 29, 2007, Price Tower was designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior, one of only twenty such properties in the state of Oklahoma [1]. In 2008, the U.S. National Park Service submitted the Price Tower, along with nine other Frank Lloyd Wright properties, to a tentative list for World Heritage Status. The 10 sites have been submitted as one, total, site. The January 22, 2008 press release from the National Park Service website announcing the nominations states that, "The preparation of a Tentative List is a necessary first step in the process of nominating a site to the World Heritage List."[5]
February 20, 2004
Seventy-three forgotten, abandoned children are now well provided for and
living without fear at the Living Hope orphanage in Puebla, Mexico. Eight
adults and two children from Woodland Hills spent New Year¹s week in Puebla
ministering to these children and the dedicated workers who now care for
them in a safe, loving environment.
The children were abandoned by their parents and forced to live on the
streets where they were easy targets for abuse. ³If I had a fraction of what
has happened to these children happen to me, I¹d be curled up in a corner,²
says Joan Eggert who, along with her 10-year-old daughter, Jordyn, was part
of the team. ³But they are so trusting and so loving, they just run into
your arms.² Unfortunately, most of the children running into their arms had
the flu.
Shortly before the mission team arrived, what the Mexicans call the ³United
States flu² had swept through the orphanage. Although the team was a little
apprehensive, they just couldn¹t resist holding the children. ³They just
want mommies and daddies, so they can curl up in their laps,² explained
Joan. The team realized early on that they had all been exposed to the flu
virus shortly after arriving at the orphanage and that there was no point in
holding back now. So they loved, hugged and cuddled with reckless abandon.
Before it was all over, half of the team contracted the flu. But Joan said,
³Even after they got sick, nobody was sorry they went. They were all
blessed.²
According to Associate Youth Pastor Jordan Schroeder, the purpose of any
trip to Puebla is to bring money and a crew and ask the people that run the
orphanage what they would like the team to do. ³It¹s all about service,²
Jordan explained. The leadership team spends considerable effort trying to
impart an attitude of service into mission trip participants. Jordan
explained that they want to avoid any appearance of ³Americans coming with
all the answers.² Instead, they aim to humble themselves and serve the
leaders of the orphanage in whatever way they request.
In this case, the assignment was to paint the ministry house. The ministry
house is a three-bedroom home with a kitchen and living room. It¹s also
where the team stayed during their visit. But when team members are asked
about the trip, very little is said about paint it¹s always about the
people.
On New Year¹s Day, the team put on a carnival for the kids. There were
balloons, games and all the usual carnival fare. Many of the kids were still
sick, but they didn¹t seem to care. They all had a tremendous amount of fun.
And since it was New Year¹s Day, there was already a sense of celebration in
the air.
While ministry to the kids is always a big part of the trip, the real
purpose is to minister to the workers that keep the orphanage running. The
kids always get plenty of care, love and ministry from the workers. It¹s the
workers that need encouragement and help even in the little things.
Joan is a hairdresser and spends her time there doing the workers¹ hair. One
woman, with hair to her waist, wanted a perm so badly that she was willing
to sit in the chair all day despite the fact that she was a flu victim and
had a raging fever. She had been waiting and anticipating the team¹s visit
because she had been promised a perm during the previous trip. When the
woman came in for her perm, she was obviously ill. Joan hesitated for fear
of catching the flu, but she said the Lord reminded her that ³it¹s not about
you; you¹re here to serve.² The perm went well, and Joan never did get sick.
From that point on, she chuckled every time she caught herself hesitating
because a person was sick.
Esperanza Viva (Living Hope) Youth Home was opened in September 1995 by
Jerry and Susan McNally, who left St. Paul to open the orphanage. While the
McNally¹s are responsible for oversight of the home, it is almost entirely
run by indigenous people. The current president of the orphanage is a
Mexican.
The ultimate vision of Living Hope is to develop property into the City of
Hope which could support over 1,000 children and workers. With this
expansion, there would be greater capacity for outreach to the community at
large, and according to McNally, ³It would become a shining illustration to
the world of the Father-heart of God for His weary and downtrodden
children.² As an early step toward fulfillment of that vision, a church was
recently opened to serve the Puebla community.
Among the workers at Living Hope are Ryan and Molly Nielsen, missionaries
from Woodland Hills. The Nielsens, along with their two young children,
moved to Puebla in September 2003. They are expecting their third child in
August. Molly said that during a one-week trip to Guatemala, ³the Lord
called us out and changed our lives completely. Now we are here serving long
term.²
The Nielsens are appreciative of every group that comes down. They say that
the support in prayer, encouragement and fellowship that they receive really
makes a difference to them. They delight in watching each team member
experience things that will change him or her forever. They also watch for
any sign that there may be future long-term missionaries in the group that
just don¹t know it yet. There is a real enjoyment in watching the team bless
the children, and seeing how, in turn, the children bless the team. Most
team members agree that while they go to bring a blessing, they leave more
blessed than they arrived.
Michael Bushilla has been to Mexico twice before, but not to the orphanage.
This time he brought his wife Paula and 12-year-old son Alex. They sponsor a
boy and a girl at the orphanage and were able to visit them. The boy, Luis,
is also 12. He and Alex formed a bond in spite of a challenging language
barrier. Because he has been on several trips, one might wonder if the trips
get routine. But Michael says, ³Every mission trip changes you to a certain
extent. It puts everything back into perspective.² Commenting on this trip
he says, ³It was an awesome experience.²
The Eggert family also sponsors a child at Living Hope. When they selected a
child, they looked for someone near Jordyn¹s age so that the two could more
easily relate. They decided on Ofelia, whose birth date is only one day
before Jordyn¹s. This was their second trip to Puebla, and Joan is amazed at
how at home her daughter is there. She said Jordyn looked at her during the
trip, and in spite of being sick with the flu told her mom, ³I never want to
go home.²
How much trouble is it to go on a missions trip? There are a lot of meetings
for planning and some just for bonding with other team members. Then there¹s
the fund raising activities. But was it too hard? Joan said, ³God opened all
the doors, we just walked right through.²
So what¹s a mission trip like? Joan sums it up like this, ³It was just
amazing. I call it a love-soaker.²
article by Mark Kretschmar
See this article at www.whchurch.org/content/page_288.htm
Final cover for Casanova issue #12
written by Matt Fraction
interior art by Fábio Moon
cover by Gabriel Bá
Bolingbroke Castle is now a fraction of its former glory but - in its day - it was a handsome and important building. As the birthplace of Henry of Bolingbroke, later King Henry IV, it could be argued that Bolingbroke was the cradle of the so-called 'Wars of the Roses' as it was Henry who overthrew the unpopular Richard II - but his act of rebellion also established a precedent. Two generations later the House of York overthrew his equally unpopular grandson, Henry VI.
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The area had been fortified by the Saxons in the 6th or 7th century AD but in the 12th century the Normans built a motte and bailey castle on a nearby hill. The present castle was founded by Ranulf, Earl of Chester in 1220 shortly after he returned from the Fifth Crusade. Its imposing round towers were fashionable and he may have been inspired by castles he saw on his travels. He also chose to build without a keep although the huge gatehouse may have served a double function of both keep and gate.
The site is an irregular hexagon with round towers at the salient points and a handsome twin-towered gateway facing the present village. The moat to the main site was 90-100 feet wide with the water lapping at the base of the walls when built. Today, so much material has fallen into the moat that there is now a wide berm around the base of the exterior wall where visitors can walk. When built it was lime-washed in white and traces of this remain on some of the walls today.
Ranulf had died in 1232 without a male heir, and his titles, lands and castles passed to his sisters. Following the death of the first Duke of Lancaster in 1361 Bolingbroke passed through marriage into the ownership of John of Gaunt. His wife Blanche, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, was born at the Castle in 1345. John and Blanche's son, Henry was also born at Bolingbroke Castle in 1367 and became known as "Henry of Bolingbroke" before he took the throne in 1399.
In addition to this main castle there is a ditched outer enclosure (see aerial photo) which may have served an agricultural purpose. Within this there is a mysterious earthwork of roughly 'playing card' shape with its long side facing towards the castle. This earthwork has not been positively identified but the ditch is still deep enough to be flooded today and was clearly defensive. It is probably a siege earthwork from 1643 (its in the right position and at the right range for muskets and cannon) but the enclosure also strongly resembles the king's 'pleasaunce' which Henry IV's son, Henry V, constructed at Kenilworth Castle during his reign. At Kenilworth this functioned as a secure pleasure palace to entertain friends, and the ladies, at the far end of the huge lake and moat. Bolingbroke's may have been an earlier essay in the craft given that Henry of Bolingbroke was under constant threat when he got into dispute with Richard II. Henry snr may have needed somewhere outside the smells and claustrophobia of the castle's main walls where he could kick back and enjoy himself in relative security. The outer ditched area around would then lend itself to riding and hawking. Think of it as a 'man cave' in the garden perhaps? Of is it just a Parliamentarian siege work?
The local building material was poor in quality and by the 16th century, the castle had fallen into disrepair. Some work was carried out during the Tudors. In 1636 a survey found that all of the towers were - effectively - beyond repair.
A bad castle is better than no castle, so at the start of the English Civil War Bolingbroke was garrisoned by the Royalists. In 1643 it was damaged in a siege and the nearby Battle of Winceby. The following year, the castle was recaptured from Parliament but was lost again later. In 1652 the castle was 'slighted' (deliberately damaged) to prevent any further use. The towers and walls were torn down and dumped into the moat. The last major tower fragment collapsed in 1815.
Of course none of this collapse would have been helped by locals robbing the stone for their own buildings. Large parts of the castle are probably in the village and in surrounding farms and villages!
The site is free to visit, supported by a local friends group.It is in the care of English Heritage via a Lincolnshire heritage group.