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Sometimes I just want to shove all those paper out the windows.
The church is a grade I listed building situated on the west bank of the River Sowe at the southern end of the village, surrounded by an extensive churchyard. Built of red sandstone ashlar, it consists of chancel, north chapel, vestry, nave, south aisle, and west tower, and dates from the latter part of the 12th century.
This photograph was taken with a Pentax 6 x 7 medium format camera and a 55mm wide angle lens fitted with an orange filter. The film was Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO and professionally developed and scanned.
7822 heads it's way up grade out of shenton heading for market bosworth on the 31st of December 2022
Grading the silk
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BNSF 7805 leads NS 119 west through Charleston Grade, located on the west end of Christiansburg, VA.
Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1270206
Date First Listed : 20 June 1972
This was built 1836-8 as a Trustee Savings Bank, designed by George Webster in Italianate style, and the clock tower was added in 1844. The bank is in limestone, on a plinth, rusticated in the ground floor and ashlar above, and has a slate roof and two storeys. There is one bay on Market Street and three on Union Street. On each front is a band between the floors, a modillioned cornice, and the central part projects under a pediment. The doorway, on Union Street, has unfluted Doric columns, an inscribed frieze, and a cornice, above which is a decorated cast iron balcony. On the roof is a two-stage tower with open arches in the lower stage, and above is a dome with clock faces, a finial and a weathervane.
Liebherr PR736 dozer of Alan Whiteford Contracts working on an embankment for the entrance of a housing development in Bucksburn.
I'm not normally the complaining type, especially about things that are mostly trivial, but this is absurd.
So I got my sorting done, and for the first time in a long while almost my entire collection is properly sorted. Which makes it easier to notice trends in my pieces. "I'm really low on upwards-facing L-brackets" "For some reason I have an asymmetrical number of wedge plates" "I have way too many mixel joints" "All but two of my white 1x1 cheese slopes have hairline fractures in them" "Wait, what?" Yeah, that took me by surprise. I know a couple of them were broken, but i didn't think it was the overwhelming majority. I decided to check and sure enough the 4 on Candy's face are all fractured too.
These pieces are all a couple of years old, so that might be why. Hopefully this issue has been addressed, because I'm gonna have to buy some new ones, apparently.
I'd grade these aspen below a "B" and the changing day no better. Just average! Nevertheless, this is as good a place to be with my camera as any! I left this in the editing directory but should have included it in the earlier "Switzerland Trail" series. Here is where the sky became overcast and the day became toast. I had to walk all the way back to the truck. I have a way to go. Sometimes, I have simply too many captures to include in a series and, well, I get anxious to turn to new presentations and new leafs.
This section of the Switzerland Trail RR grade navigated the Rockies but in fact, not withstanding all the curves along this route, the elevation gain is little. Several stops and camps meant slow going before the terminus just after Ward, Colorado. Heavy grades had nothing to do with dogged schedule. It's clear that I need a full day on the grade above here along with a climb to the top of the ridge for the grand view but only at drop-offs.
This was mountain railroading back in the day of steam power when aspen leaves decorated the train cars as they snuck up grade and passengers got tipsy views from 5-6 feet above grade.
Admittedly, this shot is not far from an earlier scene I posted but it shows the best aspen color. I am well up the old Switzerland Trail RR grade from Gold Hill Station on the Denver, Boulder & Western RR. Behind is where the northerly grade curves around to the southwesterly direction, avoiding a precipitous drop into Lefthand (Ni-Wot - Arapahoe Indian chief) Canyon. It enters thicker stands of ponderosa and aspen along the slope. The grade will enter the ponderosas and stands of aspen uncleared by snowslides. This section is driveable and shows tire signs of recent travel when last the Trail was damp. I chose to walk and enjoy the day without electronic eye, ear, nose and throat distractions while listening for birds and rustling. I've watched minks playing and nest building while everyone else, stuffed with personal pods passed as if deaf, dumb and blind to the real world. I parked well before a curve cut and left the truck. Snow's interlude may not last much longer from the look of the sky and it loaded us up last winter. This aspen stand was as colorful as any up here. Nothing turned orange-red this year after a recent snow and big blow.
Here, we are headed away from the the curve around edge of the slope. Though the grade looks tangent here, one of the route's designers admitted at least one curve was too tight for the engines that were on order. They simply changed the labels on the surveys ever so slightly. Apparently, the engine design had that much slack built in. (source, a Boulder mechanical engineering student of one designer) That's why the inner drivers were "blind" and without flanges on the consolidation type engines (2-4-0s) so they could navigate tight curves.
Portions can be driven in high-centered (not necessarily 4WD, it's level) vehicles. Get out and walk for an encompassing experience and a lot of nice shots. Well along the grade west of here it's cut off by the Sawmill road. Find the Switzerland Trail right here on Google maps at 40.057165, -105.465255. Zoom in, many segments of the grade are marked on Google maps as seen here. Derivable stretches are solid grey. Take the camera, a snack and hydration. You need the exercise (the current best way, not Amazon's Echo, to insure longevity), the reason for my excursions. Much is missed from a vehicle; park it in a handy spot. On such a trek on the Switzerland Trail, it is impossible to get lost; follow the grade! You'll find a lot of scenes with the Rockies in the backdrop.
Switzerland Trail and Indian Peaks Wilderness Area up the hill remain... at least until the Trump Dump sells it off to HIS "flag" ship of logging, mining and drilling big money interests.
Usually tractors are nimble, so they can maneuver on farms and on the land. But this one is only fit for large open areas it seems...
There was a large tractor department at this meeting.
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Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1327120
Date First Listed : 27 May 1977
An early 18th century cottage with a slate-hung front and a slate roof. It has two storeys and a symmetrical front of two bays. The central doorway has a panelled door and a wooden porch, and the window are sashes.
From our apartment window. The stormy afternoons gave a couple of good sunsets. The sun set behind the headland to the left, but the colour in the sky was still good
- www.kevin-palmer.com - After the snow storm ended on Saturday I went snowshoeing up Red Grade Road. Rime ice was sticking to all the trees.
Grade II listed historic building built for the Yorkshire Penny Bank in 1898.
"Bishop Auckland /ˈbɪʃəp ˈɔːklənd/ is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Darlington, 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Durham and 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Crook at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless. According to the 2001 census, Bishop Auckland has a population of 24,392, increasing to 25,455 according to the 2016 estimate.
Much of the town's early history surrounds the Bishops of Durham and the establishment of a hunting lodge, which later became the main residence of the Bishops of Durham. This link with the Bishops of Durham is reflected in the first part of the town's name.
During the Industrial Revolution, the town grew rapidly as coal mining took hold as an important industry. The subsequent decline of the coal mining industry in the late twentieth century has been blamed for a fall in the town's fortunes in other sectors. Today, the largest sector of employment in the town is manufacturing.
Since 1 April 2009, the town's local government has come from the Durham County Council Unitary Authority. The unitary authority replaced the previous Wear Valley District Council and Durham County Council. Bishop Auckland is located in the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency. With its mining history, it used to be a safe Labour seat, but flipped for the Conservatives with a sizeable majority for the first time in 2019 after the area had decisively voted to leave the European Union three years prior.
Bishop Auckland has a town-twinning with the French town of Ivry-sur-Seine. The town is also colloquially referred to as Bish Vegas, the origins of which are unclear." - info from Wikipedia.
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NR25 and DL40 leading 4SA8 'Indian Pacific' tackle up the grades through Lawson. This is the first time in two weeks that an IP liveried loco has lead the Indian Pacific out of Sydney.
Lawson, NSW.
Wednesday 18 September 2013.
Coaster train 639 roars up grade behind an F40 as it nears the summit of Miramar Hill. This side of Miramar has a ruling grade of 2.0%.
Looking up Michaelgate towards the Grade I Listed Lincoln Cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of Lincoln, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Building commenced in 1088 and continued in several phases throughout the medieval period. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1549) before the central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars; the eminent Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: "I have always held... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have."
Remigius de Fécamp, the first bishop of Lincoln, moved the Episcopal seat there between 1072 and 1092. Up until then St. Mary's Church in Stow was considered to be the "mother church" of Lincolnshire (although it was not a cathedral, because the seat of the diocese was at Dorchester Abbey in Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire).
Bishop Remigius built the first Lincoln Cathedral on the present site, finishing it in 1092 and then dying on 9 May of that year, two days before it was consecrated. In 1141, the timber roofing was destroyed in a fire. Bishop Alexander rebuilt and expanded the cathedral, but it was mostly destroyed by an earthquake about forty years later, in 1185. The earthquake was one of the largest felt in the UK. The damage to the cathedral is thought to have been very extensive: The Cathedral is described as having "split from top to bottom"; in the current building, only the lower part of the west end and of its two attached towers remain of the pre-earthquake cathedral.
After the earthquake, a new bishop was appointed. He was Hugh de Burgundy of Avalon, France, who became known as St Hugh of Lincoln. He began a massive rebuilding and expansion programme. Rebuilding began with the choir and the eastern transepts between 1192 and 1210. The central nave was then built in the Early English Gothic style. Until 1549 the spire was reputedly the tallest medieval tower in Europe, though the exact height has been a matter of debate.
The two large stained glass rose windows, the matching Dean's Eye and Bishop's Eye, were added to the cathedral during the late Middle Ages. The former, the Dean's Eye in the north transept dates from the 1192 rebuild begun by St Hugh, finally being completed in 1235.
After the additions of the Dean's eye and other major Gothic additions it is believed some mistakes in the support of the tower occurred, for in 1237 the main tower collapsed. A new tower was soon started and in 1255 the Cathedral petitioned Henry III to allow them to take down part of the town wall to enlarge and expand the Cathedral, including the rebuilding of the central tower and spire.
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile died and King Edward I of England decided to honour her, his Queen Consort, with an elegant funeral procession. After her body had been embalmed, which in the 13th century involved evisceration, Eleanor's viscera were buried in Lincoln cathedral, and Edward placed a duplicate of the Westminster tomb there.
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A loaded unit coal train works hard up the grade out of Denver as they continue south for a destination down the line.
The Grade I listed Worcester Cathedral which before the English Reformation was known as Worcester Priory. In Worcester, Worcestershire.
It is the seat of the Bishop of Worcester and its official name is The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester. Built between 1084 and 1504, Worcester Cathedral represents every style of English architecture from Norman to Perpendicular Gothic. It is famous for its Norman crypt and unique chapter house, its unusual Transitional Gothic bays, its fine woodwork and its "exquisite" central tower, which is of particularly fine proportions.
What is now the Cathedral was founded in 680 as a Priory, with Bishop Bosel at its head. The first priory was built in this period, but nothing now remains of it. The crypt of the present-day cathedral dates from the 10th century and the time of St Oswald, Bishop of Worcester. The monastery became Benedictine in the second half of the tenth century. The Priory came to an end with King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the Benedictine monks were removed on 18 January 1540 and replaced by secular canons. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the former Priory was re-established as a cathedral of secular clergy. In the 1860s the cathedral was subject to major restoration work planned by Sir George Gilbert Scott and A. E. Perkins.
Worcester Cathedral embodies many features that are highly typical of an English medieval cathedral. Like the cathedrals of Salisbury and Lincoln, it has two transepts crossing the nave, rather than the single transept usual on the Continent. This feature of English Cathedrals was to facilitate the private saying of the Holy Office by many clergy or monks. Worcester is also typical of English cathedrals in having a chapter house and cloister. To the north side of the cathedral is an entrance porch, a feature designed to eliminate the draught which, prior to the installation of modern swing doors, would blow through cathedrals whenever the western doors were open. Worcester Cathedral's tower was constructed in the Perpendicular style is described by Alec Clifton-Taylor as "exquisite" and is seen best across the River Severn.
The earliest part of the building at Worcester is the multi-columned Norman crypt with cushion capitals remaining from the original monastic church begun by St Wulfstan in 1084. Also from the Norman period is the circular chapter house of 1120, made octagonal on the outside when the walls were reinforced in the 14th century. The nave was built and rebuilt piecemeal and in different styles by several different architects over a period of 200 years, from 1170 to 1374, some bays being a unique and decorative transition between Norman and Gothic. The oldest parts show alternate layers of green sandstone from Highley in Shropshire and yellow Cotswold limestone.
The east end was rebuilt over the Norman crypt by Alexander Mason between 1224 and 1269, coinciding with, and in a very similar Early English style to Salisbury Cathedral. From 1360 John Clyve finished off the nave, built its vault, the west front, the north porch and the eastern range of the cloister. He also strengthened the Norman chapter house, added buttresses and changed its vault. His masterpiece is the central tower of 1374, originally supporting a timber, lead-covered spire, now gone. Between 1404 and 1432 an unknown architect added the north and south ranges to the cloister, which was eventually closed by the western range by John Chapman, 1435–38. The last important addition is Prince Arthur’s Chantry Chapel to the right of the south choir aisle, 1502–04.
Flashback to the eighties
Eighties fashions seem to have fallen out of fashion, but there are a few looks I still like to recycle.
I’m rewearing a fifth grade trend. (At least it was a trend in my elementary school.) The cool fifth grade girls wore a v-neck sweater, backwards, over a racer-back tank. I raided my mother’s closet for an oversized, yellow sweater, which I wore over a yellow tank, instantly making me “cool.” (But not really.)
Sweater, Forever 21 (thrifted). Tank, Boao. Skirt, Billabong. Shoes, Durango. Earrings, self-made. Bag, A+ for Aldo.
The grounds of Doddington Hall a Grade I Listed Elizabethan mansion complete with walled courtyards and a gabled gatehouse. In Doddington, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire.
Doddington Hall was built between 1593 and 1600 by Robert Smythson for Thomas Tailor, who was the registrar to the Bishop of Lincoln. In the 12th century the manor of Doddington was owned by the Pigot family who sold it to Sir Thomas Burgh in 1450, and eventually to John Savile of Howley Hall in Leeds. In 1593, he sold the manor house to Thomas Tailor who commissioned the present house.
It was inherited by his son, and then his granddaughter Elizabeth Anton who married Sir Edward Hussey of Honington in Lincolnshire. Their son Sir Thomas Hussey inherited in 1658. Sir Thomas's three daughters were his co-heiresses when he died in 1706.
Mrs Sarah Apreece was the surviving heiress and on her death in 1749, her daughter Rhoda, wife of Captain Francis Blake Delaval of Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland, inherited. It then passed to her second son, Sir John Hussey-Delaval, and he had improvements made to the Hall in 1761 by Thomas and William Lumby of Lincoln.
John's younger brother Edward inherited in 1808, and his daughter, Mrs Sarah Gunman, who inherited on her father's death in 1814, left the Hall to Lieutenant Colonel George Jarvis in 1829. On his death it passed to his cousin the Rev Robert Eden Cole, and it remains in private ownership today. In the mid-20th century the Hall was restored by Laurence Bond and Francis Johnston.
The Hall's contents, including textiles, ceramics, porcelain, furniture and pictures, reflect 400 years of unbroken family occupation. It is surrounded by 6 acres (24,000 m2) of walled and wild gardens with flowering from early spring until autumn.
The Hall and Gardens are open to the public, with facilities for private tours and school visits. A temple designed by Anthony Jarvis in 1973 stands in the gardens. Summer concerts and occasional exhibitions are held in the Long Gallery. Other businesses have been developed on the estate such as the sale of Christmas trees, weddings and a farm shop selling local produce.
The Grade II* Listed 78 Derngate a Georgian house built in 1815 and now a museum in the Cultural Quarter of Northampton, Northamptonshire.
It is noted for its interior, which was extensively remodelled in 1916 and 1917 by noted architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh for businessman Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke as his first marital home.
The rear elevation also features a striking extension with two elevated balconies which, in 1916, overlooked meadowland to the edge of Northampton. The design origins of this extension have been the subject of some scholarly debate and a myth of Mackintosh as a modernist pioneer in his late career has persisted. However, recent research suggests that Bassett-Lowke and Alexander Ellis Anderson (a Northampton-based architect who supervised the remodelling) may also have had a hand in the design of this structure as well as Mackintosh. In 1926 the Bassett Lowkes moved to New Ways, a pioneering modernist house designed by Peter Behrens close to Abington Park.
Between 1964 and 1993 the building was used by Northampton High School for girls, initially as offices but later as classrooms. In 2002 work started to restore the house to Mackintosh's original design. This work was under the direction of architects John McAslan + Partners and involved a team of specialist contractors for expert restoration, or replication of, the original features of the Mackintosh period scheme.
After eighteen months of restoration, the house was opened to the public in late 2003. Small group guided tours or self-guided visits are available and provide an insight into this stunning and unique example of a Mackintosh-designed house in England.
A supporting museum adjoins 78 Derngate and is housed in number 80. In 2003, the Discovery Channel aired a documentary series hosted by Eric Knowles titled The House That Mackintosh Built. The series followed aspects of the property restoration as it was in progress. In May 2007 a new visitors centre at 82 Derngate was opened to provide further facilities and exhibitions for visitors. This building, also restored by John McAslan + Partners, houses a restaurant, art galleries, meeting rooms, shop, visitor reception and administration offices. A regular programme of exhibitions and events is offered and an active 'Friends of 78 Derngate' group continues to raise funds for ongoing development of the project. On 3 October 2013, HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester visited 78 Derngate to commemorate the 10th anniversary of its opening to the public.
I have a load of many, many more edits to make from my two eDDie treks but I want to edit and post more of my Switzerland Trail trek during this autumn's aspen color.
I snapped more shots after rounding the curve above Lefthand Canyon but all these curves are above the highway. I captured this shot across another gully beyond the spot where I left off last year where the view opened again after my recent posts. The grade across the gully shown, is on the way to Brainerd's Curve and road down to Brainerd's Mill on LeftHand Road to Ward. This is a colorful spot along the continuing Switzerland Trail narrow gauge railroad grade. Along the grade here, the grade scenery is typical until the view opens up to views beyond.
It's easy to see how much rock was pushed aside from the grade where I am standing at the bottom of the scene. At least the rock shores up the old grade turned back country road. The rock looks like that shown in my recent (four back) Rock ledge shot. Boy, this 1/20/th of a second exposure should be far shakier.
I have to learn to heavily study Weather Underground for current and upcoming weather conditions later in the day. I looked out the window and I saw a possibility of clearing to mixed clouds and blue. The fact is there are a few days open for shooting the best color up here and the Zinky-Dink crowd are promoting dig-and-burn to mix up the atmosphere. In any case, this is my shot. I made another foray up LeftHand Road a day or two later for more color. Unedited shots sit in another work directory.
This autumn snap along the Switzerland Trail to Ward, shows the railroad grade ahead. I trekked above Gold Hill, Colorado and veered along the railroad grade cut with aspirations of reaching the mountain-bound mining camp of Ward as its first true mountain mining town. This day started as a foray into the hills to search for aspen cloaked in showy fall coats. I thought Google maps showed more aspen on this side of the ridge. The color was generally at peak on that day but it may not look like it while along this old grade turned rough road. This is the narrow gauge railroad grade on the northern, Ward branch, west and north from Gold Hill Station atop the ridge. Sunset, Colorado was at the bottom of the ridge in the canyon left of me and was the division point on the Denver, Boulder & Western RR. You'll need your rock tires on if you plan on driving this track; it's been better and mostly smooth as a railroad. Well except when the snow avalanche slid the entire train down the mountainside above here. I chose the reliability of walking; I wanted a quiet stroll. It must have been a highly sought trip when the viewpoint would have been 10 feet higher while in a rocking passenger car. The original grading on the railroad named The Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific RR around the 1885 date made it west to Sunset. The Pacific was impossible. After reorganization, it was routed northwest to Ward and southwest to Eldora, Colorado from the Sunset division point. In the distance, the grade ducks to eventually swing left around the wooded hill.