Cemeteries, headstones, and old family photos
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Headstones on the Alter Südfriedhof (Old Southern Cemetery) in Munich.
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Headstone viaduct spans the River Wye at Monsal head, it caused controversy when first built by the Midland rail company in 1863. John Ruskin famously ranted that the valley has gone, and the Gods go with it and now every fool from Buxton can be in Bakewell in half an hour and every fool Bakewell can be in Buxton....Things have not changed much since then.......beats me why anyone would want to get to London half hour quicker at the cost of Billions of pounds
Took a guided tour of the Common Burying Ground in Newport, RI with a couple of photographer friends and others who were interested in the history of colonial Newport.
The burying ground was established in 1665 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Hats off to our guide, Lew who gave us a well documented history lesson!
This image is my photographic take away.
Monsal Trail, Peak District
Last minute day out with Miss C, last one before she's let loose on the nations railway system, so quite possibly the last one :-)
We were going to head to the Lake District but after both having a busy weekend went for the easier option.
Definitely a location for another visit in the autumn.....
On a serious note good luck in the new job Emma!
The monsal trail goes through a series of tunnels, and this is the first of them Headstone Tunnel. Still slightly blackened with the soot from the steam trains that once passed through, the abandoned stretch of railway line still has echoes of the past.
Since being a kid I have always wanted to explore the full length of the Monsal Trail in the Peak District, which follows a 9 mile stretch of old railway line from Bakewell to Blackwell Mill. At the time none of the tunnels were open so large detours had to be made following the Derwent River (that was over 30 years ago, mind!), but with the tunnels now opened it was a great trip to take the bike out on.
Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Scotland
What a place! The mixed weather certainly made for some heavy contrasts here. To me, the large boulder in the top right of the frame looks to have a face, hence the title. I imagine my face might look somewhat similar following a few hundred years or so of being blasted by the Scottish weather!
As always, thanks in advance for any comments or favourites you may wish to make.
Any trip up the single track road to the Quiraing on Skye takes you past the Burial Ground at Balmeanach. On my way back dawn after a dawn visit I stopped to take moment to contemplate the final resting place for the local hardy folk.
The setting is memorable in many ways. Not least the setting beneath the looming escarpment of the Trotternish ridge. The mighty faces of Cleat and Bioda Buidhe providing such a dramatic backdrop in the early autumnal light.
A 533 yard tunnel which was part of the Hassop to Buxton railway line, which in turn was part of the London to Manchester line. Opened in 1863, and closed by Beeching in 1968 barely 100 years later. Now part of the Monsal Trail, a wonderful cycling route from Bakewell to (almost) Buxton.
Frightliner veterans 86639 & 86622 lead DIT 86609 & 86608 through Headstone Lane on the 19th of September 2020, working the 08:25 4L93 intermodal from Crewe Bassford Hall to Felixstowe North FLT.
The church yard and residences in Stamford, UK. Easily one of my favourite places.
The church and cemetery are intimately entwined with the surrounding community.
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Disused tunnel - on the Monsal trail. Don't know if I like the black and white or not really - didn't really know what else to do with it! Unfortunately looks like there's a bit of motion blur on it though... Thanks for explore Flickr!
St. Kessog’s Cemetery on Bridge Street Callander is a small tucked away burial ground with headstones dating back to the 1700 and 1800 hundreds and often missed by visitors. Tales of “body snatchers” looking for corpses to supply to anatomists were recorded at around that time and so the small octagonal building you see to the rear of the cemetery was erected to house vigilant watchers to guard over the cemetery nightly and deter any robbers from digging up the graves. This lasted until about 1832 when the legal supply of bodies became available for study.
Every location has it's plantlife. Had to explain to Phill and Tim about the story of "The Enormous Turnip" consider it an education in fairy tales!
Just for the guys these headstones contain plenty of animations!
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I have long been fascinated by the lichens covering the headstones at the long-abandoned chapel at Creich (about six miles from home)