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.. from the mundane jobs ...
I clicked this for the 'curve' theme of MM group.. but it didn't meet their size specification... I didn't have the heart to crop it ...
So here is the uncropped , unedited version...
Please do view it large..
Editing : None.
Looking out from Adeshwar Nath Jain temple located in Amar Sagar, near Lodurva, Jaisalmer Rajasthan, India.
Getting towards the latter part of a great day out with my son (& his dog). Considering that we had escaped from a week of incessant rain in the north-east of England and much of Scotland (we had hoped for a day out on the Tarmachan ridge in the Ben Lawers area), our day could hardly have been bettered.
This is the wonderful vista from High Crag. Buttermere lies down to the left, the Ennerdale valley down to the right with the highest Lakeland peaks straight ahead, although the summits of the Scafell range and most of Great Gable are wrapped in cloud.
From here we would drop down to join the Scarth Gap Pass (the path can be seen to the left of the crag immediately in front of my son) down to Buttermere, and walk out along the west side of the lake back to Buttermere village.
Then on to Keswick for fish & chips from the Kingfisher chippie (unbeatable!) before the 2.25hr drive home.
Alnwick's Tenantry Column in its Christmas colours.
Built in 1816 by the tenants of the Duke of Northumberland. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Duke’s tenants, who included farmers, mine owners and factory owners, benefited from increased prices for their products due to the demands of the Army. As profits increased, rents too were raised. The peace of 1815, however, saw a fall in demand, with the resultant drop in both prices and profits. The tenants struggled to pay the higher rents, and so the Duke of Northumberland reduced his rents by a quarter. His tenants, thankful for this, jointly subscribed to construct the column.
There's a tale, possibly apocryphal, that when the Duke saw that tenants were able to afford to erect such a monument, he promptly put their rents back up. The truth? Who knows??
As this will be my final upload before Christmas Day, I would like to wish all my friends, followers & visitors a very and happy and blessèd Christmas-time.
100x 2023 edition - Northumberland revisited - 74/100