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Sat. 15th March 1986 1Z25 - 'The Vulcan Vantrain' railtour
Locos Used: 33201, 33206, 50025 & 73003
EMUs Used: 68001 & 68005
Stock Used: 35130+4839+4941+5044+7161+1684+7074+5023+4965+4871+35114
LocoStockRoute
50025[1] + [2]London Paddington - Greenford East Jn - Greenford South Jn - Drayton Green - Ealing Broadway - Kensington Olympia - Clapham Junction - Beckenham Junction - Swanley - Tonbridge - Wadhurst - Hastings
33206[1] + [2]Hastings - Rye - Ashford
Trains split (A & B) : TractionStockRoute
Train A : 33206[2]Ashford - Folkestone East
Train A : 73003 + 33201 (1)[2]Folkestone East - Folkestone Harbour
Train A : 33201 + 73003 (1)[2]Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone East
Train A : 73003[2]Folkestone East - Ashford
Train A : 68001 + 68005[1]Ashford-Sandwich - Dover - Ashford
TractionStockRoute
Train B : 68005 + 68001[1]Ashford - Sandwich - Dover - Ashford
Train B : 73003[2]Ashford - Folkestone East
Train B : 33201 + 73003 (1)[2]Folkestone East - Folkestone Harbour
Train B : 73003 + 33201 (1)[2]Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone East
Train B : 50025[2]Folkestone East - Ashford
Trains re-joined :
LocoStockRoute
50025[1] + [2]Ashford - Maidstone - Swanley - New Beckenham - Lewisham - Brixton - Clapham Junction - Mitcham Junction - West Croydon - Selhurst - Clapham Junction - (reverse of outward route) - London Paddington
The railtour, organised by the Southern Electric Group (SEG) and the Locomotive Club of Great Britain (LCGB) covered some very rare track for a Class 50, the highlight being the first ever visit of a Class 50 to Hastings and also the first standard loading gauge Mark 1 loco hauled train to traverse the line from Tonbridge to Hastings.
185 miles of Class 50 haulage ;)
More on the railtour here: www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/860315lc.htm
Of course, it's not exactly a "Window Seat" because the view is taken by the A-380 tail camera.
The same View just beforet she flights over the runway :
1931. Morris. OV 5562. Cream. 847 cc. Petrol.
Date of last V5C (logbook) issued: 14 May 2018
Seen at: Lincoln 1940s Weekend. July 2024
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 24, 2021) Ensign Julia Bucholz, a native of Alexandria, Va., assigned to Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106), makes a logbook entry while on watch. Stockdale is conducting routine operations underway in the U.S. Third Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Alex Kraft)
Continuing 2020 with some time travel back to Heathrow in the 1970s :)
Another page torn from one of my school note books - a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :) It shows runway 23 arrivals as noted by me from the back bedroom and garden of my house in Southall :)
Sun. 30th Oct 1977 Here we have the fourth of four sheets covering nearly a full day of Heathrow arrivals, the afternoon being 23 arrivals - lucky for me it wasn't a school day!
Highlights from the log books
Highlight on this last page was Iberia DC-10 EC-CSK on evening flight IB344 from Madrid
Maersk Air HS.125 OY-APM was nice but fairly regular
Another Air Anglia commuter flight AQ732, again a Piper Pa-31 Navajo
and N65358 which was BMAs very first leased DC-9
must also mention four 707s on the trot at the end of the evening, two unidentified + Iran Air and PIA.
I can't believe I logged all the times! I think I might have been getting a bit obsessive :)
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
Aviation Memories
Starting 2021 with another dip into the archives :)
This was quite an expensive purchase back in 1982!
I can't remember the exact price now, but it was something of an investment - and an invaluable resource to check up all those military aircraft that I logged on my travels. I bought this specially for my 1982 Scandinavian Aviation Tour!
And here is the double page on Finland as promised, which includes some rare Soviets including my single Mikoyan Mig-21 'MG-133' :)
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
While escorting the first convoy of ANZAC troops bound for Europe on 9 November 1914 the Royal Australian Navy light cruiser HMAS Sydney engaged the infamous German commerce raider SMS Emden. The two light cruisers fought a 90 minute battle. The Emden’s guns had more range and fired first, but Sydney’s more powerful main guns pounded the Emden until it was disabled and beached on North Keeling Island. The Royal Australian Navy’s first great test of war ended in a comprehensive victory.
The exhibition 'Test of War - Royal Australian Navy in WW1 will open at the Australian National Maritime Museum 12 September 2014 and run until May 2015.
Of course, it's not exactly a "Window Seat" picture because the view is taken by by the A-380 tail camera.
Note the flight over a curious circular lake…
Six years later, a new city surrounds it!
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"Le majestueux A380 s'apprête à atterrir à Shanghai"
Il ne s'agit pas d'une classique "vue depuis le hublot" mais de l'image de la caméra du queue de l'A 380 reprise sur l'écran passager…
Notez le survol d'un curieux lac circulaire … C'est le Lac Yishui.
Six ans après une ville nouvelle l'entoure !
The latest set up (January 2016) with two displays: one for the logbook and band map and the other for QRZ.com information and digital mode windows.
Aviation Memories - 40 years+ ago!
Wow! I don't recall seeing this rare overflight back in the day.
I was on my only visit to Newcastle Airport, and this SIA DC-10 flying overhead rather outclassed the aircraft on the ground :)
A long way to go to see a BA Trident 1 and a B Cal 1-11 :))
Singapore International Airlines / SIA only dabbled with the DC-10 for about three years, from 1978 to 1981. I never heard of one heading into Heathrow during that time, but there's a nice shot of one visiting Zurich the month before I saw mine [see Comments section below]
Interestingly, according to RZ Jets, 9V-SDE was actually delivered to SIA on 29th Aug 1979!!! Could this have been the delivery flight. I have it flying NNW which doesn't look right though?
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
This photo required multiple exposures to be able to see the details of the mail boxes. I find it interesting that the numbered box, even if nice, looks totally bleak in comparison with the others. Which one is your favorite?
Highest position: #176 on Sunday, October 19, 2008
Aviation Memories - continuing 2021 with another dip into the archives :)
Here is one of my early notebooks from 1976, and it seems that I wasn't just into logging aircraft registrations. Sometimes my imagination got the better of me, and my artistic side came out - still on the theme of aviation here though :)
This appears to be an early artistic attempt at an Alitalia DC-8, a common sight at Heathrow in my early days of visits 1976-77. I so loved school and I always made very good use from my school books :)
I had just turned 14 years of age, and I was looking to expand my portfolio of hobbies! I had already been indoctrinated into the world of bus spotting and train spotting by my older brother, but he never had an interest in aviation. It was my school mates at senior school who encouraged me to visit Heathrow - a mere 4 miles from where I lived in Southall! I was quickly hooked, and the interest never really went away, although it waned by the early 1990s when all the best aircraft had disappeared :(
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
Continuing the New Year 2020 with something a bit different :)
Another page from one of my school note books - a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)
They show runway 23 arrivals as noted by me from the back bedroom and garden of my house in Southall :)
Highlights from the log books
SN985, 989 OO-WAY & WAZ - Sabena had started commuter flights using stretched Beech 99s
AQ032 & 054 Pa31 Navajos on Air Anglia flights from Norwich
Kitty 2 - a Queen's Flight HS748
I'm sure there's no room at Heathrow now for those light aircraft movements?!?
Interesting to note the different callsigns that British Airways used back then:
Speedbird - for long-haul ex BOAC flights
Bealine - for short-haul ex-BEA flights
Shuttle - for the mainly Trident 3 shuttle service (walk on walk off - the original 'no frills' service
Albion - Viscounts and sometimes the BAC 1-11s - these were the ex-Regional flights of Northeast airlines, swallowed up by BEA
Gibair 113 - this is a bit of a one off - A Trident flying for Gibraltar Airways?
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
JDG 702V
Date of Liability 01 09 1997
Date of First Registration 21 03 1980
Year of Manufacture 1980
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1410cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLUE
Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 16 11 1994
Amazing 100 feet high overhanging basalt crag that seemingly hardly anyone has climbed on. Isle of Eigg in the background. If this was near a city in a place with a sunny climate then it would probably be a famous climbing sport climbing crag. As it is it will probably remain forgotten.
"There is also potential for some superb looking sport climbing on two sections of the crag before it turns north. The rock here looks immaculate and would require very little cleaning". www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/rubha_carrach-11544/
Continuing 2020 with some time travel back to Heathrow in the 1970s :)
Another page torn from one of my school note books - a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :) It shows runway 23 arrivals as noted by me from the back bedroom and garden of my house in Southall :)
Sun. 30th Oct 1977 Here we have the second of four sheets covering nearly a full day of Heathrow arrivals, the afternoon being 23 arrivals - lucky for me it wasn't a school day!
Highlights from the log books
Well the highlight must be the ABC Argosy G-APRL operating Sabena flight SN123! - a type that was seldom seen at Heathrow by 1977. The heyday of BEA Argosies plying their trade was long gone.
Next up must be KLM DC-8-55F PH-DCZ on KL903 which was definitely not a regular flight - a cargo operation.
Another freighter was SAS DC-9-33F SE-DBN one of just a couple of freighters they had I think, on SK055
No less than three visiting Boeing 707s up next:
5A-DAG of Libyan Arab Airlines was a 'cop' :)
F-BLCE on the booked 727 flight AF850 and
a TAP 707 on extra flight TP9139, probably a cargo flight
One more extra flight in the form of LOT Tu-134A SP-LHC on LO3109. Finally executive jet Boeing 727 N111AK which was a Heathrow regular.
I can't believe I logged all the times! I think I might have been getting a bit obsessive :)
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
Aviation Memories
Continuing Year 2020 with a dip into the written archives :)
Another page from one of my school note books - what a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)
I had just turned 14 years of age, and I was looking to expand my portfolio of hobbies! I had already been indoctrinated into the world of bus spotting and train spotting by my older brother, but he never had an interest in aviation. It was my school mates at senior school who encouraged me to visit Heathrow - a mere 4 miles from where I lived in Southall! I was quickly hooked, and the interest never really went away, although it waned by the early 1990s when all the best aircraft had disappeared :(
Some comments on the sightings
Sometime in the autumn of 1977 - another visit to Heathrow
Plenty of variety in the 1970s!
Star player - SP-LZB LOT Antonov An-12 freighter :)
Airliners of interest include Air Algeria Boeing 727 7T-VEI making a change from the more common 737s, Aeroflot Tu-154A CCCP-85179 and two copped newly delivered aircraft HZ-AHH Saudia TriStar and OK-HFL CSA Tupolev Tu-134A.
Plenty of light & biz also:
238 Falcon 20 French Air Force
HZ-AFI G2 of Saudi Special Flight Services
F-BRUY G2 - quite rare as not many were on the French register
ex-Bavaria Germanair BAC 1-11 HZ-MF1
F-BOXV Falcon 20
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
Burrator Reservoir is a reservoir on the south side of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It is one of a number of reservoirs and dams that were built over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries in the area now covered by Dartmoor National Park to supply drinking water to the city of Plymouth and other rapidly growing towns in the surrounding lowlands.
Burrator Reservoir was completed in 1898, and the reservoir was expanded in 1929. The reservoir was built under the supervision of Edward Sandeman (1862-1959), the Water Engineer for Plymouth. The reservoir has two dams, the Burrator Dam, which is built across the River Meavy at Burrator Gorge at the south-western end, and the Sheepstor Dam built on a dividing ridge between the Meavy and Sheepstor Brook at the south-eastern end. The Burrator Dam was the first of the two to be built, with construction starting on 9 August 1893. It is the more massive of the two dams, constructed of concrete faced with granite blocks. The Sheepstor Dam was built in 1894 and is an earth embankment with a core wall of puddled clay above the original ground level, with a concrete section below ground. The reservoir was officially opened on 21 September 1898.
In 1923 it was decided to enlarge the capacity from 668 million gallons to 1,026 million. This was achieved by raising the height of both dams by 10 feet. Work began in December 1923, and a temporary suspension bridge was built near Burrator Dam to carry traffic while the work proceeded. The reservoir was officially re-opened on 12 September 1928.
In the 1930s the watershed on Dartmoor for the reservoir was stated to be 5,360 acres. The present-day area of the reservoir at overflow level is about 150 acres. The edges of the reservoir are planted with commercial forests.
The reservoir is now managed by the South West Lakes Trust, and is a popular spot for leisure activities including walking, cycling and fishing.
The reservoir in popular culture
The reservoir featured in the first episode of the second series of James May's Man Lab, broadcast on BBC Two in October 2011, when Oz Clarke and James May travelled along the reservoir's edge while attempting to stage an escape from Dartmoor Prison to the village of Meavy.
The reservoir also features in Steven Spielberg's 2011 film, War Horse.
Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, South West England. The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National Park status since 1951. Dartmoor National Park covers 954 km2 (368 sq mi).
The granite which forms the uplands dates from the Carboniferous Period of geological history. The landscape consists of moorland capped with many exposed granite hilltops known as tors, providing habitats for wildlife. The highest point is High Willhays, 621 m (2,037 ft) above sea level. The entire area is rich in antiquities and archaeological artefacts.
Dartmoor National Park is managed by the Dartmoor National Park Authority, whose 22 members are drawn from Devon County Council, local district councils and Government.
Parts of Dartmoor have been used as military firing ranges for over 200 years. The public is granted extensive land access rights on Dartmoor (including restricted access to the firing ranges) and it is a popular tourist destination.
Physical geography
Dartmoor includes the largest area of granite in Britain, with about 625 km2 (241 sq mi) at the surface, though most of it is under superficial peat deposits. The granite (or more specifically adamellite) was intruded at depth as a pluton into the surrounding sedimentary rocks during the Carboniferous period, probably about 309 million years ago. It is generally accepted that the present surface is not far below the original top of the pluton; evidence for this includes partly digested shale xenoliths, contamination of the granite and the existence of two patches of altered sedimentary rock on top of the granite. A considerable gravity anomaly is associated with the Dartmoor pluton as with other such plutons. Measurement of the anomaly has helped to determine the likely shape and extent of the rock mass at depth.
Tors
Dartmoor is known for its tors – hills topped with outcrops of bedrock, which in granite country such as this are usually rounded boulder-like formations. More than 160 of the hills of Dartmoor have the word tor in their name but quite a number do not. However, this does not appear to relate to whether or not there is an outcrop of rock on their summit. The tors are the focus of an annual event known as the Ten Tors Challenge, when around 2400 people aged between 14 and 19 walk for distances of 56, 72 or 88 km (35, 45 or 55 mi) between ten tors on many differing routes.
The highest points on Dartmoor are on the northern moor: High Willhays, 621 m (2,037 ft), (grid reference SX 580892) and Yes Tor, 619 m (2,031 ft), (grid reference SX 581901) The highest points on the southern moor are Ryder's Hill, 515 m (1,690 ft), (grid reference SX 660690), Snowdon 495 m (1,624 ft), (grid reference SX 668684), and an unnamed point, 493 m (1,617 ft) at (grid reference SX 603645), between Langcombe Hill and Shell Top. The best-known tor on Dartmoor is Haytor (called Hey Tor by William Crossing), 457 m (1,499 ft), (grid reference SX 757771).
Rivers
The high ground of Dartmoor forms the catchment area for many of Devon's rivers. As well as shaping the landscape, these have traditionally provided a source of power for moor industries such as tin mining and quarrying.
The moor takes its name from the River Dart, which starts as the East Dart and West Dart and then becomes a single river at Dartmeet. It leaves the moor at Buckfastleigh, flowing through Totnes below where it opens up into a long ria, reaching the sea at Dartmouth. Other rivers flowing from Dartmoor include the Teign, the Taw, the Tavy, the Avon, and the Lyd.
Some of the rivers in Dartmoor have been dammed to create reservoirs for drinking water, including the River Avon and the South Teign River (Fernworthy Reservoir).
Bogs
Much more rain falls on Dartmoor than in the surrounding lowlands. As much of the national park is covered in thick layers of peat (decaying vegetation), the rain is usually absorbed quickly and distributed slowly, so the moor is rarely dry. In areas where water accumulates, dangerous bogs or mires can result. Some of these, topped with bright green moss, are known to locals as "feather beds" or "quakers", because they can shift (or 'quake') beneath a person's feet. Quakers result from sphagnum moss growing over the water that accumulates in the hollows in the granite.
The vegetation of the bogs depends on the type and location. Blanket bog, which forms on the highest land where the rainfall exceeds 2,000 millimetres (79 in) a year, consists mainly of cotton-grass (Eriophorum species), sedges (Carex and Rhynchospora), Bog Asphodel and Common Tormentil, with Sphagnum thriving in the wettest patches. The valley bogs have lush growth of rushes, with sphagnum, cross-leaved heath, sundews and several other species.
Some of the bogs on Dartmoor have achieved notoriety. Fox Tor Mires was supposedly the inspiration for Great Grimpen Mire in Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, although there is a waymarked footpath across it. Sabine Baring-Gould, in his Book of Dartmoor (1900) related the story of a man who was making his way through Aune Mire at the head of the River Avon when he came upon a top-hat brim down on the surface of the mire. He kicked it, whereupon a voice called out: "What be you a-doin' to my 'at?" The man replied, "Be there now a chap under'n?" "Ees, I reckon," was the reply, "and a hoss under me likewise."
Climate
Along with the rest of South West England, Dartmoor has a temperate climate which is generally wetter and milder than locations at similar height in the rest of England.[dubious – discuss] At Princetown, near the centre of the moor at a height of 453 metres (1,486 ft), January and February are the coldest months with mean minimum temperatures around 1 °C (34 °F). July and August are the warmest months with mean daily maxima not reaching 18 °C (64 °F). Compared with Teignmouth, which is on the coast about 22 miles (35 km) to the east, the average maximum and minimum temperatures are 3.0 °C (5.4 °F) and 2.6 °C (4.7 °F) lower respectively, and frost is at least five times as frequent. On the highest ground, in the north of the moor, the growing season is less than 175 days – this contrasts with some 300 days along most of the south coast of the county.
Rainfall tends to be associated with Atlantic depressions or with convection. In summer, convection caused by solar surface heating sometimes forms shower clouds and a large proportion of rainfall falls from showers and thunderstorms at this time of year. The wettest months are November and December and on the highest parts of the moor the average annual total rainfall is over 2,000 millimetres (79 in). This compares with less than 800 millimetres (31 in) in the lower land to the east around the Exe Estuary, which is in the rain shadow of the moor. Due to the influence of the Gulf Stream snowfall is not common, though due to its high altitude it is more vulnerable to snowfall than surrounding regions.
Between 1961 and 1990 Met Office data shows that there was an average of 20 days when snow fell on the moor, and over 40 days a year with hail, which is as high as anywhere else in the country. This results when cold polar maritime air that has travelled over a large expanse of warmer ocean is forced to rise over high country.
When average temperatures at Princetown between 1961 and 2000 are compared, the average annual temperature in the decade 1990–2000 was up by 0.2 °C (0.4 °F) and the late winter temperature increased by 0.5 °C (0.9 °F).
Wildlife
Because of Dartmoor's height and granite geology, it experiences strong winds and has acidic soils. In consequence it has been subject to very little intensive farming, and all these factors combine to form the basis of the important ecosystems found here. The landscape is one of granite with peat bogs overlying it. While the moors topped with granite tors are the most iconic part of Dartmoor's landscape, only about half of Dartmoor is actually moorland. Equally important for wildlife are the blanket bogs, upland heaths and the oak woodlands which are all of global importance. Dartmoor is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) with four habitats (Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix; European dry heaths; Blanket bogs and Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles) being listed as primary reasons for the selection of Dartmoor as a SAC. In addition the area has a population of the southern damselfly which is also a primary reason for its selection along with populations of Atlantic salmon and otter being qualifying reasons.
Wistman's Wood is one of the old sessile oak woods which contribute to the listing of Dartmoor as a SAC and is possibly a surviving fragment from the earliest Neolithic woodland clearances. It is home to exceptional epiphytic mosses, liverworts and lichens. Nearly 50 species of moss and liverwort are found in the wood along with 120 types of lichen, including Smith's horsehair lichen, speckled sea-storm lichen and pendulous wing-moss. Over 60 species of lichens grow on the exposed surfaces of the granite tors, including granite-speck rim-lichen, purple rock lichen, brown cobblestone lichen and goldspot lichen and many rare lichen grow on rocks exposed by mining which are rich in heavy metals. On the upland heaths heather (ling) and bell heather are common along with western gorse. In dry grassy areas tormentil, heath bedstraw and heath milkwort are all common. Cross-leaved heath and purple moor grass grow in wetter spots and in the boggy areas many different species of sphagnum and other mosses can be found along with liverworts, Hare's-tail Cotton-grass, round-leaved sundew and bog asphodel and in the valley bottoms, many different sedges, bogbean and pale butterwort all grow.
A large variety of bird species can be found on Dartmoor including ones that have declined elsewhere in the UK, such as skylark and common snipe, or are even rare nationally, such as the ring ouzel and the cuckoo. There are internationally important populations of meadow pipit and stonechat. Woodland birds include a number of migrant species, like the pied flycatcher, the wood warbler or the common redstart. Mammals found here include otters, hazel dormice and nearly all of the UK's 16 bat species. Three rare species, the barbastelle, and the greater and lesser horseshoe bats are of particular importance. The upper reaches of the rivers, are spawning grounds for Salmon and trout and Palmate newts, frogs and toads breed in the numerous small pools. Two shrimp species can be found on Dartmoor: fairy shrimp that can be found in temporary pools and in underground streams very rare cave shrimp. The world's largest land slug, the Ash black, is also found. Reptiles include common lizards and adders. The farmland in the wet valleys around the edge of the moors is the most important habitat for insects including the marsh fritillary butterfly, southern damselfly, narrow-bordered bee hawkmoth and bog hoverfly. Areas of bracken are home to the high brown fritillary and pearl-bordered fritillary. Insects found in the heathlands include the emperor moth, green hairstreak and the bilberry bumblebee. The old oak woodlands have a distinctive group of insects including the blue ground beetle and Heckford's pygmy moth, a species found nowhere else in the world.
Restoration and climate change mitigation
The South West Peatland Project aims to restore around 300 hectares of Dartmoor's peatland through collaboration with Dartmoor National Park. Preserving these peatlands will help mitigate climate change through sequestering carbon from the atmosphere. More generally, Dartmoor aims to be carbon negative by 2045.
History
Pre-history
The majority of the prehistoric remains on Dartmoor date back to the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age. Indeed, Dartmoor contains the largest concentration of Bronze Age remains in the United Kingdom, which suggests that this was when a larger population moved onto the hills of Dartmoor. The large systems of Bronze Age fields, divided by reaves, cover an area of over 10,000 hectares (39 sq mi) of the lower moors.
The climate at the time was warmer than today, and much of today's moorland was covered with trees. The prehistoric settlers began clearing the forest, and established the first farming communities. Fire was the main method of clearing land, creating pasture and swidden types of fire-fallow farmland. Areas less suited for farming tended to be burned for livestock grazing. Over the centuries these Neolithic practices greatly expanded the upland moors, and contributed to the acidification of the soil and the accumulation of peat and bogs.
After a few thousand years the mild climate deteriorated leaving these areas uninhabited and consequently relatively undisturbed to the present day. The highly acidic soil has ensured that no organic remains have survived, but the durability of the granite has meant that the remains of buildings, enclosures and monuments have survived well, as have flint tools. A number of remains were "restored" by enthusiastic Victorians and, in some cases, they have placed their own interpretation on how an area may have looked.
Standing stones
Numerous prehistoric menhirs (more usually referred to locally as standing stones or longstones), stone circles, kistvaens, cairns and stone rows are to be found on the moor. The most significant sites include:
Upper Erme stone row is the longest on Dartmoor and in fact in the world at 3,300 m (10,800 ft)
Beardown Man, near Devil's Tor – isolated standing stone 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) high, said to have another 1 m (3 ft 3 in) below ground. grid reference SX596796
Challacombe, near the prehistoric settlement of Grimspound — triple stone row. grid reference SX689807
Drizzlecombe, east of Sheepstor village – stone rows, standing stones, kistvaens and cairns. grid reference SX591669
Grey Wethers, near Postbridge — double circle, aligned almost exactly north south. grid reference SX638831
Laughter Tor, near Two Bridges — standing stone 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) high and two double stone rows, one 164 m (538 ft) long. grid reference SX652753
Merrivale, between Princetown and Tavistock — includes a double stone row 182 m (597 ft) long, 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) wide, aligned almost exactly east–west, stone circles and a kistvaen. grid reference SX554747
Scorhill (pronounced 'Scorill'), west of Chagford — circle, 26.8 m (88 ft) in circumference, and stone rows. grid reference SX654873
Shovel Down, north of Fernworthy reservoir — double stone row approximately 120 m (390 ft) long. grid reference SX660859
Yellowmead Down, a quadruple concentric stone circle and stone rows.
Hut circles and kistvaens
There are also an estimated 5,000 hut circles still surviving although many have been raided over the centuries by the builders of the traditional dry stone walls. These are the remnants of Bronze Age houses. The smallest are around 1.8 m (6 ft) in diameter, and the largest may be up to five times this size.
Some have L-shaped porches to protect against wind and rain; some particularly good examples are to be found at Grimspound. It is believed that they would have had a conical roof, supported by timbers and covered in turf or thatch.
There are also numerous kistvaens, Neolithic stone box-like tombs.
The historical period
The climate became wetter and cooler over the course of a thousand years from around 1000 BC, resulting in much of high Dartmoor being largely abandoned by its early inhabitants.
It was not until the early Mediaeval period that the weather again became warmer, and settlers moved back onto the moors. Like their ancient predecessors, they used the natural granite to build their homes, preferring a style known as the longhouse; some of theses are still inhabited today, although they have been clearly adapted over the centuries. Many are now being used as farm buildings, while others were abandoned and fell into ruin.
The earliest surviving farms, still in operation today, are known as the Ancient Tenements. Most of these date back to the 14th century, and some even earlier.
Some way into the moor stands the town of Princetown, the site of Dartmoor Prison, which was originally built by Isbell Rowe & Company, Plymouth, for prisoners of war from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The prison has an incorrect reputation for being escape-proof, due to both the buildings themselves and its physical location.
The Dartmoor landscape is scattered with the marks left by the many generations who have lived and worked there over the centuries – such as the remains of the Dartmoor tin-mining industry, and farmhouses long since abandoned. See Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor.
Myths and literature
Dartmoor is known for its myths and legends. It is reputedly the haunt of pixies, a headless horseman, a mysterious pack of "spectral hounds", and a large black dog, among others. During the Great Thunderstorm of 1638, the moorland village of Widecombe-in-the-Moor was said to have been visited by the Devil.
Many landmarks have ancient legends and ghost stories associated with them, such as the allegedly haunted Jay's Grave, the ancient burial site of Childe's Tomb, the rock pile called Bowerman's Nose, and the stone crosses that mark former mediaeval routes across the moor.
A few stories have emerged in recent decades, such as the "hairy hands", that are said to attack motorists on the B3212 near Two Bridges; and the "Beast of Dartmoor", a supposed big cat.
Dartmoor has inspired a number of artists and writers, such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Adventure of Silver Blaze, R. D. Blackmore, Eden Phillpotts, Beatrice Chase, Agatha Christie, Rosamunde Pilcher, Gilbert Adair and the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould.
'Dartmoor', a poem by Felicia Hemans
In 1820, the newly formed Royal Society of Literature offered a prize for a poem on the subject of Dartmoor, this being won by Felicia Hemans.
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fictional 1994 Quidditch World Cup final between Ireland and Bulgaria was hosted on the moor.
Ownership and access
Over half of Dartmoor National Park (57.3%) is private land; the Forest of Dartmoor being the major part of this, owned by the Duke of Cornwall. The Ministry of Defence owns 14% (see below), 3.8% is owned by water companies (see Dartmoor reservoirs), 3.7% by the National Trust, 1.8% by the Forestry Commission and 1.4% by Dartmoor's national park authority. About 37% of Dartmoor is common land.
Dartmoor differs from some other National Parks in England and Wales, in that since the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 much of it has been designated as Access land, which, although it remains privately owned, has no restrictions on where walkers can roam. In addition to this access land, there are about 730 km (450 mi) of public rights of way on Dartmoor, and many kilometres of permitted footpaths and bridleways where the owners allow access.
Because of the 1985 Act, Dartmoor was largely unaffected by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, which established similar rights in other rural parts of the country, until 2006, when the 2000 Act opened up much of the remaining restricted land to walkers.
In January 2023, in a high court judgement in a case brought by landowner Alexander Darwall, the right for members of the public to wild camp on Dartmoor was lost. Julian Flaux, the chancellor of the high court, ruled: "In my judgment, on the first issue set out at [14] above, the claimants are entitled to the declaration they seek that, on its true construction, section 10(1) of the 1985 Act does not confer on the public any right to pitch tents or otherwise make camp overnight on Dartmoor Commons. Any such camping requires the consent of the landowner." A protest against the new restrictions, led by local storyteller Martin Shaw, was held in January 2023. However on July 31 the ban was overturned by the Court of Appeal.
Use by the Ministry of Defence
There is a history of military usage of Dartmoor dating back to the Napoleonic Wars. Today, a large British Army training camp remains at Okehampton — also the site of an airbase during the Second World War.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) uses three areas of the northern moor for manoeuvres and live-firing exercises, totalling 108.71 km2 (41.97 sq mi), or just over 11% of the National Park. Red and white posts mark the boundaries of these military areas (shown on Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale maps). Flagpoles on many tors in and around the ranges fly red flags when firing is taking place. At other times, members of the public are allowed access. Blank rounds may also be used, but the MoD does not notify the public of this in advance.
Some "challenge" and charitable events take place with assistance of the military on Dartmoor, including the long established Ten Tors event and the more recent Dartmoor Beast.
Dartmoor's fictional use as an MoD centre for animal testing called Baskerville was referenced in the BBC drama Sherlock episode "The Hounds of Baskerville".
The disused Rippon Tor Rifle Range was built to train soldiers during the Second World War, and remained in use until its closure in 1977.
Preservation
Throughout human history, the landscape has been exploited for industrial purposes. In recent years,[when?] controversy has surrounded the work of industrial conglomerates Imerys and Sibelco (formerly Watts Blake Bearne), who have used parts of the moor for china clay mining. Licences were granted by the British Government but were recently renounced after sustained public pressure from bodies such as the Dartmoor Preservation Association.
The British government has made promises to protect the integrity of the moor; however, the cost of compensating companies for these licences, which may not have been granted in today's political climate, could prove prohibitive.
The military use of the moor has been another source of controversy, as when training was extended in January 2003. The national park authority received 1,700 objections before making the decision. Objectors said that Dartmoor should be an area for recreation, and that the training disturbs the peace.
Those who objected included the Open Spaces Society and the Dartmoor Preservation Association. During her lifetime, Sylvia Sayer was another outspoken critic of the damage which she perceived that the army was doing to the moor.
Towns and villages
The designated Dartmoor National Park area has a resident population of about 33,000, which swells considerably during holiday periods with incoming tourists. The largest settlements within the National Park are Ashburton (the largest, with a population of about 3,500), Buckfastleigh, Moretonhampstead, Princetown, Yelverton, Horrabridge, South Brent, Christow, and Chagford.
Landmarks
Avon Dam Reservoir – reservoir popular for walks and trout fishing
Bowerman's Nose – a tor said to be shaped like a nose
Brentor Church – remote church 344 m (1,129 ft) high on crag at western edge of moor
Buckfast Abbey – abbey near Buckfastleigh
Burrator Reservoir – late Victorian reservoir
Canonteign Falls – second highest waterfall in England
Castle Drogo – Edwardian faux castle built by Edwin Lutyens on a crag above Teign Gorge, Drewsteignton
Childe's Tomb – ancient burial site
Cosdon Hill – prominent hill, northern extremity of moor, site of beacon fire for invasion warning
Cranmere Pool – original letterbox site and location of the legend of Cranmere Binjie
Crazywell Pool – artificial lake
Dartmeet – meeting point of East and West Dart rivers
Dartmoor Prison – a prison in the middle of Dartmoor at the village of Princetown
Devonport Leat – human-made water channel
Duck's Pool – location of a memorial to local writer William Crossing
Fernworthy Dam & Reservoir – granite-faced concrete dam and lake in Fernworthy Forest, near Chagford
Fingle Bridge – a 17th-century crossing of the River Teign near Chagford
Great Links Tor – dominant tor on north west scarp of moor
Grey Wethers – pair of ancient stone circles
Grimspound – Bronze Age settlement
Haytor Granite Tramway – early tramway with stone rails; ran from quarries at Haytor to Stover Canal
Haytor Rock – prominent tor and viewpoint between Bovey Tracey and Widecombe
Hay Tor – less prominent outcrop behind Haytor Rock when viewed from the south. Popular spot for rock climbing due to its large cliff face and relative ease of access.
High Willhays – highest point on Dartmoor
Hound Tor – rugged tor with remains of Iron Age village
Jay's Grave – burial site
Lydford Gorge – deep and narrow gorge with waterfalls
Meldon Viaduct and reservoir – 201 m (659 ft) wide and 45 m (148 ft) high concrete dam and Victorian iron bridge which itself is 165 m (541 ft) wide and 46 m (151 ft) high[39]
North Hessary Tor transmitting station – a TV mast near Princetown which can be seen for many miles.
Rippon Tor Rifle Range – disused rifle range
Redlake Tramway – disused railway
Spitchwick – a swimming spot where the River Webburn joins the River Dart
Tavistock Canal – 19th-century canal
Two Bridges – 18th-century coaching inn
Warren House Inn – highest inn in south west England, rumoured to have a fire which has not gone out in hundreds of years.
Widecombe in the moor, village in a valley in southern Dartmoor with a church rumoured to have been struck by lightning in medieval times.
Wistman's Wood – copse of stunted oaks in the valley of the West Dart near Two Bridges
Yes Tor – tor next to High Willhays, forming the second highest hill in Dartmoor.
Leisure activities
Until the early 19th century Dartmoor was not considered to be a place worth visiting: in the 1540s John Leland wrote in his Itinerary that "Dartmore is muche a wilde Morish and forest Ground", and even by 1789 Richard Gough's opinion was that it is a "dreary mountainous tract". At the turn of the 19th century John Swete was one of the first people to visit Dartmoor for pleasure and his journals and watercolour paintings now provide a valuable historical resource.
The oldest leisure pursuit on the moor is hill walking. William Crossing's definitive Guide to Dartmoor was published in 1909, and in 1938 a plaque and letterbox in his memory were placed at Duck's Pool on the southern moor. Parts of the Abbots Way, Two Moors Way and the Templer Way are on Dartmoor.
Letterboxing originated on Dartmoor in the 19th century and has become increasingly popular in recent decades. Watertight containers, or 'letterboxes', are hidden throughout the moor, each containing a visitor's book and a rubber stamp. Visitors take an impression of the letterbox's rubber stamp as proof of finding the box and record their visit by stamping their own personal stamp in the letterbox's logbook. A recent related development is geocaching. Geocache clues make use of GPS coordinates, whereas letterboxing clues tend to consist of grid references and compass bearings.
Whitewater kayaking and canoeing are popular on the rivers due to the high rainfall and their high quality, though for environmental reasons access is restricted to the winter months. The River Dart is the most prominent meeting place, the section known as the Loop being particularly popular. Other white water rivers are the Erme, Tavy, Plym and Meavy.
Other activities are rock climbing on the granite tors and outcrops, some of the well-known venues being Haytor, Hound Tor and The Dewerstone; horse riding, which can be undertaken on any of the common land; cycling (but not on open moorland); and angling for wild brown trout, sea trout and salmon—although much of the river fishing on Dartmoor is privately owned, permits are available for some stretches.
Visitor centres
The park's main visitor centre is located in Princetown and features exhibits about Dartmoor's history, culture and wildlife, as well as changing displays of local art. The visitor centres located in Postbridge and Haytor feature information, maps, guidebooks and items for exploring the area.
Transport
Bus
Dartmoor is served by the following bus services:
359 Moretonhampstead – Exeter (Country bus)
271 Newton Abbot – Bovey Tracey – Widecombe (Summer Saturdays only) (Country bus)
173 Moretonhampstead – Chagford – Exeter (Dartline)
178 Newton Abbot – Bovey Tracey – M'tonhampstead – Chagford – Okehampton (Country bus)
98 Tavistock – Princetown – Postbridge (Oakleys)
Other bus services operate in Dartmoor on a less frequent basis.
GWR operate direct trains from Exeter to Okehampton.
Devon is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west. The city of Plymouth is the largest settlement, and the city of Exeter is the county town.
The county has an area of 2,590 sq mi (6,700 km2) and a population of 1,194,166. The largest settlements after Plymouth (264,695) are the city of Exeter (130,709) and the seaside resorts of Torquay and Paignton, which have a combined population of 115,410. They all are located along the south coast, which is the most populous part of the county; Barnstaple (46,619) and Tiverton (22,291) are the largest towns in the north and centre respectively. For local government purposes Devon comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eight districts, and two unitary authority areas: Plymouth and Torbay.
Devon has a varied geography. It contains Dartmoor and part of Exmoor, two upland moors which are the source of most of the county's rivers, including the Taw, Dart, and Exe. The longest river in the county is the Tamar, which forms most of the border with Cornwall and rises in the Devon's northwest hills. The southeast coast is part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, and characterised by tall cliffs which reveal the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous geology of the region. The county gives its name to the Devonian geologic period, which includes the slates and sandstones of the north coast. Dartmoor and Exmoor have been designated national parks, and the county also contains, in whole or in part, five national landscapes.
In the Iron Age, Roman and the Sub-Roman periods, the county was the home of the Dumnonii Celtic Britons. The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain resulted in the partial assimilation of Dumnonia into the kingdom of Wessex in the eighth and ninth centuries, and the western boundary with Cornwall was set at the Tamar by king Æthelstan in 936.
I am a pilot in the port of Houston now, but I went to sea for many years before I came here. A few days ago there was a delay and while I idled around waiting for a ship to be ready to sail and I found myself studying a chart lying on the navigator's table.
This type of chart is called a "Pilot Chart" and typically shows an entire ocean area with graphics indicating wind and currents. The long blue line is the current. By its length and thickness we know its how strong it is, how consistant it is and what direction it runs. The red circles are called wind roses. The "petals" indicate the consistancy, strength and direction of the winds. The numbers in the middle of the rose tell how many days of calm and how many observations have been made at that location.
The one I was looking at was the chart for the South Pacific. The Marquesas, Tuamotus, Straits of Magellan, Tahiti, trade winds, and archepeligos! All the things that made me want to go to sea as a young man are all rolled up in this one image.
I have heard that musicians can hear a symphony in their heads when they look at a sheet of music. This chart is a sailor's maritime symphony. The music of James Cook, Ferdinand Magellan, and Francis Drake. It's a hymn to freedom and travel. When i look at it with my sailor's eyes it is not symbols on a piece of paper but a vision of vast distances of ocean, islands and wind. A crossroad where ships travelling from Honolulu to Cape Horn cross paths with those going from the Panama Canal to Tahiti. What could be more exciting?
We have an American naval officer, Matthew Fontaine Maury (www.eraoftheclipperships.com/page14web.html), to thank for these charts. After being crippled on a ship he was assigned to duty at the Naval Observatory where he discovered a room where thousands of ship's logs, sent to the obsevaory at the end of their voyages, were stored only to be ignored and neglected. Every ship of the time kept a faithful record of the ship's position, speed, weather conditions, and daily events. Maury had the vision to realize these logs were a treasure of detailed weather and current obsevations. He and his assistants gathered the data pretty much in the form we see here and published the results at the opening of the clipper ship age. The pilot charts were a revelation for ship captains seeking to make record passages with tea from China and gold prospectors to California.....and sort of a life path for young romantics.
Aviation Memories
Continuing Year 2020 with a dip into the written archives :) So I wasn't just into logging aircraft registrations. Sometimes my imagination got the better of me, and my artistic side came out - still on the theme of aviation here though :)
The Philippine Airlines drawing was inspired by my sighting of PH-DTK on runway 23 in these notes somewhere. Mind you, I may have been on some strong tea when I kicked out this drawing - I so loved school :)
Another page from one of my school note books - what a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)
I had just turned 14 years of age, and I was looking to expand my portfolio of hobbies! I had already been indoctrinated into the world of bus spotting and train spotting by my older brother, but he never had an interest in aviation. It was my school mates at senior school who encouraged me to visit Heathrow - a mere 4 miles from where I lived in Southall! I was quickly hooked, and the interest never really went away, although it waned by the early 1990s when all the best aircraft had disappeared :(
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
Slide show (F11 = full screen): www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157647375053134...
Album mosaïque: www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157647375053134/
Notre CARNET DE VOYAGE VIETNAM TRAVEL LOGBOOK, JOURNEY DIARY:
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INVITATION ET PRÉPARATION AU VOYAGE VIETNAM
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ENGLISH: We propose our photo collection on our many trips to different cities of the Mekong, unforgettable walks along the river banks on small well appointed roads, flowers and fruits everywhere, pretty houses, friendly people, "Looks the earthly paradise. "Do not forget the stilt houses: They are disappearing: Photograph them.
A cruise in the Mekong is an exciting time. We meet constantly any size new colorful boats. Old engines backfiring, careless drivers who maneuver the rudder with their feet. Families smiling . And this immense silty surface water that stretches out of sight.
FRANCAIS: Nous proposons notre collection de photos reportage sur nos nombreuses excursions dans différentes villes du Mékong, Promenades inoubliables le long des rives du fleuve sur de petites routes bien aménagées, des fleurs et des fruits partout, de jolies maisons, des habitants accueillants, "On dirait le paradis sur Terre". Ne pas oublier les maisons sur pilotis: Elles sont en train de disparaître: photographiez les,
Une croisière sur le Mékong est un moment passionnant. Nous croisons sans cesse de nouveaux bateaux colorés de toute taille. De vieux moteurs pétaradants, des conducteurs nonchalants qui manoeuvrent le gouvernail avec leurs pieds. Des familles souriantes. Et cette immense surface d'eau limoneuse qui s'étend à perte de vue.
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Continuing 2020 with some time travel back to Heathrow in the 1970s :)
From a page torn from an old 1970 diary - I was an early adopter of Recycling :) It shows a variety of Heathrow arrivals and overflights in 1977, as noted by me from the back bedroom and garden of my house in Southall :)
So here is a challenge for my aviation friends on Flickr!
Can anyone tie-up any of my unusual aircraft sightings from a mere 43 years ago :))
Highlights from the log books
Plenty of interest here, starting with a couple of tie-ups that I never managed:
03Jul77 - Air Inter Caravelle - these were only occasional visitors to LHR at the time
15Jul77 - TMAC CL-44 - unusual turboprop visitor
And plenty of biz jet visitors:
N10XY, N429DX G2s
N8SC, N62K Jetstars
159363 US Navy T-39 Sabreliner (thanks to [https://www.flickr.com/photos/24101413@N03] below)
HZ-GP2 BAC 1-11
and a scarce light aircraft type:
SE-GHU Mitsubishi Mu-2
Aeroflot variety:
CCCP-65050 Tu-134A on the Leningrad flight
CCCP-85188 Tu-154B as above
CCCP-86471, 86702 Il-62Ms on the Moscow flights
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
Registration YGU599Y
Make ROVER
Model 2000
Date of first registration December 1982
Year of manufacture 1982
Cylinder capacity 1994cc - PETROL
Export marker No
Vehicle status Untaxed - Tax due 5 February 2020
Vehicle colour RED
Date of last V5C (logbook) issued - 7 October 2011
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WE STARTED IN THE ANALYSIS AS A LIONS AS A CHEETA FIRST IN THE DELHI ZOO AFTER OUR DARSHANINDER SINGH A BROTHER REAL ALONGWITH US REARING IN OWN AS A AMBITIONS AS A CYANIDED THE SOLE LANDOWNER INDIA AS HAD BUILT THE DELHI ZOO AS A OWNER DELHI,INDIA,WORLD DUE HIGHLY CAPITAL REARY INVENTIONS ALREADY WHICH HAD PAID THE BUYER TO THE EXTENT OF HALF THE WORLD DURING SEVEN LAST YEARS AS A SEEN WE TO BE IN NONE BY THEY ASCERTAINED WERE AS A WE AS A ACCOUNTS AS A WE TO A SECURE AS A WE AS A ADVISE TO LORD MOUNTBATEN WERE AS A WE AS A ADVISE S.S.KOHLI TO IN THE DATE THREE OF THE FORTY EIGHT SENT BY THE WE AS A COURT OF THE UNION---------A COURT WHICH WE OWNED NOT-------BUT WERE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE------------WHICH DEALT WITH THIRTY MATTERS AS A SUB COURT--AS A INDEPENDENT SEPERATES.NOT AT ALL IN THE KNOW OF THE COURT OF THE JUSTICE AS A WE AS.AS A STUDY WAS NOT CONDUCTED IN THE BRIDES AS A BRIBES.THE WE SEE WE AS A IS THE THEIR ASS AS A LUN=MALE-ORGANS AS A EXCITE AS A IS AS A LOVER------------WE AS A ASK IN IT IS AS A WE AS A NONE IS TO COME. MEET WE AS A JUSTIN IN THE COURT WE.WE AS A JUDGES ABOVE LOWER COURTS OF THE SIZE LESSER THAN HIGH COURTS-----------------NEED NO COURT STRUCTURE OR A IDENTITY PAPER TO BE THE COURT----------IS THE LAW OBSERVED IN INDIA SINCE SIXTY EIGHT WHEN WE JUSTIN DID PASS IT IN VIEW OF THE A.S. MOUNTING THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB IN THE JUDGES ALL PUT INTO A CORNER OBSERVED BY WE AS A SPECIALLY CALLED SIGNATORY TOO SIGNING OUR COMMENTS AND ESCAPING NOT BUT IN A WAR BY THEY TRY TO GET THEY CAUGHT BY THE POLICE.THEY WE GET NOT BUT THE JUDGES WE FREED AS A WE AS A SHRI M.S.KOHLII CYANIDED COULD HANDLE TO SOME EXTENT CALCULATION AS A HUNDRED TILL SO THOUGHT SHALL TRY TO THINK TOO AS A WE NOT AS A SPECIAL HELP ASKED AS A WERE HIS HABIT---- COMING TO WE AS A WAR TORN ONLY ASKING HELP TO LIVE OR TAKEOVER WORK HIS AS A GROUP OF OUR CHOICE OR AS A SINGLE MEN REQUIRED TO HANDLE PER ORIENTATION,TIME ,EFFORT INPUTS AS A AVAILABLE.HE WE DID NOT SEE AS A BEGGAR EVEN ONCE.COMING IN A EFFORT TOO IN THE HALF WAY ASKING HELP TOO IN THE COMPLETION LIKE ALL OF YOU IN THE PLANET AS A MAN ENOUGH.A MAN WHO DID NOT ASK A CREDIT OR AN AWARD FROM ANY ONE.THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE LOOKING TO NEVER A SOURCE OF LOVE OR APPRECIATION AS IF IT WERE HOW A POINT BETWEEN ONE AND AN AIM.LIKE A ULYSUS ASKING NOT A KING OR QUEEN EXCEPT HIS WIFE A KISS ON HIS VICTORY.TELLING HER LO I CAME VICTOR .KISS ME .LEARNING LIFE SOCRATES.ASKING NEVER A DEATH GIVER LIFE.AS WE SAW ONLY HE DID TOO TO HIS ONLY AND SINGLE FRIEND A WIFE DUELY WED BUT IN NO MOOD TO BE IN RECLINING ON HIS PHALLUS GOING DEFUNCT DUE DEATHS AS A DEATH TO BE SO GIVEN THREE AS A WE AS A SEENS AS.HE WE PSYCHIATRY AUTHOR AND INTELLIGENCE SOWER NEVER WANTED WE TO CHANGE HER OR ANYONE ELSE SAYING TO HIMSELF O LA LA SAY LA LA AND GO AHEAD WHERE IS LIFE ENOUGH TO WEEP ON SPILLED MILK NEVER IMAGINING MILK HAD BEEN OR WAS SPILLED.ALWAYS FEELING WE ARE BORN ANIMALS.IT IS FOR US TO REACH WHATEVER LEVEL WE REACH.TO TELL OURSELVES CULTURE CAN BE,MINDS CAN BE TRAINED,SOCIETIES CAN BE BETTER,INTELLIGENCE CAN BE TAUGHT,DEFEAT IS A WORD NOT FOR THOSE WHO ARE READY TO DEFEAT DEATH AS I AM.EVER WORKING TO THAT END LOOKING TO LIFE AND DEATH EQUALLY.DOING NOTHING JUST NOTING AS WAS TAUGHT BY RAJINDER KAUR JI WHOM HE GOT MURDERED BECAUSE OF HER LEAR TO ABSORB A BOY OF SIXTEEN TO BE IN A DAY AS A BRIDE EXTENDING TO HE ESSENCES AS A GIVINGS AS A SEX AS A REACTIONS UNNECSSARY AND HE ASKING PA PLEASE STOP TUTION AS IT HAS LOST SENSE OF DIRECTION----WE WILL LOOSE IN CONTINUING WHY. HE TOLD TO HIS FRIEND HER COLLEAGUES--------WHO SENT A SANSI SIR HARJIT------TILL TILLING HERS AS A DEATHS THREE IS BEING INFERRED NOW AS A SHRI K.PAUL TOO WRITING IN THE RAW COMPUTERS AS A WE AS A SAID----- I WONDER IF IT IS TRUE.HE HARJIT PUT A DROP OF 30% CIN HIS MADE AS A LAB ASSISTANT GOVERNMENT COLLEGE CHANDIGARH IN RECORDS AS A ALL ,---IN HER VAGINA AND SHAYED TOO IF LIVES DEATH BE PREFERRED.THEN TO ERASE DEAD AS A SEEN AS A SON HERS AS ALONE CHILD HERS AS A SHRI HARJIT HAD MADE A DAYS SEVEN ERLIER SAID AS A FALSE AS A TOO WE TO BE IN THE JAIL HIS A K.PAUL SEES NO HITCH LIKE A HARJIT HE LOVED THROUGHOUT LIFE AS A SISTER LOVING HIS ERECT UNTOUCHED BY CYANIDE LUN--------SIXTY SEVEN INTERCOURSES WITH HE OF SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE DEARTYHY NOT YET BEING KILLED BY WE TODAY IN THE LUN HIS AS A BACKBONE FRACTURE ON OWN..IN A NORMAL NATURAL AS A SEXUAL AS A ASSER AS A NOT MAN A SEX AS IS A SIX THOUSAND HOW IN A FORTY SEVEN YEAR AS A LIFE NOW AFTER MARRIAGE AS A THREE TIMES A WEEK AS A HUNDRED TWENTY AS A YEAR AS A COUNT SOME MAKE.......I ASK IN AGE ELSE THAN THIRTY IT COMES TO ONE ONLY IN A WEEK.THREE THOUSAND ONLY PER OUR AVERAGE COUNT AS A SUFFICIENT FOR A TESTIS TO BE INNERT.IN A.S. BRAR AS A SEXUAL EXPERTS AS A SPENT FORCE IS A SIX THOUSAND HOW IT WERE TWO HUNDRED FIFTY TWO TO THE PARNEETO.A SANSINI.OF LOWESTS AS A ASSERS AS A EXPOSED TO THREE THOUSAND OF THE YAD JI.AND THREE OTHERS AS A SENIORS TO BE TREATED AS A WE AS A SECTORY WIFE-------AS HAS BEEN IN INDIA AS A SIXTY PERCENT WIVES AS A OUR BHUPINDRO TOO A BABA AS A SEVENTY IS WRITTEN WE BY SAY IN THE THREE AS A WE AS A SEEN NO MORE AS A FALSERS AS A SERT AS ASS AS A POLICERS AS A SEVEN TOO IN THE LUN CHUT AS A TALKS AS A TO BE PUNISHED WITH DEATHS BY WE AS A WE AS A NOT IF I AM TO BE BY THE WE AS A MISTER M.S. AS A REQUEST AS A WE AS A TREATED AS A WERE AS A WE AS A WERE THREATED. HE REQUESTED WE ME TO BE NO MORE THAN A MILD THREATS AS A REAL AS A CONSTITUTION OURS AS A PROHIBITS WE AS A THREATS AS A USAGE.DURING LAST TWENTY AS A YEARS AS A ENTERED AS A SOUL HIS AS A WE AS A COMPRESS OURSELVES HOW WHY WE BEING HIS SOUL AS A SOLE DRIVING FORCE HIS AS AWE AS A SPENT BE O FOOLS OF THE PLANET YOUR HEADS GONE CRAZY WE ARE THE CONTINUITY FROM THAT END UNIVERSE TO THE ALL OTHER ENDS IN ALL THREE SIXTY DEGREES ON ALL AXIS ENDLESS AS A EXPONENTIAL.HEADLESS AS A NO SCIENTIST YOU EXCEPT ONE HE WE AS A RADDI AS A NOT VOLUMINOUS AS A SAINT AND SCIENTIST TOP OF THE WE AS A WE AS A EXTENDED TO BE CALLED BY WE AFTER A MY PERSONAL CHECKING.
TO A LANDOWNER AS WE ARE WE LIKE OUR LAND TOO.IT TOO IS WE THE WE AS A COSMOS EARTHS AS A EARTH TOO IN THE PROCESS OF THE DEFOILS AS A WE AS A WORRY TOO AS WERE OF THE WE---ONE WE KILLED BY DACOITY.WE RECONSTRUCT IN HE WE AS A WERE STILL STILLERS AS A WE AS A SILL AS A WORTH THE THREE BILLION TOO LOWER AS A SEVENTY PERCENT AS A COMMISSION REGULARS AS A APPROVED NOW SINCE THEY TOOK OVER WE...THE UNITED NATIONS DUE TO THE CENTRAL AGENCY AMERICA GOING INTO A WRAP-UP OF THE TRIO THE WE AS A DEATH GIVER DARSHI=D.I.S.KOHLI IN THE THEY THE U.N. STATING THE DICTUM IS FINAL.MISTER M.S.KOHLI IS WE--- WE THREE---WE AS A SEERS AS.....AS A SAINTS AS A HE AS IN THE DATE THIRTY OF THE DECEMBER OF THE SIXTY NINE IS NOW WRITTEN IN THE DATE OF THE THREE OF THIS MONTH THE JUNE EIGHTEEN OF TWO THOUSAND AFTER A GAP OF THIRTY PLUS YEARS NOT FORTY EIGHT PLUS-------AS A ASSING BY THE C.I.A. ASSER A.S. AS A ARM-TWISTING ODDLY NOT SEX AS A NOTED NOT AS A ACTIVITY ON REACHING THE HOMES AS A MISTER M.S.KOHLII ON SEEING THE ACTIVE THEY THESE AS A STARTS AS A D.I.S. ASS PUT IT AS A WE AS A SERVE-------HE WE SAW WE AS A AXER WERE IN GETTING HE KILLED AS A PARIJAN=FAMILY-MEMBER IN THE BUILDING AS A NONE IN THE THEY THREE AS A WE AS A STRIVE NOW POLICER K.PAUL DEALT BY WE PUTS AS A SENIOR WHO TO WE IN A RECORDS AS A ENTRY AS A IS AS A WE AS A NUT FOR TO EQUATE WE.........SO WE INCREASE WE PRESSURE THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND TIMES AS A REGULAR .
SEEING HINDU HE DECIDED TO MEND HINDUS AS HAD DONE TO MUSLIMS WHO HAD DESTROYED THEM SETTING IN THEY A FIRE THAT COULD NOT BE QUENCHED BY THEY TILL NOW NOR WILL BE IN TIMES TO COME UNLESS THEIR CHILDREN AND WOMEN GET THEY ENTIRELY AS MALES IN ENJOY OF A NATURE DUE WHO THEY TOOK BIRTH BUT WHO TO THEY WERE NOT RESPECTFUL AS A BEING THANKFUL TO THEIR WIVES AND CHINDREN FOR LOVE RECEIVED BACK IN LOVE MAKING LOVE GIVING, PATTING--IN WHICH NATURE MOTHER AS A EXTEND IN ONLY THEY ARE THERE AS A ANY IMPORTANT.
HE HAD CAREFULLY CONSIDERED FOR THREE AS A YEARS TEARING SELF AND THE POINTS THAT HE COULD FEEL HAD GONE INTO WHAT CAME TO THEY AS A FAMILY,THEY AS A SIKHS,THEY AS A RELIGION,HINDUS IN GENERAL BEING THE BIRTH-GIVER OF THE SIKHS AND LIVING WITH THEM WITHOUT WARRING ON THEM LIVING AS A BROTHERS IN THE SIKH IN THE PUNJAB SIDE CONCENTRATED IN THE OLD UNDIVIDED INDIA -----BEFORE MUSLIMS RAISED ISSUE OF THEIR WATER MUDDED BY THE HINDU-SIKH CALLED BY THEY HINDU WERE PUT AS A TWO WATERS ALTHOUGH MOTHER EARTH WAS ONE BUT A FLARE WERE IN THE MUSLIMS BLOWN BY THEY THEMSELVES,THEIR RELIGION IN CONTAINED SOME OR THE OTHER SOME INFLUENCING THEY AS A STUDIES THIRTY THOUSANDS THROUGH OTHERS ASKING THEY SMALL WISE AS A WE AS A TRUE AS A WE AS A DISTANT AS A WE AS A SIMPLE WELCOME QUESTIONS TIMELY FROM THE NEIGHBOURERS AS A SMALLEST CHILD OF THE THREE MONTHS FROM TILL; THREE YEARS BEFORE STARTING TO AFFECT THE THEY THE MUSLIMS AS A SIMPLE PLANS AS A HE SINGLE ALONE SECRETMOSTLY CLOSE TO THE GOD ITSELF WE..YEAR 1947-1950.TO A SEXLESSEST AS A CHILD ABSORBED IN GOD DISTANT WAS BEFRIENDING AS A THOUGHT SO DESCRIBED AS A UNMIXY.AS A BASTARDLY CONDUCT AS A SHRI NEH RUH SAID BY GAND HI JI HIS GANDHI TO NEHRU THAT HE LET BE THE PRADHAN MANRI FOR NO MANTRANAS BUT KHASAM KHERI.HE ROTATED MAHARAJ MOHAMED JI WHO HE FELL TO THINK MUST HAVE BEEN A GREAT AS A THINKER FEELING THE PROBLEMS OF OTHERS AS TO HAVE EMERGED A LEADER HIS MA PA HAD TOLD ONLY THEY DID AS A WAY OF THE WORLD.BUT I GOD NOW OPEN UP HE TOO BEFORE YOU MIAN MOHAMED. HIS DADI WAS THE REAL MIAN MOHAMED-ONLY I KNEW.HE WERE A KASHMIRI GIRL MOST CUTESTS AS A SEXY RUNNING FROM DESERT TRADERS HUNGRY OF SEX----SEX TRADE FURBISHERS FROM WHO SHE GOT FREED TEN THOUSAND SLAVES IN LIFE IN HUNDRED FIFTY SORTIES CAUSING A WARS AS A KAFILA SAYING AS FAR AS A LOUD AS SHE COULD----MO-HE-E-MOI-MAADE' --------GETTING A NAME MOHAMAED.LIFE AS A SHE TWO THOUSAND ONE THIRTY SEVEN YEARS. AS A WE AS A STORYTELLING THIS IS THE CRUX.HE WENT ON STRATEGETISING TOO TO REACH A PRACTICAL MOST SUCCESSFUL SURE TO BE PLAN WHICH HE DISCUSSED NOT BUT LEAKED ONLY TO THE MOTHER TO TAKE A REACTION.AGED THREE.ON SUCCESSES AS A IT AS.SHE SAID KAKA=CHILD AJE' JALDI E.KUJH WADDA JO HONDATAAN CHAL JAANDA.HE SID THEN I START AS A STANDING IN GALLERY TO THE MUSALMANS GOING TO THEIR HIGHEST DARGAH HERE PASSING FROM UNDER OUR GALLERY...THROWING SOME PETALS OF FLOWERS ON PEOPLE PASSING AS A SORT OF MIND HARMONISER AS A WELCOME BRINGS IN A DISTANT LAND...THEIR BUSES COME DIRECTLY FROM PAKISTAN TO IT THIS DARGAH I ENQUIERED..FROM A SHOPKEEPER ASKING IF HE WILL GIVE ME TOO SOME PETALS FOR SOME MONEY.HE HAS SAID OYE MONEY FOR WHAT AS A VERY SIMPLE KIND GOOD HARMONIOUS WORDS.SO YOU AGREE I CAN DO FROM YOUR HOUSE.SHE KISSED HE.HE QUIETLY KEPT STANDING LOOKING AT THE SMALL MOUNTAIN THREE HUNDRED FEET FROM HIS HOUSE AS A ONE WITH SMALL PLANTS OF VASAKA.INTERSPREAD WITH KIKAR THE ACACIA THAT HE TALKED TO TOO SOMETIMES SO THEY MAY AGREE TO LET HE LEARN THEY THEMSELVES SLOWLY AND SLOWLY AS HE GROWS.ON WHO THEY WERE BEFORE BECOMING KIKAR.WHY ARE THEY HAVING NO WATER STILL WORKING.AS A GOOD FRIEND OF THE BAK RI BAKRI=GOATS.BY YEAR SIX HE HAD CHANGED THE MUSLIMS.THEY WITHOUT REALISING SOMEONE WAS GIVING THEM IDEAS HAD ADOPTED HE GOING INTO NAMAZ FIVE TIMES A DAY AS PEOPLE ABSORBED IN gods ASKING KIND BLESSINGS ALL THE TIME SO TIMES MAY BE KIND TO THEM AS THEIR GENERATIONS NOT BEING DEALT AS THEY FOR THEIR SINS WHICH HE INTERSPERSEDER DI REMIND VERY VERY MILDLY COULD BE WHY THEY WENT ON EXCITED BY OTHERS LIKE ANGREJ IT SAID IS WHO USED DIVIDE AND RULE POLICIES ON LOBBIES CREATABLE.AS WELL AS A THREE THOUSAND AS A OTHER POINTS SMALL SMALL ALL CONTAINED IN THE THEIR GRANTH=LARGE-BOOK-OF-RELIGION-----THE QURAN-MUJID------WRITTEN BY HE WE SAY ON THE TIMES.MIAN VAHEEDUDEEN AHMED ASKED HE TO BE GUIDING HE BEFORE FINALISING THE GUIDANCES IN ISLAM A DHARAM NOT NAMED BY HE BUT THEY THE SUNNIS WHO TOOK TO IT LEAVING PATH OF ENSLAVERY.IN THE YEAR NINETEEN FIFTY SEVEN I DECLINE TO SAY HE DI SAY ANY TO ANY..OR BY THEN ANY TO ANY MUSLIM OR TO VAHEEDUDEEN JI AS A SANT AS A WE AS A FASTERS AS A SEARS AS A WE AS A WISESTS AS A SEEN BY WE NOT TREATED AS A SAINT AS A WERE THERE IN THE HINDU HEARTLESSESTS AS A NON THINKER FOOLISHED MOSTERS AS A SEARS AS A NIL.EVEN RAM DEV EVOLVED BY WE AS A WE AS A GOD BEFORE GETTING HE BE TRAINED AS A COMMERCE BY WE TWO USING ALL THAT MALOV COULD SAY TO HELP HE A SIXTEEN BY THIRTY TENT USER SAINT WITH NO MONEY TO COME UPON MONEY WE BLESSED BY.
M.S.KOHLII AS A MATUREST AS A SON OURS WAS A FARMER AT HEART.HE WE LOVE ECONOMY.ECONOMY AS TAUGHT IN THE GITA JI.
I DICTATED GITA JI IN ANOTHER PLANET.
THIRTY THREE EON AS A AGO IN A MODERATELY DEVELOPED CULTURALS AS A PEOPLE.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH INDIA AS A ORIGIN.SO IS A STORY BUILT UP IN THE HARYANA AS WELL IN THE WE THE FRANDOS AS A SEA.
IT THE REAL LIFE GITAS STARTED BY THE FRIEND BABAPAUL AS A IS WRONG AS A FALSESTS AS A DUO MENTIONED BY THE DUO SPEAKER. HARJIT IS JASVIR WE DO NOT AGREE.IN LIFE WE WE DID NOT FIND IT MATCHING.IT WERE A WE AS A MISTER M.S.KOHLII THE WE INCARNATE WERE NOT THERE AS A WE AS A FRIEND EVEN FOR A SECOND IN LIFE----------EVER IN HATRED BECAUSE WE OWNER LARGE TRACTS DID NOT PART WITH ANY TO ANY OTHER..BUT ALL HIS PERCEPTIONS WERE FORMED BY A JOTI AS A CHEAT WHO DID A WAR FROM DAY ONE OF HIS LIFE AS A WIFE AS A MOM.TELLING HE TO POISON OUR MILK.WE WERE OF THE OPINION THAT WE WILL TAKE MILK ONLY IF SERVED TOO IN A SEPETRATE GLASS TO JOTI.SEEING THE HIS MOM IN THE CHANGES ON SEEING WE AS A WORK AS A CHILD--TOD TO THEY THE PUBLIC LIBRARIAN DELHI AS A WRITTEN TO A MAN WE GAVE A JOB.AS A WE BY APPOINTED NOT QUEEN BY NOT BUT IS SAID IN WRITINGS AS A DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS AS A THREE AS.HANDWRITINGS MATCHED BY THE POLICE.WE HOW CAN BE DIGESTING THE THEIR DONE MISCHIEF.THUS TAKE THEM IN.IN THUG TO BE TREATED AS A THUG.TO TRAIN THEY THE THUD.TILL THE ADVISE OF THE WE AS A WE AS A IS.WE GO IN A WAR ON THEY AS THEY DID.WE ARE ENTIRELY LAWFUL WITHIN OUR RIGHTS AS A LIFE THEY.
WE IN THE PAST GAVE THE TITLE OF THE SIXTY PERCENT AUTHORSHIP=60% AUTHORSHIP OF THE OUR WRITTEN AS A WE WATCHING A LIFE AS A WE SINCE SEVEN FIFTY EONS=7500 CRORE YEARS=700,0000000 YEARS AS A EXPERIENCE AS A EXPERTISE AS A WE AS A SEEN NEVER IN A LIVING BEING COMING TO THESE AS A WE AS A COME DEDUCT AS DID A M.S.KOHLII.WE GIVE HIM THE TITLE GOD.
IT MAY LOOK STRANGE WE SAW A WE AS A SAINT M.S.KOHLII DID PURCHASE GITA IN THE FIRST STUDENT EDITION ON ROHTAS AS A SAYS TAKE IT IT IS GOOD AS A SUN .YOU WILL BE A THOUSAND SUNS BY YOUR EFFORT IF YOU FOLLOW IT..........AND CINNED IT WITH THREE DROPS OF THE CYANIDE THIRTY PERCENT PROVIDED TO HIM BY THE HARJIT AS A SECRETARY OF THE VIVEKANANDA NOT RAMAKRISHNA ASHRAM AS A HOSTEL COMMERCIALS AS A FOR THE THEIR SELECT FAMILIES AS THE MOST CAREFUL ABOUT THE ENTERENTS TO THEIR RELIGION .THE SECRETARY HAD SEEN A GLEEM IN THE SIKH THAT STOOD BEFORE HE SO HE STRAIGHT TO CIN BE THE TRAINING HIS AS A SPIES AS A IN A SIKH-LAND PUNJAB WERE AS A CITY CHANDIGARH AS A HEART AS A CAPITAL AS TO TEACH THE THEIR PHILOSOPHY OF SRI RAMA AS A SAID AS A SRI AS A TOO EQUATING HE TO RAM CHANDER-SITA AS A WE AS A TOO IN THE IT TOO IN THE THEY TILL TILLING THEY THEIR AS A ASSERS AS A TALK THAT WENT TO HIS HEAD AS TO NEVER VISIT THAT PLACE AGAIN AS A THOUGHT AS A SAINT AS A TRICK TO DEVOID WE AS A STILL HIGHER SAINT AS HE HAD ASTONISHED AS A WE AS A SIMPLE TALKS SUPERIOR TO A SWAMI VIVEKANANDAS.THEY GOT WE CYANIDED TWICE LATER BEFORE WE RAN TO SAFETY.RELIGIONS LIKE THIS WE ABOLISH.WE WILL TAKE OUR LAND FROM UNDER THEY.WITHOUT WE GOD LET THEY TAKE THEIR CEMENT-BRICKS TO SKY FOR FINALITY-WE ALSO ABOLISH AS A WE AS A RISKIEST AS A PLACE AS TAKES LIVES THREE AS A DAY AS A WE AS A SEENS AS A SEXING THE OLD NEW AS A FOREIGNER TAKING THEIR PROPERTY FOR TRACING WITH THE THESE ASSERS IN THE ACE AS A THEIRS THE DIETY ENLIGHTENING AS A THEE AS A INDIA ASS A AFFIXED BY WE THE SARDARS AS A LEADER UTMOST MALAWINDAR SINGH KOHLII OF THE VIVEKANANDAS AS A TRUESTS AS A NIL WE POLATE HE WE AS A SADR AS A NIL TOO IF HE DOES STICK TO HE WE SAY WERE AN IMAGE BUILDER PHENOMENON BY LATER SAINT LOOK FALSE MEN OF THE THAT MATH NOT BUT THE OUTSIDERS TAKING OVER THE MATH TILL CALCUTTA AND EXTENSION AS A ALL BY A A.S. BRAR AS A RAJAN GANG HEAD DOES TO ALL ASSOCIATIONS,COMPANIES RUNNING ANYWHERE AS A PROPERTY RUNNING WORTH CONSUMING AS A SANSI AS A ENDLESS HAWAS.A STUDY IN THIS BE .INCREASE POLICE BY SEVEN TIMES WE PAY.GET IN TOUCH.O RAW.DIRECTORS AS A SEVENS AS A REGIONS AS A OUR WANTS AS A STUDY AS A NOT TO CONTROL THIS AVID JUNGLEE.
A.S. BRAR AS A NO DAY WERE WITHOUT A DEATHS.CAUSED DUE HE.ON THE COUNTRY INDIA AS A STATE PAKISTAN UNDER AFFIXES THEY KNOW.TAKING OVER IT IS ADVISABLE AS A PART OF INDIA AS BE BANGLADESH....AS A STATES MADE AND LOOKED INTO BY RAW.POLITICIANS I FIND AS A ABSENT AS A COUNTRY LOVERS AS.STATES WE AS A ADVISED BE TAGGED TOO LEGALLY THROUGH COURTS.WE LEGAL OWNER.LAND WORLD.AND OUR MONEYS,INVENTIONS,ROYALTY.
HE STARTED LIFE UNDER A MOTHER FATHER IN THE COMMIT OF DEVELOPING THE OTHERS AS A WAY OF LIFE.
THE LIFE WAS VERY DIFFICULT.MONEY WAS IN SERIOUS SHORT SUPPLY TO THEY PUT BY THE STEALERS DACOITS IN A BID TO SEE HOW THEY PULL OFF THE LIFE IN SUCH DISCREPENCY.
GOING DOWN THE SLOPE WITH NOTHING ON THEY.
A STUDY INTO THE FUNCTIONING OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IS A STUDY INTO THE METHODS OF THE DACOITS.
PLUCKING THE WORLD'S MOST RICH PERSON.
MAKING HIM INVISIBLE BEHIND A CURTAIN CREATED BY VARIOUS MEANS.
TO OVERTAKE HIM AND ALL HIS STRATEGIES AS A HUNDRED THOUSAND AS A MEN.
IT IS A COUNTRY OVERTAKEN BY DACOITS.
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Notre CARNET DE VOYAGE VIETNAM TRAVEL LOGBOOK, JOURNEY DIARY:
www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/collections/7215762238...
INVITATION ET PRÉPARATION AU VOYAGE VIETNAM
Sites recommandés: saigon-vietnam.fr/accueil.php
belleindochine.free.fr/sommaire.htm et nguyentl.free.fr/html/liens_fr.htm
ENGLISH: We propose our photo collection on our many trips to different cities of the Mekong, unforgettable walks along the river banks on small well appointed roads, flowers and fruits everywhere, pretty houses, friendly people, "Looks the earthly paradise. "Do not forget the stilt houses: They are disappearing: Photograph them.
FRANCAIS: Nous proposons notre collection de photos reportage sur nos nombreuses excursions dans différentes villes du Mékong, Promenades inoubliables le long des rives du fleuve sur de petites routes bien aménagées, des fleurs et des fruits partout, de jolies maisons, des habitants accueillants, "On dirait le paradis sur Terre". Ne pas oublier les maisons sur pilotis: Elles sont en train de disparaître: photographiez les,
Cute, Awesome, Priceless, Amazing, Stunning, Oustanding, Beautifull, Lovely, Charming, Great, Excellent, Wonderful, Super, Delightful, Bello, Fantastic, Superbe, Nice, Beau, Belle, Extraordinaire, Magnifique, Surprenant, Étrange, Insolite, Ravissant. Macro, Pow, Close Up
75 Mots clefs:
delta mekong "mekong delta" "delta du mekong" delta mekong "mekong river" vietnam "viet nam" "my tho" "can tho" "vinh long" "long xuyen" "sa dec" "soc trang" "cao lanh" "chau doc" "cai rang" "ca mau" "cai rang" "phmg hiep" "phong dien" "cai be" "marché flottant" "floating market" vietnamien vietnamienne "vietnamese people" vietnamese man men woman women lady ladies femmes hommes fleuve paysage "tour operator" "croisière mekong" "mekong cruse" tour guide curiosité "office du tourisme" traveling trip "national geographic" "lonely planete" routard cute awesome amazing stunning oustanding beautifull great excellent wonderful super delightful fantastic superbe nice beau extraordinaire magnifique surprenant étrange insolite ravissant "carnet de voyage" "journey diary"
CARNET DE VOYAGE VIETNAM MÉKONG:
* English:
A cruise in the Mekong is an exciting time. We meet constantly any size new colorful boats. Old engines backfiring , careless drivers who maneuver the rudder with their feet. Families smiling . And this immense silty surface water that stretches out of sight.
* Français:
Une croisière sur le Mékong est un moment passionnant. Nous croisons sans cesse de nouveaux bateaux colorés de toute taille. De vieux moteurs pétaradants, des conducteurs nonchalants qui manoeuvrent le gouvernail avec leurs pieds. Des familles souriantes. Et cette immense surface d'eau limoneuse qui s'étend à perte de vue.
Autre mots clefs:
Cute, awesome, priceless, amazing, stunning, oustanding, beautifull, lovely, charming, great, excellent, wonderful, super, delightful, bello, fantastic, superbe, nice, beau, belle, extraordinaire, magnifique, surprenant, étrange, insolite, ravissant. oustanding amazing gorgeous nice young graceful pleasant attractive cute stunning oustanding beautifull lovely charming priceless wonderful super delightful smile smiling generous magnificent pleasant attractive kind kindness happy happiness brave nice elegant smart classy mode fashion jeune belle jolie agréable superbe gracieuse épanouie heureuse généreuse superbe souriante ravissante élégante sourire gentille courageuse sourire
Three Rs reg (Idea reg for a school teacher) Morris Marina 1973 -last taxed in March 1983 -but new logbook issued for it in 2004 !
This is my trainspotting logbook for a day by the lineside at Hest Bank (West Coast Main Line between Lancaster and Carnforth, at the junction to the Morecambe branch) in July 1968. The date is 24 days before the end of all steam engines operated by British Railways, with all steam by this time concentrated in North-West England. Hest Bank was and still is a wonderful place to watch trains; a handy car park with the line on one side and a Morecambe Bay beach on the other.
HP scan of original notebook (see also adjacent Hest Bank notebook for 20th April 1968)
ABBREVIATIONS etc:
'XP' and 'pass' are express and regular passenger.
'F' is a freight train (unspecified type)
'light' is light engine (engine only).
'd' is towards the North (Scotland etc.)
'u' is towards the South (London etc.)
On the right are times of day.
Ticked engines are "cops" (seen for first time), 'X' if seen before.
note: D in front of a number indicates a diesel engine, as per system at that time. Other numbers are steam engines.
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Album mosaïque: www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157647375053134/
Notre CARNET DE VOYAGE VIETNAM TRAVEL LOGBOOK, JOURNEY DIARY:
www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/collections/7215762238...
INVITATION ET PRÉPARATION AU VOYAGE VIETNAM
Sites recommandés: saigon-vietnam.fr/accueil.php
belleindochine.free.fr/sommaire.htm et nguyentl.free.fr/html/liens_fr.htm
ENGLISH: We propose our photo collection on our many trips to different cities of the Mekong, unforgettable walks along the river banks on small well appointed roads, flowers and fruits everywhere, pretty houses, friendly people, "Looks the earthly paradise. "Do not forget the stilt houses: They are disappearing: Photograph them.
A cruise in the Mekong is an exciting time. We meet constantly any size new colorful boats. Old engines backfiring, careless drivers who maneuver the rudder with their feet. Families smiling . And this immense silty surface water that stretches out of sight.
FRANCAIS: Nous proposons notre collection de photos reportage sur nos nombreuses excursions dans différentes villes du Mékong, Promenades inoubliables le long des rives du fleuve sur de petites routes bien aménagées, des fleurs et des fruits partout, de jolies maisons, des habitants accueillants, "On dirait le paradis sur Terre". Ne pas oublier les maisons sur pilotis: Elles sont en train de disparaître: photographiez les,
Une croisière sur le Mékong est un moment passionnant. Nous croisons sans cesse de nouveaux bateaux colorés de toute taille. De vieux moteurs pétaradants, des conducteurs nonchalants qui manoeuvrent le gouvernail avec leurs pieds. Des familles souriantes. Et cette immense surface d'eau limoneuse qui s'étend à perte de vue.
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Continuing the New Year 2020 with something a bit different :)
Here we have a printed page from the British Airports Authority (BAA) Heathrow Airport Daily Flight Schedule for Mon 5th Sep 1977.
I may possibly have mentioned before that, when we spotters found a quiet patch 'up top', we used to hit the terminals and try and scour for luggage stickers, labels and other ephemera, as well as soaking up the interesting ambience of an international airport terminal :)
Whilst on one of these forays, I must have slipped this relic into my bag as a unique souvenir which is now something of a time capsule! It runs to 22 pages! So I've selected three of the pages to show, this being the front page, showing the earliest arrivals.
Highlights from the log books
- Earliest arrival is 02.15 BE3353 a BA Vanguard Merchantman
- Two consecutive Seaboard World arrivals at 04.45 and 04.50!
- 06.50 AQ072 is an Air Anglia Piper Navajo!
and so much variety just on the one page:
- 707s of BA, BWIA, TWA, Bangladesh Biman, Kenya Airways, and Malaysian
- DC-8s of Seaboard World, Air Canada, and Air Jamaica
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
Aviation Memories
Starting 2021 with another dip into the written archives :)
Another page from one of my school note books - what a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)
I had just turned 14 years of age, and I was looking to expand my portfolio of hobbies! I had already been indoctrinated into the world of bus spotting and train spotting by my older brother, but he never had an interest in aviation. It was my school mates at senior school who encouraged me to visit Heathrow - a mere 4 miles from where I lived in Southall! I was quickly hooked, and the interest never really went away, although it waned by the early 1990s when all the best aircraft had disappeared :(
Some comments on the sightings
In September 1976 aged just turned 14, I made my first visit to the Farnborough Airshow. I bagged a huge variety of planes, and even ventured to take a few snaps on my newly acquired 'state of the art' Kodak Instamatic camera :) Some examples in the comments section below.
And for a full list of the aircraft present, see Scramble: www.scramble.nl/database/show-reports/united-kingdom/farn...
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
After numerous issues with Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) over the years the final straw was broken earlier this month with a critical failure, the result of one of their numerous updates.
N3FJP's ACLog has been waiting in the wings for some time.
I first downloaded it years & years ago & guess what?
When I emailed Scott to ask for my password, he still had it on file!
I was floored.
Long story short, I wound up purchasing the entire suite at a special discount & at a very reasonable price I might add.
There are so many features I have fallen in love with such as the automatic QRZ lookup as pictured & it's ability to interphase with WSJT-X.
My entire log has now been transferred over after many months of periodic testing & I am very very happy!
72/73
Daryll
Aviation Memories
Continuing Year 2020 with a dip into the written archives :) So I wasn't just into logging aircraft registrations.
Another page from one of my school note books - what a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)
Sometimes my imagination got the better of me, and my artistic side came out - still on the theme of aviation here though :)
I had a thing about Aeroflot and used to like practising the Cyrillic lettering :) The Philippine Airlines drawing was inspired by my sighting of PH-DTK on runway 23 in these notes somewhere.
I had just turned 14 years of age, and I was looking to expand my portfolio of hobbies! I had already been indoctrinated into the world of bus spotting and train spotting by my older brother, but he never had an interest in aviation. It was my school mates at senior school who encouraged me to visit Heathrow - a mere 4 miles from where I lived in Southall! I was quickly hooked, and the interest never really went away, although it waned by the early 1990s when all the best aircraft had disappeared :(
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
Continuing 2020 with some time travel back to Heathrow in the 1970s :)
From a page torn from an old 1970 diary - I was an early adopter of Recycling :) It shows a variety of Heathrow arrivals and overflights in 1977, as noted by me from the back bedroom and garden of my house in Southall :)
So here is a challenge for my aviation friends on Flickr!
Can anyone tie-up any of my unusual aircraft sightings from a mere 43 years ago :))
Highlights from the log books
Star player in June:
04Jun77 DM-SCW Interflug Tu-134A on a VIP flight - the only Interflug 134 I saw at LHR, although I was lucky enough to catch a couple of their Il-18s :)
Other than that, most of those identified were from the usual range of lights and biz jets:
I-FIMI Italian Learjet
A6-HHF G2
D-CLUB Sabre-75
EI-AWY Mitsubishi Mu-2
May/Jun highlights
Tie-ups still needed! -
02May77 American Airlines 747 - I have no memory of seeing one of these, as they bowed out from the Heathrow scene just as I got started in 1976/77
07May77 2x French Air Force Mystere 20s, along with 3x RAF Wessex meant probably a VIP visit
23May77 Air France 747 I the new livery
23May77 THY 707, not rare but perhaps one of the early build 707-100s?
20Jun77 Lufthansa 747 - one of the first I would have seen
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
Aviation Memories
Starting 2021 with another dip into the written archives :)
Another page from one of my school note books - what a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)
I had just turned 14 years of age, and I was looking to expand my portfolio of hobbies! I had already been indoctrinated into the world of bus spotting and train spotting by my older brother, but he never had an interest in aviation. It was my school mates at senior school who encouraged me to visit Heathrow - a mere 4 miles from where I lived in Southall! I was quickly hooked, and the interest never really went away, although it waned by the early 1990s when all the best aircraft had disappeared :(
Some comments on the sightings
In September 1976 aged just turned 14, I made my first visit to the Farnborough Airshow. I bagged a huge variety of planes, and even ventured to take a few snaps on my newly acquired 'state of the art' Kodak Instamatic camera :) Some examples in the comments section below.
And for a full list of the aircraft present, see Scramble: www.scramble.nl/database/show-reports/united-kingdom/farn...
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting