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The 250 foot diameter Lovell radio telescope. Located at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, England. Constructed 65 years ago. Still an active astronomical instrument. The big steerable paraboloidal dish weighs 1500 tonnes and (for camera enthusiasts!) is f/0.3.
Control Room: www.flickr.com/photos/lesc/51935580823/in/dateposted/
Bearing:
www.flickr.com/photos/lesc/51939874049/in/photostream/
Vintage image from a Kodachrome II slide.
The original controls of the 250 foot steerable radio telescope.
At far right are the controls for tracking an astronomical object. Tracking to counter the Earth's rotation requires simultaneous movements in horizontal direction (azimuth) and vertical (altitude). The necessary calculations from astronomical to altazimuth coordinates were made by an intricate mechanical analogue computer on the same rack. Far cry from the computer and stepping motors now built into almost any amateur telescope.
The dish: www.flickr.com/photos/lesc/51935822064/in/photostream/
Bearings: www.flickr.com/photos/lesc/51939874049/in/photostream/
Vintage image from a Kodachrome II slide.
After a layover in Eastleigh yard, GBRf 69004 now leads 3Q00 11.58 Woking Up yard-Exeter Riverside yard past Upton Lovell, in the Wylye Valley, transferring a 'Smart Weed System' weedkiller set on 30/05/23.
G&W orange livery 59206 'John F. Yeoman - Rail Pioneer' passes the former crossing keepers cottage at Upton Lovell AHB with 7V07 13.41 Chichester-Merehead on 27/05/21.
Wyoming cops are some real ball breakers...
The North Local continues on its way after working the American Colloid bentonite plant here outside of Lovell. As I mentioned in a previous post, bentonite is the most ubiquitous commodity on the railroads of this region and it's used for numerous goods and industrial processes, with this plant apparently producing bentonite products used for metal-casting. The train stopped here for ages, before eventually some plant personnel boarded the locomotive cab for a while, after which the train began its work. During this stop though, the clouds gave way to sun and gave us some brilliant lighting. Also during this stop, a park ranger drove by us on the road, calling us in to the sheriff. When the sheriff pulled up, it was the third time in our two days chasing the Greybull locals that law enforcement had showed up to question us (We also got pulled over and given a warning for speeding once while not chasing a train, as a nice bonus police interaction.) Thankfully he was not as pushy as the other sheriffs and police who had questioned us, because his bewildered coworkers had already told him about our description and activities. Nice. After the chase of this local we were more than ready to begin our trek back to Colorado.
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The ruins of a 15th century manor house in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside. Minster Lovell Hall was the home of King Richard 111's henchman, Lord Lovell. There is also a lovely stream and a dovecot.
The Bighorn River flows 1000 feet below at Devil's Canyon Overlook in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. It's autumn and the waters always seem yellow-green at this time of year (perhaps algae blooms) regardless of recent rainfall or the lack of runoff. Even though this is in Montana, the access is via the southern entrance east of Lovell, Wyoming, roughly three hours from the Yellowtail access on the Montana side of the recreation area. The Crow reservation surrounds much of the northern end of the canyon and access can be limited.
Wild/feral horses live on the overlapping Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range, as well as a variety of wildlife ranging from bighorns to black bears. As for grizzlies, they are not generally on this side of the Bighorn Basin but some HAVE made it all the way over to the Bighorn Mountains on occasion. My best advice is to simply be very aware of your surroundings when hiking about in such places, especially if one is prone to doing such things solo as I do.
I often wish I lived sufficiently near to shoot this regularly during different seasons and times of day, for the canyon's depth and light angles can make this a challenge to shoot even with our modern apps like PhotoPills, etc. In hindsight, I still should have shot this earlier in the day... (9-17-2025)
GBRf 66743 in Belmond Royal Scotsman livery works 6V41 14.48 Eastleigh yard-Westbury yard past Upton Lovell on 19/04/21.
The Lovell Telescope poking out of the fog. The remaining towers of Fiddler's Ferry (I think) in the background.
GBRf 66734 'PLATINUM JUBILEE' passes Upton Lovell with 6O41 10.14 Westbury yard-Eastleigh yard Network Rail trip on 05/01/26.
The University of Manchester's Lovell telescope at Jodrel Bank is the third-largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world at 76.2 m (250 ft) in diameter
Having been sent down from Westbury, Colas 56096 passes Upton Lovell with a 6C97 14.58 Eastleigh Yard-Lisvane & Thornhill (via Westbury & Taunton !) on 18/04/21.
GBRf 59003 'Yeoman Highlander' back from repairs at Doncaster, (which didn't include a jet wash !!) resumes its role as traction for 6O41 10.14 Westbury yard-Eastleigh yard engineers tripper passing Upton Lovell on 01/12/20.
The picturesque ruins of Minster Lovell Hall, a 15th century Oxfordshire manor house, lie in a beautiful rural setting beside the River Windrush. They include a fine hall, tower and nearby dovecote.
Minster Lovell Hall was built in the 1430s by William, Baron of Lovell and Holand - one of the richest men in England. It was later home to Francis, Viscount Lovell, a close ally of Richard III. After several changes of hands the hall was abandoned and eventually demolished in the 18th century, leaving the extensive remains that stand today.
This small village street runs from the Swan Inn on the left to the church of St Kenelm about 100 yards away and the picturesque ruins of Minster Lovell Hall.
Beyond that the street becomes a narrow lane that wanders nowhere in particular.
A beautiful situation, the limpid River Windrush flows to the right under steep wooded riverbanks, separated from the village by a lush meadow/common-land called The Wash.
An idyllic little place, it remains remarkably untouched by time, although it can get busy in hot weather when families come to play on the Wash and paddle in the river.
Much of the Windrush valley was flooded on this day out; here the floodwaters seem to be retreating.
The picturesque ruins of Minster Lovell Hall, a 15th century Oxfordshire manor house, lie in a beautiful rural setting beside the River Windrush. They include a fine hall, tower and nearby dovecote.
Minster Lovell Hall was built in the 1430s by William, Baron of Lovell and Holand - one of the richest men in England. It was later home to Francis, Viscount Lovell, a close ally of Richard III. After several changes of hands the hall was abandoned and eventually demolished in the 18th century, leaving the extensive remains that stand today.
ANDYSMANCLUB livery 69013 passes Upton Lovell on 09/10/25 working 6O41 10.14 Westbury yard-Eastleigh yard formed of vintage YKA 'Osprey' wagons.
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The picturesque ruins of Minster Lovell Hall, a 15th century Oxfordshire manor house, lie in a beautiful rural setting beside the River Windrush. They include a fine hall, tower and nearby dovecote.
Minster Lovell Hall was built in the 1430s by William, Baron of Lovell and Holand - one of the richest men in England. It was later home to Francis, Viscount Lovell, a close ally of Richard III. After several changes of hands the hall was abandoned and eventually demolished in the 18th century, leaving the extensive remains that stand today.
MILKY WAY
I went down to the Lovell Canyon fire to see the fire damage. I used the silhouette from Lovell with an overprocessed Milky Way image I captured a few weeks ago. =)
An artist’s reconstruction of Minster Lovell Hall in the late 15th century (English Heritage). In the background is St Kenelm’s Church.