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The wild ponies have arrived back at Gurnard's Head. They were there for a few months last winter too with the idea that their grazing keeps the bracken down on the headland and allows the wild flowers to grow. We certainly had a spectacular display of flowers last spring. The downside is that the ponies make the already muddy footpaths into deep mudbaths, but we can't have it all ways. They are lovely to see.
Gone from an impenetrable mudbath in April to a baked road with 2 inch cracks in June. 28C when we went for a walk late this afternoon but it's due to all change ove rhte next few days with cooler temps and rain. About time I guess.
Number: Protector-422
Name: Muun
Rank: ARC Lieutenant
Primary weapon: two DC-17 Hand Pistols with suppressor
Secondary weapon: Vibroblade
“The Jabiimi sure can put on a fight!”
“We’ve got to take that trench, troopers, lets move!”
“Sir, I can barely see shit.”
“What are we even shooting at?”
“These wet cloaks just make everything heavier, I thought they had to prevend that from happening?”
“Some microbinoculars would have been nice to have in this foggy mudbath, miserly Republic.”
“CT-7533, on your right!”
“Sir, when exactly will those AT-TE’s arrive?”
“Sir, we’re gaining a lot of ground on the East.”
“Sir,…”
“Sir,…”
“Sir!”
“Did you enjoy your nap, sir? Or were you just gazing in the distance, I couldn’t tell the difference with your helmet on.” The in mud covered trooper giggles. You smile under your helmet and slowly wake up, followed by asking him a status report.
“That’s why I woke you, sir. We have taken all of the trenches on the East and North side and we’ve got the Jabiimi Nationalists on the run. We think they will regroup at there forward base and hit us back with a big assault.”
You hear and feel a cold breeze going through the trenches, sounding like a ghost wispering in the comlink of your helmet. You pause for a second and think. “We have to prepare ourselfs for what’s coming, trooper! Count our munition, gather the food and get rid of those corpses. The trenches will be filled with fresh ones later I’m afraid.”
[A few hours prior]
Jester and Muck just told us about our next mission. Jabiim. I heard it’s a real hellhole, lots of mud, fog and rain covering the whole planet. Hence why we need to report to the armory to pick up our new ‘mission essential’ gear.
Kinda unfortunate, I really liked my ARF gear. I heard the new armor has a different color, AGAIN. More camouflage and cloaks. Made so that our boots and armor doesn’t get filled with water and mud. Our armor is heavy enough already, so everything that prevents it from getting more heavy I’ll be more than willing to accept. And I also don’t want any sand and mud between my skin and armor.
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My newest mission for the 253rd is finally here! I'm very excited to show you this one. For once, I'm also glad with how the log turned out haha :D
Enjoy!
This cape buffalo was already completely muddy and started flipping more red dirt on himself. It was pretty hot there so I understand his need to cool off!
Tsavo East, Kenya
Jordan's TOP 15
1) Amman;
2) Biblical History;
3) Crusader Castles;
4) Wadi Rum;
5) Petra;
6) Madabas's Mosaics;
7) Roman Ruins;
8) The Dead Sea;
9) The Jordan Trails;
I only had time for 9 Jordan's Top 15.
:-(
On the Jordanian side, nine international franchises have opened seaside resort hotels near the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center, along with resort apartments, on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The 9 hotels have boosted the Jordanian side's capacity to 2,800 rooms.
This stylish hotel spa has a heated pool, Dead Sea saltwater pool, Jacuzzi, steam room and sauna. Treatments include massages (55 minutes), body wraps, salt scrubs, phytomer and mud facials, dry flotation and hydrobaths. An Arabic loofah experience (75 minutes) has to be tried to be believed – expect your skin to glow by the end.
The lowest point on Earth.
Minus 430 meters from sea level.
Watch the sunset across the water and look across to the West Bank and the distant lights of Jerusalem.
The Dead Sea is located in the Syro-African Rift, a 4000-mile fault line in the earth’s crust. The lowest point of dry land on earth is the shoreline of the Dead Sea at 1300 feet below sea level. That the lake is at the lowest point means that water does not drain from this lake. Daily 7 million tons of water evaporate but the minerals remain, causing the salt content to increase. Figures for the Dead Sea’s salinity today range from 26-35%.
The mud matted fur of this hyena gave it an unrefined look, and judging by the missing top piece from its ear, it may have survived a Mike Tyson like encounter with another competitor. It's tough being a wild hyena.
Rescued orphaned elephant (Loxodonta africana) at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust taking a dirt bath. The Orphans Project has successfully hand-raised over 150 infant elephants and reintroduced them into the wild herds of Tsavo National Park. Nairobi, Kenya, Africa
From this angle it looks quite serene and attractive, but in reality the flooding has turned anywhere near the water into a squelching mudbath. Excellent area to take a wander though as there are photo opportunities almost everywhere you look, so here's one from the other day before the stormy clouds raced overhead
This stylish hotel spa has a heated pool, Dead Sea saltwater pool, Jacuzzi, steam room and sauna. Treatments include massages (55 minutes), body wraps, salt scrubs, phytomer and mud facials, dry flotation and hydrobaths. An Arabic loofah experience (75 minutes) has to be tried to be believed – expect your skin to glow by the end.
RKO_1611. A happy elephant taking a mud bath!
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The Promised Land is on the other bank of Jordan.
And I'm going to float in the salt water of the lake.
And smear my body with medicinal clay.
And lotsa beer!!!
73962 Dick Mabutt heads up test train 1Q41over the western Chapel Milton viaduct towards Chinley from Peak Forest having earlier traversed the eastern viaduct glimpsed behind on its way up to Buxton from Derby. The train is tailed by 73964 Jeanette and will traverse the southern parts of the Merseyrail system before heading back to Derby by the following morning. January the 16th 2023.
Did I ever mention ? 73s are, with the exception of the locos on the Caledonian Sleeper, my nemesis. Turn, up, they don't run, the weather is non descript or the location is chosen at the last minute, it is a poor choice. Never mind poor photography by myself. Always has been the case. And, Third Rail Land is far away from Yorkshire. On this day I have been given a job just above Buxton, not far from the Tunstead Quarry. Always a good schedule. So long as I get the work done.
On this day I do, dropping down to Peak Forest mid afternoon. A pair of 20s have just been dispatched to shunt Dove Holes but have just been parked up far within the quarry lines and are not going to move far anytime soon. It is all very quiet. A quick search on the Realtime reveals that a 1Qxx test train is due within ten minutes. I make the decision to run up along the footpath to the far end of the stabling point and get a picture of it running downhill towards Buxton, only just making it in time. An unfamiliar train front appears in the distance as I fumble for my camera. It is not the expected 37s, and not HST power cars either. No, its class 73s! But my judgement is poor. The sun shines low in the sky and a line of wagons parked up in the stabling point throws a shadow halfway up the sides of test train. The result is appalling, but I decide right there that I should keep it just to make my point about the nemesis.
The train heads up to Buxton and I head off home. Passing under the Chapel Milton viaducts i see that they are still bathed in the sinking light of the sun. Parking up by the church in between the two viaducts, I see that it will not be too long before the train returns and crosses one of the two, and a closer check reveals that it will be the western viaduct. Having passed by but never having checked out this area I have no idea where to look, but a quick scan reveals a public footpath leading down to the area below the western viaduct. Low and behold, beyond the mudbath of the footpath a clear spot is found, and within ten minutes the train passes over the viaduct in beautiful low sunlight. Nemesis broken!
Orphans from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. I can't think of any other organization that helps save elephants more than them. The DSWT helps orphaned elephants (and other animals) grow and eventually return to the wild where they belong. We can all do something to help save these wonderful creatures.
Mud Bathing
It is a "private beach"! Be happy.
Most beaches have mud pots by the sea's edge where you can self-administer a full-body mud pack.
Leave it in place to bake under the sun for five to ten minutes and then wash it off in the sea.
It tightens the skin and leaves it feeling smooth, tingly and refreshed.
At 431m below sea level – the lowest point on earth – the Dead Sea is a body of intense blue water, polished smooth like oiled skin on a windless day in winter and ruffled into whitecaps by the summer winds.