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-within essence rain star-
~bagels and ash sweaters~
*1989*
_dark umber paint pluto_
:::smells and lines and cranberry baskets:::
^^castle house 1989^^
Anthopleura ballii ou Bunodes ballii - Anémone à points rouges - Red Speckled Anemone or Red-speckled pimplet anemone - FRANCE - Bretagne
Cette anémone est incapable de se refermer et d'abriter ses tentacules dans sa cavité digestive.
The military badge is a gold Maltese Cross of eight points, enamelled in white. Each point of the cross is decorated by a small gold ball; each angle has a small figure of a lion. The centre of the cross bears three crowns on the obverse side, and a rose, a thistle and a shamrock, emanating from a sceptre on the reverse side. Both emblems are surrounded by a red circular ring bearing the motto of the Order, which are in turn flanked by two laurel branches, above a scroll bearing the words "Ich dien" (I Serve) in gold letters.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was created by George I and is the fourth-most senior British Order of Chivalry. It is mainly awarded to senior military officers or senior civil servants.
60056 waits patiently for a problem with the points to be resolved at Dalston Oil depot on 1 October 2015. The main line curves away to the left with the depot on the right, where a rake of six bogie tanks have just been delivered by 60056. The six tanks standing on the up main are the empties that were drawn from the depot and have the tail lamp attached ready for the journey back to Carlisle. Normally they would have been propelled over a crossover onto the down main for 60056 to run round, but passenger trains are due, so the loco will have to couple up, drag them back, then propel them onto the siding between the two sets of tanks. A "lock in" will then ensue to allow both up and down passenger trains to pass. Each and every movement seemed to take ages as the points continued to bedevil the proceedings.
Blyth pier bizzarely points to St Marys Lighthouse which if you look very close is centre stage on the horizon...
deliberately kept minimal and dark for shape and form emphasis
"Masarykovo nábřeží is the name of the embankment on the right bank of the Vltava opposite Slovanské ostrov (Žofín) in Prague. It is bounded by the Jiráské bridge and the square and the Legion bridge with Národní třída. It was named after the first Czechoslovak president in 1990.
The New Town (Czech: Nové Město) is a quarter in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. New Town is the youngest and largest of the five independent (from the Middle Ages until 1784) towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague. New Town was founded in 1348 by Charles IV just outside the city walls to the east and south of the Old Town and encompassed an area of 7.5 km²; about three times the size of the Old Town. The population of Prague in 1378 was well over 40,000, perhaps as much as twice that, making it the 4th most populated city north of the Alps and, by area, the 3rd largest city in Europe. Although New Town can trace its current layout to its construction in the 14th century, only few churches and administrative buildings from this time survive. There are many secular and educational buildings in New Town, but also especially magnificent gothic and baroque churches. These nevertheless are not the main drawing points for tourists. New Town's most famous landmark is Wenceslas Square, which was originally built as a horsemarket and now functions as a center of commerce and tourism. In the 15th century, the Novoměstská radnice, or New Town Hall, was the site of the first of the three defenestrations of Prague.
Prague (/ˈprɑːɡ/ PRAHG; Czech: Praha [ˈpraɦa]; German: Prag [pʁaːk]; Latin: Praga) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters.
Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611).
It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era.
Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the violence and destruction of 20th-century Europe. Main attractions include Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Old Town Square with the Prague astronomical clock, the Jewish Quarter, Petřín hill and Vyšehrad. Since 1992, the historic center of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
The city has more than ten major museums, along with numerous theatres, galleries, cinemas, and other historical exhibits. An extensive modern public transportation system connects the city. It is home to a wide range of public and private schools, including Charles University in Prague, the oldest university in Central Europe.
Prague is classified as a "Alpha-" global city according to GaWC studies. In 2019, the city was ranked as 69th most livable city in the world by Mercer. In the same year, the PICSA Index ranked the city as 13th most livable city in the world. Its rich history makes it a popular tourist destination and as of 2017, the city receives more than 8.5 million international visitors annually. In 2017, Prague was listed as the fifth most visited European city after London, Paris, Rome, and Istanbul.
Bohemia (Latin Bohemia, German Böhmen, Polish Czechy) is a region in the west of the Czech Republic. Previously, as a kingdom, they were the center of the Czech Crown. The root of the word Czech probably corresponds to the meaning of man. The Latin equivalent of Bohemia, originally Boiohaemum (literally "land of Battles"), which over time also influenced the names in other languages, is derived from the Celtic tribe of the Boios, who lived in this area from the 4th to the 1st century BC Bohemia on it borders Germany in the west, Austria in the south, Moravia in the east and Poland in the north. Geographically, they are bounded from the north, west and south by a chain of mountains, the highest of which are the Krkonoše Mountains, in which the highest mountain of Bohemia, Sněžka, is also located. The most important rivers are the Elbe and the Vltava, with the fertile Polabean Plain extending around the Elbe. The capital and largest city of Bohemia is Prague, other important cities include, for example, Pilsen, Karlovy Vary, Kladno, Ústí nad Labem, Liberec, Hradec Králové, Pardubice and České Budějovice, Jihlava also lies partly on the historical territory of Bohemia." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
Crossing over to access platform 7 and the chord, 56091 Driver Wayne Gaskell The Godfather leads 6Z89 Middleton Towers to Ravenhead Sidings.
PA_902 [20 points]
I Invade YOU, a promis on the wall in the 15th arrondissement in Paris.
The alias of PA_902 was on display and sold on in Galerie Le Feuvre in June 2011 at the exposition "INVADER 1000". To view this alias on display click here.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: NICE SHOT!
All my photos of PA_902:
PA_902 (Close-up, April 2011)
PA_902 (Wide shot 1, April 2011)
PA_902 (Wide shot 2, re-activated, July 2019)
Date of invasion: 13/02/2011 (First seen on Flickr on 02/03/2011 by Ausmoz, 17 days after installation)
[Visited the location of PA_902 53 days after invasion]
DELETED (reported Summer 2012)
RE-ACTIVATED April 2019
DELETED January 2020
Some collieries were easy to access particularly so I found in South Wales. It also on occasions helped to have contacts. Bold Colliery was harder to get into, the formal front-door approach having been met with a definite No!
There was a footbridge which crossed the mainline which gave access for the workers who lived on the local estate and once in contact with the non-administerative staff they were very welcoming. In this photo the enthusiast on the left had however found another route which was via the entrance from the mainline which was closed so had to crawl under the gap underneath. Access to the entrance must also have been fun as he arrived covered in RoseBay Willowherb and other sundry vegetation. So not the best photo but it allows me to tell the story.
Austerity Hunslet 3163/44 0-6-0ST Joseph is seen bringing another rake of empty MGR's from the mainline connection at Bold Colliery in July 1983.
Tonight, I biked along 'De Poel' (Amstelveen/Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and saw a sky in flames. It lasted only one or two minutes, but I was fortunate to shoot a few pictures. This is the best of the series .
poor man's wide angle lens.
this moon is not edited. does anyone want to comment on whether this moon is waning or waxing? seems weird to point up.
Monument dedicated to the memory of John George Howard.
Photograph by Michael A. J. Rumig.
HALLOWEEN Rock N' Roll MUSIC SOUNDTRACK background suggestions for Halloween & Friday the 13th:
Friday the 13th by Thelonious Monk or Theme From Firday the 13th by Manfredini or Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles or Dr. Wu by Steely Dan or their other song Kid Charlemagne or the song Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) by David Bowie or I Put A Spell On You by Scremin' Jay Hawkins or The Witch by The Sonics or the Witches' Rave by Jeff Buckley or Walking With A Ghost by Tegan & Sara or This is Halloween by Marilyn Manson or Monster Mash by Bobby "Borris" Pickett and the Beach boys did this to on their Live Album or Burning Down the House by Talking Heads or Love Potion # 9 by The Searchers or Free Fallin' by Tom Petty or Super Freak by Rick James or The Snake by Johnny Rivers or Spooky by Classics IV or Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden or Feed My Frankenstein by Alice Cooper or Clap For The Wolfman(Jack) by Canada's - The Guess Who and also another Canadian group is April Wine and their song Sign Of The Gypsy Queen or as Ian Tyson told me personally at the Mariposa Folk Festival in Orillia, Ontario the greatest folk song in his opinion ever written is The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by the Canada's legendary Gordon Lightfoot or his other song If You Could Read My Mind or another Canadian doing Spiderman Theme by Michael Buble or Beware The Friendly Stranger by Boards of Canada or check out Fogbounded Creepy Music album Xenophobia on You Tube or The Slender Man Song by Brentalfloss or Behold The Darkness by Medwyn Goodall or Suspiria Theme - 1977 by Goblin or Maggot Dream by Death Cube K or Atmospheres by Gyorgy Ligeti or Volume Alpha by Minecraft or Pokemon G/R/B/Y Lavender Town Remix or check this out on Youtube Hatsune Miku - "結ンデ開イテ羅刹ト骸(Hold, Release; Rakshasa and Carcasses)" Eng subbed or Lavender Town theme(Depressive Black Metal Version) by Anit or for some fabulous creepy listening check this one out called Tidal Tempest Bad Future(Extended) by Sonic CD or The Bottom Feeder by Nurse With Wound or Gwely Mernans by Aphex Twin or Blood On Satan's Claw by Reverend Bizarre or Love Me Forever by Motorhead or +Everything by Limp Bizkit or Creeping Death by Metallica or Blind by KoRn or White Wedding by Billy Idol or his other song called Dancing With Myself or The Visitors by Abba or Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley or Ghostbusters by Ray Parker, Jr. or This Is Halloween by Gary Gee or The Adams Family by Vic Mizzy orThe Cask Of Amontillado by Alan Parsons Project or The Raven (Long Version) by Alan Parsons Project or Halloween by Aqua or Witches Promise by Juthro Tull or Witches - Aqualords by Dark Horse or Witches by Switchblade Symphony or Witche's Brew by Palmer Hap or Witch Queen Of New Orleans by Redbone or Wicca the Witches Song by Marianne Faithful or When You're Evil by Voltaire or Werewolves Of London by Warren Zevon or We Only Come Out At Night by Smashing Pumpkins or Transylvania Twist by Ex-Voto or Tito and Tarantula by After Dark or The Time Warp by Rocky Horror or Thriller by Michael Jackson(the ultimate classic) or Strange Brew by Cream or Nightmare on My Street by DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince or Monster by the B-52's or Friend Of The Devil by Grateful Dead or (Don't Fear) The Reeper by Blue Oyster Cult or Zombie Stomp by Ozzy Osborne and Rob Zombie or the Halloween Volume II soundtrack from Mannheim Steamroller or The X-Files Theme by Enya or Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) by Concrete Blonde or Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones or Devil In Disguise by Elvis or JJ Cale's version or Devil Inside by Inxs or Race with the Devil by Gene Vincent or The Ghost by Jim Morrison(Lizard Man) and The Doors and then one of the kings of the country boys is It's A Monster's Holiday by Buck Owens and the words will sure to turn your twists or Season of the Witch(Sunshine Superman) by Donavan or Season of the Witch by Brian Augur, Julie Driscoll & Trinity or Toccata and Fugue in d Minor, s. 565 (Anton AHeiller, organist) or Sorceror's Apprentice (Magic?) (transcribedand performed by Peter Richard Centre or Cauldron of Cerridwen(Emerging) by Kay Gardner or Ghosts in the Landscape(Terma) by Tuu & Nick Parkin or All Souls Night by Loreena McKennitt or Strange Brew by Cream or The Burning Times by Charlie Murphy or This is Halloween by Danny Elfman or Witchy Women by The Eagles orFlight of the Magicians by David Michael & Randy Mead or Magic Man by Heart or Arrival To Nowhere by Numina or White Rabbit by The Great Society or The Earth, The Air, The Fire, The Water(ACirle is Cast by Libana or Ghost(Sacred Sacrifice) by Fountain's M.U.S.E or Totem(Picture Music) by Klaus Schulze or Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix or The Ghost In Me(Wanderlust) by Terra Ambient or You Must Be A Witch(Nuggets vol.3, Rhino) by The Lollipop Shoppe or Green Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf.
This is some fine Halloween Rockin' and whatever to amuse and stimulate your senses come what the 31st or for any other Friday the 13th!
Is it TRICK or is it TREAT or is it Friday the 13th!
I wonder what Gene, and Alice and Ozzie and Marilyn are doing on the 31st?
Check out these websites for More HALLOWEEN MUSIC:
top40.about.com/od/top10lists/tp/halloweensongs.htm
www.rocknrollview.com/blog/2009/10/13/13-killer-rock-n-ro...
itunes.apple.com/ca/album/100-halloween-rock-n-roll/id406...
This site here is one of the best with links: creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Listening_Music
www.amazon.com/Halloween-Rock-Roll-Party-Sha/dp/B000000K82
www.imdb.com/title/tt0373883/soundtrack
And on Facebook this site: www.facebook.com/shoutingthomasthetorments
Also from this site is this poem:
gluvlee.blogspot.ca/2012/02/halloween-2010.html
Gramma Luvlee’s Good Friend Fred
Here lies Fred, my dear departed friend.
I know he wished to be here til the end.
Fred was a fun man a giving man too.
He wanted to share his body parts with you!
1) Fred was a golly man with a great big gut.
Let's pass around his intestines just for luck.
Fresh from the grave, wet & cold.
Just a little slimy, just a little old!
Twisted and shriveled in a bunch
just like they were after his lunch.
( A long thin balloon filled with jello & oiled)
2) His fingers were long, almost pure white.
Lets pass around a few, no need for fright.
Fresh from the grave, wet & cold.
Just a little slimy, just a little old!
Pretty greasy & slimy, he lived in a cave.
Never really had time to bathe.
(Slightly cooked & cooled & oiled baby carrots)
3) His toes were grimy from wearing no shoes.
Short & stubby and a little bit blue.
Fresh from the grave, wet & cold.
Just a little slimy, just a little old!
His toenails are long and a little bit brittle.
Don’t mind the wet, it’s just his spittle!
(Cold Vienna sausages)
4) One eye went left, the other right.
Poor Fred had really bad eyesight!
Fresh from the grave, wet & cold.
Just a little slimy, just a little old!
Handle them gently for they may roll.
Fred would hate if they fell from the bowl!
(2 Large peeled grapes)
5) Now Fred he wasn’t a very smart man.
We found his brain stuffed in a can.
Fresh from the grave, wet & cold.
Just a little slimy, just a little old!
Give them a squeeze, there’s not a lot.
I guess old Fred, his mind is shot!
(I rounded the corners on three sponges and put a rubber band in the center to hold them together. It sort of resembled a brain. Then I soaked them in cold water. You could also use a cooked cauliflower.)
6) Fred’s bones were brittle, dry & old.
Give them a crack, if you’re so bold.
Fresh from the grave, wet & cold.
Just a little slimy, just a little old!
The rats have chewed them, you can too!
But wipe them first, there may be goo!
(Pretzel rods)
7) Now one thing Fred couldn’t be called
was billiard ball, hairless, slick or bald!
Fresh from the grave, wet & cold.
Just a little slimy, just a little old!
His crowning glory, styled with spit.
They ladies liked to run their fingers through it!
(Fake Fur)
8) It stopped beating with a start.
Poor Fred’s little slimy heart.
Fresh from the grave, wet & cold.
Just a little slimy, just a little old!
His heart it stopped no more to thump.
Please don’t scream if it starts to jump!
(A large tomato, blanched & peeled)
9) Fred was proud of his pearly whites.
A good set of choppers kept him feed right.
Fresh from the grave, wet & cold.
Just a little slimy, just a little old!
His teeth were strong unlike his eyesight.
Be careful when you touch them, they might bite!
(Corn Nuts)
10) Just like Van Gough, he only had one ear.
But he heard just fine, perfectly clear.
Fresh from the grave, wet & cold.
Just a little slimy, just a little old!
A little bit shriveled because of age.
But an ear nonetheless, it says on this page.
(Dried apricot)
11) The last thing we found was Fred’s strong hands.
They were down deep, covered in sand.
Fresh from the grave, wet & cold.
Just a little slimy, just a little old!
Cold and stiff as they were when he died.
Hold one or you’ll think that I lied.
I WANNA GO TO SYRIA - THE SHOOTING OF SAMMY YATIM
A VIDEO OF THIS SONG WILL BE RELEASED SOON.
Words & Music By MICHAEL A. J. RUMIG
. . . . . . . . . Starting with the sound of bullets and or maybe the sound of a haunting bell ringing nine times!
Key of Open D Minor
VERSE 1
I wanna go to Syria
But now I stay in this paranoia
Gonna ride the TTC
Get me home safely
VERSE 2
Dundas Street Friday mid-night
Turned out to be a fearful flight
Catch a ride on the Red Rocket
Got my token in my pocket
PRE-CHORUS
This summer I hear nine shots
Eight bulls eyes on the dot.
After getting all of those layers
Then finally they got me tasered
REFRAIN
Shoot me up, Shoot me up
Down I go
Shoot me up, Shoot me up
A cop on a roll
Shoot me up, Shoot me up
You think they'd know
Shoot me up, Shoot me up
Why is it sooooooooo
LEAD GUITAR SOLO
VERSE 3
Neon lights torments Toronto
This vision you get onto
Surrounded by cops in rage
I'm cornered in this cage
VERSE 4
Cut off by men in black
No one has got my back
Last ride on the TTC
Why did it have to be
VERSE 5
I wanna go to Syria
Now I stay in this paranoia
Gonna ride No. 4058
Destiny has got my fate
2nd PRE-CHORUS
This summer I hear nine shots
Eight bulls eyes on the dot.
After getting all of those layers
Then finally they got me tasered
2nd REFRAIN
Shoot me up, Shoot me up
Down I go
Shoot me up, Shoot me up
A cop on a roll
Shoot me up, Shoot me up
You think they'd know
Shoot me up, Shoot me up
Why is it sooooooooo
(For the ending repeat the last line)
ENDING
bell Then finally they got me tasered.........
Get me home safely
bell Then finally they got me tasered.........
Canada's land of opportunity
bell Then finally they got me tasered.........
Why did it have to be
bell Then finally they got me tasered.........
bell Why Why Why
Why is it so
bell Oh Why Why Why
Why must I die
bell Why Why Why
Do Cops ever Cry
bell Oh Why Why Why
bell Why must I die die die
. . . . . . . . . ending maybe with the sound of a haunting bell ringing nine times!
When I was at Ryerson at this time a fellow student was there and behind the troops when this following event happened at OHIO.
After the troops killed 4 students in Ohio, Neil Young went into the woods and wrote his classic signature song 'Ohio'.
The Ohio song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkg-bzTHeAk
A documentary on Ohio: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdCpI2qdsd8
ohio- neil young
movie for a history project
ohio- neil young
movie for a history project
If you are looking for a CORN MAZE or two to enjoy anywhere in the United States, you may find it at this web site: www.cornmazesamerica.com/directory.php?state=US
And here: www.funtober.com/cornmaze/
For Canada: puzzles.about.com/od/cornmazes/qt/CDNCornMaze.htm
And here: kccbigcountry.hubpages.com/hub/Corn-Mazes-in-Canada
If you are looking for HAUNTED HOUSES in United States go here: www.trutv.com/conspiracy/paranormal/haunted-houses/galler...
And here: www.hauntworld.com/americas_scariest_best_haunted_houses
For HAUNTED HOUSES in Canada: www.hauntedhouse.com/canada/
And here: paranormal.boomja.com/Haunted-Canada-31326.html
And INTERNATIONALLY: directorywww.haunted-places.com/International.htm
So long dare Spookies!
Andrew Peasgood and Constance Devernay from the dress rehearsal of 'The Fairy's Kiss', which is one half of 'Stravinsky' by Scottish Ballet in 2017.
You can see more pics in my The Fairy's Kiss set.
'Every man has to learn the points of compass again as often as he awakes, whether from sleep or any abstraction. Not till we are lost, in other words, not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.'
Henry D. Thoreau. Walden
Extraits de la vidéo.
Une caméra virtuelle gravite autour d'un nuage de points du Plateau-Mont-Royal qui se transforme selon conditions environnementales enregistrées entre les premiers septembre 2012 et 2013. Réalisé dans le cadre de l’exposition "Vies de Plateau" présentée à Pointe-à-Callière, Musée d’archéologie et d’histoire de Montréal.
Still frames from the video.
A virtual camera gravitates around a point cloud of Plateau Mont-Royal which translates environmental conditions recorded between September 1st 2012 and 2013. Part of the exhibition "Lives and Times of the Plateau", presented at Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History.
Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/252888
Title: Compass Points South
Date of film: ca. 1960
Physical descrip: b&W; sound; original length: 28:07
Local call number: DA073; V-195; M89-17
General note: In this film, Wayne Ferris talks to Senator George Smathers about his trip to Latin America. Most of the program deals with the communist threat to the Latin American region. The show is comprised primarily of footage shot during Smathers' trip to various locations in the Caribbean and South America. Scenes include: riots in Panama over control of the Canal Zone, and footage of Fidel Castro shaking his fist and meeting with Russian leader, Anastas Mikoyan. Later, there is footage of an interview by Miami reporter, Dick Lobo, with Generalissimo, Raphael Trujillo, of the Dominican Republic. The segment on Venezuela includes 1958 footage of Vice President Richard Nixon's motorcade being stoned by angry protesters. There are a few brief scenes of Smathers meeting with Venezuelan President Bettencourt. There are brief shots of Haiti and Puerto Rico, including Smathers' meeting with the Haitian President. Senator Smathers comments that student exchange programs may improve relations with Latin America. Mr. Ferris closes the program with recommendations, such as: price stabilization measures; mineral quotas; market subsidies; and improved foreign aid. Produced by WCKT of Miami.
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.myflorida.com
PA_303 [10 points]
A good example of a re-activated space invader I forgot to revisit for a FlashInvaders treatment. Done when I was walking from PA_942 to the métro station.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: WUBBA LUBBA DUB DUBS!!!
All my photos of PA_303:
PA_303 (Close-up, June 2006)
PA_303 (Wide shot, June 2006)
PA_303 (Close-up, Re-Activated, January 2020)
PA_303 (Wide shot, Re-Activated, January 2020)
Date of invasion: 25/07/2000
DELETED March 2010
RE-ACTIVATED May 2018
Hop over Sara's blog (Sew Sweetness) to see my guest post:
www.sewsweetness.com/2011/09/sewing-back-to-school-prairi...
I hope it will be helpful:)
PS. This mug-rug is a small item in FtLoS swap - I hope my Partner will like it!
Fingerprint worksheet used to identify points of comparison of certain ridge characteristics for the purposes of matching prints. Photographed with a 4x5 Speed Graphic at the Canadian Police College in Ottawa.
The Plastic-Filmtastic 1980s theme continues with the Pentax P3n, a basic AE + Aperture Priority and Metered Manual, manual focus SLR. Straightforward, no-nonsense and a decent camera to operate! While it looks well constructed, there are some weak points to it
You can read the full review online: www.alexluyckx.com/blog/index.php/2017/12/12/ccr-review-7...
Sony a6000 + Konica Hexanon 1:2.8 f=35mm
Hardknott Pass is a hill pass between Eskdale and the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England. The tarmac-surfaced road, which is the most direct route from the central Lake District to West Cumbria, shares the title of steepest road in England with Rosedale Chimney Bank in North Yorkshire. It has a maximum gradient of 1 in 3 (about 33%).
The pass takes its name from Hard Knott which is derived from the Old Norse harthr (hard) and knutr (craggy hill).
A single track road runs between Eskdale in the west to the edge of the neighbouring Wrynose Pass in the east. On the western side is Harter Fell and the remains of Hardknott Roman Fort (200 metres (660 ft) above sea level).
The Hardknott Pass stands at a maximum elevation of 393 m (1,289 ft). The road descends steeply at a gradient of 30% (1 in 3) into the Duddon Valley. At the eastern end of the pass is Cockley Beck farm, built in the 1860s and owned by the National Trust. The route from Hardknott leads eastward towards the Wrynose Pass and Ambleside.
The pass is described as one of the most challenging roads in Britain. A series of hairpin bends make visibility difficult in various places, and the road surface is in poor condition and slippery when wet. The pass is often closed in winter due to ice that makes the route impassable for vehicles. Traffic ascending the pass has priority as advised by the Highway Code.
The challenging 1 in 3 gradients, steeper than the mountain stages of European bicycle races including the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, draw endurance cyclists. It is part of the annual Fred Whitton Challenge, a 112-mile ride around the Lake District. An "average" cyclist who was trained over six weeks for a 2019 Eurosport documentary called England's Toughest Climb failed to complete the route.
A road over the pass was built by the Romans around AD 110 to link the coastal fort and baths at Ravenglass with their garrisons at Ambleside and Kendal. The Romans called this road the Tenth Highway. The road fell into disrepair after the Romans left Britain in the early 5th century, becoming an unpaved packhorse route used to transport lead and agricultural goods. By the early Middle Ages, it was known as the Waingate ("cart road") or Wainscarth ("cart pass"): there is an 1138 record of a party of monks traversing it in an oxcart. Hardknott pass and its surrounding area fell within the domain of the Lords of Millom, being situated between the headwaters of the Esk and Duddon. Grazing and hunting rights were given to the monks of Furness Abbey by the Lords of Millom in the 13th century, which they held until the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536–41).
In the 1880s an association of hoteliers, the English Lake District Association, financed improvements to the road in the hope of encouraging tourist excursions by carriage; by 1891 the scheme was judged to be "not the success that was anticipated". Nevertheless, the route had some popularity with cyclists and early motorists, with the Cyclists' Touring Club 1911 Guide to North-West England describing the old coach road as "difficult going West, cruel coming East". The first motor vehicles were taken over the Hardknott and Wrynose passes, from the Eskdale side, in 1913.
In 1936, the Cumberland Highways Committee considered, and rejected, a proposal to make the pass more accessible to motorised vehicles by laying down a new road surface and making other improvements. However, during the Second World War the War Office used the area for tank training, completely destroying the existing road surface. After the war the damage was repaired and the road tarmaced. A decade after the local government had rejected opening the highway to vehicles, the war's legacy had inadvertently created a direct motor route between Ambleside and Eskdale for the first time.
The courses of the Roman and modern roads are not identical. The Roman highway is to the north of the modern road on the western side of the pass and to the south on the eastern side.
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England. It is primarily famous for the Cumbrian Mountains, its lake and coastal scenery, and for its literary associations with William Wordsworth and other Lake Poets, Beatrix Potter, and John Ruskin.
The Cumbrian mountains, or fells, include England's tallest mountains: Scafell Pike (978 m (3,209 ft)), Helvellyn (950 m (3,120 ft)), Skiddaw (931 m (3,054 ft)), and Cross Fell (893 m (2,930 ft)), which all have a topographical prominence of more than 600m. The region contains sixteen major lakes. They include Windermere, which with a length of 18 km (11 miles) and an area of 14.73 km2 (5.69 square miles) is both the longest and largest lake in England, and Wast Water, which at 79 metres (259 ft) is the deepest lake in England.
The Lake District National Park was established in 1951, and covers an area of 2,362 km2 (912 square miles), the bulk of the region. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017.
National Park
The Lake District National Park includes all of the central Lake District, though the town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary. The area was designated a national park on 9 May 1951, a month after the Peak District, the first UK national park. It retained its original boundaries until 2016 when it was extended by 3% in the direction of the Yorkshire Dales National Park to incorporate areas land of high landscape value around the Lune Valley.
The national park received 18.14 million tourist visitors in 2022. This equates to 29.15 million tourist days, counting visits of greater than three hours. It is the largest of the thirteen national parks in England and Wales and the second largest in the UK after the Cairngorms National Park. Its aim is to protect the landscape by restricting unwelcome change by industry or commerce. The area of the national park, with the exception of the 2016 extension, was designated a World Heritage Site in 2017 as a cultural landscape. This was the fourth attempt to list the park, after two attempts in the 1980s and one in 2012 failed.
The park is governed by the National Park Authority, which is based at offices in Kendal. It runs a visitor centre on Windermere at a former country house called Brockhole, Coniston Boating Centre, and Information Centres. The Park Authority has 20 members: six appointed by Westmorland and Furness Council, four by Cumberland Council, and ten by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs.
Human geography
The precise extent of the Lake District was not defined traditionally, but is slightly larger than that of the National Park[citation needed], the total area of which is about 2,362 square kilometres (912 sq mi). The park extends just over 51 kilometres (32 mi) from east to west and nearly 64 kilometres (40 mi) from north to south, with areas such as the Lake District Peninsulas to the south lying outside the National Park.
Settlement
There are only a few major settlements within this mountainous area: the towns of Keswick, Windermere, Ambleside, and Bowness-on-Windermere are the four largest. Significant settlements close to the boundary of the national park include Carlisle, Barrow-in-Furness, Kendal, Ulverston, Dalton-in-Furness, Whitehaven, Workington, Cockermouth, Penrith, Millom and Grange-over-Sands; each of these has important economic links with the area. Other villages are Coniston, Threlkeld, Glenridding, Pooley Bridge, Broughton-in-Furness, Grasmere, Newby Bridge, Staveley, Lindale, Gosforth and Hawkshead. The economies of almost all are intimately linked with tourism. Beyond these are a scattering of hamlets and many isolated farmsteads, some of which are still tied to agriculture;[citation needed] others now function as part of the tourist economy.
Communications
Roads
The Lake District is very nearly contained within a box of trunk routes and major A roads. It is flanked to the east by the A6 road, which runs from Kendal to Penrith (though the National Park extension approved in 2015 is east of the A6); across its southern fringes by the A590, which connects the M6 to Barrow-in-Furness, and the A5092, and across its northern edge by the A66 trunk road between Penrith and Workington. The A595 (linking the A66 with the A5092) forms the park boundary from Calder Bridge to Holmrook, then crosses the coastal plain of the park until turning inland at the Whicham Valley, forming much of the park boundary again until joining the A5092 at Grizebeck.
Besides these, a few A roads penetrate the area itself, notably the A591 which runs north-westwards from Kendal to Windermere and then on to Keswick. It continues up the east side of Bassenthwaite Lake. "The A591, Grasmere, Lake District" was short-listed in the 2011 Google Street View awards in the Most Romantic Street category. The A593 and A5084 link the Ambleside and Coniston areas with the A590 to the south whilst the A592 and A5074 similarly link Windermere with the A590. The A592 also continues northwards from Windermere to Ullswater and Penrith by way of the Kirkstone Pass.
Some valleys which are not penetrated by A roads are served by B roads. The B5289 serves Lorton Vale and Buttermere and links via the Honister Pass with Borrowdale. The B5292 ascends the Whinlatter Pass from Lorton Vale before dropping down to Braithwaite near Keswick. The B5322 serves the valley of St John's in the Vale whilst Great Langdale is served by the B5343. Other valleys such as Little Langdale, Eskdale and Dunnerdale are served by minor roads. The last of these is connected with the first two by the Wrynose and Hardknott passes respectively; both of these passes are known for their steep gradients and are together one of the most popular climbs in the United Kingdom for cycling enthusiasts. A minor road through the Newlands Valley connects via Newlands Hause with the B5289 at Buttermere. Wasdale is served by a cul-de-sac minor road,[a] as is Longsleddale and the valleys at Haweswater and Kentmere. There are networks of minor roads in the lower-lying southern part of the area, connecting numerous communities between Kendal, Windermere, and Coniston.
Railways and ferries
The West Coast Main Line skirts the eastern edge of the Lake District and the Cumbrian Coast Line passes through the southern and western fringes of the area. A single railway line, the Windermere Branch Line, penetrates from Kendal to Windermere via Staveley. Railways once served Broughton-in-Furness and Coniston (closed to passengers in 1958) and another ran from Penrith to Cockermouth via Keswick (closed west of Keswick in 1966 and completely in 1972). Part of the track of the latter is used by the improved A66 trunk road.
The Cumbrian Coast line has three stations within the boundaries of the national park (and additionally Drigg, about a third of a mile from the park boundary). The line gives railway enthusiasts and others a flavour of a pre-Beeching railway line, with features like manually operated level crossing gates, as well as giving a good connection to the steam railway into Eskdale and providing access for cyclists and serious walkers to the Western Fells.
The narrow gauge Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway runs from Ravenglass on the west coast up Eskdale as far as Dalegarth Station near the hamlet of Boot, catering for tourists. Another heritage railway, the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, runs between Lake Windermere and Haverthwaite, and tourists can connect at Lakeside with the boats up the lake to Bowness.
A vehicle-carrying cable ferry, the Windermere Ferry, runs frequent services across Windermere. There are also seasonal passenger boats on Coniston Water, Derwent Water, and Ullswater.
Footpaths and bridleways
There are many paths over which the public has a right of way, all of which are signposted at their origin on public roads and at some other points. Within the area of the National Park in 2012 there were 2,159 km (1,342 mi) of public footpaths, 875 km (544 mi) of public bridleways, 15 km (9 mi) of restricted byways and 30 km (19 mi) of byways open to all traffic. There is also a general "right to roam" in open country, which includes approximately 50% of the national park.
Many of these tracks arose centuries ago and were used either as ridge highways (such as along High Street) or as passes for travelling across the ridges between settlements in the valleys. Historically these paths were not planned for reaching summits, but more recently they are used by fell walkers for that purpose. The Coast to Coast Walk, which crosses the north of England from the Irish Sea to the North Sea, traverses the national park from west to east.
Bridleways are intended for horse riding and walkers, with cyclists also permitted to use them. Cyclists must give way to all other bridleway users. Motor vehicles are only allowed on "byways open to all traffic" (green lanes) but in practice Traffic Regulation Orders have been brought in on several prohibiting motor traffic, although a system of permits operates on Gatesgarth Pass.
Land ownership
Most of the land within the national park is in private ownership, with about 55% registered as agricultural land. Landowners include:
Individual farmers and other private landowners, with more than half of the agricultural land farmed by the owners.
The National Trust owns around 25% of the total area (including some lakes and land of significant landscape value).
The Forestry Commission and other investors in forests and woodland.
United Utilities (owns 8%)
Lake District National Park Authority (owns 3.9%)
Physical geography
The Lake District is a roughly circular upland massif, deeply dissected by a broadly radial pattern of major valleys which are largely the result of repeated glaciations over the last 2 million years. The apparent radial pattern is not from a central dome, but from an axial watershed extending from St Bees Head in the west to Shap in the east. Most of these valleys display the U-shaped cross-section characteristic of glacial origin and often contain long narrow lakes in bedrock hollows, with tracts of relatively flat ground at their infilled heads, or where they are divided by lateral tributaries (Buttermere-Crummock Water; Derwent Water-Bassenthwaite Lake).[b] Smaller lakes known as tarns occupy glacial cirques at higher elevations. It is the abundance of both which has led to the area becoming known as the Lake District.
Many of the higher fells are rocky, while moorland predominates lower down. Vegetation cover in better-drained areas includes bracken and heather, although much of the land is boggy, due to the high rainfall. Deciduous native woodland occurs on many of the steeper slopes below the tree line, but with native oak supplemented by extensive conifer plantations in many areas, particularly Grizedale Forest in the generally lower southern part of the area. The Lake District extends to the sea to the west and south.
The highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike (978m/3210'), has a far-reaching view on a clear day, ranging from the Galloway Hills of Scotland, the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and Snowdonia in Wales.
Cumbrian Mountains
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Major fells and towns shown within the National Park
Lake District
The mountains (or 'fells') of the Lake District are known as the "Cumbrian Mountains", "Cumbrian Fells" or "Lakeland Fells". The four highest fells exceed 3,000 feet (914 m). These are:
Scafell Pike, 978 m (3,209 ft)
Scafell, 965 m (3,166 ft)
Helvellyn, 951 m (3,120 ft)
Skiddaw, 931 m (3,054 ft)
Northern Fells
The Northern Fells are a clearly defined range of hills contained within a 13 km (8 mi) diameter circle between Keswick in the southwest and Caldbeck in the northeast. They culminate in the 931 m (3,054 ft) peak of Skiddaw. Other notable peaks are Blencathra (also known as Saddleback) (868 m (2,848 ft)) and Carrock Fell. Bassenthwaite Lake occupies the valley between this massif and the North Western Fells.
North Western Fells
The North Western Fells lie between Borrowdale and Bassenthwaite Lake to the east and Buttermere and Lorton Vale to the west. Their southernmost point is at Honister Pass. This area includes the Derwent Fells above the Newlands Valley and hills to the north amongst which are Dale Head, Robinson. To the north stand Grasmoor, highest in the range at 852 m (2,795 ft), Grisedale Pike and the hills around the valley of Coledale, and in the far northwest is Thornthwaite Forest and Lord's Seat. The fells in this area are rounded Skiddaw slate, with few tarns and relatively few rock faces.
Western Fells
The Western Fells lie between Buttermere and Wasdale, with Sty Head forming the apex of a large triangle. Ennerdale bisects the area, which consists of the High Stile ridge north of Ennerdale, the Loweswater Fells in the far northwest, the Pillar group in the southwest, and Great Gable (899 m (2,949 ft)) near Sty Head. Other tops include Seatallan, Haystacks and Kirk Fell. This area is craggy and steep, with the impressive pinnacle of Pillar Rock its showpiece. Wastwater, located in this part, is England's deepest lake.
Central Fells
The Central Fells are lower in elevation than surrounding areas of fell, peaking at 762 m (2,500 ft) at High Raise. They take the form of a ridge running between Derwent Water in the west and Thirlmere in the east, from Keswick in the north to Langdale Pikes in the south. A spur extends southeast to Loughrigg Fell above Ambleside. The central ridge running north over High Seat is exceptionally boggy.
Eastern Fells
The Eastern Fells consist of a long north-to-south ridge, the Helvellyn range, running from Clough Head to Seat Sandal with the 950 m (3,118 ft) Helvellyn at its highest point. The western slopes of these summits tend to be grassy, with rocky corries and crags on the eastern side. The Fairfield group lies to the south of the range and forms a similar pattern with towering rock faces and hidden valleys spilling into the Patterdale valley. It culminates in the height of Red Screes overlooking the Kirkstone Pass.
Far Eastern Fells
The Far Eastern Fells refers to all of the Lakeland fells to the east of Ullswater and the A592 road running south to Windermere. At 828 m (2,717 ft), the peak known as High Street is the highest point on a complex ridge that runs broadly north-south and overlooks the hidden valley of Haweswater to its east. In the north of this region are the lower fells of Martindale Common and Bampton Common whilst in the south are the fells overlooking the Kentmere valley. Further to the east, beyond Mardale and Longsleddale is Shap Fell, an extensive area consisting of high moorland, more rolling and Pennine in nature than the mountains to the west.
Southern Fells
The Southern Fells occupy the southwestern quarter of the Lake District. They can be regarded as comprising a northern grouping between Wasdale, Eskdale, and the two Langdale valleys, a southeastern group east of Dunnerdale and south of Little Langdale, and a southwestern group bounded by Eskdale to the north and Dunnerdale to the east.
The first group includes England's highest mountains: Scafell Pike in the centre, at 978 m (3,209 ft) and Scafell one mile (1.6 km) to the southwest. Though it is slightly lower, Scafell has a 700 ft (210 m) rockface, Scafell Crag, on its northern side. This group also includes the Wastwater Screes overlooking Wasdale, the Glaramara ridge overlooking Borrowdale, the three tops of Crinkle Crags, Bowfell and Esk Pike. The core of the area is drained by the infant River Esk. Collectively these are some of the Lake District's most rugged hillsides.
The second group, otherwise known as the Furness Fells or Coniston Fells, have as their northern boundary the steep and narrow Hardknott and Wrynose passes. The highest are Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How which slightly exceed 800 m (2,600 ft).
The third group to the west of the Duddon includes Harter Fell and the long ridge leading over Whitfell to Black Combe and the sea. The south of this region consists of lower forests and knolls, with Kirkby Moor on the southern boundary. The southwestern Lake District ends near the Furness peninsula and Barrow-in-Furness, a town which many Lake District residents rely on for basic amenities.
Southeastern area
The southeastern area is the territory between Coniston Water and Windermere and east of Windermere towards Kendal and south to Lindale. There are no high summits in this area which are mainly low hills, knolls and limestone cuestas such as Gummer's How and Whitbarrow. Indeed, it rises only as high as 333 m (1,093 ft) at Top o' Selside east of Coniston Water; the wide expanse of Grizedale Forest stands between the two lakes. Kendal and Morecambe Bay stand at the eastern and southern edges of the area.
Valleys
The main radial valleys are (clockwise from the south) Dunnerdale, Eskdale, Wasdale, Ennerdale, the Vale of Lorton, and Buttermere valley, the Derwent Valley and Borrowdale, the Ullswater valley, Haweswater valley, Longsleddale, the Kentmere valley, those converging on the head of Windermere - Grasmere, Great Langdale and Little Langdale, and the Coniston Water valley. The valleys break the mountains up into blocks, which have been described by various authors in different ways. The most frequently encountered approach is that made popular by Alfred Wainwright who published seven separate area guides to the Lakeland Fells.
Only one of the lakes in the Lake District is called by that name, Bassenthwaite Lake. All the others such as Windermere, Coniston Water, Ullswater and Buttermere are meres, tarns and waters, with mere being the least common and water being the most common. The major lakes and reservoirs in the National Park are given below.
Bassenthwaite Lake
Brotherswater
Buttermere
Coniston Water
Crummock Water
Derwent Water
Devoke Water
Elter Water
Ennerdale Water
Esthwaite Water
Grasmere
Haweswater Reservoir
Hayeswater
Loweswater
Rydal Water
Thirlmere
Ullswater
Wast Water
Windermere
Woodlands
Below the tree line are wooded areas, including British and European native oak woodlands and introduced softwood plantations. The woodlands provide habitats for native English wildlife. The native red squirrel is found in the Lake District and a few other parts of England. In parts of the Lake District, the rainfall is higher than in any other part of England. This gives Atlantic mosses, ferns, lichen, and liverworts the chance to grow. There is some ancient woodland in the National Park. Management of the woodlands varies: some are coppiced, some pollarded, some left to grow naturally, and some provide grazing and shelter.
Coast
The Lake District extends to the coast of the Irish Sea from Drigg in the north to Silecroft in the south, encompassing the estuaries of the Esk and its tributaries, the Irt and the Mite. The intertidal zone of the combined estuaries includes sand, shingle and mudflats, and saltmarsh. The dune systems on either side of the estuary are protected as nature reserves; Drigg Dunes and Gullery to the north and Eskmeals Dunes[31] to the south. South of the estuary, the coast is formed in low cliffs of glacial till, sands, and gravels.
The district also extends to the tidal waters of Morecambe Bay and several of its estuaries alongside the Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas, designated on M6 motorway signposts as the "Lake District Peninsulas", and the southern portions of which lie outside the park. These are the Duddon Estuary, the Leven Estuary, and the western banks and tidal flats of the Kent Estuary. These areas are each characterised by sand and mudflats of scenic and wildlife interest. The coast is backed by extensive flats of raised marine deposits left when the relative sea level was higher.