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The Confetti Fields in Wick near Pershore are open but you have to prebook. Natasha Walmsley, my daughter, kept tabs on when they tickets were being released. This year they had a Sunflower display as well, they were flooded out earlier in the year so they were pleased that they could do the display. This picture is raising the camera high and hoping you have everyone in the picture
Last of their line?
With the addition of more electric buses into the First Glasgow fleet, it means the withdrawal of older types that have served the city well. It also means that Volvo, once the dominant marque in the First Glasgow fleet is now down to less than a hundred vehicles.
Gone now are all the Citybuses and B10M single deckers, Ailsas, Olympians, B10BLEs and B7Ls (thankfully in the case of the last one). The only active B7RLE single-deckers now are in the driver training fleet and First used the opportunity of the sale of First Scotland East to McGill’s to offload most of its remaining B7TLs as part of that fleet. Any left within Glasgow are now withdrawn and being used for spare parts as new Enviro 400EVs arrive. This leaves its remaining B9TLs as its remaining active passenger carrying Volvo buses. These are likely to be the last vehicles to bear that marque in the fleet for sometime.
Of course the B9TLs remaining have been upgraded with new Euro VI exhausts but with the newest now coming up for fourteen years old next year (2023), they’re definitely approaching the twilight of their years. Here is 37751 (SF09LFB), still resplendent in Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive (GGPTE) livery it received in 2019.
Of course having purchased Leyland Bus back in the latter part of the 1980s, Volvo could claim a history back as far as the 1920s of providing buses to Glasgow. However I’m going to disregard that as those buses were Leyland designed and built. So technically, the first pure Volvo bus dates back to 1973 and the latter days of the Glasgow Corporation Transport (GCT) fleet. GCT received a Volvo B9R demonstration vehicle and tried it on two routes. This bus, registered VEB566L, had two doors and was fitted with Marshall Cammair bodywork and was the first non-fully British bus to run for GCT. Volvo had started to see some success with coaches in United Kingdom (UK) and felt it could extend it to buses. With Leyland introducing its integral National model, it tested the water with this vehicle with several operators as it no doubt felt that bus companies may be put off by Leyland’s fancy new bus. No orders were placed, hardly a surprise in the double-deck dominated GCT fleet, but this demonstrator bus was supplied by the new Ailsa Bus company.
Alisa Bus was an offshoot of Ailsa Trucks which was based in Ayrshire, within sight of the Ailsa Craig off the west of Scotland. It was the UK importer of Volvo commercial vehicles, which at that stage was mainly trucks, where to be fair Volvo was enjoying some considerable success. It hoped to extend this to buses.
As GCT morphed into GGPTE, it became concerned over Leyland’s dominance of the double-decker market. With operators stepping up orders to get Government Grants for buses suitable for driver-only operations, Leyland could dictate the delivery time and specifications of buses. Assurances of priority deliveries one day became worthless if another aggrieved operator got similar assurances the next day. What was needed was an alternative option rather than wait for outstanding orders for the Atlantean. Whilst GGPTE and GCT before it were satisfied with the Atlantean, it wasn’t immune to its limitations. By looking at alternative designs, it would also be a shot across the bows of Leyland to not take Glasgow’s business for granted.
That option appeared to be the Metropolitan built by Metro-Cammell Weyman (MCW) in Birmingham. It was a semi-integral design which used Scania running units in a rear-engined layout. GCT had ordered 20 off the drawing board. However it also placed an order for three of the new Volvo Ailsa. The Volvo Ailsa, later designated the Volvo B55 when Volvo assumed full control of the project, had been developed on the behest of the Scottish Bus Group. However it was a bit different compared to other double-deckers on the market. It had a front engined layout but used Volvo’s incredibly compact - for a bus engine at least - 6.7 litre turbocharged engine to give enough space at the front for a passenger entrance and a conventional passenger layout. It was not as sophisticated as the Metropolitan by any standard but it was robust and importantly, reliable. Ailsa worked with Alexanders to design a very smart body for it with peaked domes, very in the style at the time.
Ailsa Bus built ten pre-production models and had hoped the PTE would take the full ten. In the end, the PTE took just the three and the others went to other bus companies. The PTE would later take a further 15 (plus an additional 20 Metropolitan as well) but the 15 were slightly different as they lost the peaked domes in their Alexander bodywork in favour of rounded ones, to make them compatible with the Atlanteans. Unlike the Metropolitans, which were withdrawn by 1982 due to corrosion of their steel frames, these early Ailsas had long lives with the company and lasted well into the 1990s, although their numbers were decimated by the Larkfield depot fire in 1992. Two of these earlier Ailsas are preserved, one of the earlier three and one of the latter 15, both within the collection at the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust.
Had things been different more Ailsas may have came in. But a change of Chief Engineer saw the company look to standardise on the Atlantean and make the best of running a standardised fleet.
However as the 1980s begun, the Atlantean was nearing the end of a glorious production run - mainly due to noise regulations. GGPTE was now Strathclyde PTE and with a new broom in charge, it turned to the Ailsa as its main bus ordering 134 over two years, These were the of the mark three design of the Ailsa and featured higher driving positions, sliding cab doors (instead of hinged) and most had attractive Alexander R-type bodies. It also picked up a couple of interesting one-offs, including two Marshall bodied Ailsas and the only single-deck Ailsa built, again with Marshall bodywork.
However of more interest was the prototype Volvo Citybus. This was a replacement for the Ailsa which used the underfloor B10M coach chassis as a base but with smaller wheels. This meant Volvo could offer the B10M as a coach, single-decker or double decker. Marshall’s designed a very thin floor to keep the vehicle’s height down. Even then, the Citybus (Volvo model B10M-55) was a tall bus and not suitable for all routes. Strathclyde PTE added it to its fleet.
SPTE then ordered a further 5 Citybuses but with Alexander bodies this time. These also featured tip-up seating in the lower deck and a wheelchair lift in the entrance. They were designed to be used on demand-responsive services run as part of the normal services which wheelchair passengers could prebook.
After deregulation, it saw the first Volvo B10M single-deckers arrive with two Plaxton Derwent bodies for a tendered route. It also picked up a few similar B10M buses when Paisley independent operator Graham’s of Paisley closed down, some with Caetano bodywork. These useful class of buses could also double as semi-coaches if needed.
It also ordered more Citybuses. Initially it ordered 55 Citybuses along with 65 MCW Metrobuses, a replacement for the Metropolitan. However issues at MCW meant that the 40 were chopped off the Metrobus order and an equivalent number of Citybuses took their place. These Citybuses, with attractive Alexander RV-type bodies were built to a unique specification and this batch of Volvo buses are generally regarded as the best buses ever to operate in Glasgow.
With Volvo purchasing Leyland Bus in 1987, it began to naturally push people towards the purpose built Leyland Olympian double-decker and although the Citybus remained available, sales withered. Strathclyde’s Buses, as SPTE’s bus arm had become, bought initially three all Leyland Olympians, to cover for warranty work on the Citybuses. It followed this up with 52 further Olympians. Strathclyde specified a particularly unusual gearbox and engine combination on its Olympians which probably explains why these were Leyland models when the revised Volvo Olympian was already on the horizon.
After that time, Strathclyde only ordered Volvo models. Four Volvo Olympians - two with Alexander Royale bodies, the other Northern Counties Palatine 2 bodies, were initially ordered to test engine types. When former Scottish Bus Group fleet Kelvin Central was acquired, Volvo B10M-55/Alexander PS-type single deckers were bought. A large order of Volvo Olympians for 150 was ordered - largely to a Stagecoach spec with Alexander bodies, Stagecoach having a stake in the company at the time.
However only around 50 of these were delivered as Strathclyde’s Buses was sold to Firstbus. Firstbus refined the order, with some being swapped for low-floor single deckers and First spec-Volvo Olympians. Although some Volvo B10Ls arrived with Wright Liberator bodies and Volvo B6BLEs with Alexander ALX200 bodies, it’s first non Volvo buses for a while came, these being Dennis Darts and Scania low-floor single-deckers.But it did receive 60 First spec-long wheelbase Volvo Olympians, ten with Northern Counties and the remainder with Alexander bodies. After its acquisition by Firstbus, the fleet has tended to favour Volvo for buses until the end of the naughties, having received large batches of B7RLEs (123), B7TLs (84) B10BLEs and B7Ls (over a 100) plus 10 unusual B7L tri-axle double-deckers with East Lancs Nordic bodieds. But after it’s last B9TLs came in 2009, no more Volvos have came, apart from six B7TLs cascaded from London. There will soon be no Volvo’s in the First Glasgow fleet. And that day is edging closer.
Ok, enough playing with the new cam & being sidetracked by bokeh.... back to my old cam & our trip to San Francisco in June.
Alcatraz. The Rock. 22 acre island prison, in San Francisco Bay, from1933-1963. Lead image taken through a window in what would have been the common room. An inmate's view of freedom?
The prison closed in 1963. In 1969, native american activists occupied Alcatraz & after a 19 month stand-off successfully gained significant indian rights. Taken over by the National Park Service in 1972, Alcatraz reopened as an ecological reserve, bird sanctuary & with public access to the prison facilities. Currently, it is San Francisco's most popular tourist attraction. The ferries run several times a day & all are often fully booked days in advance. Best to prebook via internet. Price of a ticket includes a self-guided audio tour & you can stay on the island as long a time as you wish. It's a welcoming well-run environement, no concessions or trashy souvenir shops to be found.
The audio tour is excellent & with an outstanding soundtrack that puts you there, in the moment. The section that audibly re-enacts the May 1946 failed prison escape known as the Battle of Alcatraz suggests all the intensity of the dire situation. 3 prison officers were killed & many more seriously injured. In 1962, 3 prisoners did escape by crawling through an air vent. The swimming distance to the mainland is 1.5 miles. After the 3 dove into the rough frigid late night waters of the bay they were never seen or heard from again. The official report lists them presumed drowned. 50 years later, however they are still on the FBI's Most Wanted list. More fanciful to imagine they got away, and like Biggs, made it to South America & freedom. The escape was dramatized in the 1979 movie "Escape from Alcatraz, with Clint Eastwood.
The island has a fascinating history dating back thousands of years. Definitely worth a visit.
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lead image : no texture treatment....as is, shot through the window
The Good Companion is in a good position, next to one of the main roads out off the island, and just over a mile from where we live. Tim passes it in the car on his way to work, but we've never been inside before.
As you saw from the previous photo, we went there for a meal on the festive menu, which I had booked about a month ago online. They do need to get their act together though, as when we stepped in the door, they asked what food we had ordered (I know that's a reasonable request). I had to explain that I never received an email asking me what meals we were wanting so that's why we hadn't let them know, and they said they would see if they had enough food in - hopefully they could rustle something up! When I looked at the original booking confirmation email, it clearly said the deposit they had taken was for the "festive menu" so you'd think that would have meant they would have been prepared - that, and the fact the menu book said "no need to prebook"! They said it was their first year of online booking, so they do need to get themselves organised!
To sum all that up, food establishments, if you want your customers to let you know what meals they want in advance, please email them!!
The ferry between Mainland and Yell on the Shetlands sees quiet a lot of traffic and runs around every hour. You can prebook a place, which is especially recommended in the morning as there are then also the big trucks going over to Yell.
www.clickconnectgo.com/8-best-places-to-drink-in-gurgaon/
Be it a hard hit by tequila shot or a light buzz by a beer, you always necessitate a freaky group of close friends and a nice place with pleasant ambience. Gurgaon, among the most sought after places for gathering, prides itself on offering a slew of remarkable drinking places. Let’s choose one of the 8 best places to drink in Gurgaon and paint the town red.
Howzatt
Located in Sector 15, it is a perfect place for fresh beer and cricket lovers. As the name sounds, Howzatt themes itself as a house of cricket. The interesting part is the name of freshly brewed beers like Googly, Bouncer, Full Toss, and Doosra. There is also a nice variety of beer twisters named All Rounder, Bowled Out and Captain’s Knock. You can choose your peg of a good range of cocktails, wine, rum etc. Moreover, they have also arranged an exotic snacks menu for vegetarians and non-vegetarians. Watching live crickets is fun. Enjoy World Cup, IPL or T20 with a mug of beer. However, it will cost you a pretty penny. For food, you can choose to head to the nearby place, the Monk that serves good Chinese and Thai cuisine.
You need not look further if it’s a plan to go out with friends and booze. Manhattan, the brewery, located on the Golf Course Road serves the purpose with its strong pairing with gamut of soft & hard drinks, attractive & classy ambience, and sumptuous food. It is one of the most preferable places to drink in Gurgaon for youth. You can enjoy bowling with friends. Laugh your head off at the comedy night with Manhattan every Thursday. It’s a good idea to prebook a table and take your seat with no hassle. At present, the metro construction is in progress on Golf Course road due to which the area in front of Manhattan is dusty.
So, this time you want to drink to your friend’s new job! Downtown in Sector 29 is your place. With loud music, dim lights and a great range of fresh beer, Downtown comes with a bundle of joy. There is a lot in the menu including starters and main course. Try their wheat beer. When it comes to price, it’s again not a pocket friendly treat. However, visitors find it one of the best places to drink in Gurgaon owing to the friendly staff, good quality beer & food and outstanding ambience. Spread over 3 storeys, the eatery cum bar is packed with several entertainment themes like virtual games and video screens. Whether you come with gaming mood or cricket fever, Downtown has potential to please you. Try to book a table in advance as the place goes busy on weekends. Eat, drink and sate your ‘haan main alcoholic hoon’ mood.
The good news is that, next to Downtown is Brix. In case, you find all the tables occupied at Downtown, Brix is always a good choice.
Everyone, please raise your glasses and wish happiness to one another! Brix Street Bar and Rock Café at Sector 29 will let you go ‘WOW’. It’s a nice place with good levels of music volume and wall portions covered with band names and posters. They offer a decent range of beers; however, fresh beer is not served at Brix. Oriental food, grilled chicken steak, and chicken fingers is their forte. BBQ Chicken Wings is a must try beginner. Brix maintains the class and elegance both.
The time at Café Turquoise Cottage is all beer and skittles. With a nice variety of beers, whisky, vodka, cocktails and a good range of oriental food items in menu, Turquoise is worth visiting with friends. Nice ambience, ear pleasing English music, and good crowd are the additions you get here. If you truly want to make this eve, try LIIT that offers an amazing melange of tequila, vodka, Bacardi, gin, and triple sec. The location, Heritage City, M.G Road, makes it a good choice for corporate crowd to troop in. They serve limited yet great starters. The café also features a tiny dance floor. Sunday brunch is the best thing to grab.
“For when the wine is in, the wit is out.” So, let’s go witless today and enjoy out of your white-collar zone. Sited at Cyber Hub, Gurgaon, The Wine Company is outstanding at accompanying you with your favourite wines. The happening and appealing place with shaded terrace, quality food, and gracious staff lets you go tickled pink. Ladies! The good news is these people offer free of cost cocktails, wine, and beer on Mondays. Moreover, Sunday brunch at The Wine Company is offered with unlimited alcohol for Rs. 1500. So, if you’re in the city on Sunday, visit this place; they would love to wine and dine you.
Hard Rock Café
“Take me drunk, I’m home.” That’s what Hard Rock Café at Cyber Hub makes you sound. With energetic atmosphere, it welcomes you with fantastic band. Music lovers will definitely fall in love with this place. Nonetheless, the loud music assaults the ears. Be it professionals or tourists, HRC makes it to a good crowd. Tequila, beer or any other alcohol accompanied with yummy snacks promises to make your evening. The only thing that disappoints visitors is small smoking zone as it keeps them waiting until the room empties. If you are good at splurging money, Hard Rock is definitely your cup of tea.
The Beer Café
Your mug is waiting! Again a great place at Cyber Hub, The Beer Café entertains visitors with nice music and an ultimate range of imported beers. If you wish to grab a beer of your choice, there is no dearth. Menu covers a small portion of snacks. The food available is satisfactory; however, there is a room for wider variety. So, overall it’s a nice experience. Happy beering!
third part of the paris series...
and just to prebook:
august 08th, vernissage of the exhibition Sichtwelten at the
Kaderschmiede Ottensen, Hamburg
On day 3 of our adventure we were given the news at the park headquarters that 2 gorilla groups had been reserved for some dignitaries travelling up from the US embassy in Kigali.( Bush had been in Kigali the day before) This is unheard of as far as I know, you simply cannot prebook gorilla groups. This left the park with a problem as there were now 2 groups of tourists with no gorillas to visit. Dont ask me how or why but the Karisoke research centre conceeded to allow one tourist group to visit one of the research groups of gorillas. The researchers dont care too much for tourists, they have important work to do and frankly tourists are seen as negative force possibly stressing the gorillas with the endless visits. Anyway politics aside, our group got to go to the research group. This was a massive privilege, and i sincerely thank them for allowing it. Simply put, the research group gave us the best gorilla watching, the best photos the best experience. The gorilla images posted for day 3 are extremely rare, gorillas almost never seen by tourists, and the silverback- he is just the most awesome creature. He's worth seeing big!
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The people that work at our cinema are so stupid. I went to prebook tickets for Alex's birthday. I wanted to prebook for the film Nine with Daniel Day-Lewis and a long list of A-list females. However the people at the cinema told me the film was long gone, they showed it ages ago. The idiots thought I was talking about the animation film "9". I tried to tell them that Nine is a new film its coming out soon but they even got the manager to tell me I was wrong. I walked away fuming. When I go back next week, when the film is showing, I can't promise I won't be rude. End Rant
Had to prebook a NT visit, so was . at the mercy of the weather. Got an annual membership but visit is/ was severely limited!
After Dorchester, a visit to National Trust Hardy's Birthplace, for Hardy's Cottage. We did not know that you had to prebook a visit to the cottage, so only saw it from the outside when we walked up the lane.
There was a Visitor Centre near the car park where you could have a drink, or an ice cream.
Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, is a small cob and thatch building that is the birthplace of the English author Thomas Hardy. He was born there in 1840 and lived in the cottage until he was aged 34—during which time he wrote the novels Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) and Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) when he left home to be married to Emma Gifford.
The cottage was built by Hardy's great-grandfather in 1800. It is now a National Trust property, and a popular tourist attraction. The property has a typical cottage garden, and the interior displays furniture which, although not from the Hardy family, is original to the period. The property is situated on the northern boundary of Thorncombe Wood.It is only three miles from Max Gate, the house that Hardy designed and lived in with Emma Gifford from 1885 until his death in 1928.
In 2012 the go ahead was given to a project to build a new visitor centre near the cottage. The project also included new trails in Thorncombe Wood. The project, which secured £525,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, was a joint partnership between Dorset County Council and the National Trust. The visitor centre opened in September 2014.
The walk on the lane towards Hardy's Cottage. Some of the cottages in the area.
sheep in a field
After Dorchester, a visit to National Trust Hardy's Birthplace, for Hardy's Cottage. We did not know that you had to prebook a visit to the cottage, so only saw it from the outside when we walked up the lane.
There was a Visitor Centre near the car park where you could have a drink, or an ice cream.
Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, is a small cob and thatch building that is the birthplace of the English author Thomas Hardy. He was born there in 1840 and lived in the cottage until he was aged 34—during which time he wrote the novels Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) and Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) when he left home to be married to Emma Gifford.
The cottage was built by Hardy's great-grandfather in 1800. It is now a National Trust property, and a popular tourist attraction. The property has a typical cottage garden, and the interior displays furniture which, although not from the Hardy family, is original to the period. The property is situated on the northern boundary of Thorncombe Wood.It is only three miles from Max Gate, the house that Hardy designed and lived in with Emma Gifford from 1885 until his death in 1928.
In 2012 the go ahead was given to a project to build a new visitor centre near the cottage. The project also included new trails in Thorncombe Wood. The project, which secured £525,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, was a joint partnership between Dorset County Council and the National Trust. The visitor centre opened in September 2014.
Grade II Listed Building
Description
STINSFORD
SY 79 SW HIGHER BOCKHAMPTON
8/136 Hardy's Cottage
26.1.56
- II
Detached cottage. Left section c1800, right section c1840. Brick walls
with some flint banding - a facing on cob. Upper walls plastered cob.
Hipped thatched roof, roof of right section slightly lower. Brick end and
centre stacks. One storey and attic. Brick porch with shallow pitched lead
roof. Ledged door. Evidence of 2 blocked doors. Ground floor has 4
casements, 2 with glazing bars, 2 with lead lights. Attic has 3 slightly
dormered windows, 2 with glazing bars, one with lead lights. At right end a
single storey extension, of brick with slate roof. Small single storey,
timber extension on front of this. Internally, main ground floor room has
large open fireplace with timber lintel. Bread oven with access from room
on right. Old brick and stone floors. Early panelled doors, possibly
brought from elsewhere. Birthplace of Thomas Hardy in 1840, and built by
his great grandfather. Good unspoiled example of Dorset cottage. A
National Trust property. (RCHM Monument 8 Dorset Vol II)
Listing NGR: SY7283692498
First matches confirmed for the shows!
Matches announced for Night 1, Beenleigh:
Obie Cartel (c) vs Sean O'Shea vs Ryan Eagles
PWA International Championship Match
After successfully defending his International Championship in a terrific match with Luke Watts, Obie Cartel is set to face off against Watts' Storm Academy Graduate Alumni, Sean O'Shea. Since his return to Australia, Sean has been one of the hottest talents in the country, wrestling all across the east coast. A title win for Sean would sky rocket his already fast rise, and it would be his third title win in PWA. Also added to this match, the returning Ryan Eagles! With his impressive track record in PWA International Championship matches (two time limit draws) and his semi final placing at the original "Rise Of The Warriors", Eagles has been added into this title match. The last time we saw both O'Shea and Eagles in PWAQ, they were fighting on the same side in a 6 man street fight, now we see them on opposing sides trying to win the most prestigious belt currently in PWA today. Also, if Eagles is to win the PWA Underground Title at PWA Underground "Origins of Evolution", the match will be for both titles! In the 28th defence of the International Championship, all three men will be giving their all to walk out of Beenleigh as champion!
Nightmare Assassin Squad (c) vs The Trinity of Sorrow and Phoenix
PWA Queensland Tag Team Title Match
After defeating J-Rock and Jimmy Scarlett at "Halloween Holocaust 2", The Trinity have earnt a shot at the PWA Queensland Tag Team Titles. Two of the original teams in PWA Queensland, the first tag team meeting between these teams took place at "Retaliation", with NAS scoring the win after outside interference. Many have said The Trinity are known for 'choking' when it comes to big tag team matches, will this be their night to shine or will NAS be able to retain in their first defence?
Ash Riot vs Carlo Cannon
A first time match of epic proportions. Cannon returned to PWA Queensland in October with a huge pinfall victory over Mason Childs in a three way bout with Robby Heart. Ash Riot also made his PWA Queensland return against Obie in October after a tour in the USA. This match would be a major win for either man and further move them up the ranks in Queensland.
Sara Del Ray vs Sway vs Tenille "Valentine" Tayla vs Jessie McKay vs Penni Lane vs Madison Eagles
6 Woman Showdown
Five of the best women in Australia will have a chance of a lifetime to face off against a woman many consider the best women's wrestler in the world today. After an extensive tour of the USA, both McKay and Eagles will be looking to further their reputations and a win over Del Ray would definitely do this. Tayla, who has looked very impressive in her October showings in Queensland, has also had a lot of international experience but has yet to really establish herself in Australia. Penni Lane will also be making her PWA Queensland return after a recent tour of Canada for ECCW and is also yet to be defeated in PWA Queensland. Sway, who has always been an underdog in PWA Queensland, has been known to pull out an unexpected win, and a win over the calibre of talent in this match would surely send her to the top of women's wrestling in Australia.
Night 2, Cleveland Assembly Hall:
Winner of Obie/O'Shea/Eagles (c) vs Kyote
PWA International Championship Match
After winning the WarGames Ladder Match for PWA Queensland, Kyote has earnt a shot at the PWA International Championship and will be cashing it in at "Summer Reign 08: Part 2". Kyote has always been close to the title, but has yet to recieve a title shot, losing alot of #1 contendership matches. "Summer Reign" will be the chance for the PWAQ original to chase his destiny.
Sara Del Ray vs Kellie Skater
After defeating Sway in a brutal streetfight at "Battleground Decisive 2", Kellie Skater won the right to face Sara Del Ray in singles action at "Summer Reign". Del Ray is regarded as the best women's wrestler in the world and is a former Shimmer Women's Champion, but Skater has been undefeated in Queensland since her debut. This will be the toughest test of Skater's career yet, against the world's best.
Shadow Phoenix vs Esteban Molina
International Dream Match
Two international stars who have been a major influence in PWA Queensland in 2008 will go head to head in what is a first time, and maybe a last time, match. Both men are very versed in many different styles of wrestling, and this could easily be a match of the year.
PWAQ "Summer Reign ‘08: Part I"
Friday, December 19th
Beenleigh Arena, Beenleigh
(2 - 10 Milne St, Beenleigh)
PWAQ "Summer Reign ‘08: Part II"
Saturday, December 20th
Cleveland High Assembly Hall, Cleveland
(44 Smith St, Cleveland)
Ticket prices:
*$20 per night (single ticket)
*$30 for both nights (single weekend pass)
*$60 Group Pass, one night (4 tickets)
*$100 Group Pass, both nights (4 tickets)
More matches to be announced, also a thrid international Star as well (FROM THE USA) Prebook your tickets at www.pwaqueensland.com
After Dorchester, a visit to National Trust Hardy's Birthplace, for Hardy's Cottage. We did not know that you had to prebook a visit to the cottage, so only saw it from the outside when we walked up the lane.
There was a Visitor Centre near the car park where you could have a drink, or an ice cream.
Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, is a small cob and thatch building that is the birthplace of the English author Thomas Hardy. He was born there in 1840 and lived in the cottage until he was aged 34—during which time he wrote the novels Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) and Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) when he left home to be married to Emma Gifford.
The cottage was built by Hardy's great-grandfather in 1800. It is now a National Trust property, and a popular tourist attraction. The property has a typical cottage garden, and the interior displays furniture which, although not from the Hardy family, is original to the period. The property is situated on the northern boundary of Thorncombe Wood.It is only three miles from Max Gate, the house that Hardy designed and lived in with Emma Gifford from 1885 until his death in 1928.
In 2012 the go ahead was given to a project to build a new visitor centre near the cottage. The project also included new trails in Thorncombe Wood. The project, which secured £525,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, was a joint partnership between Dorset County Council and the National Trust. The visitor centre opened in September 2014.
The walk on the lane towards Hardy's Cottage. Some of the cottages in the area.
brick and stone cottage
Along with Bolsover Castle, Hardwick Hall (run by the National Trust), S44 5QJ, is just up the road from my mums on a hill top near Glapwell (not a pretty name) between Chesterfield and Mansfield overlooking the Derbyshire countryside split by the M1. So on Sunday in celebration of my mum’s 65, as she was born on VE day, we took a bit of a busman’s holiday and re-visited one of the most significant Elizabethan country houses in England, mostly to look at the garden, something both my mum and sister are interested in. It has a fine garden, including herbaceous borders with the most fabulous array of tulips in, a wonderful vegetable and herb kitchen garden and a couple of orchards, with fruit trees with wonderful names. The extensive grounds also contain Hardwick Old Hall, a slightly earlier house which was used as guest and service accommodation after the new hall was built. The Old Hall is now a ruin and in English Heritage guardianship and is also open to the public.
The house, by the architect Robert Smythson was built for Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury in the late 16th century. As it was a secondary residence of the Dukes of Devonshire, whose main country house was nearby Chatsworth, it was little altered over the centuries and as a consequence has a wonderful homely atmosphere.
Other buildings by the architect include Longleat House and Wollaton Hall.
If you are thinking of going, don’t eat in the café but do prebook the Hardwick Inn that is just outside the gates as you leave, a bit of a haunt of mine when I lived up there, um um hardwickinn.co.uk/default.aspx
Along with Bolsover Castle, Hardwick Hall (run by the National Trust), S44 5QJ, is just up the road from my mums on a hill top near Glapwell (not a pretty name) between Chesterfield and Mansfield overlooking the Derbyshire countryside split by the M1. So on Sunday in celebration of my mum’s 65, as she was born on VE day, we took a bit of a busman’s holiday and re-visited one of the most significant Elizabethan country houses in England, mostly to look at the garden, something both my mum and sister are interested in. It has a fine garden, including herbaceous borders with the most fabulous array of tulips in, a wonderful vegetable and herb kitchen garden and a couple of orchards, with fruit trees with wonderful names. The extensive grounds also contain Hardwick Old Hall, a slightly earlier house which was used as guest and service accommodation after the new hall was built. The Old Hall is now a ruin and in English Heritage guardianship and is also open to the public.
The house, by the architect Robert Smythson was built for Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury in the late 16th century. As it was a secondary residence of the Dukes of Devonshire, whose main country house was nearby Chatsworth, it was little altered over the centuries and as a consequence has a wonderful homely atmosphere.
Other buildings by the architect include Longleat House and Wollaton Hall.
If you are thinking of going, don’t eat in the café but do prebook the Hardwick Inn that is just outside the gates as you leave, a bit of a haunt of mine when I lived up there, um um hardwickinn.co.uk/default.aspx
Along with Bolsover Castle, Hardwick Hall (run by the National Trust), S44 5QJ, is just up the road from my mums on a hill top near Glapwell (not a pretty name) between Chesterfield and Mansfield overlooking the Derbyshire countryside split by the M1. So on Sunday in celebration of my mum’s 65, as she was born on VE day, we took a bit of a busman’s holiday and re-visited one of the most significant Elizabethan country houses in England, mostly to look at the garden, something both my mum and sister are interested in. It has a fine garden, including herbaceous borders with the most fabulous array of tulips in, a wonderful vegetable and herb kitchen garden and a couple of orchards, with fruit trees with wonderful names. The extensive grounds also contain Hardwick Old Hall, a slightly earlier house which was used as guest and service accommodation after the new hall was built. The Old Hall is now a ruin and in English Heritage guardianship and is also open to the public.
The house, by the architect Robert Smythson was built for Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury in the late 16th century. As it was a secondary residence of the Dukes of Devonshire, whose main country house was nearby Chatsworth, it was little altered over the centuries and as a consequence has a wonderful homely atmosphere.
Other buildings by the architect include Longleat House and Wollaton Hall.
If you are thinking of going, don’t eat in the café but do prebook the Hardwick Inn that is just outside the gates as you leave, a bit of a haunt of mine when I lived up there, um um hardwickinn.co.uk/default.aspx
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