Replaced the gearbox mount and the intercooler hoses with silicone hoses which are much more durable than the old rubber hoses.

The new gearbox mount is fitted with PU bushes instead of rubber bushes which are also more durable + stronger.

Discourses on the utilisation of fridge door space, a.k.a. "look! we've got a monkey too!"

The fridge is new. Those of you who have been around here for a while may remember the issue I had with my hyper-frosted freezer some months ago. Well, in the face of the sensible advice sent my way I decided to attack the antarctic diorama down there with a pickaxe, busting a hole in one of the coolant pipes in the freezer wall. Fortunately we were able to pick up another similar fridge-freezer (complete with dented corner) for £110 from the secondhand white goods place on Seven Sisters Road - complete with home delivery (a guy called Abdul with a barrow). It's still going strong.

Built in the mid-1960's at a cost of $300,000, replacing an 1890's vintage post office that was then demolished and the lot converted into parking for an adjacent church.

Beatrice was first settled in 1857 by passengers from the steamboat Hannibal, which had run aground in Kansas City before reaching its original destination of Nebraska City. The group split into two exploratory parties, but soon agreed on a location where the DeRoin trail crossed the Big Blue River.

The city was named after Julia Beatrice Kinney, daughter of judge and early settler John F. Kinney. And it's where I was born, in the former Mennonite Hospital!

Replaced the stock 13T turbo with the bigger & stronger 16T turbo from a V70 T5.

Re-used the Mamba wastegate actuator (so makes the same boost now) and made the step towards an external DV, which is better than the bolt-on CBV (which I already upgraded).

Pulls a bit harder and feels a tad more powerfull!

I replaced the light seals on my Canonet QL17. But the roll got stuck half way through. That could be due to the fact that I was recycling a metal cartridge. you can get those at most places where they develop film. A small part of the original is left sticking out as the lab doesn't destroy the cartridge.

So I taped a piece of double X on the old film sticking out, It became a bit thick and was dragging a bit when i rolled in the film. It stopped advancing about half through the roll. Anyhoo... i'll put another roll through the Canonet and see... this test was rather inconclusive as didn't get to run a full roll. However, there were no light leaks on the frames that did get exposed....

Replaced the Cross Check with this beauty. White Industries drive train (38x18), Paul Mini moto up front, Neo-retro in the rear, Pacenti SL23 wheels, Salsa Woodchipper bars, Thomson cockpit. Weighs about 19lbs.

having been replaced in the 52 weeks group this year by her super-cute (read:obnoxious) sister, alice is now a part of the 12 months for dogs group... and this is our first photo for the month of january! i am excited to meet some new dogs and photographers here, and also to catch up with some old friends from 52 weeks and beyond.

for those who don't know us, i am kelli and this is my browndog, alice. she is a lab/chow/dachshund mix who i have had from two weeks of age. she will turn four years old in 2012, which is so hard to believe. alice is an active, athletic girl and i hope to be able to include some of her activities here in our twelve month project. this photo is from our much-needed six mile hike through the frozen woods this afternoon. we sure wish we had some snow to include in our january photo, but it has been an unusually mild winter for us. maybe we will have some white stuff in february!

Fort Smith National Historic Site is a National Historic Site located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, along the Arkansas River. The first fort at this site was established by the United States in 1817, before this area was established as part of Indian Territory. It was later replaced and the second fort was operated by the US until 1871. This site was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

The fort was the first site of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, which had jurisdiction over western Arkansas and all of Indian Territory. It began operations in 1875 with the appointment of Isaac C. Parker as the first federal district judge here. The town of Fort Smith, Arkansas developed around the fort.

The site includes the second historic fort constructed at this place. In addition, located on the grounds are the foundation remains of the first Fort Smith (1817–1824), the commissary building (c. 1838) and a reconstruction of the gallows used by the federal court. A walking trail along the Arkansas River includes wayside exhibits on the Trail of Tears.

Congress authorized acquisition of land on the Oklahoma bank of the Arkansas River to be included in the National Historic Site, in order to preserve a historic viewshed, but it has not been acquired.

The park visitor center is now located in the old Barracks/Courthouse/Jail building. Exhibits in the visitor center focus on Fort Smith's military history from 1817 to 1871, its role in the western expansion of the United States, Federal District Judge Isaac Parker and the federal court's effects on justice in Indian Territory, the U.S. Deputy Marshals and outlaws, Federal Indian policy, and Indian Removal, including the Cherokee Trail of Tears.

The site was established in 1961 in order to protect the remains of two 19th-century U.S. military forts, including a building that once housed the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, which had jurisdiction over federal cases in Indian Territory. Fort Smith was also notable as a major stop for the Choctaw and Cherokee people along the "Trail of Tears." during the period of Indian Removal from the Southeast. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

The original fort was established on December 25, 1817, by Major William Bradford in order to maintain harmony between the local Osage Indians, who had long been dominant in this territory, and a band of Cherokee who had migrated west, under pressure from European Americans, from their traditional territory in the Southeast. This time would later be historically referenced as the "First Fort." It ended in 1824 when the U.S. Army abandoned Fort Smith after constructing Fort Gibson further west.

As a result of the increased tensions Indians following the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and local white settlers who encroached on their territory, the U.S. Army created a second Fort Smith in 1838 near the original's ruins. This is the beginning of the historical "Second Fort" period. During General Zachary Taylor's command of the fort in the 1840s, it became a supply depot for other forts within the Indian Territory. It was captured during the Civil War from Confederate forces in 1863 by Union troops. The majority of the Cherokee and other Five Civilized Tribes had initially allied with the Confederacy, and supplied warriors to its forces. The fort continued in use as a supply depot to other forts in the region until it was no longer occupied in an official capacity by 1871; historically the end of the "Second Fort" era.

As often happened, a small town developed around the fort, with people attracted for business. In addition, court operations continued at a courthouse built in town for the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, which presided over the western half of Arkansas and all of Indian Territory. It was first held at the fort, as noted above. The first federal district judge here was Isaac C. Parker, who presided over the court from 1875 to 1896.

Arkansas is a landlocked state in the South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma to the west. Its name derives from the Osage language, and refers to their relatives, the Quapaw people. The state's diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta.

Arkansas is the 29th largest by area and the 34th most populous state, with a population of just over three million at the 2020 census. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, in the central part of the state, a hub for transportation, business, culture, and government. The northwestern corner of the state, including the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers Metropolitan Area and Fort Smith metropolitan area, is a population, education, and economic center. The largest city in the state's eastern part is Jonesboro. The largest city in the state's southeastern part is Pine Bluff.

Previously part of French Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase, the Territory of Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836. Much of the Delta had been developed for cotton plantations, and landowners there largely depended on enslaved African Americans' labor. In 1861, Arkansas seceded from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. On returning to the Union in 1868, Arkansas continued to suffer economically, due to its overreliance on the large-scale plantation economy. Cotton remained the leading commodity crop, and the cotton market declined. Because farmers and businessmen did not diversify and there was little industrial investment, the state fell behind in economic opportunity. In the late 19th century, the state instituted various Jim Crow laws to disenfranchise and segregate the African-American population. White interests dominated Arkansas's politics, with disenfranchisement of African Americans and refusal to reapportion the legislature; only after the federal legislation passed were more African Americans able to vote. During the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Arkansas and particularly Little Rock were major battlegrounds for efforts to integrate schools.

Following World War II in the 1940s, Arkansas began to diversify its economy and see prosperity. During the 1960s, the state became the base of the Walmart corporation, the world's largest company by revenue, headquartered in Bentonville. In the 21st century, Arkansas's economy is based on service industries, aircraft, poultry, steel, and tourism, along with important commodity crops of cotton, soybeans and rice.

Arkansas's culture is observable in museums, theaters, novels, television shows, restaurants, and athletic venues across the state. Notable people from the state include politician and educational advocate William Fulbright; former president Bill Clinton, who also served as the 40th and 42nd governor of Arkansas; general Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander; Walmart founder and magnate Sam Walton; singer-songwriters Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich, Jimmy Driftwood, and Glen Campbell; actor-filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton; poet C. D. Wright; physicist William L. McMillan, a pioneer in superconductor research; poet laureate Maya Angelou; Douglas MacArthur; musician Al Green; actor Alan Ladd; basketball player Scottie Pippen; singer Ne-Yo; Chelsea Clinton; actress Sheryl Underwood; and author John Grisham.

The history of Arkansas began millennia ago when humans first crossed into North America. Many tribes used Arkansas as their hunting lands but the main tribe was the Quapaw, who settled in the Arkansas River delta upon moving south from Illinois. Early French explorers gave the territory its name, a corruption of Akansea, which is a phonetic spelling from the Illinois language word for the Quapaw.[1] This phonetic heritage explains why "Arkansas" is pronounced so differently than the U.S. state of "Kansas" even though they share the same spelling.

What began as a rough wilderness inhabited by trappers and hunters became incorporated into the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and later became the Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1836. Upon gaining statehood on June 15, 1836, Arkansas had begun to prosper under a plantation economy that was heavily reliant on slave labor. After the American Civil War (1861–1865), Arkansas was a poor rural state, whose main economic base revolved around agriculture based chiefly on cotton production. In the late 19th century, the state instituted various Jim Crow laws to disenfranchise and segregate the African American population. This would last until federal legislation was passed in the 1960s. During the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Arkansas and particularly Little Rock, were major battlegrounds for efforts to integrate schools.

The state started to see some economic prosperity during and after World War II in the 1940s. Arkansas became the base for retail corporation Walmart during the 1960s, which is headquartered in Bentonville. Walmart would later become the world's largest company by revenue. During the 20th century, different Arkansas political leaders would become nationally prominent, including the 42nd U.S. President Bill Clinton, who was Governor of Arkansas, 1979–1981 and 1983–1992.

Beginning around 11,700 B.C.E., the first indigenous people inhabited the area now known as Arkansas after crossing today's Bering Strait, formerly Beringia. The first people in modern-day Arkansas likely hunted woolly mammoths by running them off cliffs or using Clovis points, and began to fish as major rivers began to thaw towards the end of the last great ice age. Around 9500 BCE, forests also started to expand, enabling local peoples to engage in greater gathering. Crude containers became a necessity for storing gathered items. Since mammoths had become extinct, hunting bison and deer became more common. These early peoples of Arkansas likely lived in base camps and departed on hunting trips for months at a time.

Further warming led to the beginnings of agriculture in Arkansas around 650 BCE. Fields consisted of clearings, and Native Americans would begin to form villages around the plot of trees they had cleared. Shelters became more permanent and pottery became more complex. Burial mounds, surviving today in places such as Parkin Archeological State Park and Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park, became common in northeast Arkansas. This reliance on agriculture marks an entrance into Mississippian culture around 950 CE. Wars began occurring between chieftains over land disputes. Platform mounds gain popularity in some cultures.

The Native American nations that lived in Arkansas prior to the westward movement of peoples from the East were the Quapaw, Caddo, and Osage Nations. While moving westward, the Five Civilized Tribes inhabited Arkansas during its territorial period.

The first European contact with Arkansas was the Spanish expedition led by Hernando de Soto in 1541. De Soto wandered among settlements, inquiring about gold and other valuable natural resources. He encountered the Casqui in northeast Arkansas, who sent him north around Devil's Elbow to the Pacaha, the traditional enemies of the Casqui. Upon arrival in the Pacaha village, the Casqui who had followed behind de Soto attacked and raided the village. De Soto ultimately engaged the two tribes' chiefs in a peace treaty before continuing on across central Arkansas and into the Ozark Mountains in his search for riches. After finding nothing he considered of value and encountering native resistance the entire way; he and his soldiers returned to the Mississippi River where de Soto fell ill. He died the following day in what is believed to be the vicinity of modern-day McArthur in May 1542. Soto's body was weighted down with sand and he was consigned to a watery grave in the Mississippi River under cover of darkness.

De Soto had attempted to deceive the native population into thinking he was an immortal deity, sun of the sun, in order to forestall attack by outraged Native Americans on his by then weakened and bedraggled army. In order to keep the ruse up, his men informed the locals that de Soto had ascended into the sky. His will at the time of his death listed: "four Indian slaves, three horses and 700 hogs" which were auctioned off to his men. His starving men, who had been living off maize stolen from Native Americans and who had not been allowed to eat the enormous herd of hogs but had had to care for them, immediately started to butcher them. Later on his remaining men, now commanded by his aide de camp Moscoso, attempted an overland return to Mexico. They made it as far as Texas before running into territory too dry for maize farming and too thinly populated to sustain themselves by stealing food from the locals. The expedition promptly backtracked to Arkansas. After building a small fleet of boats they then headed down the Mississippi River and eventually on to Mexico by water.

In 1673, French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reached the Arkansas River on an expedition to map the Mississippi River. After a calumet with friendly Quapaw, the group suspected the Spanish to be nearby and returned north.

Robert La Salle entered Arkansas in 1681 as part of his quest to find the mouth of the Mississippi River, and thus claim the entire river for New France. La Salle and his partner, Henri de Tonti, succeeded in this venture, claiming the river in April 1682. La Salle would return to France while dispatching de Tonti to wait for him and hold Fort St. Louis. On the king's orders, La Salle returned to colonize the Gulf of Mexico for the French, but ran aground in Matagorda Bay. La Salle led three expeditions on foot searching for the Mississippi River, but his third party mutinied near Navasota, Texas, in 1687. de Tonti learned of La Salle's Texas expeditions and traveled south in an effort to locate him along the Mississippi River. Along with this journey south, de Tonti founded Arkansas Post as a waypoint for his searches in 1686. La Salle's party, now led by his brother, stumbled upon the Post and were greeted kindly by Quapaw with fond memories of La Salle. The troupe thought it best to lie and say La Salle remained at his new coastal colony.

The French colonization of the Mississippi Valley would end with the later destruction of Fort St. Louis were it not for de Tonti establishing the small trading stop, Arkansas Post. The party originally led by La Salle would depart the Post and continue north to Montreal, where interest was spurred in explorers who had the knowledge that the French had a holding in the region.

The first successful European settlement, "Poste de Arkansea", was established by Henri de Tonti in 1686 on the Arkansas River. The post disbanded for unknown reasons in 1699 but was reestablished in 1721 in the same location. Sited slightly upriver from the confluence of the Arkansas River and Mississippi River, the remote post was a center of trade and home base for fur trappers in the region to trade their wares. The French settlers mingled and in some cases even intermarried with Quapaw natives, sharing a dislike of English and Chickasaw, who were allies at the time. A moratorium on furs imposed by Canada severely affected the post's economy, and many settlers began to move out of the Mississippi River Valley. Scottish banker John Law saw the struggling post and attempted to entice settlers to emigrate from Germany to start an agriculture settlement at Arkansas Post, but his efforts failed when Law-created Mississippi Bubble burst in 1720.

The French maintained the post throughout this time mostly due to its strategic significance along the Mississippi River. The post was moved back further from the Mississippi River in 1749 after the English with their Chickasaw allies attacked, it was moved downriver in 1756 to be closer to a Qua-paw defensive line that had been established, and to serve, as an repent, or trading post, during the Seven Years' War and prevent attacks from the Spanish along the Mississippi.

In 1762, the secret treaty of Fontainebleau transferred control of colonial Louisiana (including present-day Arkansas), to Spain in exchange for Florida. The Spanish showed little interest in Arkansas except for the land grants meant to inspire settlement around the post. Afterward, the post was again moved upriver out of the floodplain in 1779. Its position 4 miles (6.4 km) up the Arkansas River made it a hub for trappers to start their journeys, although it also served as a diplomatic center for relations between the Spanish and Quapaw. Many that stopped at Arkansas Post were simply passing through on their way up or down river and needed supplies or rest. Habitants included approximately ten merchants, some domestic slaves, and the wives and children of voyageurs. A small detachment of the Fixed Infantry Regiment of Louisiana lived inside the fort, tasked with protecting the village of Arkansas Post nearby. On April 17, 1783, present-day Arkansas experienced its only battle of the American Revolutionary War when Captain James Colbert of the 16th Regiment of Foot led a force of British partisans and Chickasaws against the Spanish village and fort.

Although the United States of America had gained separation from the British as a result of the Revolutionary War, Arkansas remained in Spanish hands after the conflict. Americans began moving west to Kentucky and Tennessee, and the United States wanted to guarantee these people that the Spanish possession of the Mississippi River would not disrupt commerce. Napoleon Bonaparte's conquest of Spain shortly after the American Revolution forced the Spanish to cede Louisiana, including Arkansas, to the French via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1800. England declared war on France in 1803, and Napoleon sold his land in the new world to the United States, today known as the Louisiana Purchase. The size of the country doubled with the purchase, and a stream of new White settlers led to a changed dynamic between Native Americans and Arkansans. Prior to the Louisiana Purchase, the relationship between the two groups was a "middle ground" of give and take. These relationships would deteriorate all across the frontier, including in Arkansas.

Thomas Jefferson initiated the Lewis and Clark Expedition to find the nation's new northern boundary, and the Dunbar Hunter Expedition, led by William Dunbar, was sent to establish the new southern boundary. The group was intended to explore the Red River, but due to Spanish hostility settled on a tour up the Ouachita River to explore the hot springs in central Arkansas. Leaving in October 1804 and parting company at Fort Miro on January 16, 1805, their reports included detailed accounts of give and take between Native Americans and trappers, detailed flora and fauna descriptions, and a chemical analysis of the "healing waters" of the hot springs. Useful information for settlers to navigate the area and descriptions of the people inhabiting south Arkansas was also included.

The settler-Native American relationship deteriorated further following the 1812 New Madrid earthquake, viewed by some as punishment for accepting and assimilating into White culture. Many Cherokee left their farms and moved shortly after a speech in June 1812 by a tribal chief admonishing the tribe for departing from tradition.

A small segment of the Territory of Missouri applied for statehood on March 2, 1819. The application included a provision that would bring Missouri into the Union as a slave state, which would upset the delicate balance of slave and free states. This application also defined all land in the Missouri Territory south of the parallel 36°30' north, except the Missouri Bootheel between the Mississippi River and the Saint Francis River north of the 36th parallel north, as the new Territory of Arkansaw. When the Missouri Enabling Act was taken up in the United States House of Representatives, James Tallmadge denounced slavery and succeeded in passing the Tallmadge Amendment in the House, an act that would have extinguished slavery in Missouri in a generation. The act was the first attempt to curb the rapid expansion of slavery along the country's expanding western frontier and caught many southern Democrats by surprise. The following day, John Taylor proposed identical restrictions on slavery before authorizing the Arkansaw Enabling Act. The banning of new slaves amendment was soundly defeated, but the gradual emancipation measure was tied until Speaker of the House Henry Clay cast the deciding no vote killing the Amendment and allowing Arkansas to organize as a slave territory. The Missouri Compromise was later struck allowing Maine to enter as a free state, thus allowing Missouri to enter as a slave state to keeping the balance of free/slave states at 12 each.

The uncertainty surrounding Missouri's status as a slave state caused a rapid out-migration of slaveholders into Arkansas. Slavery also became a divisive issue within Arkansas. The wealthy planters of southeast Arkansas strongly supported slavery since manual labor was the only method of harvesting cotton at the time. The northwest parts of the state did not have cotton plantations, and as little as 2% of the black population in northwest Arkansas was enslaved during the territorial era. However, northwest Arkansas backed slavery in support of the southeastern Arkansas planters.

Different aspects of frontier life are preserved today in three state parks. Historic Washington State Park in southwest Arkansas is a restored town that was formerly a bustling stop on the Southwest Trail. Davidsonville Historic State Park preserves one of early Arkansas's most important communities, including Arkansas's first post office and courthouse. Powhatan Historic State Park on the Black River allows visitors to relive a former riverport town during its heyday.

The new Arkansas Territory held its territorial government at the territorial capital, Arkansas Post, and included all of present-day Arkansas and Oklahoma except the Oklahoma panhandle. These lands became Indian Territory by 1828, leaving the modern day outline of Arkansas. Upon creation of the territory, President James Monroe appointed James Miller of New Hampshire, the hero of Lundy's Lane, as territorial governor, and young Robert Crittenden as secretary of the territory. Miller had little interest in governing the territory, and spent most of his time outside its boundaries. This left an opportunist Crittenden in charge of Arkansas, and he quickly assembled three judges together to form Arkansas's first legislature. Crittenden also held an election that selected James Woodson Bates as Arkansas's territorial delegate to Congress in addition to forming and filling the two branches of the General Assembly of Arkansas Territory. This election became contested when Miller returned and decided Arkansas would follow an 1812 law that all territorial legislative positions were to be filled by appointment, nullifying Crittenden's election. Congress later affirmed the election, but the situation formed a divide between Miller's followers and the Crittenden faction.

Miller and Crittenden were again divided over the relocation of the territorial capitol from the unsuitable backwater at Arkansas Post. The legislature discussed the issue of relocating the capitol in 1820, but could not decide between Little Rock and Cadron before the session ended. After the session ended, William Russell, owner of hundreds of lots around Little Rock, began selling them to legislators and influential men like Crittenden, Robert Oden, William A. Trimble, and Andrew Scott. Upon returning, the legislature passed a bill to move the capitol to Little Rock by three votes, increasing the value of many legislators' Little Rock lots significantly. In protest, Miller moved to a new house at Crystal Hill near Cadron before being reassigned to Salem, Massachusetts. During the move to Little Rock, Crittenden formed the Rose Law Firm with Chester Ashley, forming a powerful political alliance between The Family and Crittenden's supporters. Arkansas's second territorial governor was George Izard, a wealthy planter who moved to the territory from South Carolina. Izard succeeded in changing divorce law and briefly stopping the Quapaw removal in Arkansas. He also organized a militia and managed to quiet Crittenden, who remained as secretary of the territory. Izard died in 1828 and was replaced by John Pope, who was appointed by Andrew Jackson.

In an effort to prevent white settlers taking over their territory, the Quapaw signed an 1818 treaty relinquishing all their hunting lands in exchange for keeping 32,000,000 acres (13,000,000 ha) of land along the Arkansas River in south Arkansas in their possession. This treaty was later reneged upon the following year, with whites taking all but 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) back for settlement. At this time, Cherokee from Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina were being forced into Arkansas onto Caddo hunting lands west of Little Rock. The Caddo did not welcome the invasion of the Cherokee, who had thought they were moving to uninhabited land. The Caddo viewed the Cherokee as "domesticated" by the white man for signing treaties with the United States government and the tribes went to war. Cephas Washburn established Dwight Mission near Russellville as a school for Cherokee youth at the tribe's request in 1822. This school was later moved to Sallisaw, Oklahoma. The Osage signed a treaty to leave Arkansas in 1825 and moved to Kansas briefly before buying their own reservation in Osage County, Oklahoma. The United States established Fort Smith and Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, to keep the peace and trade with the Native Americans.

During the Industrial Revolution, cotton prices boomed and white settlers clamored for the fertile lands around the Arkansas River inhabited by the Quapaw. Eventually the government forced the Quapaw to a reservation in Louisiana with the Caddo. Antoine Barraqué led the Quapaw south in the winter of 1825–26. They found the Caddo inhospitable because the Quapaw were viewed as invaders and when the Quapaw's crop washed away twice due to flooding of the Red River, conditions got even worse. Combined with the overcrowding and lack of annuities promised to both tribes, the Quapaw were unhappy and followed chief Saracen back to their homeland along the Arkansas River. By 1830, the entire tribe had returned to Arkansas, and despite Governor Pope and Indian agent Richard Hannon, the Quapaw were removed to a separate reservation in northeast Oklahoma in 1833. Secretary Robert Crittenden was instrumental in acquiring the final removal.

Replacing an intake cover

3182 replaced 9K back in the day. This is the view from the heavily stripped 3182 on the Wigan depot scrap line with the very much alive 9K looking on. A little bit of this scene (other than 9) survives. Everything else, including the depot, has gone.

And if you're wondering, 3182's interior mirror is now 9's interior mirror!

Headstone has been replaced and concrete surrounding it has been removed since the original photo I took 15 months ago. For photos of previous headstone and surround. See comments section.

25/720 Rifleman

J S BROWN

Rifle Brigade

Died 29 October 1918

Aged 25

Born 17 July 1893, Auckland

Occupation at enlist: Driver [horse] for Dominion Cement Co. Whangarei

Marks: lady’s head tattooed on right forearm

3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade.

Theatres of operation:

Egyptian 1916

Egyptian E.F. 1916

Western European 1916-17

13 October 1915 Date commenced duty

4 Jun 1916 Admitted No2 NZ Field Amb. In the field

7 June 1916 Rejoined unit

28 June 1916 Admitted No 7 Gen. Hospital St Omer

7 July 1916 Discharged to base

8 August 1916 “leaving the rank without permission” [deprived 14 days pay. Awarded 14 days F.D[?].

10 August 1916 To detention camp

13 August 1916 Rejoined unit

13 October 1916 Admitted No14 Gen. Hospital Wimereux [France]

15 June 1917 Marched out to segregation

1 January 1917 Embarked Mokoia for NZ

24 August 1917 Medical report on invalid, Station - Torquay. Deafness [in childhood – unknown cause, pre-war] Awarded 5 August 1917 Etaples Class C – chronic middle ear catarrh]. “Can hear a watch ticking, ½ inch, but not much more in each ear. No discharge and patient says there never was any at any time. Exam ear shows thickening and dull appearance both drums, other means of exam not available.” Aggravation: exposure to cold and wet on active service.

[On enlistment, deafness was noted and noted that consequent disabilities: “can’t hear orders”.]

No longer physically fit for war service pre-inlistment[sic] disability aggravated by active service [deafness].

1 February 1918 Date finally discharged

Next of Kin: wife Mrs M L BROWN, 12 Commercial Street, Pontnewydd, Newport, Mon[mouthshire].

John married Mavis Lilian PRICE [born June 1894] on 5 September 1918, Pontypool, Mon[mouthshire].

Died Auckland Hospital [married a month and a half before John died].

His Cenotaph database record:

muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/17715.detail?O...

His Commonwealth War Graves Commission record:

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643047/BROWN,%20JOHN%...

His military records are online to read:

www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=2188870...

SOURCES:

Military records and Ancestry.co.uk

replaces written off Commodore SS

This chap removed the bollards for the van to be driven past. He replaced them, got in the van, and they drove away.

The Sierra had recently replaced the Cortina, while the "jellymould" bodystyle was futuristic for the time, a lot of mechanical parts had been carried over from the Cortina.

BHK546Y was an unissued Chelmsford registration.

FSO were continuing to make the most of the Fiat 125 bodyshell and even older mechanical parts. The Polonez was a newer styled body hiding the Fiat hand me downs.

BKN380Y was actually a Mazda 323 1.3 Litre last taxed on 1 September 1999.

Likewise BKN383Y belonged to a Mazda 626 SDX 1970cc which lasted to 1 February 1994.

BKN...Y was a Maidstone issue of August 1982, there are some Mazdas coming up registered in the same block.

Replace the short-lived Constructeur rack with a Velo Orange "Porteur Rack" and man do I love this thing. Worth every penny. More pictures to follow soon of different errands I have ran using this rack.

Replaced the gearbox mount and the intercooler hoses with silicone hoses which are much more durable than the old rubber hoses.

The new gearbox mount is fitted with PU bushes instead of rubber bushes which are also more durable + stronger.

Photograph taken at 14:53pm on Tuesday Monday September 3rd 2012 off Borrowdale Road B5289 and Lake Road heading away from the shoreline of Isthmus Bay on Derwentwater near to the Lakeland market town of Keswick, one of the Northern most in the Lake District, Cumbria, England.

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Nikon D7000 20mm 1/400s f/5.6 iso200 RAW (14Bit) Handheld

Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5-5.6 DX EC HSM. Nikon MB-D11 battery grip pack. Two Nikon EN-EL15 batteries. Jessops UV filter. Nikon MB-D11 battery grip. Hoodman H-EYEN22S Hood eye eye cup. My memory 32GB class 10 20MB/s SDHC. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit

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LONGITUDE: W 3d 8m 21.92s

ALTITUDE: 93.0m

RAW FILE SIZE: 46.30MB

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PROCESSING POWER:

HP Pavillion Desktop with AMD A10-5700 APU PROCESSOR. HD graphics. 8GB RAM. 64-bit Windows 8.1. VERBATIM USB 2.0 1TB Desktop Hard drive. NIKON VIEWNX2 Version 2.90 64bit. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8 Version 8.0 64bit

The standard mount on the Sony A7 is prone to flexing. It's especially noticeable when using heavier lenses, but one can feel it even when handling a small one like the Zeiss 55mm F/1.8.

I kinda got tired of this and upgraded to the Fotodiox Tough E-mount version.

It replaces the front ring and the plastic one underneath with a single piece.

... replaced !

Replacing guardrail on OR 22 west of Salem.

Replacing palm roof thatching - Mission San Luis, Tallahassee, FL, USA

I rooted and replaced the ROM on on my Infuse earlier today (similar to Jailbreaking the iP4). I do like the 4.5" AMOLED display that the Infuse 4g boasts. Still test driving! The Samsung Galaxy S II will be available through my mobile carrier in a few weeks (4.3" screen with a dual core processor). The iPhone 4 does have more style and a better build (and yep - the Infuse does have Apple wallpaper)… ;) Anyhow, in a rush this evening. Took a few snaps, edited, and posted. Off to a dinner gathering. Have a great weekend all!

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 20-Jul-24.

An early B737NG (Line No: 77), this aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to Sabre Airways (UK) as G-OKDN in Jul-98.

It was sub-leased to GEC Marconi Avionics in Nov-98 for avionics system testing and returned to Sabre in Apr-99. In Oct-99 the aircraft was wet-leased to Air Berlin, returning to Sabre in Apr-00.

In Jan-01 Sabre Airways was renamed Excel Airways. The aircraft was re-registered G-XLAA in Mar-01. In Nov-06 Excel Airways became XL Airways UK. It was transferred to XL Airways Germany as D-AXLG in Apr-08 (XL Airways UK ceased operations on 12-Nov-08).

The aircraft was wet-leased to Jet4you (Morocco) in Jul-08 and returned to XL Airways Germany in Nov-08. It was wet-leased to Condor Flugdienst in May-12 and returned to XL Germany in Aug-12.

XL Airways Germany ceased operations on 14-Dec-12. The aircraft was returned to the lessor and ferried to Shannon, Ireland for storage a few days later. It was re-registered EI-EZP in Jan-13.

In Mar-13 the aircraft was leased to UTAir Ukraine as UR-UTP. The lease was transferred to Azur Air Ukraine in Nov-15. It was transferred to Azur Air Russia as VQ-BAL in Mar-18.

In Feb-22 Russia invaded Ukraine and sanctions were placed on Russia by many western countries and the insurance for western leased aircraft was cancelled. Russia then 'seized' all western registered aircraft and re-registered them in Russia.

This aircraft became RA-73475 in May-22. However, it was withdrawn from service and stored at Moscow-Domodedovo in Jun-22. Possibly permanently retired. Updated 20-Jul-24.

Replaced the stock 13T turbo with the bigger & stronger 16T turbo from a V70 T5.

Re-used the Mamba wastegate actuator (so makes the same boost now) and made the step towards an external DV, which is better than the bolt-on CBV (which I already upgraded).

Pulls a bit harder and feels a tad more powerfull!

Hiroko Shikashio

Title: Endless Fun #64 Watercolor 24x30 $1200

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I love these boots!

replace 2 of the 1x3 plates with a 2x3

The Östra Södermanlands Järnväg (ÖSLJ) is a heritage 600 mm gauge line southwest of Stockholm. The first section was opened on 24 Jult 1966 using the trackbed of an old SJ branchline, closed two years before, between Mariefred and Läggesta nedre.

In May 1995 the old alignment of the Norra Södermanlands Järnväg was replaced by a faster route, so the ÖSLJ started to operate the original Norra Södermanlands Järnväg between Läggesta nedre and Taxinge-Näsby as its second heritage line. At first this line kept its 1435 mm gauge, but between 2009 and 2011 it was regauged to 600 mm. Finally, the new V-shaped 600 mm heritage system was inaugurated on 25 May 2011.

Replaced plastic insert with 1/8" thick ply.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 17-May-17, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-Aug-22.

JAS 'Rainbow Triple', right side.

An early Boeing 777 (Line No:45), this aircraft was delivered to JAS Japan Air System as JA8977 in Dec-96. JAS was merged into JAL Japan Airlines new 'Domestic' division in Apr-04.

In Oct-06 the domestic division was merged into Japan Airlines International and in Apr-11 the 'International' was dropped from the titles and the company became Japan Airlines once again.

The aircraft was withdrawn from service in Jan-20 and stored at Tokyo - Haneda. It was ferried to Victorville, CA, USA in Aug-20 for further storage.

In Sep-20 it was sold to the Midwest Aviation Group as N276JM and moved to Kansas City, MO, USA where it was permanently retired. The aircraft was transferred to Alta Airlines Holdings in Nov-20 and is being used as a spares source. Updated 28-Aug-22.

I am also creating a sound subsidiary for Disney and it will be called Walt Disney sound studio and this new sound subsidiary of Disney will replace Skywalker sound to get rid of Jumanji Lion Roars and Lucifer's growl hiss which hurts people so bad. This new sound studio will re-edit Monsters, Inc (2001), Monsters University (2013) and other movies with a Jumanji Lion Roar for Disney's Ferocious Roar sound effect to replace Jumanji Lion Roars, and will also re-edit Cinderella (1950) for a realistic cat hiss sound effect to replace Lucifer's growl hiss. This will be better than Skywalker sound but keeping the good sound effects from Skywalker sound and getting rid of Jumanji Lion Roars and Lucifer's growl hiss.

Textured hinge

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 30-Aug-22.

First flown in Nov-90 with the Boeing test registration N1795B, this aircraft was delivered to Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) and leased to VASP Brasil as PP-SOC in Feb-91.

It was repossessed in Nov-92 and stored at Goodyear, AZ, USA. It was re-registered N223AW in Dec-92. The aircraft had been due for lease to Transbrasil as PT-TEP but the lease was cancelled.

In Apr-93 the aircraft was leased to Jet Airways (India) as VT-JAA and returned to AWAS in Jan-99. It was leased to Air Tanzania as 5H-TCA in Feb-99 and returned to the lessor in Apr-03. It was leased to Karthago Airlines as TS-IEE in May-03.

It returned to the lessor as N790AW in Apr-09 and was stored at Marana, AZ, USA. In Aug-09 it was leased to Aerosur (Bolivia) as CP-2595. They ceased operations at the end of Mar-12 and the aircraft was repossessed, re-registered N790AW and stored at Cochabamba, Bolivia.

The registration was cancelled in Oct-12 and the aircraft was permanently retired. It was last noted still stored at Cochabamba, still as CP-2595, in Dec-12 with parts of the tail missing. Updated 30-Aug-22.

Replacing palm roof thatching - Mission San Luis, Tallahassee, FL, USA

Lion Hotel, Upper Lichfield Street, Willenhall - in May 1977 a newly opened bus terminus / loading point, service 326 replacing 242 that had loaded previously on Doctors Piece. 4719 was a Park Lane bus, Park Lane's 862 service being combined with Walsall's 242 to make the new 326 service. 4654, behind, is on the then newly introduced 531 service, replacing previous services 231 and 70.

4719+4654-LionHotel-May(07R77)2760

Out of this world public domain images from NASA. All original images and many more can be found from the NASA Image Library

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Replaced on East Anglian railhead treatment train duties for the 2008 season by Direct Rail Services Class 37s and 57/0s, the RFS Doncaster-rebuilt Class 20/3s are much missed in this part of the world. On November 22nd, 2006, the English Electric Type 1 pairing of Nos. 20313 and 20307 are pictured whistling through the Breckland scrubland at Hall Road level crossing, near Harling, Norfolk, with the 1Z63 13.10 Wymondham to Colchester service.

1280 x 840

Rusty old 1970s 4 door Holden in the Hazelbrook bush. About 40m from the road. We had bushfires through here in Dec. 1977.

this martini man mural replaces ... www.flickr.com/photos/vivaspygirl/8470842841/in/set-72157...

the artist is: "don't fret"

The Nissan Micra replaced the Datsun Cherry. The Micra is also known as 'March' in some markets.

This Micra is from the pre-facelift first version, and was designed by Naganori Ito.

A rather boring but very reliable car.

988 cc.

700 kg.

Production Nissan Micra in general: Oct. 1982-present.

Production Micra K10 this version: Oct. 1982-June 1985 (the K10 first gen. was continued till Dec. 1992.

Original Dutch reg. number: Febr. 29, 1984.

Scrapped after May 22, 2020.

Amsterdam-N., Meeuwenlaan, Sept. 6, 2012.

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The BAE Systems Rapier Surface-to-Air Missile System was developed for the British Army to replace their outdated Towed Bofors 40/L70 Anti-Aircraft Guns. The system is unusual as it uses a 'Manual Optical Guidance System' sending Guidance Commands to the Missile in flight over a Radio Link, this results in a high level of accuracy, therefore a large Warhead is not required.

Entering service in 1971, it eventually replaced all other Anti-Aircraft Weapons in service with the British Army, both the Bofors Guns used against Low-Altitude Targets and the Thunderbird Missile used against Longer-Range and Higher-Altitude Targets. As the expected Air Threat moved from Medium-Altitude Strategic Missions to Low-Altitude Strikes, the fast reaction time and high maneuverability of the Rapier made it more effective than either of these Weapons, replacing most of them by 1977. Rapier was later selected by the RAF Regiment to replace their Bofors Guns and Tigercat Missiles. It also saw international sales, as of 2021, it was in the process of being replaced as one of the United Kingdom's Primary Air-Defence Weapons by Sky Sabre.

The first Rapier Units were delivered to the British Army in and the RAF Regiment 1971, in 1981 a new Rapier, FSB1 entered service. It had improved electronics and sensors, in 1990 FSB1 (M) was introduced with improvements to the Optical Tracker, Fire Unit and Radar Tracker. Rapier was at first a daylight fair weather Air Defence System, with the addition of the ''Blindfire'' Radar Tracker, Rapier became an all-weather night and day System.

Each Fire System can cover over 38.6 square miles of sky up to a height of 9,843ft, each Missile travels at over twice the speed of sound, and has a High-Explosive Warhead. During the Falklands War of 1982, Rapier Units were deployed to cover the beachhead at San Carlos, also used in the Gulf War of 1991 and the Iraq War of 2003.

Specifications:-

▪︎Type: Surface-to-Air Missile

▪︎Place of Origin: United Kingdom

▪︎Service History: In Service 1971 to present

▪︎Used By: British Army / RAF Regiment (and many more)

▪︎Wars: Falklands War / Iran–Iraq War / Gulf War

▪︎Designer: British Aircraft Corporation

▪︎Designed: 1963

▪︎Manufacturer British Aircraft Corporation 1963 to 1977 / BAe Dynamics 1977 to 1999 / MBDA UK since 1999

▪︎Produced: 1969 to the 1990's

▪︎Number Built: 25,000 Missiles / 600 Launchers / 350 Radar Units

▪︎Variants: Mk.II "Hittile" / MK.IIB Missile

▪︎Mass: 99lb

▪︎Length: 88in

▪︎Diameter: 5.2in

▪︎Warhead: Blast Fragmentation Explosive Close Proximity Warhead

▪︎Detonation Mechanism: Proximity Triggered Chemical Fuze

▪︎Power Plant: Solid-Fuel Rocket

▪︎Wing Span: 5.4in

▪︎Operational Range: 1,300 to 26,900 ft

▪︎Flight Ceiling: 9,800ft Mk.I Missile / 16,000ft Mk.II Missile

▪︎Maximum Speed: Mach 2.5 / 1,900mph

▪︎Guidance System: Semi-Automatic Command to Line of Sight

▪︎Steering System: Flight Control Surface

▪︎Launch Platform: Vehicle / Towed Trailer.

Opened 1 Nov 1917 for Australian Mutual Provident Society, architect F Kenneth Milne, sold Nov 1951. First AMP branch opened 1887 replacing earlier AMP agency.

“The Agency of the Australian Mutual Provident Society at Clare will be closed on 1st November next, on which date, for the convenience of the Members resident in the Central District of the province, a District Office will be Opened in Main Street, Clare, under the charge of Mr. Frederick Lester.” [Northern Argus 1 Nov 1887]

“New offices are to be erected in Clare for the Australian Mutual Provident Society on the corner block in Main street sooth of Bentley's Hotel. . . The structure will be of an up-to-date character, of two stories, containing 14 rooms, including a suite of offices for the society, a suite of offices to be let, and another office to be let. Each office will be provided with a strong-room. The rest of the building will consist of residential apartments for the district secretary, . . The main entrance to the building will be provided by a vestibule facing Main street, while a hall from Lennon street will give entrance to the private apartments.” [Northern Argus 8 Dec 1916]

“No better exemplification can be given of the progress made than the extension of the business of the district office of the Australian Mutual Provident Society. It was in 1887 that the first district office of the society was opened in Clare by Mr. Fred Lester (now in charge of the Launceston district office), Mr. Row Morgan became district secretary in 1896, and Mr W. A. Read (the present district secretary) succeeded him in 1914. . . The offices were opened for business on November 1, and it is a curious coincidence that the first district office of the society was opened on November 1,1887 — 80 years ago.” [Northern Argus 2 Nov 1917]

“Local stone was used. . . The main entrance is situated on Main street, the vestibule being floored with Marseilles tiles with doorways and ceiling of fumed oak, and windows of Flemish glass. . . The furniture is new, being the handiwork of Messrs. Pimlott, of Port Pirie. . . Situated at the rear of the offices on the ground floor are living apartments, all fitted up in the most modern manner. Up stairs are the drawing room and five bedrooms, fitted in the same excellent style as the ground floor. The staircase is also of oak. . . An up-to-date bath room is supplied with both hard and soft water. A wide balcony affords a fine view of the surrounding country.” [|Blyth Agriculturist 2 Nov 1917]

“AMP Society. . . In order to effect economies to combat rising costs in the conduct of the Society's business and because of staff shortages, it has been decided to close the District Office at Clare as from 28th December, 1951. . . The Society has a large two storied office and residence and an office usually used for rental on the comer of Clare Main Street at the intersection of Lennon Street and the South Clare Bridge. . . Most citizens of Clare and Mid-North will regret the verdict of the Society to start centrailising [sic] after 50 years or more in the Town and district.” [Northern Argus 26 Sep 1951]

“The residence and offices at the South end of Main Street, Clare, of the AMP Society have been sold. This implements their recent decision to transfer the local administrative office work to the head office in the city of Adelaide.” [Northern Argus 14 Nov 1951]

Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic Christianity under Saints Aidan, Cuthbert, Eadfrith, and Eadberht of Lindisfarne. The island was originally home to a monastery, which was destroyed during the Viking invasions but re-established as a priory following the Norman Conquest of England. Other notable sites built on the island are St Mary the Virgin parish church (originally built in 635 CE and restored in 1860), Lindisfarne Castle, several lighthouses and other navigational markers, and a complex network of lime kilns. In the present day, the island is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a hotspot for historical tourism and bird watching. As of February 2020, the island had three pubs, a hotel and a post office as well as a museum.

The Lindisfarne Abbey was first established in 634 AD. The island served as the site of a monastery for roughly 900 years. The site, most of which has fallen into a state of ruin, has since become a popular tourist destination and focus of pilgrimage journeys. The church of St Mary the Virgin is the only original building that has been more or less continually maintained and which remains standing within the original monastic compound. Remains from the pre-Norman/Anglo-Saxon era can be found in the chancel wall of this church. The monastery was described as an abbey by Bede but when it was rebuilt after the Norman Conquest it was described as a (relatively smaller) priory.

The current parish church stands on the site of the wooden church built by St Aidan in AD 635. When the site was rebuilt by the Normans, the site of the original abbey church was redeveloped in stone as the parish church. It is the oldest building on the island that has been maintained in some fashion, and which has a roof on it. Remains of the Anglo-Saxon church exist as the chancel wall and arch. A Norman apse (subsequently replaced in the 13th century) led eastwards from the chancel. The nave was extended in the 12th century with a northern arcade, and in the following century with a southern arcade.

After the Reformation the church slipped into disrepair until the restoration of 1860. The church is built of coloured sandstone which has had the Victorian plaster removed from it. The north aisle is known as the "fishermen's aisle" and houses the altar of St. Peter. The south aisle used to hold the altar of St. Margaret of Scotland, but now houses the organ.

The church is a Grade I listed building number 1042304, listed as part of the whole priory. The church forms most of the earliest part of the site and is a scheduled ancient monument number 1011650. The Church of St Mary the Virgin has daily services of worship.

Lindisfarne Castle was built in 1550, around the time that Lindisfarne Priory went out of use, and stones from the priory were used as building material. It is very small by the usual standards, and was more of a fort. The castle sits on the highest point of the island, a whinstone hill called Beblowe.

After Henry VIII suppressed the priory, his troops used the remains as a naval store. In 1542 Henry VIII ordered the Earl of Rutland to fortify the site against possible Scottish invasion. Sir John Harington and the Master Mason of Berwick started to plan to build two earth bulwarks, although Rutland advised the use of stone from the priory. In September 1544 a Scottish fleet led by John Barton in the Mary Willoughby threatened the English coast. It was thought the Scottish ships might try to burn Lindisfarne, so orders were given to repair the decayed bulwark or blockhouse at Holy Island.

By December 1547, Ralph Cleisbye, Captain of the fort, had guns including a wheel-mounted demi-culverin, two brass sakers, a falcon, and another fixed demi-culverin. However, Beblowe Crag itself was not fortified until 1549 and Sir Richard Lee saw only a decayed platform and turf rampart there in 1565. Elizabeth I then had work carried out on the fort, strengthening it and providing gun platforms for the developments in artillery technology. When James VI and I came to power in England, he combined the Scottish and English thrones, and the need for the castle declined. At that time the castle was still garrisoned from Berwick and protected the small Lindisfarne Harbour.

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Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 30-Jan-15.

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 20-Aug-25.

An early build Boeing 737-700 (Line No:23), this aircraft was delivered to SAT Fluggesellschaft and leased to Germania as D-AGEQ at the end of Jul-98.

It was wet-leased to Hapag-Lloyd Express in Dec-02 and repainted in Hapag-Lloyd Express' distinctive yellow livery. Hapag-Lloyd was renamed TUIfly,com in Jan-07, however the aircraft continued in service until it was returned to Germania in Feb-08.

In Aug/Sep-12 the aircraft was briefly wet-leased to Jet2,com, UK for just five days. It was retro fitted with blended winglets in Oct-12.

On 10-Jan-17 the aircraft was struck by lightning at Antalya. Turkiye, it was ferried to Berlin-Schoenfeld on 14-Jan-17 for repair, however it didn't re-enter service until 01-Jul-17.

The aircraft was withdrawn from service in Oct-18 and initially stored at Erfurt, Germany. It ferried to Kemble, UK in Nov-18 and permanently retired. It was sold to Fortress Transportation (FTAI) at the end of Nov-18 for parts recovery and broken up at Kemble in Aug-19.

"The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a cathedral in the city of Durham, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Durham, the fourth-ranked bishop in the Church of England hierarchy. The present cathedral was begun in 1093, replacing the Saxon 'White Church', and is regarded as one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in Europe. In 1986 the cathedral and Durham Castle were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Durham Cathedral holds the relics of Saint Cuthbert, transported to Durham by Lindisfarne monks in the ninth century, the head of Saint Oswald of Northumbria, and the remains of the Venerable Bede. In addition, its library contains one of the most complete sets of early printed books in England, the pre-Dissolution monastic accounts, and three copies of Magna Carta.

From 1080 until 1836 the Bishop of Durham held the powers of an Earl Palatine, exercising military and civil leadership as well as religious leadership, in order to protect the English Border with Scotland. The cathedral walls formed part of Durham Castle, the chief seat of the Bishop of Durham.

There are daily Church of England services at the cathedral, with the Durham Cathedral Choir singing daily except Mondays and when the choir is on holiday. It is a major tourist attraction and received 694,429 visitors in 2018.

Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/, locally /ˈdɜrəm/) is a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham in North East England. The city lies on the River Wear, to the south-west of Sunderland, south of Newcastle upon Tyne and to the north of Darlington. Founded over the final resting place of St Cuthbert, its Norman cathedral became a centre of pilgrimage in medieval England. The cathedral and adjacent 11th-century castle were designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. The castle has been the home of Durham University since 1832. HM Prison Durham is also located close to the city centre. City of Durham is the name of the civil parish.

The name "Durham" comes from the Celtic element "dun", signifying a hill fort, and the Old Norse "holme", which translates to island. The Lord Bishop of Durham takes a Latin variation of the city's name in his official signature, which is signed "N. Dunelm". Some attribute the city's name to the legend of the Dun Cow and the milkmaid who in legend guided the monks of Lindisfarne carrying the body of Saint Cuthbert to the site of the present city in 995 AD. Dun Cow Lane is said to be one of the first streets in Durham, being directly to the east of Durham Cathedral and taking its name from a depiction of the city's founding etched in masonry on the south side of the cathedral. The city has been known by a number of names throughout history. The original Nordic Dun Holm was changed to Duresme by the Normans and was known in Latin as Dunelm. The modern form Durham came into use later in the city's history. The north-eastern historian Robert Surtees chronicled the name changes in his History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham but states that it is an "impossibility" to tell when the city's modern name came into being.

Durham is likely to be Gaer Weir in Armes Prydein, derived from Brittonic cajr meaning "an enclosed, defensible site" (c.f. Carlisle; Welsh caer) and the river-name Wear." - 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.

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