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East Midlands Railway celebrity 43102 'The Journey Shrinker' passes Isham working 1C15 05:19 Leeds to London St. Pancras International service.
Another view of Northampton market. Much of it is unused space these days, although the gap at the front of this shot is usually taken up by a German Christmas Market, although that will not be happening this year, apparently.
10th November 2016
As promised, I am posting tomorrow's shot this evening.
Unfortunately this pond has all but dried up. We are supposed to get rain, tomorrow and the day after. Certainly water levels are not going to return to what I had become accustomed to overnight. This pond used to have both Beavers and Muskrats, and it seems that about 50% of the time when I visited late in the evening I would see one or both of them.
I have posted a shot of this before, and can be found here for anyone interested... www.flickr.com/photos/160381392@N05/51658124417/in/photol... A bit of a different view and completely different condtions of course, but you get an idea as to the size a few years ago.
In a sense, prayer begins where expression ends. Thew words that reach our lips are often but waves of an overflowing stream touching the shore...The wave of a song carries the soul to heights which utterable meanings can never reach.
-Abraham Joshua Heschel, Man's Search for God, pg. 39
As a way of marking the end of of the Class 43 power cars on the MML and acknowledge its record breaking speed of 148.5MPH in 1987,
East Midlands Railway have returned 43302 to its former glory of Intercity livery as 43102 along with the name "The Journey Shrinker".
The power car, along with class mate 43238 at the rear pass Breaston working the 1136 Sheffield to London St Pancras service as 1C43
Please note, i have removed a location box from this image and you would really benefit from either steps or a small pole here , as the bridge is rather high sided
East Midlands Railway's Inter City liveried 43102 (43302) "The Journey Shrinker" flys through Kibworth Harcourt on its way to London St Pancras International with 1C43 from Leeds. Power car 43295 was at the rear of the set
The National Trust is usually thought of as an organisation to protect historic buildings but as I learnt in Dorset they all protect precious habitats. These delightful sand dunes on Studland Bay are managed by the Trust and appear to be thriving . Maintaining a sand dune is clearly a complex process . The following notes are from the Trust website the information contained I thought was fascinating .
“What we know about sand dunes, how they function and thrive, has changed. Previously, we thought dunes should be stabilised – protected from disturbance and cornered off from people. And so, fences were put up, we were told to stay away, and the dunes had nothing to keep them dynamic. Climate change and air pollution only made matters worse. They sent a boost of energy and nutrients into an ecosystem that had formed on the bare minimum, catalysing plant growth. Combine our intentional and unintentional efforts, and we began to lose the essence of our sand dunes.
We removed factors that would normally result in cycles of dune formation and instead accelerated the forward process. Now Studland’s mosaic landscape is slowly becoming smothered by gorse and trees. Open sandy habitats are being buried and rare wildlife pushed out. Data from the Cyril Diver citizen science project in 2016, reveals species like the Sand Lizard and Meadow Pipit shrinking in distribution, their numbers squeezed to the dune edges.
Studland’s dunes need our help. We need to slow down the acceleration of plant growth, restore Studland’s mosaic landscape and bring back the dynamic nature of our dunes into a self-regulating system. These are the aims of the Dynamic Dunescapes project. The project is a partnership between Natural England, Plantlife, Natural Resources Wales, The Wildlife Trusts and the National Trust, with National Trust sites including Woolacombe and Studland Bay.
At Studland Bay, four routes will be taken to restore the dunes:
1 Bare ground creation: Using tractors and mechanical excavators to clear sections of dense vegetation and re-create areas of bare sandy ground.
2 Reintroducing cattle grazing: Cattle mimic the benefits wild herbivores have on an ecosystem; they create bare ground, crop vegetation and form mosaic landscapes. In 2021, ten Red Devon cattle will arrive to Studland and start grazing the dense vegetation at the centre of the dunes.
3 Removing invasive carp from Little Sea: Carp were illegally introduced to a freshwater lake, known as Little Sea, triggering an ecological collapse. Dynamic Dunescapes will provide funding to remove carp from Little Sea and restore the ecosystem.
4 People: What better way to open the land, limit vegetation growth and create some much-needed disturbance than our very own feet? We want to remove the presumption that exploring the dunes will harm them. Instead we want to encourage people into the dunes, to learn about them, experience their beauty and help get them back to their sandy ways.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH.
ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED
Approaching Harrowden Jct. Wellingborough EMR 43102 'The Journey Shrinker' is working 1B23 06:34 Leeds to London St. Pancras.
A concrete and stone stairway leads over 350 steps to the top of Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park.
Moro Rock is a large granite dome, formed by exfoliation. Bit by bit, the mass of granite splits like the layers of an onion. This exfoliation shrinks Moro Rock gradually.
The trees along this field boundary appear to shrink the further away from the camera creating a strong diagonal against some beautiful evening light. Yes, I am pleased with this little Olympus.
The opening for the mountain view is shrinking as the trees branches sage lower and lower. This is in Queen Elizabeth Park.
Slightly sagging railway bridge, north of Glen Innes in NSW, is another monument to an ever-shrinking railway system in rural Australia. Built to a design by noted British engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it spans Tenterfield Creek.
East Midlands Trains operated, InterCity Swallowed liveried class 43 no. 43102, 'The Journey Shrinker', accelerates away from its stop at East Midlands Parkway in glorious sunshine on Sunday 7th March 2021 working 1C43 Leeds to St. Pancras International up express.
The cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station provide the backdrop.
Classmate no. 43295 was at the rear of the six coach formation.
I was playing around nearly a year ago and I got this idea... Shrinking mountains with a fish eye lens attachment. It's quite fun haha. Out of all my shrinking... This is one of my first and one of my favourites.
in another billion years, they will be the size of ants
Take a closer look at another Florida Green Anole. They are able to change the shade of their skin within a range of dark brown to bright green in order to blend in with their surroundings and evade predators.
More shrink plastics! I'll stick the pin later and they are going to some where :)
Now you can purchase in my ETSY!
*** This items are opened for 10 days. Closed on 8/3/2011 (Tuesday)
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For what is there left to believe in when the flesh upon our bones shrinks
back to expose us as just as dead as the rest who attempt to feign life?
South Seattle Community College Arboretum
Seattle, WA
To see more photos and read details about the South Seattle Community College Arboretum, check out my blog post Seattle Gardens to Visit in the Winter and Year Round
It certainly spoiled the view at the time but now makes for an interesting shot. Newport railway bridge was covered in plastic during its refurbishment before electrification work begins, with an attendant safety boat standing by in case any of the workers were unfortunate enough to fall in the Usk. Here 70802 crosses working 4C21 0955 Aberthaw - Avonmouth.
That was the average I saw quoted on a tide-time site for East Fife. From the shore it looked less, but from past experience I knew that having your feet on dry land always shrinks apparent wave heights... When your boat is at the nadir of the wave trough and you've lost sight of land till the following swell rides your boat up to the next crest, those waves look like boat eaters and every mile separating you from home harbour seems to take an hour to be covered, the moment of crossing the bar and feeling the deck level out under your feet - is welcome beyond compare.
Before I forget - the bird's a winter-plumaged Black Headed Gull. In the glow of the afternoon sunshine their legs and bills looked strongly orange, not the deep red I'm more used to seeing. Fooled me into thinking the storm had blown a fleet of different birds ashore from those normally seen.