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Skies are getting bluer than a mountain lake now. You just can't hope for more! This signpost is located at the 3fork on Yarisawa Valley, one directing you to Tenguhara (aka Glacier Park) and another to Mt Yari, (whose gorgeous shape is often compared to Matterhorn on the tongues of avid alps fans). There's no alternative to not making left here to Tenguhara. Yes, it has still been on my bucket list, Last time I came around, due to terrible weather, I couldn't make it to Tenguhara, neither was I able to make my way to Mt Minami. Both are a must-go place for a guy like myself.
I’ve always wondered why this sign is here. High up by the Cat & Fiddle it stands like a headstone in a really bleak location, but appears to be an ancient marker sign to the capital, London. That’s fine. I can imagine that a couple of hundred years ago, if you were walking or riding south it might be reassuring to know you are going the right way. But even with much faster modern travel, they don’t bother showing signs for ‘London’ on the M6 when you are still 190 miles away. And despite Google suggesting from here to there will take 53 hours if you walk, I think that’s a wee bit optimistic.
Having said that I am an optimist, and my eldest son will need to get to London a bit quicker tomorrow, before embarking on a flight to New Zealand. His young family of five are emigrating and will have to endure 24 hours in the same plane seat before arriving into 14 days quarantine in Auckland. Trying to emigrate during a pandemic has been a fraught time, jumping through all sorts of hoops for this and that, but finally they almost seem to be there, having had cancelled flights and health, and negative Covid checks to contend with too.
Who knows who the travellers were who passed this stone signpost a couple of hundred years ago. They might have been people turfed out of their homes during the Scottish Highland Clearances working their way south to a port to take them to a new life in Nova Scotia, or Newfoundland, Canada. A fair few went that way and virtually starved due to crop failures in the New World. Some chose to build a wooden ship, which they named “The Margaret” and sailed to the south of Australia, and then on to New Zealand settling in a little place called Waipu. I can’t imagine having the guts to make such a journey at such personal risk. We had taken modern travel for granted prior to Covid. But I’m glad my son with our young grandkids are not going by wooden ship. They will have enough challenges ahead as it is.
They'll be 11,250 miles away. I hope they find their paradise.
I was delighted to find two signposts that had been yarn bombed down a little side street in the city yesterday. Here is a view of both looking down the street.
120 in 2020
30. Crossroads
This signpost is at the southern end of the village at the junction of the B655 Hitchin road. The lane heading south from here leads towards Lilley.
The signpost incorporates the old village pump, erected at the central crossroads in 1846. The first lamp above the original fingerboards was one that burnt paraffin
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Japanese Maple @ Showa Commemorative National Government Park
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Taken at the crossing between Iron Mountain Pump Plant Rd. and Rice Rd. near the Joshua Tree NP in California.
Also called "Iron Mountain Signpost"
Spotted when walking Ross in Mad Bess Wood this morning, There two sets of signposts are 50 years apart. The older metal ones on the right look out of place in the woods, unlike the were ones which have been upcycled from fallen trees in the woods.
I'm not sure I'm reading this correctly, but I think it's a chocolate store -- located on one of the main shopping streets in the middle of Berlin.
But that's not why I took the photo; I was simply intrigued by the brightly-colored stools and tables.
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For the final few days of our vacation, we traveled by air from Amsterdam to Berlin — and spent about four days in the “Mitte” section of the city, quite close to what was once the dividing line between East and West Berlin; indeed, our hotel was technically in East Berlin.
We spent the first afternoon wandering around the local area, partly to see the infamous “Checkpoint Charlie” (just a few blocks from our hotel), and partly to get a sense of the buildings, the people, and the overall “look and feel” of the city. Since I spend much of my time focusing on “street photography” in New York, I did the same thing here … and aside from the German language that you’ll see on a few of the signposts, the people look much the same as they do in any other big city.
I did get a few photos of the Brandenburg Gate and the Holocaust Exhibition, and some video clips from inside the TierGarten (which I’ll upload in the next few days). I also took quite a few photos of some “street art” that was created on one of the few remaining sections of the old Berlin Wall; these two will be uploaded in the next few days.
We took a driving tour around the city one morning, including a quick circle around the old 1936 Olympic Stadium; we also had lunch in a fancy restaurant atop the old Reichstag Building, which is now (as I understand it) the home of the German legislature. But I certainly don’t feel that I saw very much of the entire city; it would be like making a whirlwind tour around a few parts of Manhattan, and then trying to claim that you’ve seen all of New York City.
As a child of the Cold War (and having been born exactly one year befor the day that Hitler committed suicide), I have always been intrigued by Berlin — and would love to go back several more times to see more of the neighborhoods, the culture, and the people. I don’t think I would ever claim to “know” Berlin in any complete sense; indeed, I don’t even feel that way about New York, after living here for 45+ years. But I could certainly learn a lot more, and I found it sufficiently interesting that I would like to learn more…
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During the first two weeks of September 2015, we took a river cruise down the Rhine River, and wrapped up the trip with a few days in Berlin. This Flickr album contains various photos from that trip …
We spent the first couple days recovering from jet-lag in Interlaken, Switzerland. This is the site of the Jungfrau and various other spectacular peaks in the Alps range — but it was so foggy that we could hardly see anything. I’ve included a couple of videos of a tram ride down the mountain, as well as some paraglider who floated down into the town park.
We then traveled to Bern, where we got on-board a Viking Cruise ship that headed north for the next several days — eventually arriving in Amsterdam, after making stops nearly every day to see ancient castles and fortresses, as well as various villages and small towns that have survived various wars, tyrants, and regimes for well over a thousand years.
From our final cruise destination in Amsterdam, we flew to Berlin — where we spent a few days at a very nice hotel that turned out to be in what was once East Berlin. Indeed, the separation between East and West Berlin, once so obvious and important, is now almost impossible for a visitor to spot. Except for some rubble, and a few small mementoes (like Checkpoint Charlie, a few blocks from our hotel), there is no obvious difference between East and West from pre-1989 days.
You’ll find a curious thing at the end of a little path beside the school in the Kent village of Chiddingstone. It’s a great lump of sandstone, formed about 135 million years ago when this part of the world was a swampy mess. And this large rock is called the Chiding Stone,
Near the entrance to access the gardens.
At the edge of the car park shared with the sheep and lambs In
a field area.
Plas Cadnant Hidden Gardens
A historic garden under restoration, situated between Menai Bridge and Beaumaris on the Isle of Anglesey.
In 1996, the present owner bought the 200 acre Plas Cadnant Estate and work began on the restoration of the historic garden and grounds. Since then large parts of the gardens have undergone a spectacular transformation and have been restored to their former glory.
Described as one of North Wales best kept secrets is the hidden world of Plas Cadnant Gardens, situated at the side of the Menai Strait, hidden from view near to Menai Bridge on the Isle of Anglesey.
Former owners of Plas Cadnant were related to the Tremayne family of Heligan House, now famous for its Lost Gardens.
A new garden is being created on an historic site, becoming a plantsman's paradise. Now considered amongst the liveliest twenty gardens of Wales, and featured in a new book 'The Finest Gardens of Wales' by Tony Russell'. Also featured in 'Discovering Welsh Gardens' written by Stephen Anderton and photographed by Charles Hawes.
There is still much work to be done and we hope you will visit us in person or use the website to keep informed of our ongoing progress.
Three gardens in one
Three different gardens have been discovered, including an unusual walled garden with curving walls and pool, a secret valley garden with three waterfalls and river, and an upper woodland garden with stone outcrops and the remains of a 19c. folly.