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Taken at The Skillion, Terrigal NSW, Australia.
I thought I'd try a vertical composition to add more depth into the scene.
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Skills N438 BRR in green rather than the usual yellow livery for the ex-Dublin Volvos and other double deckers in the fleet.
I assume this is operating shuttles to the tennis tournament.
University Boulevard, Nottingham
G55 RTO was one of four Volvo B10M-60 Duple 340s supplied new to Skills in 1990. On 26th June 1993, it was enjoying Brighton sunshine.
It's always a good day out watching the coaches arrive at Wembley, especially when the less regular teams from outside the London area play.
If you haven't been since Covid then you'll be in for a shock! The new Pink and Green dedicated coach parks are almost entirely undercover which makes photography a challenge. Nevertheless, decent shots can still be obtained with good planning.
Here's a reminder of some of the visitors to Wembley Stadium seen in 2022.
Saturday 16th April 2022 saw Liverpool play Manchester City in an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley. With the West Coast Main Line affected by engineering works, it was bound to produce a good selection of coaches with around 250 turning up. I noted 22 different coach body manufacturers to give plenty of variety to the day.
After snapping the spare E200 out on 39s, I decided to head back home, making my way back to Upper Parliament Street for a Calverton back to Arnold. On the way, one of Skills newer deckers was sat at the lights, so decided to hang on for it. Unfortunately, a delivery van came out from the Litmus building at just the wrong second... D'oh!!
SFZ5770 leaves Nottingham on an EMA3 to Eastwood Amazon via Basford, Bulwell and Phoenix Park. This was new to Lothian Buses in 2004 as their 678.
Seen at the UK Coach Rally in Brighton in April 1997 is Skills of Nottingham Kassbohrer Setra S250 Special C48FT 10 P210FRC.
Skills Coaches - BF73 CCX seen on Temple Newsam Road, Leeds operating a 'Big Green Coach' service to Slam Dunk Festival (North) on May 24th 2026
Pierantonio Mezzastris (Foligno, 1430 ca. - Foligno, 1506) - Virgin crowned by angels (signed and dated 1486) - fresco detached from the Church of the Old Hospital of St. John - Trinci Palace, Foligno
Fu pittore e decoratore che lavorò su soggetti sacri, svolgendo attività prevalentemente nella città natale e nelle zone limitrofe.
Dotato di abilità tecnica, sensibilità ed eleganza, nel suo stile si ispirò alle opere di Benozzo Gozzoli, con influenze di altri famosi maestri contemporanei, come il Beato Angelico, Masolino da Panicale e Paolo Uccello.
Gifted with technical skill, sensitivity and elegance, his style was inspired by the works of Benozzo Gozzoli, with influences from other famous contemporary masters, such as Beato Angelico, Masolino da Panicale and Paolo Uccello.
Skills of Nottingham.
Scania K410EB6 with Higer C56Ft body, new in 2015.
Photographed in Southampton, July 2017.
Clear skies aerial seascape over the rocky inlet at The Skillion in the coastal suburb of Terrigal on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
One of a batch of new PSVAR Mercedes Benz Tourismos for the Skills and Silverdale fleets in Dawlish this afternoon, 10th November, 2021.
A little while before I'd been preoccupied while within the hospital grounds, when I suddenly heard a familiar noise from down on the road below, which warranted stopping what I was doing to look. That noise was the roar of a Dennis Trident, which was slowly making its way along the hospital loop road - of course I was pleased that I'd seen it, but disappointed I'd missed photting it.
Disappointment didn't last long though, as the very same Trident (or at least one that looked identical) appeared out on the main road, at just the perfect moment for me to encounter it while walking towards the roundabout. Although I've photted this particular one before, it's nice to see Skills ex-Lothian Plaxton President SIL7028 again. Is this the only one in their fleet, or have Skills got more of these that I need to try and track down?
Derby Road, Nottingham, 14.9.23
New to Parks of Hamilton and still in their Citylink Gold livery,Volvo/Plaxton Elite is seen on the M1 on National Express 240 Victoria-Bradford...now with Skills,Nottingham....Dec 29 2015.
Skills SW10VNS Volvo B12RT Plaxton Elite C54FLt coach at Derby Bus Station on National Express W1 to Wembley on 29 April 2017.
New as HSK641 with Parks of Hamilton.
With a tug, the slack is taken out of the tow-line and the Grob G103a Twin II sailplane aligns for takeoff. There is no radio aboard, but a signal by cycling the tail rudder from side to side alerts the pilot of the Pawnee AgCat tug that you’re ready to go. 260 horses from the tug’s engine is more than adequate to pull both aircraft to the separation point at around 3000 feet AGL (Above Ground Level). The Grob’s efficient design actually has it airborne within seconds, way faster than the powerful AgCat tow plane as it claws for speed down the narrow runway at the Whitsett, North Carolina, glider park... it’s that efficiency that you count on as you cut away from the tug. The tow pilot angles down and left, while you rise up and right. The air smooths out and so does the ride out from behind the backwash of the tug’s propeller, but it’s not time to sit back just yet. The first order of business is situational awareness... to take note of where you’re at and what’s around you. Next, trim the aircraft for best rate of climb... then look for some rising air. There is no electrical system aboard the Grob, but its instrument panel is complete with artificial horizon, altimeter, airspeed indicator, clock, compass, and vertical airspeed indicator... that’s the instrument that glider pilots rely on to find the rising air that takes them to their ultimate destination... up!
There is yet another important instrument that helps to get you up there, but it’s not in the panel... it’s a three-inch string attached to the front center of the canopy. If you’ve trimmed the craft properly, that string flows straight back from the canopy... if it flows left or right from center, you’re side-slipping, which is an excellent way to lose altitude. After trimming the aircraft to its most efficient profile, I look to another indicator for “best flight” that isn’t to be found in the cockpit... circling buzzards. Buzzards have an innate ability to find thermals, shafts of rising air that keep them aloft for hours. Some of the best lifts I ever got were from taking cues from some of nature’s most prolific flyers. The airframe of a sailplane like the Grob is so effectual that they will easily go to the upper limits of thermals. Around these parts, that’s usually around 10,000 feet AGL, though there are areas here in the states where thermals can reach 20,000 feet or better... and that can be dangerous.
Thermals not only rise... they also track across the landscape, and sometimes pretty fast. The highest I flew in these parts was around 9,000 feet. I often had to hop from thermal to thermal to stay within sight of Whitsett. You didn’t want to be too far away, especially in conditions of sinking air. The destination was always up, but journey’s end was always safely stopped at the park... “journey’s end” is critical in an unpowered aircraft... part of the skill in flying it was putting it back where you found it. That was always on my mind, but so was going up, and it never seemed high enough. My question to myself on nearly every drive home after a flight was how high is high enough?
There are many conditions in life where people accept poor standards of belief, especially when it’s just within themselves, where they strive and claw to the stratosphere only to find there’s nothing there... their expectations let them down. I've listened to skeptics who rely on their place in life as a random collocation of atoms... that's an even worse condition, as it leaves one with no understanding to even reach for the top, much less knowing when they have.
Even while flying the Grob, I realized the joy was in the journey, not in the heights. This image was taken the same morning as that of my last post. It gives a better view of the overall wildness of Linville Gorge from the tip rocky ledge of Hawksbill Mountain. Where I’m standing is about 4,000 feet (1220 meters) above sea level, looking over a remote landscape that stretches to the coming morning... and it makes me appreciate that there are times that the highest you need to go may be exactly where you are... particularly if it takes you to a beautiful place. After a night of rain, mist retreats to morning... there's hope in that.
The pink flowers here are Carolina rhododendron separated by blueberry bushes that are also in bloom... you can see them here, a pinkish white and rather small bell-shape.
fickr Newcastle Sundancers group dawn shoot, Terrigal, NSW, Australia
"The Skillion" is a coastal land formation.
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Seen here in Leeds working route 240 for National Express.
Skill are now running 12 coaches on the network
Skills SN10JKE Volvo B12B Plaxton Elite C54FLt coach at Broad Marsh Bus Station in Nottingham on National Express 240 to Heathrow on 10 October 2015.
Ex Parks Hamilton HSK650
Skills SIL6434 Neoplan N2216/3 Tri-axle Tourliner C61F coach leaving Derby Bus Station on National Express route 440 to London on 19 December 2015.
Originally registered YN57AEB.
It's always a good day out watching the coaches arrive at Wembley, especially when the less regular teams from outside the London area play.
If you haven't been since Covid then you'll be in for a shock! The new Pink and Green dedicated coach parks are almost entirely undercover which makes photography a challenge. Nevertheless, decent shots can still be obtained with good planning.
Here's a reminder of some of the visitors to Wembley Stadium seen in 2022.
"Photo Title / Verse Title"
Photo:
The Spanish squad having fun at the pawsox baseball game.
Verse:
Come closer let me show you how it works,
Come on and hurry up but don't get nervous,
I will not charge you up, and consider it a free service,
look closely because this is what they call it skill,
Pure talent I never asked to pay bills,
We started from the bottom, and now we are up the hill,
I don't begin with a scratch, all I do is build,
Look again, you will see my home address,
Talent Street, Bldg. 96 Full blessed,
Wasn't born with and it didn't come with a package of success,
Don't be tried to say what you want to express,
Many things in my life will make sleep depressed,
But I am still standing here cashing checks,