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St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Kent.
During level flight, with motion generated by wing-beats alone, they can reach speeds between 40-60 mph. This is one of the fastest known speeds for level flight with only a few species of duck, wader and pigeon known to reach similar speeds in comparable flight.
Birds of prey often use a controlled dive known as a stoop whilst hunting. This hunting technique is amongst the most spectacular of wildlife behaviour across the animal kingdom.
The actual speed that a peregrine reaches in a stoop will be effected by the wind speed and duration of the dive, which will vary in every situation. Because of these variables there is not a confirmed top speed however it is thought that it is possible for a peregrine in ideal conditions to reach speeds of up to 200 mph which is phenomenal.
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A 17thC guide stoop north of Hob Hurst's House on Gibbet Moor, East Moor.
This side reads:
'BAKEWE
LL ROAD'
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"Stoop, angels,
hither from the skies!
There is no holier
spot of ground,
Than where defeated valor lies
By mourning beauty crowned."
{Ode by Henry Timrod}
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The autumn light has been very beautiful lately.
Two layers of gum over cyanotype. Image is about 7in. x 10in. Printed on Fabriano HP 300lb.
In the days when roads were in even worse condition than we find them today many travellers tried to keep to the higher groundwhere this allowed a more direct route and there were a lot of tracks and paths across the Derbyshire and Yorkshire moors. In 1697 and Act was passed which decreed that in the more remote parts where two or more paths intersected, the local Surveyors were to erect guideposts or guide stoops showing the way to the nearest market town. There was no defined standard and the survivors show a great variety in lettering and size. Some incorporate a pointing hand alongside the place name.
This example is on Beeley Moor and points the way to Bakewell and Sheffield.
An 18thC Guide Stoop near Edensor. This side shows a hand pointing east and is marked 'Bakewell Rode' and the date 1709.
Two other faces are marked 'Sheffield Rode' and 'Chesterfield Rode'.
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I am awfully in love with this old Konica film and just bought the rest I could find at a decent price. It's too bad so many great emulsions have gone the way of the Dodo. I have to say I definitely prefer the look of this stuff to Pro400H or Portra400 personally... It sort of has the best qualities of both of those to me. Guess I"ll have to mae it last.
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In 1697 during the reign of William III an Act was passed which decreed that in the more remote parts, where two or more paths intersected, the local Surveyors were to erect guideposts or guide stoops showing the way to the nearest market town. After all these years the inscription on the stoop has been weathered away.
♡
"Stoop, angels,
hither from the skies!
There is no holier
spot of ground,
Than where defeated valor lies
By mourning beauty crowned."
{Ode by Henry Timrod}
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