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The Chequers Bus Station in Maidstone was refurbished over the summer of 2021 and to prevent buses passing through whilst work was taking place temporary bus stops were positioned in King Street.
Arriva Kent & Surrey 4294 GN15 CWO waits to depart from one of the temporary stops on King Street on route 4 to Downswood, whilst 4055 GN09 AXH waits behind on route 85 to Senacre Wood. Saturday 5th June 2021.
GN15 CWO - Wrightbus Micro Hybrid StreetLite DF 10.8m
GN09 AXH - ADL Dart 4 10.8m - ADL Enviro 200
Can result from pointing your camera at the sun. ;-)))
This image is not an HDR, but I did use three different exposures blended with masks on multiple layers in Photoshop to get the final image. This happens to be a view I see almost nightly driving home from work, if you look closely you can see Horsetooth Rock on the right mountain.
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin
An abandoned church in the USA 2016
Taken remotely with my Eufy Security Cam on 8 Aug. It has rained almost an inch since mid-May. The summer monsoon is looking to be one of the driest on record after two consecutive wettest years under La Niña.
This is an abandoned home in Ephrata, Washington. It's been empty for at least 20 years. I keep thinking someday someone is just going to tear it down and start over....
Strobist: EX430 in softbox camera right and behind (see reflection in eye) at 100%, cheapo flash camera left at 90 degrees (bare, to fill left side and light background). triggered with ebay China triggers :)
the-pier.co.uk/bournemouth-pier
Bournemouth Pier is a truly splendid pier, with its fairly unique and charismatic façade. A real treasure on the Dorset coast, she is a very well loved and quite genteel attraction, situated in the heart of Bournemouth, with all its sandy beaches.
Yet this wonderful and grand pier actually came from very humble origins. The very first pier in Bournemouth was a simple jetty that was finished in 1856. Yet a mere 6 years later the jetty was replaced, with a longer pier, of wooden construction. Due to infestation by teredo worm, cast iron piles were installed in 1866 to replace the wooden ones. But the structure of the pier was simply not sound and in 1866, the landing stage was blown away, literally overnight, in a gale.
The remainder of the pier was replaced and in use until 1876, when a storm demolished even more of it, rendering it too short to accommodate steamboat traffic. Eventually a new and more fit for purpose pier was erected in 1880, following a series of ‘temporary’ arrangements. This was specifically designed to be more durable than the other piers had been. To make this happen, Eugene Birch, who had designed amongst other things the West Pier at Brighton.
Whilst not as long as many piers of that era, the pier was a decent 255 metres (838 feet or so) in length. Two extensions were built later, which took her up to around 305 metres (just over 1,000 feet).
Bournemouth Pier did have some quite good facilities, which gradually grew over time and soon she was home to a bandstand with concerts given by military bands on a regular basis.
Closed, like so many other piers during the war, she was then to re-open in 1946, having undergone some substantial repair work. Part of the pier had been demolished or had fallen into disrepair during the war as all efforts were directed to the war effort.
In 1950, she was treated to a refurbishment and survived well, until in 1976, it was discovered that she had suffered quite extensive corrosion and as a result, a major restoration programme began in 1979, to demolish most of the remaining building and replace it with more modern and up to date facilities, which were to be built on solid foundations, that would resist corrosion. The corrosion was surprising, given that Eugene Birch had designed it, however, the disrepair experienced during the war may have allowed the corrosion to take hold.
And so the modern, updated pier that is still in use today came into being!
Bournemouth Pier is home to a fantastic pier theatre, which plays host to some traditional seaside resort entertainment, comedians, magicians and singers all perform on a regular basis, with shows run several times a week. Some of these are reminiscence shows, whilst others feature old classics such as Chas and Dave or Marty Wilde.
What’s On – Bournemouth Pier Theatre
The pier itself is also home to a good restaurant, Key West, which is a licensed bar and restaurant which welcomes children and offers a more healthy and gourmet type of menu than in traditional seaside resorts, with menus featuring game pie and beef with locally produced blue cheese.
Prices are also quite reasonable.
Children can have hours of fun at the Children’s Funfair and there are some very up to date games to be played in the arcade. You can even try your hand at jet skiing without even getting your feet wet.
Similar to Eastbourne, Bournemouth is not home to a wild theme park or any large fairground, which makes it just that little bit different from so many of its contemporaries. It is just that little bit less dramatic and is almost a throwback to another time.
The theatre and the classical design of Bournemouth give it a sense of gentle decorum and although it has the arcade and the usual opportunities to partake of fish and chips or ice cream, it is also a rather sedate pier, when set aside many others.
When at the pier, in season, you could take a ride on the fabulous Dorset Belle and have a trip around the bay. Nature lovers will love this, because not only do you get to see the pier and Bournemouth from the water, but also there are some really good opportunities to see different kinds of birds and perhaps even some kind of form of marine life? It is a trip not to be missed and steam enthusiasts will be delighted by the fact that the Dorset Belle is a paddle steamer.
Many people hold Bournemouth and Bournemouth Pier very close to their hearts. There is even a website dedicated to sharing memories of the pier, so that in some way there can be a recognition of the role that this pier has played in so many people’s lives.
Similar to Eastbourne, Bournemouth is more refined and perhaps just that little bit more refined than many seaside piers and this makes it just that little bit more special. Some people put this down to the fact that she has a theatre at the end of the pier and that this livens it up in a way that simply can’t happen in other piers.
Who knows if this is the case, but it is a great place to visit and somehow there always seems a little bit of nostalgia associated with Bournemouth. There is something very special about a slow walk down the pier, looking out towards the sea and the great expanse of water. At night somehow the pier takes on a life of her own and seems quite resplendent in her glory.
Open all year round, but with only limited shows in the theatre out of season, Bournemouth offers a tremendous day out for all the family and really shouldn’t be missed.
If you do want brash and loud then Bournemouth is not the place to come, but if you simply like the idea of quite a gentle and quite traditional pier, without the shrieks from the fairground, then Bournemouth Pier is sure to delight.
Just as my tulips were starting to bloom, three days of winter weather made them close up shop ...
Red Tulip in Snow
Centennial, CO
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Tulipa
I do my best,
but...
how i can be sure...
where can i find the torch to lighten the way...
all i want,
is safety,
for all...
for ALL...
Some sort of temporary peace...
Copyright © Daniel Hachmann.
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sometimes i experiment with cropping my photos into squares; sometimes the result pleases me. i love these neon signs, and really loving how this astia sim looks at night. i’m always trying to catch the smokers out on a break from their machines, but they’re a paranoid lot.
This series is about those places that become our own for a short period of time, but for that small time we make them ours.
Photo from the Michael Bernhard collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
June 1976
F-BUTA
Fokker F-27-200
10229
Touraine Air Transport (TAT)
F-BUTA was noted at Riem on 6 June 1976.
Information from flickr - thanks to Ken Fielding:
First flown with the Fokker temporary registration PH-FEU in Jun-63, this aircraft was delivered to ANA All Nippon Airways in Jul-63 as JA8618. Ten Years later, in Jul-73, it was sold to TAT Touraine Air Transport as F-BUTA. In Mar-78 it was leased to Air Guadeloupe as F-OGIF and returned to TAT as F-BSIF in Mar-80. In Sep-80 it was sold to Air UK as G-BHMW. It was leased to BMA British Midland Airways in Dec-82 and returned to Air UK in Oct-83. In Jan-98, now aged 35 the aircraft was sold to WDL Flugdienst for spares. It was registered D-BAKK and stored at Essen, Germany, where it was broken up in Jun-99.
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/F-BUTA/906902
This airframe as JA8618 at Kumamoto Airport [KMJ/RJFT] in July 1964:
freighter.flyteam.jp/photo/3064736/960x960.jpg
This airframe as F-OGIF with Air Guadeloupe in October 1979:
www.flickr.com/photos/132136457@N04/16716677264
This airframe as F-BSIF with TAT ca. 1980 (basic Air Guadeloupe colours):
cdn.simplesite.com/i/28/27/284008260057638696/i2840082645...
This airframe as G-BMHW with Air UK at MAN in April 1981:
www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/6870111021
G-BMHW with British Midland at EMA in June 1983:
www.airhistory.net/photo/262741/G-BHMW
G-BMHW with Air UK at LHR in November 1993 (later colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/167887025@N05/51892811956
This airframe as D-BAKK at ESS January 1981 (basic Air UK colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/64863821@N06/49812785517
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
8 April 2021: The number of patients being treated for Covid in intensive care during the third wave has reached a new high. Meanwhile the average number of new cases continues to fall. During the week from 29 March to 4 April an average of 4,243 people tested positive for SARCoV-2. The figure is down 12% on the week. 3,167 patients are currently in hospital with Covid. The figure is up 14% on the week. 893 are in intensive care. Yesterday, the EMA stated that a possible link was found between AstraZeneca’s vaccine and very rare cases of blood clotting. Although the European agency stressed that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks and that based on the current data, no specific risk factors (such as age or gender) could be identified, and therefore, did not recommend any measures such as an age limit, the Belgian government decided to suspend the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine for people younger than 55. With this decision Belgium joins France in banning the use of AstraZeneca on under 55s. In Germany and the Netherlands the vaccine is reserved for over 60s. The minister of health claims that the impact of the decision on the rollout of the vaccination campaign will be minimal. On the other hand, I think that the decision means that I’ll have a couple of weeks more to document Ghent in all its facets – Gentbruggestraat, Ghent, Belgium