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My travels around the UK by car for three weeks with my son. June/July 2019 Wales.
Day Nine .. In Beaumaris for a quick look around before going onto Hirael where we are staying the night.
The Menai Strait is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about 25 km (16 mi) long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales.
The strait is bridged in two places: the Menai Suspension Bridge carrying the A5, and Robert Stephenson's 1850 Britannia Tubular Bridge. Originally the Britannia carried rail traffic in two wrought-iron rectangular box spans but after a disastrous fire in 1970, which left only the limestone pillars remaining, it was rebuilt as a steel box girder bridge, and now carries both rail and road traffic (A55). Between the two bridge crossings there is a small island in the middle of the strait, Ynys Gorad Goch, on which are built a house and outbuildings and around which are the significant remains of fish traps, no longer used.
The name Menai comes from Welsh main-aw or main-wy, meaning "narrow water."
According to Heimskringla, the 11th century Norse-Gael ruler Echmarcach mac Ragnaill plundered in Wales with his friend, the Viking Guttorm Gunnhildsson. However they started quarreling over the plunder and fought a battle at the Menai Strait. Guttorm won the battle by praying to Saint Olaf and Echmarcach was killed.
In the 12th century, a later Viking raid and battle in the Menai Strait are recounted in the Orkneyinga Saga as playing an important role in the life of Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney – the future Saint Magnus. He had a reputation for piety and gentleness. Refusing to fight in the raid on Anglesey, he stayed on board his ship, singing psalms. This incident is recounted at length in the 1973 novel Magnus by Orcadian author George Mackay Brown, and in the 1977 opera, The Martyrdom of St Magnus by Peter Maxwell Davies. The first of the opera's nine parts is called "The Battle of Menai Strait".
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menai_Strait
Here's another one taken up in Edmonds a month or so back. Definitely feeling the need to shoot some more seascapes soon. Maybe the next time it is nice...so, probably never.
The tidal bore is a unique, fascinating phenomenon that occurs along the tidal rivers of the Minas Basin and elsewhere at the head of the Bay of Fundy. There are various sites where the twice-daily event is visible (and locals will have charts to tell you when to show up). I wasn't thinking about it, but stopped for ice cream at the Tidal Bore Farm Market. The chart showed that the bore would show up at the nearby bridge in about an hour, but also at a roadside viewing site (through a farmer's field - Nova Scotia I love you for that because there are so many little wonders found through such fields) in 15 minutes. So, I gobbled the ice cream and off I went, and made it just as the bore started to appear. The first sign was a slight mist and breeze, and then I could hear the bubble of the water.
The size of the bore depends very much on location and the kind of tide. They happen every 13 hours or so, but some times of year produce larger events. Some rivers, such as the Shubenacadie and others further up the Basin, also show higher bores. Wherever, though, it's fascinating.
I didn't really get the best photos possible, but just some for now. I'll check the charts and head back for more shots, especially on clearer days. Also, these were at just after 4:00 pm, and I was facing west, so I wasn't prepared (I just got a tripod, more or less level, up a moment before the bore appeared.) Oh, maybe I'll figure out the video function, too.
The photos show the bore, the top wave, forcing itself over the remaining trickle of water left in the tidal river which had been trying to flow out. The bore really bores through, swamping the residual water, and filling the mudflats at at least an inch or minute. Unlike a regular wave, it doesn't ebb or flow - just keeps comin'! Sorry 'bout the mist and glare, but have a bit of fun with these.
Some info:
This is based on the bridge site: users.eastlink.ca/~shermwms/tidal_bore-info
Further up, there's a crashing business of tidal bore rafting. (Ummm, I'd watch and take photos, even though I hear it's a blast!) www.raftingcanada.ca/rafting.php?content=11
A video from Truro: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWumonz87rA
And yeah, the water and sand are that red.
Quick snap after dinner today ... this cloud had been closing in all afternoon and couldn't be ignored.
At Boonerah Point Pier - the 'local' for a nippy few frames.
OM-1 w M.Zuiko 40-150/2.8 Pro
ISO200 f/8 +0.3ev 45mm
Single frame raw developed in DxO PhotoLab7, colour graded in Nik6 Color Efex and finished off back in PhotoLab.
Boonerah Point Pier, Lake Illawarra, Shellhabour, NSW
This shot was taken about an hour after the first shots Easter morning (posted earlier). It was cloudy but just enough light to start showing the cherry blossoms' color. By this time I had been joined by several thousand visitors.
This tidal creek, sadly at low tide, feeds into the Delaware River - which you can make out in the distance.
First lady Michelle Obama leads a reenactment planting of a Cherry Blossom Tree on the 100th Anniversary of The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.
It was March 27, 1912, when First Lady Helen Herron Taft and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, planted the first two trees from Japan on the north bank of the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park.
For the March 27th 2012 planting First Lady Michelle Obama planted her tree in West Potomac Park, the closest cross streets to this planting location would be Ohio Drive SW at West Basin Drive SW.
Remarks by the First Lady at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial Tree Planting Ceremony
Tidal Basin
Washington, D.C.
11:22 A.M. EDT
MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you so much, it is a true pleasure to be here on this beautiful, little chilly day. (Laughter.) We planned it. This is the only cold day of the week, and we are here. But I am pleased to be here.
I want to start by thanking Secretary Salazar for that very kind introduction, and for all of his outstanding work as Secretary of the Interior.
I want to thank and recognize Ambassador Fujisaki, as well as Mrs. Fujisaki, who are here today. Thank you all so much, I know you're here somewhere -- oh, you're here. (Laughter.) It's good to see you both. And I want to thank all of you for taking the time to join us for this historic event.
We have come together to celebrate these beautiful cherry blossom trees -- and yes, they were blooming last week. We were so close. (Laughter.) But I think the tree we're planting will -- still has a few blooms, but they are beautiful. And we are here to honor all that they stand for. For so many years, these trees have served as a symbol of the great friendship between the United States and Japan, and as a reminder of our shared hopes, dreams and aspirations.
People from both of our nations worked together for years to bring these trees here to Washington. And over the past century, people of all ages from the U.S. and Japan and so many other nations have come to this Tidal Basin each spring to marvel at their beauty. And year after year, even after the coldest, darkest, stormiest winters, these trees have continued to bloom.
So on this historic anniversary, we don’t just admire the beauty of these trees, we also admire their resilience. And in so doing, we are reminded of the extraordinary resilience of the Japanese people. Over the past year, we have all witnessed their courage, unity and grace as they have come together and begun the very hard work of rebuilding their nation.
And I think that that more than anything else is the lesson that we can learn from these trees. They teach us about all that we can achieve together. And because people from both of our nations came together, this landscape was transformed. And for one hundred years, people from every background and every walk of life have come here to experience, truly, the magic of these trees.
No matter who you are, their beauty stirs our souls. No matter where we’re from, being here among these beautiful blossoms truly lifts our spirits. And that is why we invited all of these wonderful children to join us -- where are the children? There they are. (Applause.) They are here because we want them to learn this lesson as well; we want to pass this lesson onto them. We want to teach them about the great partnership between our nations and what that means for our shared future. We want to teach them to appreciate and learn from the traditions and cultures of others.
And we want them to be inspired by the example of our friends in Japan who have worked so hard and who have been so brave in rebuilding their lives. Because in the end it will be up to them, this next generation, to continue that great friendship. It will be up to them to carry these traditions forward so that one hundred years from now, their children and grandchildren will be able to come here to this very spot and see the tree that we will plant, full grown and in full bloom.
And I hope that on that day, the First Lady –- or the First Gentleman –- of 2112 will also have the privilege of joining with our friends from Japan, and planting another tree which will bloom for yet another one hundred years and beyond.
So with that, I want to once again thank you all for joining us today, and bearing the frigid cold. If you stick around for one more day, it will be 80 tomorrow, I guarantee you. (Laughter.) It's really nice weather here. But we are truly honored to have you here, and it's a pleasure to be able to join in this very special occasion.
And with that, I think it is time for us to plant a tree. (Applause.)
For more on The National Cherry Blossom Festival visit:
www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
For more West Potomac Park on visit:
www.npca.org/parks/west-potomac-park.html
For Remarks by the First Lady at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial Tree Planting Ceremony visit: www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/27/remarks-fi...
Video by
Ryan Janek Wolowski
Washington, D.C. USA
03-31-2012