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Looking back towards the entrance from about half way along.
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Sorry about the quality of these pics but it was pretty dark inside and my camera would not focus so I was having to shine my little torch on the wall to get it to focus and then, holding the button half down move the camera to where I thought it should be pointing and hope for the best.
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The bridge defence galleries are from 1917 (after the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905) and were part of the Glomma line of defence against the east. The bunker consists of a corridor 32 meters in length which were blasted into the mountain. The bunker has a well, crew quarters, provision rooms, kitchen, two privvies and ammunitions storage room. Full crew approx. 50 troops. Armed by two heavy machine guns and one searchlight. Communications to Høytorp fort by underground telephone cables. The gun slits had a view of the old bridge from 1856.
South Downs Way Walk - No. 15.
Ashcombe Mill sits between the town of Lewes and Kingston Nr Lewes in East Sussex. Although the original footings still exist, in 2009 work started on the complete reconstruction of the Mill itself. In 2012 one pair of sweeps were added. This shot was taken in the morning of our penultimate day as we walk along the South Downs Way towards Alfristion.
John Lin, Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR capture during the Session: "Towards Humane Cities" at the World Economic Forum - Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, People's Republic of China 2017. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Fon Thanachaiary
Finally getting around to processing the photos from my week in Cornwall in August! This one is looking towards Longships Lighthouse from a point between Sennen and Lands End.
Our first mountain! Well hill really, it’s only 558m high, but the first thing we’ve climbed non the less. Not too bad going up, followed some old logging tracks most of the way which made for faster progress. Note to hikers behind us – your best bet for camping in this forest is by the old logging cabins at the end of this track.
Leica M4-P
TTArtisan M50mm f1.4 ASPH.
Ilford HP5 PLUS EI400
HC-110B 5m @20° in Job1520 UniTank
Essential Film Holder
DSLR Scan
Negative Lab Pro
Participants capture during the Session: "Towards Humane Cities" at the World Economic Forum - Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, People's Republic of China 2017. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Fon Thanachaiary
Today's walk started with in another stretch of the Premuziceva Trail (Premužićeva staza), through woods and meadows before rejoining the tarmac, where we turned off left towards the sea views, and more exposed and water carved karst. Climbing up through woods, we emerged into a clearing with the remains of a house where we stopped for a break and butterfly photos before climbing up to Visibaba peak (1160m) for superb 360o views - out to the sea and the islands on one side and of the famous kuks (hips) of the Velebit mountains.
Retracing our steps to the abandoned house, we continued on through forest and across meadows with paths of leaves and paths of karst, and after a thankfully-not-too-close wild boar encounter we arrived at the Planinarski dom Ravni dabar mountain hut, and the end of the (almost) circular walk through the three valleys of Crni Dabar, Ravni Dabar and Dosen Dabar (I'm afraid I couldn't tell one from the other...).
Today's lunch came courtesy of the warden, who had prepared two huge cauldrons of local speciality stew for us, plus bread and beers on the side (Velebit beer, of course....).
Replete, we drove back out to the coast and on to Starigrad which stretches along the Jadranska magistrala for a few miles.
We were staying the Hotel Rajna, a small family hotel with views out over the Velebit channel to the island of Pag, and of olive groves and the ruined Venetian watch tower/fortress on this side of the water.
In the still hot late afternoon sun, Hazel, Cat, Lina and I walked out to the pebbly beach but our attempts to swim in the calm waters of the Velebit channel were foiled by shallow water and sensitive feet.... Leaving the others to head back to base, I pottered on round to the ruin and read for a while. Lovely.
Back at the hotel, we gathered for a home-cooked dinner on the terrace. Another lovely evening.
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testing another leica lens, a 50mm summilux, f/1.4.
Pic was shot wide open, the jpeg file is straight from camera, no processing except for some cropping
Heading north up the Feeder, it's impressive how clear the Feeder is. The channel was cleared as part of the work to restore the Water Pump.
This view is looking south along the Feeder towards where it exists into the River Taff. The railway bridge in the shot can be more clearly seen here.
Read more about the Melingriffith Tin Works on my blog.
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