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The journey continues .... Somehow this image calls to mind the poem in which each syllable of the Japanese hiragana writing system appears once and once only:-
いろはにほへと
ちりぬるを
わかよたれそ
つねならむ
うゐのおくやま
けふこえて
あさきゆめみし
ゑひもせす
or, if you prefer,
Colours are fragrant but they fade away
In this world of ours none lasts forever
Today cross the high mountains of life's illusions
and there will be no more shallow dreaming or vainglory
Please excuse this philosophical aside: the Captain will be himself tomorrow....
Yesterday morning.
My first snowshoe of the season.
Looking back at my tracks.
Leaving Autumn and walking into Winter...
Just before sunrise.
On Seymour Mountain.
Monkton Farleigh ammunition depot utilised an old stone quarry below a plateau some 450 feet above the valley floor in which ran the main line railway that was its principal source of supply. Before the depot could be commissioned, an efficient means was need to bring in ammunition from the railway at Farleigh Down Sidings. The sidings were just over a mile from the depot as the crow flies but more than four miles by road along steep and tortuous country lanes.
In November 1937 the Great Western Railway were contracted to lay the sidings and build a 1000 foot long raised loading platform complete with a narrow gauge track to carry the ammunition wagons. Outline plans had already been prepared to drive a mile long tunnel from the heart of the workings terminating in an underground sorting yard built beneath the sidings in the valley below.
These photographs, taken in January 2016, showcase the building as it stands today.
Inspiration for the framing of the shots came from the 1975 New Topographics exhibition.
B.N.S.F. tracks along Little Prickly Pear Creek. North of Helena,Montana. The tracks are idle. Used for train car storage only.
Think I am on the right track? not that i had much choice, all the points led me to this line and I am pretty sure nothing is going to derail this runaway train. I might hit the buffers at some point,
Buffering OMG has that been happening to you? everyone working from home has really slowed my connection in our house,
Another self timer image, I had the camera/phone balanced on the line and preyed could get a decent image. Have to say the phone did all the work all I did was try to keep my balance on the track.
Sorry to keep posting from this set it's just I had nice hour or so walking and felt great about how I looked and felt
It is never a good idea to walk along or inside railroad tracks. But on this day of near zero visibility, this person was seen walking inside a very busy rail line.
'TRACKS'
Taken in the Limousin countryside at 20:33 yesterday evening (23 May 2015).
Camera: Nikon D600
Lens: 24-120 mm Nikkor @ 31mm
Exposure: 1/60 sec at an aperture of ƒ/9; ISO 500
Ref: (20150523-DSC_5607)
Four Mile Run Trail north of Columbia Pike, Arlington Virginia, January 23, 2014. FourMileRun20140123sq-3413