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The Chanterelle Guy at the farmers market on Södermalm in his stylish Härkila cap. Yours for around 360 SEK. Made from cotton. How much for the mushrooms, I hear you ask? No clue, no money in the world would make me eat that.
GST Voles day at Sandy Smith NR 7/3/2017
Mr T.: (rummaging in the back of the land rover).
Okay we haven't had a task in the Wet Fen before so before we start I just need to explain a few things. Firstly as you can see it's very wet here at the entrance so I will not be taking the land rover in. We will have to carry everything in from here. I want four of you strimming the few sparce areas of rushes to the right hand side and one of you mowing a few clearings on the left hand side. The rest of you can help me clear away various metal rubbish in the copse area and then start raking and forking up what's been cut. There are some drag bags here for you. Plus I shall be cutting down a small birch tree which can be cut up and burnt. So I'll need you to take......
Mr. T. turns around to see he is by himself, the voles having walked off into the distance, (well this is SSNR and we always walk off into the distance).
A little later in camp.
Mr. T.: Are you okay to strim *****? (name removed for legal reasons). Just make sure you don't break anything. Are you okay to use the mower ^^^^? (name removed for same reasons). Just make sure you don't break anything.
Right, I just need to go back and get a few things that you lot 'forgot' to bring over with you.
Mr T. returns.
*****: The strimmer's broke.
Mr. T.: Right, I just need to go back and get the tools to mend it for you.
Mr. T. returns.
^^^^: The mower's broke.
Mr. T.: Right, I just need to go back and get the tools to mend it for you.
Mr. T. returns.
Anon.: We haven't got any forks.
Mr. T.: Right, I just need to go back and get them for you.
Mr. T. returns.
Another Anon.: We need drag bags.
Mr. T.: Right, I just need to go back and get them for you.
Mr. T. returns.
Yet another Anon.: Must be time for a tea break.
Mr. T.: Right, I just need to go back and get my bag.
The voles settle down for a drink and a few cakes.
Anon anon anon.: Who's going to tell Mr. T. he's forgotten the donuts?
Sobbing could be heard in the distance.
Some time later on this long, drawn out morning.
Mr. T.: It's no good, the rushes are too damp to burn, we'll have to drag them into the copse and pile them there.
Mr. T. walks away.
^^^^, (don't worry Clarkie, no one will know it's you), immediately strips to the waist, covers his chest in cow dung, (last week's having dried out and beginning to flake off), turns and spits into the northeast wind. Rubbing the spittle off his face he calls out to Logi, the Norse god of fire. "Hey up lad we could do with a bit of help down here." So saying he sets light to a box of fire lighters and throws them into the smouldering embers. Flames immediately rise into the bright blue sky as the fire worshipper dances a merry jig and begins to feed the flames.
And so to lunch.
Mr. T.: No more cutting now we just need to rake up what's been cut and either burn it or pile it in the copse.
Volunteer Warden (no experience necessary): Nah, we can strim loads more, there's plenty of time.
Mr. T.: No, we need to let the fire burn down before we leave tonight.
Volunteer Warden (no experience attained): Nah, we'll have finished in half an hour.
Two hours later.
Mr. T.: Most people have left, how is the fire?
Volunteer Warden (basically no experience full stop): (kicking mud onto the flames) Nearly out, could have cut loads more. Gets dark quickly these nights doesn't it?
Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental and has nothing to do with the perpetrator of Myths and Legends in Bedfordshire, (out of print).
Thank you to everyone who came along and dragged their heels, ankles, toes, etc. in the mud. Special thanks to those who kept pulling Wendy out of the deep bits. Nice to see Maryla back with us for a short while (obviously having to build up to it again).
Malcolm
Leopard/Plaxton XGS771X in National Express National Travel West colours at Liverpool South Parkway between duties on the H25.
Grand 16th-century country house in an ancient deer park on the banks of the River Avon, 6 km east of Stratford-upon-Avon and 9 km south of Warwick, Warwickshire, England. It has been administered by the National Trust since 1946 and is open to the public.
The Lucy family, who came to England with William the Conqueror, has owned the land since 1247. Charlecote Park was built in 1558 by Sir Thomas Lucy, and Queen Elizabeth I stayed in the room that is now the drawing room. Although the general outline of the Elizabethan house remains, nowadays it is in fact mostly Victorian. Successive generations of the Lucy family had modified Charlecote Park over the centuries, but in 1823, George Hammond Lucy inherited the house and set about recreating the house in its original style.
In the middle of the 19th century the Fairfax Baronets inherited the property when the male line of the Lucy family failed. The baronets changed their family name to Lucy to reflect the traditions of Charlecote.
The Great Hall has a barrel-vaulted ceiling made of plaster painted to look like timber and is a fine setting for the splendid collection of family portraits. Other rooms have richly coloured wallpaper, decorated plaster ceilings and wood panelling. There are magnificent pieces of furniture and fine works of art, including a contemporary painting of Queen Elizabeth I. The original two-storey Elizabethan gateway that guards the approach to the house remains unaltered.
A closer view of Charlecote Park dating from the 1820s.
A closer view of Charlecote Park dating from the 1820s.
Charlecote Park covers 185 acres (75 hectares), backing on to the Avon. Apocryphal stories recount that William Shakespeare poached deer in the park. It was landscaped by Capability Brown circa 1760.
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
Ernest Hemingway
Stourhead National Trust property in Somerset. Taken in late May when the rhododendrons were in full bloom
The Michigan Trust Company Building was built in 1892 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. At the time of its construction it was the tallest building in the state of Michigan. It is constructed out of sandstone and brick.
The Trust Board hosted the first of three annual 'thank you' tea parties for staff across its hospital sites today, starting with Hemel Hempstead Hospital.
This was an opportunity for the Board to be able to thank staff personally for their hard work over the past year. Afternoon tea was provided with a string duo playing live music.
Pictured: Staff With Paul Jenkins (Director for Partnerships)
-21 May 2013
On Sunday 1/10/2017, F1-type tram no. 282 is seen leaving the St Kilda playground for the Tramway Museum.
Mamtamai Shri Radhe Guru Maa asks her devotees to serve the Lord through service to all beings. We are happy to share that we have successfully held yet another Book Donation Event, in keeping with Gurumaa's instructions.
'Shaktimaan' - Mukesh Khanna graced the event which was held on 10th July, 2013 in Sodawala Lane Municipal School, Borivali (West), Mumbai.
The two programs -- elocution competition, and distribution of toys, books and drawing materials organized by the Trust, saw the participation of children studying in the school. They sang, danced, recited poems, and narrated stories during the event. The kids were happy to receive toys, sketch-pens, and other drawing material at the hands of their idol -- Shaktimaan.
The Trust is grateful to Shri Umesh Jain for the donation of notebooks which made this event possible. We request more devotees to come forward and contribute to our efforts to serve God through service to society. Jai Mata Di ! Jai Shri Radhe Maa!
A visit to the National Trust owned Flatford Mill in Suffolk.
Flatford Mill is a Grade I listed watermill on the River Stour at Flatford in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England. According to the date-stone the mill was built in 1733, but some of the structure may be earlier. Attached to the mill is a 17th-century miller's cottage which is also Grade I listed. The property is in Dedham Vale, a typically English rural landscape.
The mill was owned by the artist John Constable's father and is noted, along with its immediate surroundings as the location for many of Constable's works. It is referred to in the title of one of his most iconic paintings, Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River), and mentioned in the title or is the subject of several others including: Flatford Mill from a lock on the river Stour; Flatford Mill from the lock (A water mill); The Lock. The Hay Wain, which features Willy Lott's Cottage, was painted from the front of the mill.
The mill is located downstream from Bridge Cottage which, along with neighbouring Valley Farm and Willy Lott's Cottage, are leased to the Field Studies Council, a group that uses them as locations for arts, ecology and natural history based courses.
On the guided tour of Flatford Mill. The other side of the mill, opposite Willy Lotts Cottage and near the view point of The Hay Wain.
Grade I Listed Building
Listing Text
TM 03 SE EAST BERGHOLT FLATFORD
3/9 Flatford Mill
22.2.55
GV I
Watermill, now Field Studies Centre. 1733 datestone, incorporating possibly earlier
but altered former granary range to rear and further C19 range adjoining granary.
Later alterations. Red brick in Flemish bond with weatherboarded lucam and granary
range. Plain tile roofs. Main range 2 storeys and attic. South front: 4 first
floor windows, central gable to attic. Door to right with overlight in tall opening
which breaks the first floor band. 24-pane segment-arched sash to right. Low plank
door to centre. 4 round-arched windows, 2 with iron glazing bars with radial
glazing to heads and two C20 wooden replicas of these. Small 2-light windows to
first floor. First floor band of 3 courses, similar to gable. Lucam to right
gable end. Rear: two blocked wheel arches. Door under segmental arch surmounted
by datestone. 4-course first floor band. Pitching door above and 2 small windows
under segmental arches. Stepped eaves. Attic gable glazed early C20. Wheel
arrangement altered C19, wheel house added to right. No wheels left in situ. Range
attached to rear left, former granary now incorporated into accommodation. Single
storey and attic. Extension under pent roof to mill pond side, C20 casements.
Gabled dormers to mansard roof. Further brick range at lower level with gabled
dormer to mill pond side. Interior of granary range shows timber-framing with some
chamfered jowled posts, studded walls, massive beams of apparently inserted ceiling.
The mill was in the possession of the Constable family from the mid C18. Its
Grade I status reflects its significance in the life and work of John Constable.
Leased by the National Trust to the Field Studies Council.
Listing NGR: TM0770833249
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
Listing Text
TM 07 SE EAST BERGHOLT FLATFORD
3/10 Millers House and Cottage
(Formerly listed with
22.2.55 Flatford Mill)
GV I
Millers house and cottage, now Field Studies Centre. C17 origins, altered C18 and
later. Possibly timber-framed, cased in red brick, mainly in Flemish bond but
central section in English bond. Plain tiles. 2 storeys and attic. West front:
Millers house to left, cottage to right. Millers house of 3 bays, the 3rd bay being
in English bond. 2 cross casements under segmental gauged arches, French windows
to right. First floor band. Iron tie ends. Cross casements above. Wooden eaves
cornice. Hipped dormers with C20 windows. Ridge stack, further stack to ridge
right contains brick dated 1619 but this stack has been rebuilt since painting by
John constble of 1812 showing stack in alternative position. Cottage: central
staircase projection under pent roof contains door. Casement window under segmental
arch to left. First floor band. Iron tie ends. Stepped and dentilled eaves.
Small flat-roofed dormer. End ridge stack. East front: Millers House has 2-storey
staircase extension in angle with mill of late C18 - early C19 date with a wooden
doorcase of Gibbs surround with fanned keyblock and pediment. 12-pane sash in flush
architrave under flat gauged brick arch and C20 cross casement under segmental arch.
Plinth to part. 4-course first floor band. C20 window above. Wood eaves cornice.
Cottage has plank door under segmental arch and wide cambered arch to left, partly
blocked, containing later window. C20 window above. Stepped and dentilled eaves.
Interior of house: staircase hall with cut-string stair with carved tread ends,
stick balusters, slender column newels and ramped handrail. Domed light above.
Early C19 fireplaces. One transverse beam with run-out chamfer stops. Flatford
Mill came into the possession of the Constable family in the mid C18. This house
may have been the birthplace of John Constable as records appear to show that the
family house in the village centre was not built until 1779 (Jennings). The latter
was sold after the death of Golding Constable, father of John, in the early C19 and
Abram and Mary, John's brother and sister, returned to this house. The Grade I
status reflects its significance in the life and work of John Constable. Leased
by the National Trust to the Field Studies Council.
Jennings, C., John Constable in Constable Country, 1976.
Listing NGR: TM0769833220
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
Description
TM 07 SE EAST BERGHOLT FLATFORD
3/10 Millers House and Cottage
(Formerly listed with
22.2.55 Flatford Mill)
GV I
Millers house and cottage, now Field Studies Centre. C17 origins, altered C18 and
later. Possibly timber-framed, cased in red brick, mainly in Flemish bond but
central section in English bond. Plain tiles. 2 storeys and attic. West front:
Millers house to left, cottage to right. Millers house of 3 bays, the 3rd bay being
in English bond. 2 cross casements under segmental gauged arches, French windows
to right. First floor band. Iron tie ends. Cross casements above. Wooden eaves
cornice. Hipped dormers with C20 windows. Ridge stack, further stack to ridge
right contains brick dated 1619 but this stack has been rebuilt since painting by
John constble of 1812 showing stack in alternative position. Cottage: central
staircase projection under pent roof contains door. Casement window under segmental
arch to left. First floor band. Iron tie ends. Stepped and dentilled eaves.
Small flat-roofed dormer. End ridge stack. East front: Millers House has 2-storey
staircase extension in angle with mill of late C18 - early C19 date with a wooden
doorcase of Gibbs surround with fanned keyblock and pediment. 12-pane sash in flush
architrave under flat gauged brick arch and C20 cross casement under segmental arch.
Plinth to part. 4-course first floor band. C20 window above. Wood eaves cornice.
Cottage has plank door under segmental arch and wide cambered arch to left, partly
blocked, containing later window. C20 window above. Stepped and dentilled eaves.
Interior of house: staircase hall with cut-string stair with carved tread ends,
stick balusters, slender column newels and ramped handrail. Domed light above.
Early C19 fireplaces. One transverse beam with run-out chamfer stops. Flatford
Mill came into the possession of the Constable family in the mid C18. This house
may have been the birthplace of John Constable as records appear to show that the
family house in the village centre was not built until 1779 (Jennings). The latter
was sold after the death of Golding Constable, father of John, in the early C19 and
Abram and Mary, John's brother and sister, returned to this house. The Grade I
status reflects its significance in the life and work of John Constable. Leased
by the National Trust to the Field Studies Council.
Jennings, C., John Constable in Constable Country, 1976.
Listing NGR: TM0769833220
VA Convenes Leaders in Brain Health to Advance Solutions for mTBI and PTSD at Brain Trust Summit
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is leading a groundbreaking two-day event focused on brain health, Brain Trust: Pathways to InnoVAtion. The first annual public-private partnership event will take place this week at the National Press Club and the IBM Institute for Electronic Government in Washington, DC.
Building on the extraordinary leadership and trailblazing efforts of a number of distinguished VA brain researchers, VA is convening many of the most influential voices in the field of brain health – to include the Department of Defense, the sports industry, private sector, federal government, Veterans and community partners - to identify and advance solutions for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Issues related to brain health and head trauma transcend the Veteran and military community, impacting all Americans. By highlighting the themes of collaborative research, medical technology, and sports innovation for player safety, Brain Trust participants will discuss the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and reintegration of Veterans, athletes, and Americans in general - suffering from head trauma related injuries. The event will also serve as a showcase for many of the advancements that VA is pioneering to improve brain health for Veterans, the military and for the American public at large.
In addition to many of the world’s most accomplished brain research scientists, other confirmed participants in the summit include sports commentator Bob Costas, Gen. Peter Chiarelli (CEO of One Mind, and the former Vice Chief of Staff of the Army), Briana Scurry (former U.S. Women’s Soccer Player), Jeanne Marie Laskas (author of the GQ article that inspired the movie Concussion), Terry O’Neil (16-time Emmy award winner), representatives from the NFL Players Association, the NFL, the NCAA, DARPA, DOD, NIH, CDC, and many more.
During the summit a special announcement will be made by Chris Nowinski co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF) and former WWE professional wrestler. Joining Chris will be a former Super Bowl champion and an Olympic gold medalist, each of whom will be using this Summit to announce that they will be donating their brains to the CLF for the purposes of advancing brain health. CLF has partnered with VA and Boston University to establish the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank, directed by VA’s own Dr. Ann McKee, now the largest sports mTBI and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) repository in the world with over 325 brains donated, and over a thousand more pledged.
“VA is uniquely positioned to contribute to the care of Veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI),” said VA Secretary McDonald. “The work we do produces results and life changing improvements in care for Veterans — as well as for all Americans, and for people around the world who suffer from these brain related injuries.”
The following organizations are teaming up with VA as event partners: Amazon, Booz Allen Hamilton, Comcast, GE Healthcare, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Optum Health, and Philips.
To learn more about Brain Trust: Pathways to InnoVAtion, please visit: www.va.gov/p3/braintrust.asp #VABrainTrust
(VA Photo/ Robert Turtil)
The caption information on the back of this picture from July, 1989, still leaves a few questions unanswered. It reads: "Pictured leaving the Arbroath Venture Trust Ofices for Cherrybank on Tuesday morning are from left - Steve Wales, Colleen Mochan, Faye Gillies, Moira Wallace, Kelly Cruickshanks, Bill Gilmour, Graham Henderson, Wilma Maver and Laurie Smith."
All Saints, Shirburn, Oxfordshire.
Grade ll listed.
The Earls of Macclesfield have owned Shirburn Castle since 1716. The north transept of All Saints' Church contains their family pew and the north chapel is the Macclesfield family mausoleum. - See more at: www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurch...
Shirburn Castle is a fortress - even today. I understand even Dr Pevsner was unable to gain access for the Oxfordshire volume of his Buildings of England books.
I have read the church is also difficult of access despite it being a Churched Conservation Trust church, but I have to say the people in the Shirburn Estate office were very accommodating.
I decided to visit this National Trust run, place on the 3rd August 2018. Take the A3057 out of Romsey you will see a sign for Mottisfont about 3½ miles out of Romsey. They had a large car park which was free to visitors. It was in the middle of the heat wave we were having in Britain at the time and so many people were there with the kids because it was, school holidays also. Mottisfont Abbey and with the house is a historical priory and country estate in Hampshire, England. The Abbey sections were like a cellar building below the main part of the house and was so cool in the strong heat of summer outside. Sheltering in the valley of the River Test, the property is now operated by the National Trust. About 350,000 people visit each year. The site includes the house museum, regularly changing art exhibitions, gardens and a river walk. It is a Grade I listed building and next to the house is a fantastic Cafe area.
Mottisfont Abbey has wonderful grounds to complement the house itself. There are areas of wooded shade, a walk along the River Test, enough lawned area for many picnics and magnificent and pungent rose gardens, particularly on early summer evenings. On visiting Mottisfont you will be just as likely to encounter families with small children as you will a coach party or two of tourists. On a summer's day, Mottisfont is a relaxing retreat from the hustle and bustle of the busy city of Southampton and market town of Romsey, both nearby and with their own attractions to occupy your time..
In the summer months they often hold theatre productions outside, and at different times of the year, there are specific trails, mainly but not totally aimed at children, for example at Easter, Halloween, Christmas etc. There are several places around the grounds where you can buy refreshments and drinks, a modern National Trust shop has been built here along with an ice cream parlour and exhibition space. A new Visitor Centre was finally finished in early 2016. If you are walking The Test Way, which passes through Mottisfont and around the Abbey grounds, you will see the main house from the rear as you pass through fields along the northern boundary. While walking along this river walk I managed to see a Grass snake or water snake swimming in the very clear waters of the River Test.
The Black Death struck this initially prosperous priory and so it suffered from the mid - 14th century onwards as many places did when this terrible disease attacked so many people. During the Dissolution of the Monasteries under the then King Henry VIII, the priory was dissolved and the king gave Mottisfont and its grounds to a favoured statesman, Sir William Sandys a Knight of the Garter, who turned it into a country home. Sections of the original medieval church may still be seen, with the later additions built around them. This feels uneasily spooky in here being so old, damp, and a feeling of nostalgia so to speak by being in such a marvellous building that has stood the test of time.