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Château du Clos Lucé (XV century) is famous for being the official residence of Leonardo da Vinci between 1516 and 1519, when Leonardo died.
Amboise, France, 2010
Match of the regular season in the ABL (Austrian Basketball League)
Wels won 92:82 against Gmunden. Those are the first two teams of the Austrian championships of the previous season.
Canon 1D III with EF 70-200/2.8 L IS USM @105mm
f/3.2 1/400s ISO 2000 EF -1/3
no flash
A nice brew, and my "First Edition" Americano watch from Lilienthal Berlin.
The watch body is formed from recycled coffee grounds.
Wileyfox Swift 2X phone.
Two of DB Cargo's Class 67s (or "Skips" as they're widely known) occupy track to the north of Peterborough. 67005 "Queen's Messenger" prepares to back onto LNER service 1D16 (the 1105 from London King's Cross to Leeds), while 67018 "Keith Heller" idles in the background on standby.
18/08/2014. Volvo B10M's 20685 and 20697 are seen here parked alongside each other in Blackwood bus station.
20685 was new to Stagecoach West in a batch 10 which were split between Swindon and Cheltenham depot's.
She was transfered to Aberdare depot in November 2011 after Merthyr Tydfil based 20826 was scrapped after being involved in a road traffic accident. As a semi coach seated vehicle, she was allocated to service 172/72 after a repaint.
With the arrival of new Scania Enviro 300's in October 2012, she found herself transfered to Brynmawr depot and allocated to services X15 and Tuesday's only X74.
With the closure of Brynmawr depot on the 21st July this year, she came to Blackwood depot where she joined fellow B10M 20697 on school and staff shuttle duties.
20697 was new to Stagecoach in Cambridge as 317 and used on Park and Ride services.
She was transfered to Brecon outstation for use on school contracts. In August 2013, she was transfered further down the valley's to Blackwood depot for use on the town free Asda bus service.
Having been displaced from her role on the A1 in January this year by a Volvo B10BLE from Cwmbran, she received a repaint back into Stagecoach livery and was re-allocated to school and staff shuttle duties.
She does however, still put in the occasional appearance on local services in and around the town.
With these two fine beasts parked next to each other, it was impossible to resist taking a photograph!
Fantastic vehicles.
Another shot from this afternoon's Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk. There's another version of this snap - and a little article about it - on my blog.
Pinnacle Hill in the Malvern Hills. It lies between Jubilee Hill and Black Hill and has an elevation of 358 metres (1,175 ft). It is the site of two possible Bronze age round barrows. The Malvern Hill run approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although this side of Pinnacle Hill lies within Worcestershire.
The Malvern Hills are a range of hills in the English counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and a small area of northern Gloucestershire, dominating the surrounding countryside and the towns and villages of the district of Malvern. The highest summit of the hills affords a panorama of the Severn valley with the hills of Herefordshire and the Welsh mountains, parts of thirteen counties, the Bristol Channel, and the cathedrals of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford.
The name Malvern is probably derived from the ancient British moel-bryn, meaning "Bare-Hill", the nearest modern equivalent being the Welsh moelfryn (bald hill). It has been known as Malferna (11th century), Malverne (12th century), and Much Malvern (16–17th century). Jabez Allies, a 19th Century antiquarian from Worcestershire speculated that 'vern' was derived from the British words 'Sarn' or 'Varn' meaning pavement or seat of judgement.
They are known for their spring water – initially made famous by the region's many holy wells, and later through the development of the 19th century spa town of Great Malvern, a process which culminated in the production of the modern bottled Malvern Water.
The Hills have been designated as a Biological and Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest and as national character area 103 by Natural England and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty by the Countryside Agency (now Natural England). The SSSI notification has 26 units of assessment which cover grassland, woodland and geological sites. The site (The Malvern Hills SSSI (Chase End Hill)) is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS). Management of the hills is the responsibility of the Malvern Hills Conservators
Flint axes, arrowheads, and flakes found in the area are attributed to early Bronze Age settlers, and the 'Shire Ditch', a late Bronze Age boundary earthwork possibly dating from around 1000 BC, was constructed along part of the crest of the hills near the site of later settlements. The Wyche Cutting, a mountain pass through the hills was in use in prehistoric times as part of the salt route from Droitwich to South Wales. A 19th century discovery of over two hundred metal money bars suggests that the area had been inhabited by the La Tène people around 250 BC. Ancient folklore has it that the British chieftain Caractacus made his last stand against the Romans at the British Camp, a site of extensive Iron Age earthworks on a summit of the Malvern Hills close to where Malvern was to be later established.
J.R.R. Tolkien found inspiration in the Malvern landscape which he had viewed from his childhood home in Birmingham and his brother Hilary's home near Evesham. He was introduced to the area by C. S. Lewis, who had brought him here to meet George Sayer, the Head of English at Malvern College. Sayer had been a student of Lewis, and became his biographer, and together with them Tolkien would walk the Malvern Hills. Recordings of Tolkien reading excerpts from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were made in Malvern in 1952, at the home of George Sayer. The recordings were later issued on long-playing gramophone records. In the liner notes for J.R.R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Fellowship of the Ring, George Sayer wrote that Tolkien would relive the book as they walked and compared parts of the Malvern Hills to the White Mountains of Gondor.
That is closest species I can find, the legs look the right colour & markings look like a male photo in the book. In our local wood.
One of Redline's Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointers, KF52 NBN, and one of their Dennis Dart / MCV Evolutions, AE07 DZB, are seen here on route 130 at High Wycombe Bus Station. Taken 04/02/2023.
Two of MY Guys - Bernie Sanders speaking in Phoenix, Arizona March 15, 2016, with a powered-up support standing with his fist raised, my son John, a Vet for Bernie.
Casale Monferrato,Alessandria.ITALY Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.My photos are © all rights reserved. Please e-mail me if you would like to use these photos.
Hahnwaldbrücke in Rhineland-Palatinate
A section of the new Hahnwald Bridge just before Wiesbaden in Niedernhausen Hesse at 05:50
Two Rambler Americans are part of a Christmas display in the late afternoon in Queen Creek Arizona. It's been many a year since I've seen two Ramblers adjacent to one another.
By 4 years after this photo was taken, the adjacent road was widened to 2 lanes in each direction with concrete curbs and pavement covering much of the grassy area at the lower right.