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Silently, the wind opens the meadows of heaven, and the stars blossom in the night sky.- at rottingdean windmill
Lacey Green windmill stands on the escarpment of the Chiltern Hills, near Princes Risborough and halfway between High Wycombe and Aylesbury. Since 1971 it has been restored back to working order by members of The Chiltern Society. It has been restored to preserve its unique wooden machinery, which probably dates from around 1650, making this the oldest smock windmill in the country. It is thought that the body of the mill was rebuilt in the early 19th century, and at some time its machinery was modernised. The modernisations included the fitting of a fantail (on the back of the cap) to turn the cap into the wind automatically. The windmill was in use until around 1915. After this it was used in the 1920s as a weekend cottage. However despite some obvious attempts at weatherproofing (with corrugated iron sheets and roofing felt), by the mid 1930s it was in a poor condition, and rapidly deteriorating. More details can be found on the website www.laceygreenwindmill.org.uk/index.htm
Didn't quite get the shot I wanted here: this windmill sits in between a row of council flats and the eight lane Haarlemerstraat, with modern wind turbines razoring the sky not far away. It's a stubborn little anachronism holding on for dear life, but the capture I got seems more romantacized yesteryear.
Pitstone Windmill stands in the north east corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire. It is thought to have been first built circa 1627 as this date is carved on part of the framework. This is the earliest date to be found on any windmill in the British Isles. It should be remembered that such a structure would have had to have frequent repairs made to it, so it is quite possible the mill predates 1627.
Thanks to Coffee Nut for the inspiration.
Nipped across to Lytham this afternoon to say hello to the windmill. Tried to take some photos for Camera School, thinking that the windmill would be a good subject. It's a shame they haven't whitewashed it better round the back.
Across the Mersey from Liverpool is Bidston Hill, where you can see this brick built Windmill, it was built in 1800 and last produced flour in 1875.
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Windmill Viewpoint is located between Ya Nui and Nai Harn beaches in south Phuket. Not far from Cape Phromthep, it has several tall, slim white windmills facing out to sea that look like airplane propellers. This hilltop viewpoint features west coast vistas similar to Phromthep, but is quieter.
There’s not much to this relatively small viewpoint except a covered sala with a sitting space and the occasional drinks or jewelry vendor but the views are tremendous and take in Ya Nui Beach to the south, Phromthep further south, Nai Harn Beach to the north and a lusciously verdant oblong-shaped island called Koh Man almost opposite.
Quickly snapped in Haarlem while on a cycle route from Koedijk to the Hoek-van Holland. For June the weather was just plain bad.
Outwood Windmill was built in 1665, and is the oldest windmill in Britain which is still working. It was built by Thomas Budgen of Nutfield, and is what is known as a Post Mill; the whole body, weighing around 25 tons, rotates on a central post made of a single enormous oak tree, to bring the mill round into the wind.
The windmill stands high on the hillside just north of the village of woodchurch near Ashford in Kent. Built in 1729, it was one of a pair. After years of disrepair, it is now a fully restored working mill thanks to local craftsmen...........this image was made up from 5 Raw exposures run through hdr software and an orton filter to give the soft focus to he edges.
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