The Han River last night. Photographs taken from the south bank a minute or two apart, which means the wind—quite a lot of it—was blowing roughly north.
The rill at Gordale Scar in Malhamdale, the Yorkshire ravine attributed to be the inspiration for Helm's Deep in Lord of the Rings: (oils)
Still on the theme of sunsets, 'Ghosts of the Humber:' Acrylic, depicting the South Ferriby Cement works and the TATTERSHALL CASTLE, with a humble nod to Turner's more accomplished 'The Fighting Temeraire.' TATTERSHALL CASTLE was built in 1934 to ferry the Humber up to eight times a day. She was used briefly during WW2 as a tethering vessel for barrage balloons in the estuary, before returning to duty ferrying troops and munitions and she was one of the first civilian vessels to be equipped with radar. Her postwar service on the Humber ferry continued until 1973 when she was laid up. In 1976, she become a floating art centre and conference centre on the Thames, where she is frequented as a local hostelry, known informally by some as The Belgrano.
More than a lifetime ago; Small Olympus 35mm, photography frowned upon, pick your moment. Some same day, some another. Can't remember. Rule of thumb: do not fall down anywhere here. Montagnes de la belle Corse. Kind regards, always, Jim.
The other side of life. Some respite; the joys of la petite permission. Calvi. Kind regards, always, Jim.
Alkborough from the 'flats': Oils. Alkborough flats is low lying terrain at the confluence of the Rivers Humber, Trent and Ouse. During WW2 it was used for bombing training. Herewith a summary of oral history from an Alkborough resident, who was school age during the War: The bombing range itself took the form of a chalk marker on Alkborough Flats, and two observation posts positioned on the ridge overlooking the target. An RAF detachment from RAF Elsham Wolds, including two sergeants, were billeted in the southern of the two observation posts. Bombers would take off from Elsham and drop smoke bombs on the target. Following a bombing run, a bearing on the bomb's landing site was taken from each observation post, and the position of the site calculated using triangulation. During one bombing run, a horse was killed, and another bomb narrowly missed a group of children sledging. After the war, agricultural workers ploughing on the Flats regularly reported releasing smoke. During the establishment of the Alkborough Flats Tidal Defence Scheme in 2005/2006, a large quantity of World War II ordnance was removed from the site under supervision of bomb disposal officers. Currently, very little remains of the southern observation post, though an entire wall of the northern observation post is still standing (including the observation windows). the subject of a Gunner400 thread, had been on a training flight here when shot down on 17 March 1945.
A few sunset pictures from Cumbria. Ravenglass. Whitehaven Harbour. St.Bees. A drizzly Crummock Water.
Janet's Foss in Malhamdale (oils) - Foss is the old Norse name for a waterfall and Janet, the queen of the local fairies, dwells in the cave behind the fall - an enchanting place:
