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Man in a hurry

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:30:21 +0000

Seen in the centre of Manchester some twelve years back.

Is it the University professor late for his lecture or train?

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The Nugget Creek Falls

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:53:37 +0000

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Just outside the Alaska coastal town of Juneau in Alaska and next to the Mendenhall Glacier. This is in fact the bottom of two falls, each of 99ft (30m) dropping a total height of 115m high (377ft). An impressive sight indeed. Judge the height by the size of the people below. PiP has mapping.

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The Wiener Musikverein, Vienna

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 07:14:24 +0000

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A visit to Vienna in October 2024 lets us experience a walking tour of this great city. Here we are passing the Wiener Musikverein. It is one of the most traditional and prestigious classical music venues in the world, renowned for its exceptional acoustics. Designed by architect Theophil Hansen and opened in 1870, it serves as the home to the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra. The venue is globally famous for hosting the annual Vienna New Year's Concert in its Golden Hall of which my wife and I are fervent followers (from our living room, of course :) .

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HWW. Have a good day.

Part of the Worldwide Web

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:03:48 +0000

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An unusual view taken whilst on holiday in Marbella, Spain

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Fields of silver

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:09:11 +0000

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Another flooded field (no river), this time on the boundary of Dunham Massey. With the amount of rain this winter it looks like fields like this might never dry out again. The birds seem to like it though. Black headed gulls mainly but we saw some Egyptian Geese too. PiP

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A seat by the snowdrops

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:43:50 +0000

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A rare few hours of blue sky and sunshine brings us back to Dunham Massey to see the first snowdrops of the year. The good weather, albeit being cold, brings out many visitors here all clamouring for a bit of natures colour before the promised snows and rains returned just hours later.

See PiP for closer view of flowers.

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Aconite

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:13:29 +0000

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Spring beckons-hopefully as we take a walk in rare sunshine for a few hours.

Aconitum, also known as aconite, monkshood, wolfsbane, leopard's bane, devil's helmet, or blue rocket, is a genus of over 250 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae.

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A ride on the Budapest Castle Hill Funicular

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:40:19 +0000

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A trip to Budapest cannot be made without exploring the higher parts of Buda and its castle. To get there one can climb the steps or take this historic funicular.
It was opened in 1870 but destroyed in the second World war but reopened again in 1986. The two bridges were removed in 1900 but rebuilt to the original designs in 1983,
It has a length of 95m to a height of 51m at a gradient of 62 degrees.

See next photo for view from top

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Budapest Castle Hill Funicular

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:40:22 +0000

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A fine view looking from near the top of this funicular line down to the Danube and the Széchenyi Chain Bridge. Behind us is Buda Castle.

See last photo for alternative view.

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A view over Buttermere

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 07:42:59 +0000

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In October 2014 we had a week in the English Lake District. We visited both Buttermere and Crummock Water and I took a lot of photos. We are looking over to Haystacks here from near Buttermere. (Thanks Toz)

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Shuttered away

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 06:54:50 +0000

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The old ‘Sommervale and Thomas’ grain Warehouse in Kings Lynn will have some historic stories to tell, but sadly it is all closed up today. However somebody has made a good attempt at keeping the windows looking cheery.
Yes, I know I could have cropped this in a number of ways. I did in fact nearly put in just the left side four here.

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Ice-cream and a view.

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 06:26:40 +0000

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A rather nice view here over towards Guernsey from the south west coast of Jersey.

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The Whale Balna, Budapest

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:37:28 +0000

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Our Danube boat was anchored almost alongside this modern building.
The Famous Cultural Centre and Shopping Mall is on Left Bank of the River Danube River. From a short distance away one could see the shape of a whale on the roof design. On my quick visit it held a display of military equipment.

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La Corbière Lighthouse

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 06:24:45 +0000

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This lighthouse, the only lighthouse on the Channel Island of Jersey, poses problems for people like me, Inasmuch that there are just too many great viewpoints of it. I took loads of photographs in the couple of hours of being there but if I had the chance to return in the golden hour, a stormy day or when there is snow or ice then it might take a lifetime to satisfy my photographic instant love for it and its surroundings. Here is a capture that tries to justify why it is here in the first place, being surrounded by vicious rocks that would tear any approaching boat apart in seconds. Its main job however is to steer ships safely to the main harbour of St Helier just a few sea miles away.
La Corbière is significant as the first lighthouse in the British Isles built of concrete, completed in 1874

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The Chainbridge of Budapest

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:44:54 +0000

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Here we see the Chain Bridge otherwise known as the Széchenyi Chain Bridge. Crossing the Danube from Buda where we are now to Pest, on the other side.

"Designed by English engineer William Tierney Clark and built by Scottish engineer Adam Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary. It was opened in 1849. It is anchored on the Pest side of the river to Széchenyi Square, adjacent to the Gresham Palace and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and on the Buda side to Adam Clark Square, near the Zero Kilometre Stone and the lower end of the Castle Hill Funicular, leading to Buda Castle." WiKi

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'Point Robert' Lighthouse, Sark

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 07:22:04 +0000

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Established in 1913. Seen from our boat as we sailed into harbour.

The island of Sark – harbour area

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 07:53:56 +0000

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It is not very obvious here that we are looking at the Maseline harbour on the Isle of Sark which is one of the Channel Islands.. That is because it is hidden and protected by the concrete harbour wall we can see. Incoming passenger boats and ferries pass by these jagged rocks before entry, guided overhead by the Sark lighthouse. Once disembarked, we go through the shown tunnel before climbing (or riding by tractor trailer) up the steep lane to Sark’s main village.

The lighthouse is actually called 'Point Robert' Lighthouse- Established 1913

The PiP shows part of the inner harbour itself and a closeup of the lighthouse.

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The Steam Powered clock of St Helier

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 06:57:26 +0000

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After having seen a Steam-powered clock in Vancouver, Canada we were pleasantly surprised at seeing one in St Helier, Jersey too. This one is called the Ariadne Steam Clock.
“The Jersey steam clock is a full-scale replica of the centre section of a paddle steamboat named the Ariadne. Although once powered by steam, a Jersey government document states that "the steam workings have been replaced with electrical fittings designed to provide the same functionality including the blowing of ‘steam’ at the appropriate times of the day." Wiki

The Vancouver clock is a hybrid, -powered from the downtown steam heating system and helped by electricity to operate the chain lift system - see escaping steam on that one.

See the full Jersey version in PiP 1 and my Vancouver clock in PiP 2.

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Fishermans Bastion, Buda

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 07:01:32 +0000

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Budapest: Reflection of Fisherman's Bastion.

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 07:01:35 +0000

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Our last day of the Danube holiday was to be spent almost entirely up at the Buda castle. Only a short walk from there was this most picturesque part of Buda: the Fishermans Bastion. Here we have a reflection from one of its many tower scenes and also the top touring wall walk. As can be noticed. A very popular place indeed.

See PiP (Adjacent photo) for a another view of the Bastion.

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