Monday 11 April 2011
Sunday 10 April 2011
Saturday 9 April 2011
Friday 8 April 2011
Thursday 7 April 2011
A means to an end
Many dislike long lines of pylons stretching across the countryside yet they still wish to have the benefits of cheap and reliable electricity.
I have just learned that pylon is in fact a UK colloquial term for what others call a transmission tower; Australians use the term ironman and Canadians have hydro towers. They come in many shapes, sizes and colours but their function is simply to carry the cables from the power plant to your home. The strangest designs I have come across are here.
All photos by Margot K Juby |
Wednesday 6 April 2011
Whan that April with his showres soote ...
Photo by Margot K Juby |
...then longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,...
Er, not quite. This palmer is none other than your man himself on the path to Beverley. There are modern ways of getting from Cottingham to Beverley by car, bus or train journeys of a few minutes duration; this is the old bridle path that winds its way around field edges for three and half miles and, due to dawdling and admiring the view and so on, took over two hours. Even then it was more by accident than design as having got to where yesterday's picture was taken from and seeing the minster in the distance it was a case of returning were as tedious as go o'er. At least we had Zephyrus (with his sweete breeth) on our backs all the way.
Tuesday 5 April 2011
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