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Voyage of the 'Apolemia' (1)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:28:33 -0700

PEREGRINE HARRIERS(*) TRIP, SEPTEMBER 2007 (1).

Get knotted.

Jill gives us a tutorial on knotting, at breakfast time in Dovetail Cottage, before we depart for our great sailing voyage down the Kingsbridge Estuary in Gill & Barry's boat, the Apolemia. Or maybe Jill was only calling for someone to help dry the dishes. Barry has just seen the weather forecast on the telly.

Gill (who took this photo) and Barry (on R) hosted this PH trip at their cottage here in Slapton, South Devon.

(My geotag for this photo is a generic one for Slapton, not the location of the cottage.)

The weather got wetter and windier through the day, though it wasn't not too bad at this point while we were in the shelter of the nearby shore. But later it got really squally, and was too bad to risk getting a camera out. So I don't have much of a photo record of the trip itself, but Gill has kindly provided some photos of her own (attributed) to supplement mine and give a better record of the trip. We went downstream past Salcombe as far as The Bar, tried to put the sails up, nearly overturned, and didn't risk taking the boat further out into more open water, so we went about and then upstream for a bit before returning. A mighty voyage of about two hours!

(*) PEREGRINE HARRIERS
We (Peregrine Harriers) meet for a few days every year, to do a mixture of walking, sightseeing, natural history and geology. In recent years we have also tried to include a boat trip, in this case in Gill & Barry's own boat. Four of the six of us have Natural History Museum (London) connections, and we all have science backgrounds in one or more of geology, natural history and aquatic biology. We gave ourselves the name, 'Peregrine Harriers', to commemorate our rather pathetic attempts to identify birds of prey during our first trip (to Lundy, an island off North Devon). It's a conflation of 'peregrine falcon' and 'hen harrier', both of which we thought we'd seen on Lundy, but could never quite agree about our identification efforts. Other people we asked at the time, told us something different again, so we were none the wiser.

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Gill Mapstone © All rights reserved on her behalf.
Slightly edited by Brian.
ID: 23 Sept Slapton NHM Geol weekend 26 - Version 2

Plumbers' delight

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 03:36:57 -0700

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Unilever factory by Warrington Bank Quay station, Cheshire (formerly Lancashire), England.

(Best on black. Click on the photo.)

As seen from the station platform.

Apparently this factory makes laundry detergent. I haven't a clue though what all the pipes and cylinders actually do. This might just as well be 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'.

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FitzRoy's grave (3)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:57:56 -0700

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Footstone of the grave of ROBERT FITZROY at All Saints church, Upper Norwood (Crystal Palace).

The church and graveyard lie in the apex of the road junction between Church Road and Beulah Hill, in the London Borough of Croydon, England. We've lived most of our adult lives at various places less than a few Km from this church.

ROBERT FITZROY
This church is connected with Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) who lived about 100 m further along Church Road (ahead of the viewpoint), and who was buried in the graveyard here.

As is very well known, FitzRoy was the Captain in command of H.M.S. Beagle, which he sailed round the world on a hydrographical and mapping voyage with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist. FitzRoy went on to other notable achievements in his life including his role as a 'founding father' of modern meteorology and weather forecasting, though he tragically ended his own life. The footstone here refers to his meteorological interests and career. The symbols on the left represent meteorological instruments. The footstone reads:

Vice Admiral Robert FitzRoy
First Head of
the Meteorogical Office. 1854

The wind goeth towards the South,
And turneth about unto the North;
It whirleth about continually,
And the wind returneth again
According to his circuits.
----- [King James Bible Authorized Version.] Ecclesiastes 1.6

After the voyage, Darwin lived most of his adult life not all that far from this church, in Downe (formerly in Kent, but now part of the neighbouring borough, the London Borough of Bromley). As both areas lie on high ground with low lying areas between them, I sometimes fancy that Darwin and FitzRoy could have sent some kind of visual signals to each other, or seen each other through telescopes. Or perhaps they even visited each other for dinner, though I don't think there's any record of that, and in their later lives they were not actually on good terms.

More info: www.norwoodsociety.co.uk/review/fitzroyofthebeagle.shtml.

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Voyage of the 'Apolemia' (8)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:31:09 -0700

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PEREGRINE HARRIERS(*3) TRIP, SEPTEMBER 2007 (8).

Delights of messing about in boats (*1), British style.

Note numerous layers of water-proof clothing, as befits the inhabitants of our great maritime nation. Anyone would think we were going down to the sea to do business in great waters (*2).

L--->R: Jenny, Jill, Dave, Barry and mutinous passenger who seems to want to remain anonymous. Gill (who took this photo) & Barry (with outboard motor were taking us out on their boat, Apolemia. Everybody is happy here, before realities of the voyage had dawned. We are now somewhere in Salcombe Harbour on our great voyage down the Kingsbridge Estuary at Salcombe, Devon (England) and beginning to feel the weather.

Gill (who took this photo) and Barry (in stern with outboard motor) hosted this PH trip at their place in Slapton, South Devon.

The weather got wetter and windier through the day, though it wasn't not too bad at this point while we were in the shelter of the nearby shore. But later it got really squally, and was too bad to risk getting a camera out. So I don't have much of a photo record of the trip itself, but Gill has kindly provided some photos of her own (attributed) to supplement mine and give a better record of the trip. We went downstream past Salcombe as far as The Bar, tried to put the sails up, nearly overturned, and didn't risk taking the boat further out into more open water, so we went about and then upstream for a bit before returning. A mighty voyage of about two hours!

(*1)
`Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING -- absolute nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing,' he went on dreamily: `messing -- about -- in -- boats; messing ----'
----- Kenneth Grahame. Wind in the Willows Chapter 1.

(*2)
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
[.... all of which sums up the voyage of the Apolemia pretty neatly.]
---- [King James Bible Authorized Version.] Psalm 107 23-30

(*3)
PEREGRINE HARRIERS
We (Peregrine Harriers) meet for a few days every year, to do a mixture of walking, sightseeing, natural history and geology. In recent years we have also tried to include a boat trip, in this case in Gill & Barry's own boat. Four of the six of us have Natural History Museum (London) connections, and we all have science backgrounds in one or more of geology, natural history and aquatic biology. We gave ourselves the name, 'Peregrine Harriers', to commemorate our rather pathetic attempts to identify birds of prey during our first trip (to Lundy, an island off North Devon). It's a conflation of 'peregrine falcon' and 'hen harrier', both of which we thought we'd seen on Lundy, but could never quite agree about our identification efforts. Other people we asked at the time, told us something different again, so we were none the wiser.

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Gill Mapstone © All rights reserved on her behalf.
Slightly edited by Brian. 23 Sept Slapton NHM Geol weekend 27 - Version 2

Iron gate tracery (3)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:18:49 -0700

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Neo-Gothic cast iron gate at All Saints Church, Upper Norwood (also known as Crystal Palace) in south London.

The church itself (out of sight behind the viewpoint) lies in the apex of the road junction between Church Road and Beulah Hill, in the London Borough of Croydon, England. This gate is on the Church Road side. We've lived most of our adult lives at various places less than a few Km from this church.

The church was built in 1837. The architect was James Savage (1779-1852) though I guess he was not necessarily responsible for the design of this gate.

ROBERT FITZROY
This church is connected with Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) who lived about 100 m further along Church Road (ahead of the viewpoint), and who was buried in the graveyard here.

As is very well known, FitzRoy was the Captain in command of H.M.S. Beagle, which he sailed round the world on a hydrographical and mapping voyage with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist. The church was completed a year after the voyage returned home. FitzRoy went on to other notable achievements in his life including his role as a 'founding father' of modern meteorology and weather forecasting, though he tragically ended his own life. After the voyage, Darwin lived most of his adult life not all that far from this church, in Downe (formerly in Kent, but now part of the neighbouring borough, the London Borough of Bromley). As both areas lie on high ground with low lying areas between them, I sometimes fancy they could have sent some kind of visual signals to each other, or seen each other through telescopes. Or perhaps they even visited each other for dinner, though I don't think there's any record of that, and in their later lives they were not actually on good terms.

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Voyage of the 'Apolemia' (7)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:05:54 -0700

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PEREGRINE HARRIERS(*) TRIP, SEPTEMBER 2007 (7).

Something I said?
(Probably.)

Gill & Barry (not in photo) were taking us out on their boat, Apolemia. Captain Gill is torn between putting mutinous on-board photographer back onshore, and hauling the mains'l. But we are under way somewhere in Salcombe Harbour for our great voyage down the Kingsbridge Estuary at Salcombe, Devon (England). The weather continues to close in.

The Apolemia was moored near East Portlemouth on the opposite side of the estuary to Salcombe and a short distance east and upstream from it.

Gill (here) and Barry (not in picture) hosted this PH trip at their place in Slapton, South Devon.

The weather got wetter and windier through the day, though it wasn't not too bad at this point while we were in the shelter of the nearby shore. But later it got really squally, and was too bad to risk getting a camera out. So I don't have much of a photo record of the trip itself, but Gill has kindly provided some photos of her own (attributed) to supplement mine and give a better record of the trip. We went downstream past Salcombe as far as The Bar, tried to put the sails up, nearly overturned, and didn't risk taking the boat further out into more open water, so we went about and then upstream for a bit before returning. A mighty voyage of about two hours!

(*) PEREGRINE HARRIERS
We (Peregrine Harriers) meet for a few days every year, to do a mixture of walking, sightseeing, natural history and geology. In recent years we have also tried to include a boat trip, in this case in Gill & Barry's own boat. Four of the six of us have Natural History Museum (London) connections, and we all have science backgrounds in one or more of geology, natural history and aquatic biology. We gave ourselves the name, 'Peregrine Harriers', to commemorate our rather pathetic attempts to identify birds of prey during our first trip (to Lundy, an island off North Devon). It's a conflation of 'peregrine falcon' and 'hen harrier', both of which we thought we'd seen on Lundy, but could never quite agree about our identification efforts. Other people we asked at the time, told us something different again, so we were none the wiser.

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Voyage of the 'Apolemia' (6)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:05:53 -0700

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PEREGRINE HARRIERS(*) TRIP, SEPTEMBER 2007 (6).

Unchivalrous view
OR
The photographer's revenge.

Captain Gill blots out the view ahead while weighing the Apolemia's anchor, caught by unchivalrous on-board photographer. The weather closes in as our great voyage down the Kingsbridge Estuary is about to begin. This is Gill & Barry's boat in Salcombe Harbour in the Kingsbridge Estuary at Salcombe, Devon (England).

The Apolemia is moored here near East Portlemouth on the opposite side of the estuary to Salcombe and a short distance east and upstream from it. Salcombe is just visible in the distance on L.

Gill (here) and Barry (not in picture) hosted this PH trip at their place in Slapton, South Devon.

The weather got wetter and windier through the day, though it wasn't not too bad at this point while we were in the shelter of the nearby shore. But later it got really squally, and was too bad to risk getting a camera out. So I don't have much of a photo record of the trip itself, but Gill has kindly provided some photos of her own (attributed) to supplement mine and give a better record of the trip. We went downstream past Salcombe as far as The Bar, tried to put the sails up, nearly overturned, and didn't risk taking the boat further out into more open water, so we went about and then upstream for a bit before returning. A mighty voyage of about two hours!

(*) PEREGRINE HARRIERS
We (Peregrine Harriers) meet for a few days every year, to do a mixture of walking, sightseeing, natural history and geology. In recent years we have also tried to include a boat trip, in this case in Gill & Barry's own boat. Four of the six of us have Natural History Museum (London) connections, and we all have science backgrounds in one or more of geology, natural history and aquatic biology. We gave ourselves the name, 'Peregrine Harriers', to commemorate our rather pathetic attempts to identify birds of prey during our first trip (to Lundy, an island off North Devon). It's a conflation of 'peregrine falcon' and 'hen harrier', both of which we thought we'd seen on Lundy, but could never quite agree about our identification efforts. Other people we asked at the time, told us something different again, so we were none the wiser.

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Iron gate tracery (2)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:24:11 -0800

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Neo-Gothic cast iron gate at All Saints Church, Upper Norwood (also known as Crystal Palace) in south London.

The church itself (out of sight to the L) lies in the apex of the road junction between Church Road and Beulah Hill, in the London Borough of Croydon, England. This gate is on the Church Road side. We've lived most of our adult lives at various places less than a few Km from this church.

The church was built in 1837. The architect was James Savage (1779-1852) though I guess he was not necessarily responsible for the design of this gate.

ROBERT FITZROY
This church is connected with Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) who lived about 100 m further along Church Road (to the R), and who was buried in the graveyard here.

As is very well known, FitzRoy was the Captain in command of H.M.S. Beagle, which he sailed round the world on a hydrographical and mapping voyage with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist. The church was completed a year after the voyage returned home. FitzRoy went on to other notable achievements in his life including his role as a 'founding father' of modern meteorology and weather forecasting, though he tragically ended his own life. After the voyage, Darwin lived most of his adult life not all that far from this church, in Downe (formerly in Kent, but now part of the neighbouring borough, the London Borough of Bromley). As both areas lie on high ground with low lying areas between them, I sometimes fancy they could have sent some kind of visual signals to each other, or seen each other through telescopes. Or perhaps they even visited each other for dinner, though I don't think there's any record of that, and in their later lives they were not actually on good terms.

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Voyage of the 'Apolemia' (5)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:22:26 -0800

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PEREGRINE HARRIERS(*) TRIP, SEPTEMBER 2007 (5).

Youthful optimism.

Jenny (L) and Jill look forward to the voyage in spite of the weather forecast. They are in Gill & Barry's boat, Apolemia, in Salcombe Harbour in the Kingsbridge Estuary at Salcombe, Devon (England), just about to set sail for our great voyage down the estuary.

This view looks northwards from a little quay at East Portlemouth on the opposite side of the estuary to Salcombe (away to the L) and a short distance east and upstream from it.

Gill & Barry (not in photo) hosted this PH trip at their place in Slapton, South Devon.

The weather got wetter and windier through the day, though it wasn't not too bad at this point while we were in the shelter of the nearby shore. But later it got really squally, and was too bad to risk getting a camera out. So I don't have much of a photo record of the trip itself, but Gill has kindly provided some photos of her own (attributed) to supplement mine and give a better record of the trip. We went downstream past Salcombe as far as The Bar, tried to put the sails up, nearly overturned, and didn't risk taking the boat further out into more open water, so we went about and then upstream for a bit before returning. A mighty voyage of about two hours!

(*) PEREGRINE HARRIERS
We (Peregrine Harriers) meet for a few days every year, to do a mixture of walking, sightseeing, natural history and geology. In recent years we have also tried to include a boat trip, in this case in Gill & Barry's own boat. Four of the six of us have Natural History Museum (London) connections, and we all have science backgrounds in one or more of geology, natural history and aquatic biology. We gave ourselves the name, 'Peregrine Harriers', to commemorate our rather pathetic attempts to identify birds of prey during our first trip (to Lundy, an island off North Devon). It's a conflation of 'peregrine falcon' and 'hen harrier', both of which we thought we'd seen on Lundy, but could never quite agree about our identification efforts. Other people we asked at the time, told us something different again, so we were none the wiser.

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Dan & Indi

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:45:16 -0800

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Dan (son, on R) and his daughter Indi (granddaughter) at the Light Show, Hayward Gallery, South Bank Centre, London.

(Best on black - click on the photo.)

The photo is 'as is', not colour-edited, as this was shot at an art exhibition of lighting installations.

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Corinne Ranaraja
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Iron gate tracery (1)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:15:28 -0800

Darkroom Daze posted a photo:

Neo-Gothic cast iron gate at All Saints Church, Upper Norwood (also known as Crystal Palace) in south London.

The church itself (out of sight to the L) lies in the apex of the road junction between Church Road and Beulah Hill, in the London Borough of Croydon, England. This gate is on the Church Road side. We've lived most of our adult lives at various places less than a few Km from this church.

The church was built in 1837. The architect was James Savage (1779-1852) though I guess he was not necessarily responsible for the design of this gate. The hollow gate post with its Gothic tracery and little battlements seems very unusual.

ROBERT FITZROY
This church is connected with Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) who lived about 100 m further along Church Road (to the R), and who was buried in the graveyard here.

As is very well known, FitzRoy was the Captain in command of H.M.S. Beagle, which he sailed round the world on a hydrographical and mapping voyage with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist. The church was completed a year after the voyage returned home. FitzRoy went on to other notable achievements in his life including his role as a 'founding father' of modern meteorology and weather forecasting, though he tragically ended his own life. After the voyage, Darwin lived most of his adult life not all that far from this church, in Downe (formerly in Kent, but now part of the neighbouring borough, the London Borough of Bromley). As both areas lie on high ground with low lying areas between them, I sometimes fancy they could have sent some kind of visual signals to each other, or seen each other through telescopes. Or perhaps they even visited each other for dinner, though I don't think there's any record of that, and in their later lives they were not actually on good terms.

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Voyage of the 'Apolemia' (3)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:11:24 -0800

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PEREGRINE HARRIERS(*) TRIP, SEPTEMBER 2007 (3).

Inflatable.

Gill (L) and Jill tussle for seats as they take the inflatable dinghy out to Gill & Barry's boat, the Apolemia, moored in Salcombe Harbour, in the Kingsbridge Estuary at Salcombe, Devon (England). They are just about to leave a little quay here at East Portlemouth on the opposite side of the estuary to Salcombe and a short distance east and upstream from it. We are about to set sail in theApolemia for our great voyage down the estuary.

Gill (L) and Barry (not in picture) hosted this PH trip at their place in Slapton, South Devon.

The weather got wetter and windier through the day, though it wasn't not too bad at this point while we were in the shelter of the nearby shore. But later it got really squally, and was too bad to risk getting a camera out. So I don't have much of a photo record of the trip itself, but Gill has kindly provided some photos of her own (attributed) to supplement mine and give a better record of the trip. We went downstream past Salcombe as far as The Bar, tried to put the sails up, nearly overturned, and didn't risk taking the boat further out into more open water, so we went about and then upstream for a bit before returning. A mighty voyage of about two hours!

(*) PEREGRINE HARRIERS
We (Peregrine Harriers) meet for a few days every year, to do a mixture of walking, sightseeing, natural history and geology. In recent years we have also tried to include a boat trip, in this case in Gill & Barry's own boat. Four of the six of us have Natural History Museum (London) connections, and we all have science backgrounds in one or more of geology, natural history and aquatic biology. We gave ourselves the name, 'Peregrine Harriers', to commemorate our rather pathetic attempts to identify birds of prey during our first trip (to Lundy, an island off North Devon). It's a conflation of 'peregrine falcon' and 'hen harrier', both of which we thought we'd seen on Lundy, but could never quite agree about our identification efforts. Other people we asked at the time, told us something different again, so we were none the wiser.

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Eurostars

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:05:12 -0700

Darkroom Daze posted a photo:

Three high speed Eurostar trains at St. Pancras International station, London.

These trains are looking well-used and this is now a very busy service being nearly always full or nearly so whenever we've used them in more recent years. We travelled on the nearest of these three trains (destination Paris), in the very first seats behind this driving unit. The train was absolutely full, this being the first day after Easter Monday in the middle of everyone's Easter holidays. For those who might not know, these are the 'Channel Tunnel trains', i.e. those that give a direct international train connection from London to Paris (France) and Brussels (Belgium) through the Channel Tunnel beneath the English Channel.

DAY 1
First day of our crazy long distance rail trip from home (London) to Sicily. In fact our train was badly delayed in northern France, due to 'a fatality [unexplained - perhaps fortunately] on the train'. So we missed our onward connection in Paris and had an unscheduled day in Paris (very nice too) before we could continue on our sleeper train to Rome.

By the end of the trip we had seen things and sites from ancient Greek time to modern, so the trip felt like a mini Grand Tour. Or given the rich mythology of Sicily and Etna (Odysseus and the Cyclops, etc.) perhaps our trip was like a modern mini Odyssey of our times. Odysseus took ten years to get home. It took us ten trains, this being our second one.

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Old stable block (5)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 06:31:13 -0700

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Restricted view.

(Best on black. Click on the picture.)

This building is in Conwy County Borough in North Wales. It was originally a stable block for a large hotel which was demolished. The stable block has subsequently been used as an employment office and then as a small factory. Although the building needs renovation it is not actually abandoned. Most of the contents of it have been removed, and it is currently awaiting new ownership and occupation.

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FitzRoy's grave (2)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:22:30 -0700

Darkroom Daze posted a photo:

The grave of ROBERT FITZROY at All Saints Church, Upper Norwood (Crystal Palace), in winter sunlight.

The church and graveyard lie in the apex of the road junction between Church Road and Beulah Hill, in the London Borough of Croydon, England. We've lived most of our adult lives at various places less than a few Km from this church.

ROBERT FITZROY
This church is connected with Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) who lived about 100 m further along Church Road, and who was buried in the graveyard here.

As is very well known, FitzRoy was the Captain in command of H.M.S. Beagle, which he sailed round the world on a hydrographical and mapping voyage with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist. FitzRoy went on to other notable achievements in his life including his role as a 'founding father' of modern meteorology and weather forecasting, though he tragically ended his own life. The footstone of his grave refers to his meteorological interests and career and bears a carved relief of meteorological instruments.

More info: www.norwoodsociety.co.uk/review/fitzroyofthebeagle.shtml.

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Old stable block (4)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:07:51 -0700

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Onward and upward.

The building is in Conwy County Borough in North Wales. It was originally a stable block for a large hotel which was demolished. The stable block has subsequently been used as an employment office and then as a small factory. Although the building needs renovation it is not actually abandoned. Most of the contents of it have been removed, and it is currently awaiting new ownership and occupation.

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Jill and Marilyn

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:10:28 -0700

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Jill (L) with our French friend Marilyn, taken in our front garden in London.

(We have altered this part of our front garden since this photo was taken.)

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Old stable block (3)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:36:42 -0700

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Wooden stairway in the basement.

The building is in Conwy County Borough in North Wales. It was originally a stable block for a large hotel which was demolished. The stable block has subsequently been used as an employment office and then as a small factory. Although the building needs renovation it is not actually abandoned. Most of the contents of it have been removed, and it is currently awaiting new ownership and occupation.

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Old stable block (2)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:32:25 -0800

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Old cider bottles with crochet covers and caps, on a 50s tiled fireplace.

These were in the old snooker room.

The building is in Conwy County Borough in North Wales. It was originally a stable block for a large hotel which was demolished. The stable block has subsequently been used as an employment office and then as a small factory. Although the building needs renovation is is not actually abandoned. Most of the contents of it have been removed, and it is currently awaiting new ownership and occupation.

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Old stable block (1)

nobody@flickr.com (Darkroom Daze) — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:55:09 -0800

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19th Century cast iron fireplace, now bricked up, in the basement. The black box on the wall is an old electric meter.

The building is in Conwy County Borough in North Wales. It was originally a stable block for a large hotel which was demolished. The stable block has subsequently been used as an employment office and then as a small factory. Although the building needs renovation is is not actually abandoned. Most of the contents of have been removed, and it is currently awaiting new ownership and occupation.

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