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Away for a while. Traveling. Stay well. Hugs

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SC94 - Post 5 May - Framed. The doors are open allowing folks to enter the car to go down the cliff. For over a century Bridgnorth Cliff Railway has been transporting the people of Bridgnorth up and down the 111 ft sandstone cliffs that separate High Town from Low Town, and the River Severn. It is first and foremost a working railway; its importance to both the townspeople of Bridgnorth and to visitors to the town is undiminished by age. The railway operates two cars on parallel tracks. Connected by steel ropes, the carriages serve to counterbalance each other – as one rises to the top station, the other runs to the bottom station. The cars are now powered by an electric winding engine, but were originally driven by a system of water balance, each carriage carrying water ballast in a tank beneath the passenger compartment. The cars were replaced with “up-to-date” cars of aluminum monocoque construction in 1955. Simple sliding doors at each end of the cars run on their original ball bearing rollers. Each car weighs approximately 5.5 tonnes when fully laden with 18 passengers. On that trip downwards there were only 3 of us, myself, Adrian and a local woman. The track is 201 feet long, with a rise of 111 feet and consists of a double run of track – one for each car. Concrete steps run between the 2 tracks. It doesn't take very long to complete the journey in the 'car', but we walked up from the Low Town, and that took much longer. ;-) You might be able to notice, in the top right hand corner, a screen which shows the operators and ticket collectors what the queues are like. Adrian is there wearing a black jacket and pale trousers.

Es ist immer wieder im Frühling toll zu sehen,wie die Gärtner Park und andere Flächen zum Leuchten bringen mit diesen schönen Farben,da muss man immer danke sagen,dass sie solchen Flächen so einen wunderschönen Anblick geben :)) Pip1-4: Nahaufnahmen dieser Frühlingsblumen It's always great in spring to see how the gardeners make the park and other areas shine with these beautiful colors, so you always have to say thank you for giving such areas such a beautiful sight :)) Pip1-4: Close-up shots of these spring flowers C'est toujours génial au printemps de voir comment les jardiniers font briller le parc et d'autres zones avec ces belles couleurs, il faut donc toujours dire merci d'avoir donné à ces zones une si belle vue :)) Pip1-4 : Gros plans de ces fleurs printanières

HFF - the best wishes for a nice and sunny weekend - and naturally for peace. In der Wandelhalle des Hamburger Hauptbahnhofs (Eingang Glockengießerwall) sitzen fünf Alltagsmenschen - geschaffen von Christel Lechner - auf dem Geländer unter der historischen Uhr (s. auch PiP). Die Skulpturen symbolisieren die Vielfalt der Reisenden. Die Installation ist ab 27.03. 2024 zunächst für vier Monate zu sehen. Better see large !

Im Norden von Island steht etwas abseits der Ringstraße Nr.1 dieVidimyrarkrkja. Diese gut erhaltene Torfkirche ist eine von noch 6 Kirchen auf Island. Hier sieht man schön die Torfschichten an den Außenwänden. Vor der Kirche befinden sich auch einige ältere Gräber,von denen einige umzäunt sind.