Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: scenery

An image from 42 years ago to the day on our road trip around South Africa. Driving up on the N1 to the Du Toitskloof Pass (820 metres, 2,690 ft) in the Hawequas Mountains east of Capetown heading north eventually to Kimberley. This road is now the regional route R101 since the opening of the Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 in 1988.

A shot from our Amtrak railway journey from Salt Lake City to San Francisco on the Southern Pacific route in 1979. This was taken from the open end-of-carriage connecting door. We were passing through the snow-covered Sierra Nevada in eastern California between Truckee & Colfax but I can't be any more precise on the actual location. HFF to everyone & have a great weekend.

No sign of the sea but plenty of the fine ramparts (bottom right) around this medieval town. The ramparts were constructed after the destruction of the town by troops of Habsburg emperor Charles V in June 1537. Montreuil was the headquarters of the British Army in France during the First World War from March 1916 until it closed in April 1919.

Bradgate Park with Old John on the horizon. Wikipedia tells me :- The area now enclosed as Bradgate Park was one of a number of parks surrounding Charnwood Forest. The manor, along with some 100 others in and around Leicestershire, was awarded to Hugh de Grandmesnil in the eleventh century as reward for his assistance in battle to William I. The first mention of Bradgate Park is from 1241, by which time it was laid out as a hunting park. It was subsequently acquired by the Beaumont family, passing to the de Quincy family and on to William de Ferrers of Groby. It remained in the de Ferrers family until 1445, when it passed to the Grey family who retained it for the next 500 years. In 1928 it was bought by Charles Bennion and given, as a plaque in the park describes, 'to be preserved in its natural state for the quiet enjoyment of the people of Leicestershire'. HFF to everyone & have a great weekend. Stay safe.

As the sun sets, one man and his dog paddle across Swithland reservoir heading for Brazil Island. I'm pretty sure that boating on the res isn't really allowed. This was taken from BR Standard 5 73156 & we were running late returning to Loughborough so didn't hang about.

The view across Mounts Bay from Mousehole harbour - approx. 7km. The island of St Michael's Mount was gifted to the Benedictine order of Mont Saint-Michel by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century and it was a priory of that abbey until the dissolution of the alien houses as a side-effect of the war in France by Henry V.

Levant Mine and steam-driven Beam Engine at Trewellard, Pendeen near St Just in the far west of Cornwall. This historic tin mine is preserved by the National Trust and visits to see the engine and go underground are by appointment. Unfortunately we hadn't made one but the whole surface site was of interest including the lighthouse in the distance at Pendeen and the weather was perfect. HFF. Have a great & peaceful weekend.

A view of the Mascarat ravine from below with a train just visible on the far bridge. The Morro de Toix & Bernia Mountains form an east-west barrier between Calpe and Altea on the Costa Blanca coast and the only way through is this very narrow ravine at Mascarat. Since the earliest days the track through the canyon was only passable on foot or by donkey. The first narrow coastal road and classic stone bridge at the front was abandoned & replaced in recent years by the middle bridge carrying the N-332. The railway bridge opened in 1914 & carried the E.S.A., or Cia de los Ferrocarriles Estrategicos y Secundarios de Alicanterail, a metre gauge railway that runs from Alicante to Denia on the Costa Blanca - now operated by FGV. Like the road the railway runs through tunnels either side of the ravine and the train only briefly appears in the daylight to cross the bridge making photography tricky. Especially from this angle! HFF to everyone. No snow but Have a great Christmas weekend!

The summit of Ben Nevis is just about free of clouds. Taken from the footplate of 62005 on the Jacobite alongside Loch Eil on our last run of the week. The weather wasn't this fine the rest of the week!

On the return flight from Milan Malpensa.