Category: quota photo

I like this archipelago and this water tower

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Firstly, this image of Værøy in Norway. It looks like somewhere I’d like to go.

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It turns out that Værøy is the last island in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland, Norway.
It has a lighthouse and a whirlpool. Yes, really:

The Moskstraumen (whirlpool) is located between the Lofoten Point of Moskenesøya (Moskenes municipality) and Værøy, at the small island of Mosken. It involves strong tidal currents flowing through the shallows between these islands and the Atlantic Ocean and the deep Vestfjorden, creating eddies and whirlpools, the largest one having a diameter of some 40–50 meters (130–160 ft) and inducing surface water ripples up to 1 meter (3 ft 3 in) in amplitude.

And then (in old news for people in the UK), this converted water tower in Kennington, featured on the 100th episode of Grand Designs – which was screened yesterday in South Africa. And I fell in love with it. Just wow.

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I know it’s been up for sale for a while, so I don’t know if it’s still available. But the longer it stays on the market, the better, because if I’m honest, I’m struggling with the last little bit of the R75,717,850.00 asking price. *weeps*

A wee stop

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After a monumental journey home from Agulhas which included a reluctant car, some fish & chips, a MASSIVE traffic jam over the mountains, a highway blocked by protesters and loads of other stuff which my mind has already blocked out, I do at least have this:

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This was the view somewhere just off the R316 between Napier and Caledon, where we made a “comfort stop” for the kids. I won’t share the view the other way.

The rest of the journey was really not worth sharing either. There’s five and a half hours of my life I won’t get back.

And so, once again, I turn to beer for comfort and relief. And it’s working.

Not jealous

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The following are photos sent to me this week by my parents.
The first depicts the Isle Of Man Steam Packet Company ferry, Manannan, while second seems to indicate the kind of holiday they ate currently enjoying. Note the subtle inclusion of the sunglasses.
Ok, ok. We get it.

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Of course, it hasn’t been half bad here either. After a breakfast of note, I took the kids to Maynardville Park, where roundabouts were ridden and slides were slidden. The City has installed one of those outdoor gyms there, but it was being used more as an extension of the playground than for any serious adult exercise.
We’re all eleven different sorts of tired now though. So it’s going to be an early night, and early to sleep, perchance to dream of ADSL reconnection in the morning.
Hold thumbs.

Nanpu Bridge

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Whizzing through Pulse between busy sessions in the lab, this dropped into my field of view:

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It’s the Nanpu Bridge in Shanghai. And isn’t it lovely?

The actual bridge is fairly mundane (wikipedia cites it as the 57th longest cable stay bridge in the world – yawn), but that space-saving, circular on and off ramp is of the future (despite the fact it’s almost 25 years old).

Some more amazing photos on Jens Fersterra’s 500px stream.

Credit: Jens Fersterra

Foolish quota photo

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It’s a grey day, and a grey photo seems apt, but even as I post this, I’m aware that it’s a silly thing to do. Flickr is down for planned maintenance later today and you won’t be able to see it during that time.

Still, there’s more to a quota photo than just a few hours, so I’ll stick it up anyway.

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More kitesurfing photos from that day here, here and here.