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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Big CAT, a Victorian funicular, a hoilday cottage and a fairground
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:24:08 +0200
References: <4A55EEA5.4090700@gmx.de> <36614E785A4B429B9D564B03BFA4D85F@jimnichols>

Thanks Jim,

as far as I can remember, it was setting sun from the side.

The site is hardly recognisable today, all beautifully landscaped with 
wildflowers, trees and shrubs and cycling tracks along the canal bank.

Cheers
Douglas

Jim Nichols wrote:
> Douglas,
>
> I really like the lighting in the CAT Hannover photo. That one ought 
> to be hanging in the contractor's office for all to see.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at 
> gmx.de>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "LEG" 
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> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 8:20 AM
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Big CAT, a Victorian funicular,a hoilday cottage 
> and a fairground
>
>
>> I've been scanning some older stuff again.
>>
>> I suppose this could be called CAT content:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/170341-1/Big_Cat_misburg0004scan.jpg
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/170344-1/Big_Cat_Hannover0041scan.jpg
>>
>> This bulldozer was being used on the project for widening the canal that
>> passes our house (1995)
>>
>> A fascinating funicular - this recently refurbished Victorian cliff
>> railway has a closed water cycle and a pump as a power source.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/170347-1/Funicular_Saltburn0032scan.jpg
>>
>> The water is pumped out of the car at the bottom and into the car at the
>> top. As soon as it's tanks are full it descends and pulls the other car
>> back up the cliff. We stayed in Saltburn often when I was very young and
>> I was always glad that the funicular was there, little legs get very
>> tired after a long day on the sands.
>>
>> The pier used to be the longest in the UK until a ship sliced it in
>> half. Saltburn used to boast a top-class hotel "The Zetland" with a
>> "drive-in station" built for it's own luxury railway carriages.
>>
>> Possibly one of the nicest spots for a holiday cottage - Runswick Bay in
>> North Yorkshire:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/170350-1/Holiday_cottage_Runswick0033scan.jpg
>>  
>>
>>
>> The Bay has its own microclimate. Although it is quite a long way north,
>> the gardens grow palms, citrus fruit trees and most of the hedges are
>> Fuchsias and roses.
>>
>> Our holiday resort - Whitby:
>>
>> When the regatta is on, they install a fairground on one of the piers -
>> as if the rides aren't scary enough, these are about 30 feet above and
>> right next to the North Sea.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/170353-1/Rides_Whitby0037scan.jpg
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/170359-1/Rides_Whitby0039scan.jpg
>>
>> No, the second one doesn't need despotting, those are stars at the top
>> of the sky.
>>
>> Hope you like them, C+C more than welcome
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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