The concept of the rotating gates was devised by (Reginald) Charles Draper. In 1969, from his parents’ house in Pellatt Grove, Wood Green, London, he constructed a working model. The novel rotating cylinders were based on the design of the taps on his gas cooker.
The lighthouse was originally South Foreland Upper Lighthouse, one of a pair. The second lighthouse, South Foreland Lower Lighthouse was built at the same time further down the cliff, to the east, where it still stands; decommissioned in 1904.
I still love photography and wish I could get out more and participate, hence starting up the blog again, it’s not going to be much, (some people will think it never was) but I’ll try my best.
While waiting for family and friends to join us from New Zealand we managed to get some maintenance and cleaning done on Kapowai ready for party time.
We left at some unearthly hour of the morning but luckily my job was to lift the anchor, then using a very powerful torch, look out for all the fishing boats that were anchored all around us.
On this day I was glad I didn’t carry my big camera, hours later after once the admin was done we found an indoor market, it was so nice to get out of the heat, I grabbed a couple of shots with my iPhone.
After another couple of days of open water we arrived in Fiji, not all were as lucky a us, reefs all around, can be very tricky especially in bad weather.
Stormy weather over Auckland city, there will be a downpour and ten minutes the sun will be out again.
View from Takapuna Beach looking toward Rangitoto Island, Auckland.
Time for a leisurely walk along the water edge, check out the shops and stop for a drink and some lunch.
Arriving at Rarotonga and wow what a difference compared to Tahiti, clean, friendly and not French.
Later we moved down the coast to a nicer mariner passing these guys on the way, actual they passed us.
After visiting customs at the local police station we had a look around town, 15 minutes later we stopped for lunch, tour complete. One street, a market and the normal visitors tat shops, don’t get me wrong! it’s a loverly place, but I can imagine the tourist keep to the 5 star resorts.
It was time to go and we were sad to leave, so it sort of had that feeling of boxing day.
A great view of the lagoon in the centre of the island, apparently one of the best places in the world to snorkel.
The name “Kiritimati” is a respelling of the English word “Christmas” in the Kiribati language, in which the combination ti is pronounced s, and the name is thus pronounced /kəˈrɪsməs/.
After some phone calls and emails we found a mattress shop, it was some distance away so we caught a bus half way and walked the rest.
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We spend the day walking around downtown Honolulu when I came across this building. Ok I didn’t just find it,Continue Reading
