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Not Sure This Bunker Would Have Survived

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Rob

Perched above the beach at Lepe in Hampshire, overlooking the Solent, is an old bunker.  It is surrounded by fencing and there is signage about the purpose of the bunker.  You can see the hatch to access the bunker as … Continue reading →

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London from the Air

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Rob

Digging back in to the archives today.  Back in about 2005, I was heading back to the UK for work.  Our flight arrived in to Heathrow early in the morning and the approach route took us across the center of … Continue reading →

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Heavy Lifter

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Rob

In a visit we made to Seattle in the mid 2000s, we took a boat tour around Elliott Bay.  One of the more impressive ships in the harbor was one that is designed to lift heavy loads and carry them … Continue reading →

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Northrop Grumman Firebird

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Rob

Northrop Grumman brought the Firebird to Fairford for RIAT.  RIAT is a big public show but it has developed a significant trade element to it and Firebird was clearly aimed at that audience.  It is a Scaled Composites design (with … Continue reading →

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Trafalgar Anchor

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Rob

If you are used to a modern shape of an anchor, particularly one for a large ship, the old style of anchors in the days of the early 1800s will be rather strange looking.  They look like a giant version … Continue reading →

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Cruising Out Under Lion’s Gate Bridge

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Rob

Cruise ships are a regular feature of Vancouver Harbour.  Pacific Place has a terminal where two ships can be berthed at any one time.  One evening, as I was hanging out on Stanley Park, one of the ships set sail … Continue reading →

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The Original Doctor Yellow

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Rob

The Tokaido Shinkansen service requires regular inspection of the track to ensure it is up to the high standards required of high speed service.  JRC operates an inspection train called Doctor Yellow.  It is a highly instrumented version of the … Continue reading →

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Nagoya Bridge

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Rob

When I headed south out of the center of Nagoya to go to the museum, my route took me down to the docks area.  A highway along the water obviously needed to clear the route for the larger ships so … Continue reading →

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Crystal Palace II

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Rob

This one is for some of the Brits who read this blog.  The pictures are a bit sketchy as they were taken from a moving car (I was not driving)!  I was in Dallas for work and noticed this building … Continue reading →

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Filming a Car Scene in Vancouver

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Rob

Walking through the streets of Vancouver one weekend, we came up to an intersection.  There was a Porsche sitting on a trailer with two people in it.  It quickly became apparent that they were doing some filming.  The woman was … Continue reading →

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