Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: The

Voorlinden Modern Art Museum. It's big, it's rusty and it certainly makes a statement - I'm just not sure what it's supposed to be saying... HWW everyone. Have a great day.

Sunset over Europoort from the Stena Britannia ferry waiting in Hoek van Holland for the 22.00 departure for Harwich. Happy (sea) Wall Wednesday to everyone. Enjoy the day.

A long way from Southern Scotland but these Belted Galloway cows - sometimes called Oreole Cookie cows for obvious reason - are very content in the Voorlinden park north of The Hague. HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend.

The village of Cong is well-known as Inisfree the village setting for the 1952 film The Quiet Man starring John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara. The connections with the film have led to the area becoming a tourist attraction. Pat Cohan’s Bar as seen in the film has been tarted up and sells itself today as a Gastro Pub! HBM to everybody & the top of the morning to you!

Gleaming rails and inviting lights greet us as we flash past the fine victorian trainshed of Darlington Bank Top station at 18.43 on the Tynesider railtour returning from Morpeth to York & Cleethorpes. Up front in the darkness is British Railways 4-6-2 70013 Oliver Cromwell. Best seen large.

Great thumbnail, not so sure about the full size... Best to view it as an abstract painting perhaps. GWR Manor Class 4-6-0 7819 Hinton Manor blasting away from Aberystwyth with the Cambrian Limited railtour - the narrow gauge Vale of Rheidol line is on the left. Aberystwyth's former engine shed was used by the VofR engines at this time although the tank and coaling stage were out of use. A still from my video.

Petra, the Rose City. The Treasury/Khazneh is one of the best-known rock-cut tombs in Petra. In the 2nd century BC Petra was the capital of the Nabatean Kingdom and as with most of the other buildings in this ancient town this structure was carved out of a sandstone rock face. Most people may recognise it from the final scenes in the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in which its façade is represented as the entrance to the final resting place of the Holy Grail. The elaborate interior shown in the film doesn't exist. HWW to everyone. Enjoy the day.

The Barbican was the original dock area of Plymouth but is now a bustling tourist destination. Many Americans visit Plymouth to see The Mayflower Steps where the Pilgrims set sail for North America to found the new colony. HBM to everyone.

The Hague's other railway station - Hollandspoor - is much more impressive with a fabulous glass & steel train shed. Here NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) Class 186 quadruple voltage electric locomotives E 186 35 & 41 top & tail an earlier Intercity train from Amsterdam to Breda via Rotterdam racing non-stop southeastwards through HS. NS plans to replace these push-pull sets with high speed multiple units in the future. In 2018 NS took a sale-and-leaseback agreement with Akiem for the entire Class 186 engines they owned to cover the period until then. Notice the "Akiem" painted beneath the left-hand window .

A late evening scene at the Hofvijfer in the centre of Den Haag. The modern skyline dwarfs the historic Binnenhof government buildings alongside the lake.

Sunset on the beach at the Sol Beach Bar in Scheveningen. It's 10.30 and the light is beautiful. This was the only photo I took during the recent Clyde Netherlands reunion - I was too busy catching up with former colleagues many of whom I hadn't seen for over 20 years. I worked in the oil industry back then and Clyde had North Sea hydrocarbon production offshore from Scheveningen. It is still producing but clearly the mass of windmills on the horizon is proof that greener power generation is taking over.

A wider view of The Hague's other railway station - Hollandspoor - which is much more impressive than Centraal with a fabulous glass & steel train shed. Built in 1888 the roof and victorian brick buildings are very well preserved & see regular train services today. This is the 12.03 to the terminus at Den Haag Centraal station is in platform made up of two 3-car Spanish-built Sprinter New Generation (abbreviated SNG) electric multiple units . The nearer one is numbered 2334.

Bikes outside Boekhandel Douwes on the corner of Princessegracht & Herengracht. Many years ago I worked by Centraal station in the Babylon Centre seen in the distance which was very modern then. Today it is even more modern and almost unrecognisable! HFF to everyone & have a great weekend.

A view of Gevers Deynootweg from the 5th floor of the Badhotel with HTM tram 3146 (GTL8-II, built at Brugge, 1993) on a number 1 service from Zwartepad to Delft Tanthof via Hollandspoor railway station. This the longest route (approx. 20 km) on the HTM system. The Dutch national flag flies from the impressive dome of the Kurhaus hotel which overlooks the beach & seafront.

Spiral. The Monument. Pudding Lane - where the Great Fire of London started in 1666. HFF to everybody. Have a great weekend.

We were living in The Hague at this time and made a Sunday visit to nearby Delft. A fairly quiet day generally but ideal for wandering around the streets and canals of this beautiful town. This view is from Catharijnebrug looking along Oosteinde towards the Nieuwe Kerk on the Markt in the centre of the city. The Kleine Oostpoortbrug is behind the camera. HFF to everyone & have a great weekend.

Everyone waves at a steam train. On the classic seaside stretch of railway near Dawlish the crowds are happy to see Great Western Railway King 4-6-0 6024 King Edward II double-heading with British Railways Standard Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell with the Poole to Plymouth Devonian railtour. The sea was pounding the sea wall and spraying the track & train as we passed. Note the red sandstone cliffs, of Devonian age, which make this area so attractive. Best appreciated large.

It's all red lights for British Railways Standard 7 Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell at the head of the returning Cheshireman railtour in platform 1 of Sheffield Midland station after a stirring journey through the Peak District via Edale.