Young Break For The Border To Ring In The New Year
The title of this post, is the same as that on this article on The Times.
This a subtitle to the report, above a picture of five Scots girls enjoying themselves in Newcastle.
Revellers from Scotland and Wales dodging Covid restrictions at home flocked to clubs and bars in England
It will be interesting to see how the Scottish and Welsh Covid statistics pan out in the next few days.
As a trained Control Engineer, I am totally against lockdowns, except as a very last resort.
It’s like trying to ride a bike only turning the handlebars full left and full right.
Try it and you will soon fall off.
1,000 Children Shot in A Year As US Gun Violence Soars
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article in The Times.
This is the first paragraph.
More than a thousand children under 12 have been killed or injured by gunfire in the United States this year.
In addition, 4,552 youths aged 12 to 17 were killed and injured.
No comment from me, can do justice to these figures.
Wandering Around King’s Cross – 20th December 2021
I took these pictures, whilst I wandered around King’s Cross.
The unfinished building is Google’s large groundscraper.
I took these pictures as I wandered.
King’s Cross is on the up.
Green Trains On Their Way To Power One Of The World’s Most Abundant Mining Regions
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
It is a comprehensive article, with maps, pictures and background information about the project I wrote about in Anglo American And Aurizon Look To Hydrogen-Powered Trains, that will create hydrogen-powered freight locomotives for Australia.
It should be noted that Aurizon operates a few hundred diesel-electric locomotives, so switching to hydrogen, would probably cut a lot of carbon emissions.
The Old Hackney Town Hall
These pictures show the Old Hackney Town Hall.
It is now a pub and Grade II Listed.
Behind the building is the Grade I Listed St.Augustine’s Tower, which is all that remains of the 16th Century parish church of St. Augustine.
Happy Christmas To Everyone!
Let’s hope 2022 is better than 2020 and 2021!
How To Tell A Valid Year-End Forecast From A Vague, Unreliable Prediction
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article in The Times.
It is a thought-provoking must-read article.
Plane Surveying Cornwall For Minerals
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the BBC.
These are the first two paragraphs.
A low-flying 1940s plane doing survey work will be a common sight over mid and west Cornwall during the next two to three weeks.
The geological mapping plane is hoping to identify where lithium and other minerals may be located underground.
But the most interesting thing about the project is the aircraft that does the surveying, which is a 1943 Douglas DC3.
It is being flown by Bell Geospace and the aircraft has been upgraded into a Basler BT-67, with turboprop engines, an improved airframe and modern avionics.
Having flown aircraft at the sort of height mentioned by the BBC, I’d love to get a lift on one of their survey flights.
Oversite Development At Moorgate Station – 10th December 2021
These pictures were taken in Moorgate of the development over the station.
I was walking up from Bank station.
The Anonymous Widower 