#Kington

[frankenpagie]

Happy Oscar, all.. have a great night!

[zazagundam]

"Hey Guys!! Super High School Level Movie Buff: Greg-chan Turkington-desu here, reminding you to check out the Popcorn Classic Section of....On Cinema, at The Cinema. Where you can watch a few my recommended classic movie reviews of the great classic animes like, Akira (124 mins)

Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind (95 mins)

The End of Evangelion (90 mins)

Tekken: The Motion Picture (57 mins)

The Castle of Cagliostro (102 mins )

RWBY (The Series) (117 episodes)

Street Fighter: The Movie (102 mins)

Wings of Honneamise (121 mins)

Murphy's Romance (107 mins)

Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (46 mins)

Metropolis (112 mins)

Tokyo Godfathers (92 mins)

Yu-Gi-Oh: The Movie (89 mins)

Sea Prince and The Fire Child (108 mins)

Bleach (366 episodes)

Watch out for these and more to own on Video Home Casette, and remember to always have a 5-Bag Popcorn of a time :) "

[faradaysketches]

Kington, Herefordshire. November 2023

Yet another shop front sketch. Surprisingly drawn to the sound of 90s classic House. One local came up and said he likes pen and ink sketches but if he tried it himself he’d make a pig’s ear of it.

[englishshops]

[moreeverydaythings]

Day 1478 - Following up Tubular Bells

At the start of the day, on the edge of Hay-on-Wye we pass the field, or should I say, the vast fields of tents, teepees and stages that comprise Russell Fest. I had no idea he was so popular! The first miles are relatively sedate along the side of the river Wye. Here the new age theme continues with tree houses and glamping sites both of which probably cost a fortune.

It’s another roasting hot day and we are soon climbing and descending through some quite farmland. This is now our fourth day and it is starting to take its toll especially in the heat. Luckily, just as we are about to start the large climb over Hergest Ridge, we find a pub, The Royal Oak in Gladestry.  Yes I know all about Rule 3 (No pub stops during the day) but this was an emergency. As usual I just had a coke so claim no breach of Rule 3. R of course had a bag of crisps with his coke which again was more definitely a breach of Rule 4 (Lunch is for wimps). 

R is a connoisseur of the 1970s rock and progressive music (the sort of person who is excited by the 15 minute drum solo in the middle of an Emerson, Lake and Palmer concert) so delights in telling me all about Hergest Ridge which we are about to climb. Apparently Hergest Ridge is the name of Mile Oldfield’s follow-up album to  the hugely successful Tubular Bells. To escape the pressures brought about by the commercial success of Tubular Bells. Mike Oldfield retreated to the countryside just under Hergest Ridge looking for inspiration. Hergest Ridge achieved nowhere near the success of Tubular Bells. I did listen to Hergest Ridge when I returned home and can only describe it as “inoffensive”.

I have a second coke and really do not want to move. My plight is recognised by the kindly landlady of the Royal Oak who generously offers to drive our rucksacks in her car to our overnight stop in Kington. Whilst that would be heaven, we explain Rule 2 (Carry our own bags) and politely decline. As we set off through the door of the Royal Oak another walker comes in with a scarlet sweat drenched face. We realise too that we must have looked like that. Disappointingly for R, Hergest Ridge does not turn out to be a Mike Oldfield tribute with mystical new age music magically carrying us over the hill in aural delight. Instead, it was just another hot slog although to be fair, there were some surreal clouds and spookily isolated copses so I could understand how the area was genuinely inspirational.

Kington on a Sunday night turned out to be closed. Luckily we found a pub with a beer garden but unluckily it was too hot, even at 7:30, to sit outside. The pub didn’t serve food on a Sunday evening. Indeed, the only place that sold food was the originally named Taj Mahal Indian which was quite possibly the smallest restaurant I’d ever been in with a total of 5 tables. Anyway, as an ex-Brummie I positively adore Indian food. Unfortunately the same could not be said for the only other people in the Taj, being a German couple, who could not quite believe nowhere in Kington served food on a Sunday evening and that they were therefore compelled to struggle through a spicy Indian.

[superoscars]

work drawings

[townofcadence]

A doodle dump! The comic is a meme of that one p4 comic by hiimdaisy

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Seeing the Funny Side of Life As a full-time comedian, Kenn Kington works hard to see the funny side of life. Whether he’s traveling by plane or by car, situations arise that can produce frustration or laughter, and Kenn tries to choose joy whenever possible.

[ilblogdellestorie]

Le lettere della defunta principessa Diana, in cui rivela il suo dolore per il divorzio da Carlo, vanno all'asta in Inghilterra e offrono nuovi dettagli su uno dei momenti più difficili e traumatizzanti vissuti da Lady D.

In una delle 32 missive arriva infatti a dire: "Sto attraversando un momento molto difficile e la pressione è alta e arriva da tutte le parti. A volte è troppo difficile tenere la testa alta e oggi sono in ginocchio e desidero solo che questo divorzio vada presto a buon fine in quanto il possibile costo è tremendo". Lady D definisce il processo di separazione "atroce e terribile" e si sfoga in questo modo: "Se avessi saputo un anno fa cosa avrei vissuto durante questo divorzio, non avrei mai acconsentito". Diana parla anche, in una lettera del 1996, della sua convinzione che la famiglia reale stesse intercettando il suo telefono. Le lettere erano state inviate tra il 1995 e il 1996 dalla principessa a una coppia di amici, Susie e Tarek Kassem, che hanno deciso di venderle. L'asta è in programma per il 16 febbraio da Lay's Auctioneers in Cornovaglia e le missive sono valutate in tutto 90 mila sterline. I proventi andranno in beneficenza alle associazioni patrocinate da Diana quando era in vita.

[closetdbisexual]

sorry posting my guy real quick hes so cute here

[frankenpagie]

The magic they do every year.

Watermelon moonshine and red Vines with popcorn is a great combo.

[jamesleakington]

[jameskington]

[moreeverydaythings]

Day 1479  - Knighton which is too confusingly similar a name to Kington

As it was the last day of walking I was able to start with a spring in my step. Of course it wasn’t long, maybe 100m, before the baking heat and the weight of my rucksack de-sprung my spring. On the plus side the walk today took as actually along the top of the dyke in parts. It was mind-boggling to think we were treading the same path as people had walked well over 1000 years ago. On the downside, despite the route being largely through farmland, there was still plenty of up and down with little shade from the sun. This being Wales, I’d come expecting rain but How Green Was My Valley had turned into How Yellow Is My Valley.

We finished at the Horse and Jockey pub in Knighton. I was almost too exhausted to down my celebratory pint. Next to us was another group of Offa Dyke walkers. They were considerably older and considerably more sprightly. It turned out that their bags were being carried by taxis. R and I concluded therefore that for our next stage of Offa’s Dyke we would have somebody transport our luggage and we’d walk it in winter!

[whaddahelk]

I clench my jaw to the point where it always aches, so I’ve started making the Dekker face on my commute to alleviate some of it :)

[blueiscoool]

Rome’s Ancient Arch of Constantine Struck by Lightening

During a storm on September 3, lightning struck Rome’s Arch of Constantine, chipping the structure’s marble surface. The 1,700-year-old arch and its neighbor, the Colosseum, were two of several sites affected by the thunderstorm, which produced 2.36 inches of rain in less than an hour. Usually, the city sees a similar amount over the entire month of September.

“A lightning strike hit the arch right here and then hit the corner,” a tourist at the site told Reuters’ Alberto Lingria. “We saw this fly off,” the tourist added while pointing to a fallen block of stone.

Finished in 315 C.E., the Arch of Constantine is one of Rome’s three surviving ancient triumphal arches, each erected to honor a person or event. This arch commemorates Constantine I’s 312 victory over the emperor Maxentius. That same year, Constantine devoted himself to Christianity—the first Roman ruler to do so.

The fierce storm also felled two large trees near the Circus Maximus, flooded the Trevi Fountain and flooded the Colosseum’s subterranean tunnels, reports CNN. After lightning struck the arch, staff of the Colosseum Archaeological Park quickly gathered its dislodged pieces and placed them in a secure location, according to a statement from Italy’s Ministry of Culture.

In the days that followed, some tourists stumbled upon additional pieces on the ground.

​​“My American group found these fragments, and we’re handing them over to the workmen,” tour guide Serena Giuliani told the London Times’ Tom Kington on the morning of September 4.

Specialists are now examining the condition of the fragments. Officials say the damage was limited to the monument’s southern side, where unrelated restoration work had started just days earlier, allowing for quick repairs.

At roughly 70 feet tall and 85 feet wide, the Arch of Constantine contains three separate arches, each framed by columns. The intricately decorated structure is adorned with recycled fragments, or spolia, taken from other ancient buildings, including monuments honoring Trajan, Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius.

The arch is also decorated with carvings of Constantine, including a series of reliefs depicting his victorious fight against Maxentius in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.

In 306, Constantine was leading Roman troops in Britain—then part of the Roman Empire—when his military declared him their emperor. His brother-in-law, Maxentius, also declared himself the emperor around the same time. After years of complex power struggles, the two rulers ultimately faced off in 312 at Rome’s Milvian Bridge, which overlooks the river Tiber. Panels on the Arch of Constantine depict the battle’s conclusion, showing Maxentius’ troops drowning in the river.

The arch’s recent encounter with lightning may have carried spiritual significance for its ancient builders, as “the bolts were believed to be the work of the gods,” per the Times. These spots were sacred for the Romans, who sometimes erected temples at such sites.

By Sonja Anderson.