A photo of the day thread

Sorry, not a photo, but a video instead.

North Yorkshire Moor Railway 🚂

Well, it was going to be a video, but even after cutting it down to just 19 seconds, I still get the ops something went wrong notification, so here’s some photos instead.

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After being lulled to sleep by the sound of waves alongside the van (and the popping of a wine cork) at our harbour stopover. We awoke to a grey day and headed to Ancient Mycenae and first stop at the tomb known as the Treasury of Atreus.

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The 9m lintel stone over the entrance weighs in at an estimated 120 tonnes and it is unknown how it could have been hoisted into place.
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They have an excellent museum on the main palace complex site, which contains many relics excavated, some dating back to 4000BC.
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Lion Gate. The main entrance into the site.
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View back down from the palace location illustrating the site’s commanding position in case of attack by MoHo - parked up in the centre!
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And finally, more old relics at the north end postern to the site.
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Now at the Aphrodites Waters Camperstop in Ancient Corinth (€18 inc electric), which have just squeezed us into the last available non-reserved space, phew! Only 400m from the archeological site, which we’ll visit tomorrow.
 
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Continuing our Greek Odyssey with a visit to the archeological site of ancient Corinth, and it’s a biggie! Originally covering over 900km2 from the mountain fortress of Acrocorinth to the south, (which guaranteed the city’s water supply), all the way to the coast, it was the largest and most important provincial city in Greek and then Roman times

Acrocorinth viewed from the Corinth archaeological site.
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Famous for St Paul’s address to the Corinthians from the Bema, which you can now stand upon.

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The rest of the site is a treasury of Ancient Greek and Roman remains and artifacts.
Temple of Apollo.
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Temple of Octavia.
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And from the excellent on-site museum.

Mosaic of Dionysius (aka Bacchus) god of wine and pleasure - and no doubt a close acquaintance of many Funsters!
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A unique limestone funerary ‘bed’ on which the deceased would sleep into the afterlife - hardly Slumberland though!
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And a modern day goddess joining her contemporaries.
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And for some brevity, this was booking onto the Camperstop when we returned!
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That’s all folks - next stop Crete.
 
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Guadalmesi, Tarifa, a superb bird migration viewpoint depending on the wind. Until recent times this section of the coast was militarised and there was no public access, the original poorly maintained road is still the only access and is places is suffering from subsidence due to its poor construction. This makes for slow going which is in places is truly buttock clenching. (NOT recommended for motorhomes we have a hire car). The views make up for it, the distant 16th century tower in the first two photos was one of many along the strait to prevent enemies from landing on the coast. Fascinating area full of history, ideal for walking or cycling.
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After attempting and failing to locate a supermarket with suitable height parking In Piraeus, and finally escaping the narrow backstreets, we boarded three hours before departure time and settled in.
Anchors aweigh!
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Passing this floating block of flats on the way out of the harbour.
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Arriving in Crete after a smooth overnight crossing.
Dawn over Souda Bay.
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Followed by the short drive to Chania for breakfast in the very picturesque harbour with it’s Venetian lighthouse.
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We’d stumbled into the middle of the annual Crete Marathon which is routed along the coast from Maleme to Chania. This made our intended journey to visit the German Military Cemetery ‘interesting’, as we followed the locals on back roads through the olive groves.
View over the Cemetery towards the airfield which so many died capturing from 20th May 1941 onwards during Operation Mercury.
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There is a very informative open air interpretation centre at the entrance which doesn’t shirk responsibility for the atrocities which were visited on the Cretan population during the occupation - well worth a visit if you are in the area.
 
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Canon Teign Falls, Teign Valley, Devon yesterday - beautiful spring colours!
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Canon Teign Falls, Teign Valley, Devon yesterday - beautiful spring colours!
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can we play spot the tin can in the eleventh photo.
 
MikeyRV I used to live between your two pictures at Hindford along side the canal.best picture of Whittington castle I’ve seen and I’ve seen many and paintings👍

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