Month: November 2020
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The Red Rocks of Sedona
And so our slightly erratic month-long tour of America comes to an end, and where do we stop? In the somewhat mystical town of Sedona, Arizona. This small town is surrounded by a lot of red rocks, and there’s a strong belief that the whole place is full of spiritual vortexes, pockets of swirling energy…
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Episode 14 – Entering the Ring
This video comes from the archives (edited and posted here for the first time), this shows the first part of our journey around the Cheshire Ring. In this episode we start at Anderton Marina and make our way through Manchester.
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The Wise Elder
This wooden carving stands on the streets of Sedona, a town in the heart of Arizona. Sedona is town known for its spiritual vortexes (vortices?) – more on that tomorrow!
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San Diego Skyline
I managed to snap this quite shot of the sky over San Diego several years ago. I really enjoyed my time in San Diego, down by the water. I definitely need to go back, one day, and do a lot more exploring in this area. This photo shows the skyline of Downtown San Diego. You’ll…
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That Kiss
There’s a very famous World War II photograph of a couple (a nurse and a navy man) having a passionate kiss in the middle of Times Square, New York as they celebrated VJ Day. You’ve probably got a picture of it in your mind right now. Well, in San Diego they have a huge statue…
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Calico Shack
This run down, ramshackled old shack stands near the Calico & Odessa historic railway, in Calico the long-abandoned silver mine, out in the Mojave desert. My research leads me to believe that this particular hut is a reconstruction, intentionally aged. So just how short was this silver-rush in Calico? Four prospectors found silver there in…
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The Old Silver Mine
This rickety structure still stands in Calico, an old, long-abandoned silver mine town in the Mojave desert. At the height of its mining days (which, admittedly, didn’t last too long) between 1883 – 1885, the town had over 500 mines and a population of 1,200 people. These days Calico is a tourist destination, involving gold-panning…
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Yosemite Falls (Lower)
This is the bottom part of Yosemite Falls, and the water ends up in a plunge pool that then seeps out into Yosemite Creek, which in turn feeds into the Merced River. The local native people called this place “Cholock” (meaning “the falls”) and they believed that the plunge pool at the bottom was frequented…
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Yosemite Falls (Upper)
This is a view of the top of Yosemite Falls (those who know the area well will easily spot that this image is reversed – all in the name of aesthetics). The total height of this waterfall (comprising both upper and lower sections) is 2,425 feet and is the tallest waterfall in the Yosemite National…