Escape to Hong Kong II – The Peak
It was quite a clear da today, so I thought I’d tale the Peak Tram and take some more snaps of the city from on high.
In fact, I am 416 kilometres away from Barnard Castle, as the crow flies, or about 500km by road. Granted, I very seldom use Google as a search engine. I use privacy-aware searches instead such as DuckDuckGo. I have also been to great lengths to prise my rooted smartphone from Google’s clutches too. But my…
Regular readers will know I’m quite a Tandberg fan – especially arguably Vebjørn Tandberg’s greatest works, the Huldra series. Well Tandberg commissioned pewter maker Haugrud to produce several commemorative pewter products to celebrate its products. I’ve had a set of the 50mL whisky tots for years. My late father was given them when he ran…
MGF by the Angel of the North and by the cooling towers at Ferrybridge power station. Camera: Olympus C2500L.
I rode the tram, literally from one end of Hong Kong island to the other, taking a photo every few seconds.
Went to see an old friend in Lindhurst today. Stopped on the way to take a few photographs of the Christmas lights.
At approximately 16:25 UTC today, 2020-11-07, the result of the 2020 US presidential election was finally called. Joe Biden is the 46th President elect of the United States. Apparently Orange Blotus is somewhat displeased and is threatening all sorts of court action and other nonsense. Seems Trump thinks he can bully the United States government…