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4-Day Yosemite National Park, Fresno, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon Tour from San Francisco
Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Falls
Grand Canyon : Grand Canyon West Rim
Grand Canyon : Skywalk Glass Bridge
Grand Canyon : West Rim Grand Canyon Helicopter and Boat Tour
Las Vegas : Hoover Dam
Grand Canyon : Grand Canyon South Rim
Las Vegas : Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Botanical Cactus Gardens
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San Francisco, CA; Milpitas, CA; Hayward, CA
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Highlights: Visit Grand Canyon (Grand Canyon South Rim, Grand Canyon West Rim), Las Vegas (Hoover Dam), Antelope Canyon (Lower Antelope Canyon), Yosemite National Park, Page (Horseshoe Bend, Glen Canyon Dam), Primm (Fashion Outlets of Las Vegas).
Visit Grand Canyon West Rim, South Rim or Antelope Canyon at your choice
Visit the magnificent Yosemite National Park, including El Capitan, Yosemite Falls, Tunnel View and Half Dome
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If you need to airport pick up before the tour, you can book an extra night at San Francisco airport hotel before the tour, including the airport pickup service on the day you check in. The time of pickup is 10:30 - 22:30 Pacific time.
Tuesday, Wednesday at Parkpointe Hotel, tel: 650-589-7200, address: 245 S Airport Blvd, South San Francisco, CA 94080
From Thursday to Monday at Holiday Inn Hotel, tel: 650-873-3550, address: 275 South Airport Blvd, South San Francisco, CA 94080
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By: Tatiana 2018-05-29 23:58:18
I liked this tour so much! The Itinerary was perfect, so many places to visit for 4 days, as well as free time in Las Vegas! Hotels were close to downtown, that saves time a lot. One hotel had breakfa... More>>
By: Ramapriya 2017-11-04 18:54:10
Hello, I really enjoyed this trip. I was accompanied by my wife and my parents -- there was no problem at all for my parents and they also enjoyed the trip. The tour guide "Lunkun Weidner" was very in... More>>
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San Francisco - Yosemite National Park - Fresno (228 miles)
After leaving San Francisco in the morning, we will travel to magnificent Yosemite National Park, including El Capitan, Yosemite Falls, Tunnel View and Half Dome. In the late evening, we will arrive in Fresno.
Yosemite National Park, CA
Yosemite is one of the wonders of Nature. It is located near the geographical center of the Nevada mountain range. Towering granite rocks, mighty waterfalls and placid valleys give Yosemite all the aspects of a "land of the gods".
As Yosemite National Park closed due to fire, we will visit Santa Barbara and Paso Robles winenery instead until it reopen. Admission will not be refunded.
Admission (Mandatory): Adult $10; Child $10|Duration: Approx. 4 Hours
This granite cliff on the north side of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park is world-famous as a challenge for rock climbers. The top can also be reached by taking a hiking trail out of Yosemite Valley.
Duration: Approx. 20 Minutes
The Yosemite Falls tumble down in three separate sections. In addition to being the tallest waterfall in North America, the Yosemite Falls are the seventh-tallest in the world. The falls process the most water during the springtime.
Tunnel View
One of Yosemite National Park's most popular outlooks, the Tunnel View near the Wawona Tunnel is often the first look at some of the famous formations visitors get. The site was renovated and re-dedicated in October of 2008.
Standard Hotel: Extended Stay America or similar
Fresno - Las Vegas (298 miles)
In the morning, we will travel along the Interstate 15 freeway, passing through the Mojave Desert, the largest in North America. We will arrive at State Line Fashion Outlet to have lunch and quick shopping. In the afternoon, we will check into the Stratosphere Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. In the evening, we can join a night tour of the city for an extra fee.
Primm, NV
Primm, which was formerly known as state line and often called Primm Valley is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada, United States, primarily notable for its position straddling Interstate 15 where it crosses the state border between California and Nevada.
This massive outlet store complex is a haven for shoppers who love both name-brand labels and bargain prices. Stores at the complex include Banana Republic, Kenneth Cole, Gap, Polo Ralph Lauren, and more!
Duration: Approx. 2 Hours
Las Vegas is known as the "Entertainment Capital of the World" for a good reason-- casinos and hotels line its streets, and visitors can gamble, see shows, and shop at virtually any hour of the day or night.
Las Vegas Night Tour
Las Vegas becomes marvelously illuminated at night, and we will tour the city to see the Venetian Hotel, Volcano at Mirage, Bellagio Las Vegas Hotel, LINQ Commercial Street, High Roller (extra optional admission fee $40/person).
Admission (Optional): Adult $35; Child (3-9 yrs) $35|Duration: Approx. 4 Hours
Unique specialty performers from around the world come together in this fast-paced showcase of jaw-dropping performances and comedy where the specialty acts rule. Every show includes magic, special effects, death-defying stunts, wild comedy, visual artists, physical insanity and much more!
Admission (Optional): Adult $78; Child $78
Le Reve Show
La Reve features aerial acrobatics, provocative choreography, and artistic athleticism. The cast of 85 captures the imagination with their outrageous antics and daring feats of strength and agility. Live music and elaborate special effects create a world of fantasy.
Admission (Optional): Adult $176; Child (3-9 yrs) $176
Stratosphere Observation Deck
Take in this 360-degree view of Las Vegas from the Stratosphere Observation Deck, the tallest freestanding observation tower in the United States at 1,149-feet tall. This iconic fixture offers indoor and outdoor observation decks for views of the city and beyond.
Opening Hours: Daily 10:00am - 1:00am
KA by Cirque du Soleil Show
A masterpiece in storytelling, KA uses acrobatic performances, thrilling martial arts techniques from all over the world, and innovations in puppetry and multimedia to tell the epic tale of twins on a perilous journey to fulfill their shared destiny.
Vegas The Show
It is a show that describes some of the greatest moments of Vegas' history. It tells how those influential and exciting entertainers affect the city and make the city become the entertainment capital of the world.
Standard Hotel: Stratosphere Hotel or similar
Customer could choose one from the following 4 options:
Las Vegas - Grand Canyon West Rim - Las Vegas (541 miles)
In the morning we will proceed to the Grand Canyon West Rim. Guests may take an optional visit to the Eagle Point, Skywalk Glass Bridge and Guano Point or an optional Helicopter and Boat Tour to more fully experience the canyon. Afterward, guests will have breathtaking photo opportunities of the Hoover Dam on the way return to Las Vegas.
The Grand Canyon is often considered one of the seven wonders of the world, it offers one of the most spectacular examples of erosion which cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
Grand Canyon West is not part of Grand Canyon National Park, but a separate tourist area run by the Hualapai Tribe out of their reserved lands. It is the location of sights such as the Skywalk Glass Bridge.
Admission (Mandatory): Adult $100; Child $100; Includes Lunch and fuel surcharge at the West Rim|Duration: Approx. 4 Hours
Skywalk Glass Bridge
The Skywalk Glass Bridge hangs almost a mile into the air over the West Rim of the Grand Canyon. Guests can feel like they are floating as they look down through the transparent floors of the horseshoe-shaped bridge.
Admission (Optional): Adult $25; Child (3-9 yrs) $25|Duration: Approx. 30 Minutes
West Rim Grand Canyon Helicopter and Boat Tour
These exciting tours from the West Rim descend directly into the Grand Canyon. They combine the thrill of a helicopter and the speed of a pontoon boat to form an unforgettable up-close experience with the magnificent Grand Canyon.
Admission (Optional): Adult $233; Child $233|Duration: Approx. 1 Hour
Eagle Point is one of the main attractions of the Grand Canyon West Rim. The area features the Skywalk Glass Bridge, and also a "Native American Village" walking tour as well as live performances and demonstrations by tribe members.
Guano Point
This scenic viewpoint gets its name from the Bat Cave Mine it overlooks. Visitors can enjoy the panoramic views of the Grand Canyon as well as learn the history of the old mine, parts of which still stand today.
West Rim Grand Canyon Helicopter Tour
On this tour, you will fly above and deep into the Grand Canyon via the West Rim in a might helicopter, following the winding path of the Colorado River.
Admission (Optional): Adult $189; Child $189
The largest dam of its time, the Hoover Dam was constructed in just five years by thousands of workers. The entire project required 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete and is almost 750 feet high.
Las Vegas - Grand Canyon South Rim - Las Vegas (541 miles)
In the morning, we will proceed to Grand Canyon National Park at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, where we will spend the day exploring this amazing natural formation and taking in the magnificent view from Mather Point. During the trip we will stop at Hoover Dam. Then, we will return to Las Vegas in the evening.
(Outside Visit) The largest dam of its time, the Hoover Dam was constructed in just five years by thousands of workers. The entire project required 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete and is almost 750 feet high.
The most visitor-friendly of the three "rims" of the Grand Canyon, the South Rim is home to Grand Canyon National Park and offers a litany of activities and sights for visitors, such as walking tours and s visitors' center.
Admission (Mandatory): Adult $105; Child $105; Includes Admission and fuel surcharge and brown bag Lunch at the south rim|Duration: Approx. 1 Hour
Mather Point
Mather Point is a popular stop along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, providing an exquisite overlook of the vast and expansive natural wonder below.
Las Vegas - Antelope Canyon - Horseshoe Bend - Las Vegas (558 miles)
Early in the morning, guests will be picked up in Las Vegas. Then, we will drive to the Glen Canyon Dam. After a short break, we will go to Antelope Canyon. Later, we will visit Horseshoe Bend. In the late afternoon, we will return to Las Vegas, where we will be able to see one of the city's famously entertaining evening shows.
Antelope Canyon, AZ
The most popular slot canyon in the American Southwest is Antelope Canyon Lower Antelope Canyon is in the shape of a "V" and shallower than the Upper Antelope.
Duration: Approx. 1 Hour 30 Minutes
The lower canyon is in the shape of a "V" and Longer, shallower than the Upper Antelope. Lighting is better in the early hours and late morning. It draws a considerable number of photographers.
During Jan 5 to Jan 18, 2020, Lower Antelope Canyon will be closed for annual maintenance. We will replace with the Antelope Canyon X without refund and the admission fee will remain the same; No selfie stick, crutches, backpacks or suitcases allowed in the Antelope Canyon. Outside this date period, If the Antelope Canyon closed for weather or any force majeure factors we will replace with other attractions. Please follow your guide's arrangement that day.
Admission (Mandatory): Adult $135; Child (0-12 yrs) $135; include Horseshoe Bend, lunch and transportation|Duration: Approx. 2 Hours 30 Minutes
Page, AZ
Page is a city in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, near the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell. Page was founded in 1957 as a housing community for workers and their families during the construction of nearby Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River.
Horseshoe Bend is a curve in the Colorado River, about 5 miles from Lake Powell. The view from the overlook above offers a wide angle of this colorful canyon and tight curve.
Duration: Approx. 1 Hour
Glen Canyon Dam
(Passing By) This concrete arch dam in northern Arizona barricades the Colorado River and creates Lake Powell, the second-largest man-made lake in the country. Lake Powell is a haven for water-skiers and boaters, and is also popular with fishermen.
Today guests will have the whole day to explore the city of Las Vegas at their leisure.
Las Vegas - Barstow - Los Angeles (272 miles)
Early morning we will head toward the Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Botanical Garden, where you can enjoy some chocolate tasting. Take the included onsite tour and you can see the process of making chocolates. After lunch, we will go to Barstow Outlet for brand name shopping. In the early evening we will return to Los Angeles.
Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Botanical Cactus Gardens
The Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Botanical Cactus Gardens is a three-acre public garden located alongside a chocolate factory not far from Las Vegas. Visitors may embark on a self-guided tour of the factory area or lounge in the gardens.
Barstow serves as a civilized stop-over for off-road enthusiasts and desert adventurers and offers access to a very modest clutch of cultural sights. Find out and about a museum or two, including one with Route 66 as its focus, filming locations like Bagdad Cafe and quaint Calico Ghost Town.
Tanger Outlet Center
The Tanger Outlets in Barstow, California-- about halfway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas-- offer designer wares at bargain prices. Guests can enjoy discounts on everything from clothing to pocketbooks to electronics and so much more!
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San Francisco, CA 275 South Airport Blvd., South San Francisco, CA 94080 (Holiday Inn - South San Francisco, CA) 7:00am
San Francisco, CA 245 South Airport Blvd, South San Francisco, CA 94080 (Parkpointe Hotel - South San Francisco, CA) 7:00am
San Francisco, CA 291 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102 (Union Square - San Francisco,CA) 7:30am
Milpitas, CA 338 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA 95035 (99 Ranch Market - Milpitas,CA) 8:00am
Hayward, CA 22555 Mission Blvd, Hayward, CA 94541 (Lucky - Hayward,CA) 8:30am
Return Flights: Los Angeles out: Please schedule flights to depart from Los Angeles after 8:30pm (for U.S domestic flights) or 9:30pm (for international flights). Las Vegas out: Please schedule flights to depart from Las Vegas after 12:00pm. There is no drop off at airport. Tour will drop off at any hotel on the strip depending on traffic.
3 nights hotel accommodation
All domestic ground transportation via air-conditioned vehicle
Tour guide Level 2: semi-guided tour
Admission Fees:
Lower Antelope Canyon (Mandatory) $135 $135 (0-12 yrs)
Grand Canyon South Rim (Mandatory) $105 $105
Grand Canyon West Rim (Mandatory) $100 $100
Skywalk Glass Bridge (Optional) $25 $25 (3-9 yrs)
West Rim Grand Canyon Helicopter and Boat Tour (Optional) $233 $233
West Rim Grand Canyon Helicopter Tour (Optional) $189 $189
KA by Cirque du Soleil Show (Optional) $129 $129 (3-9 yrs)
Las Vegas Night Tour (Optional) $35 $35 (3-9 yrs)
Le Reve Show (Optional) $176 $176 (3-9 yrs)
V - The Ultimate Variety Show (Optional) $78 $78
Yosemite National Park (Mandatory) $10 $10
If you would like to join the optional activities, please pay the fee in cash to the tour guide. You cannot buy / use the tickets on your own or use City Passes. The tour guide will arrange the tickets for the group.
Mandatory Fee Package according to your choice (pay the fee in cash to the tour guide):
West Rim of Grand Canyon $90/person including admission fee, lunch and fuel surcharge; Or South Rim of Grand Canyon $90/person including admission fee, fuel surcharge, and simple lunch; Or Antelope Canyon $135/person including admission fee, fuel surcharge, and simple lunch; Or Las Vegas Free Day $30/person
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Personal room fees such as laundry or valet services, telephone calls, or alcoholic beverages/ mini bar items.
All meals and drinks during the trip, although eating arrangements will be made by the tour guide.
A mandatory service fees for tour guide and bus driver: total $10.00/day per passenger and $10.00 per passenger for airport transfer. Additional $4 per passenger for the local Indians guide touring Antelope Canyon.
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Booking: Please book airline tickets after your tour booking is confirmed, which should occur within 1 business day.
Antelope Canyon Policy: Due to safety reason, people have physical difficulties are not recommended to take this tour. Access to Lower Canyon requires hiking and using ladders up to 25 feet in length to climb down. Steep stairs involved and some narrow passages to walk through. Local canyon tour guide is entitled to make the decision and may reject them to get into the canyon. Guests would take full responsibility for any possible circumstance and there would be no refund for any failure entry to the canyon.
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Cancellation penalties per person (Notification day and departure day are not counted)
10-14 days or more prior to departure - 30% of total purchase amount.
6-9 days prior to departure - 50% of total purchase amount.
Within 5 days prior to departure - 100% of total purchase amount.
Day of departure or no show - 100% per person.
Unused features are non-refundable. No shows forfeit entire payment.
Trips require a minimum number of participants to avoid cancellation. We reserve the right to cancel a schedule trip to fully refund affected customers although tour companies will make every efforts to maintain the normal operation.
There is 6% handbrng fee add-on to the above penalties.
NOTE: We cannot grant any refunds more than 30 days after completion of tour.
Hotel Pobrcy
Smoking is strictly prohibited at all hotels, violation of this rule will result in a penalty of $300/person, along with other legal brabibrties. A vabrd credit card is required for guests to check in at the hotel.
Itinerary Variations
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Name: Tatiana
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I recommend this tour!
I liked this tour so much! The Itinerary was perfect, so many places to visit for 4 days, as well as free time in Las Vegas! Hotels were close to downtown, that saves time a lot. One hotel had breakfast. The views are amazing all trip long. Guide arranged stops for food, but would like to hear more info about visited places. This trip was memorable for us and we had great time! We didn't want to drive for a long time, so to take bus tour was a great idea! We already searching for another tour with Take tours!
Name: Ramapriya
Hello, I really enjoyed this trip. I was accompanied by my wife and my parents -- there was no problem at all for my parents and they also enjoyed the trip. The tour guide "Lunkun Weidner" was very informative and the bus driver "Quinsy" was very helpful and pretty co-operative. Both of them made sure we were very comfortable while traveling and helped us with gathering and putting back our luggages. The places and the timings to visit the places in the trip were planned very aptly and enough time was given us to explore and take good pictures. Our tour guide made it a point that everybody followed the timings and no one was left behind -- she even played great movies in the bus. All smiles when we reached home from the trip -- thanks to TakeTours for this amazing experience. I want to thank our tour guide and our driver in particular because they made sure we all enjoyed the trip.
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Dan spent the entire night at the site of these Mormon Barns capturing sunset, moon lit and sunrise images of them. This night image was captured with the use of a flashlight to illuminate the barn, tree and foreground. As he spent the night there Dan couldn't help but allow his mind to wander to what life must have been like over a hundred years ago when Thomas Alma Moulton started building this barn to protect his livestock during the harsh winters of this part of the country.


Every Ramadan we organize IFTAR and monthly grocery distribution in different parts of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. In this regard, our team today distributed a thousand workers IFTAR with dinner with and grocery packs. OPVG team worked 8 hours continuously with fasting and returned home at 9 PM after distribution to different labor camps. The service of our volunteers gives a clear message to everyone. If we can put our own night to serve humanity, why not you?
Special thanks to Bank Albilad, Parsa team, OPVG Volunteers and OPVG team members.


As Ultra Europe gears up for its eagerly anticipated third annual edition in July 2015, the largest electronic music festival ever to take place on Croatian soil just got a whole lot bigger!
Having recently smashed past the 500,000 'likes' landmark on Facebook, Ultra Europe has now decided to give something extra-special back to its loyal legion of fans, with the announcement that the world's #1 DJ, Hardwell, will be returning to the Poljud Stadium in 2015, for a third consecutive year!
Back by hugely popular demand, and one of only a few select artists to be confirmed for Ultra Europe three years on the trot, Hardwell joins a list of world-class headliners already revealed in Phase One back in February, including Afrojack, Alesso, Armin van Buuren, Axwell /\ Ingrosso, Carl Cox, The Chemical Brothers (Live), David Guetta, Knife Party, Martin Garrix, Nicky Romero, Steve Angello, Tiësto and Zedd.
This Hardwell news comes shortly after the Croatian super festival revealed the official lineup for its exclusive 5,000 capacity pool party, dubbed Ultra Beach. Headlining the now-legendary event at the Hotel Amfora Grand Beach Resort on July 14 will be Fedde Le Grand, Oliver Heldens and Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano with support coming from Moguai and Jewels & Sparks.
More additions to the lineup and details for all Ultra Europe events will be announced in the coming months.
The ULTRA brand was founded in 1997 by Executive Producer, President, & CEO Russell Faibisch, and began producing electronic music events in South Florida, which led to the inaugural Ultra Music Festival in 1999 on the sands of Miami Beach. The internationally renowned festival, which has taken place every March since its inception, celebrated its 16th anniversary from March 28-30, 2014 by bringing over 165,000 music enthusiasts to the sold out waterfront event in the heart of the City of Miami. Ultra Music Festival returns to Bayfront Park for its 17th annual edition, 27-29 March 2015.
Over the past 16 years, literally thousands of the world's most iconic DJs, producers and live acts have mesmerized audiences with awe-inspiring sets at ULTRA festivals in ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, CROATIA, IBIZA, JAPAN, KOREA, SOUTH AFRICA and of course MIAMI, as well as ROAD TO ULTRA events in CHILE, COLOMBIA, PARAGUAY, SEOUL, TAIWAN, THAILAND and TOKYO, the USA, and now forthcoming events in MACAU and BALI. Each and every new global edition is founded on the same successful recipe that has been perfected over 16 years in Miami, combining the most diverse electronic talent with the most technologically advanced, large-scale festival productions in the world.
In addition, the ULTRA brands pioneered the live stream experience, 'ULTRA LIVE' (whereby the festival is brought online to over 20 million unique viewers globally) and the audio broadcasting platform 'UMF RADIO' (syndicated to FM Radio in over 42 countries and reaching more than 22million listeners weekly). Also, 'UMF FILMS'' collaboration with FINAL KID has seen some of the most visually breathtaking festival aftermovies in the music space, including a feature-length documentary exploring the latest explosion of dance music, entitled CAN U FEEL IT, which premiered at the Ultra Music Festival, Miami 2012 and was exhibited in over 500 theaters across the Unites States.
In 2014, the ULTRA and ULTRA WORLDWIDE brands continued to push the boundaries, bringing an unparalleled combination of cutting edge production and the world's best electronic acts back to previous strongholds and new frontiers across the globe. With its recent editions breaking records in SOUTH AFRICA in February 2015 and JAPAN in September 2014, the ULTRA brand has now united THIRTEEN COUNTRIES across FIVE CONTINENTS worldwide.
2015 will see Ultra Europe expand to include an entire week of festivities, with events spanning seven consecutive days. In addition to the flagship three-day festival at the Poljud Stadium (July 10-12) and the legendary Ultra Beach pool party on Hvar Island (July 14), Ultra Europe will now be curating an official Opening Party on July 9, an innovative Regatta on July 13 and an official Closing Party on the island of Vis on July 15.


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<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
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              android:layout_height="match_parent"
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                android:hint="First Name"
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                android:nextFocusDown="@+id/register_input_lastname"
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            <EditText
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:hint="Country Code"
                android:inputType="number"
                android:nextFocusDown="@+id/mobile_number"/>

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            android:theme="@style/TextLabel">

            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/mobile_number"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
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                android:inputType="phone"/>

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The editText hint keeps displaying and overlapping with the textInput.

[EDIT]
Here's the TextLabel style:
<style name="TextLabel" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance">
    <item name="android:textColorHint">@color/half_black</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">14dp</item>
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    <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/ColorPrimary</item>
</style>

A: You can attach focusChangeListener to your EditText fields.
Let's take the example of First Name.  Assign it the id firstName. Now, when it comes into focus, set the hint text as an empty string. When it loses focus, change the hint text back to First Name:
EditText firstName = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.firstName);
firstName.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
    public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
        if(hasFocus) {
            firstName.setHint("");
        }
        else {
            firstName.setHint("First Name");
        }
    }
});

A: Probably problem is with your theme you are setting for the TextInputLayout your style should look like-
    <style name="AppTheme.EditText">
        <item name="colorPrimary">#FF4081</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">#3F51B5</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">#303F9F</item>
    </style>

A: Remove your TextInputLayout Widget. Add Only EditText.
   <EditText
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:hint="First Name"
            android:inputType="textCapWords"
            android:nextFocusDown="@+id/register_input_lastname"
            />

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Keach's Meeting House
Beneath the chocolate box exteriors, beats the heart of dissent and nonconformity.
23rd September 2020 13th October 2020 Mary TebjeLeave a comment
Midway between Aylesbury and Buckingham, on an elevated piece of land overlooking the Buckinghamshire flats, you will come upon the pretty market town of Winslow. Up and over the hill onto Sheep Street, you drive past lovely thatched cottages and the once grand, but now faded Winslow Hall, before turning into the picturesque high street.
Looking back down Sheep Street.
Making up another piece of the jigsaw I am piecing together, this visit to the remarkable Keach's Meeting House continues the story of the strong nonconformist tradition so typical of our region.
Meeting Midway
There's something about Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns, that over the centuries, attracted both political dissenters and religious non-conformers who met or worshiped in secret. Some wanted to do things differently, to go against the grain. Amongst the beech trees and farmland, many would make their mark on the nations history.
Our guide for the hot, late summer afternoon was local historian and keeper of Winslow's stories, Dr David Noy. In keeping with the times, he was sporting a Covid visor and we socially distanced in Bell Alley outside the Meeting House.
The abundance of clay and lack of stone really is a local feature
David grew up in the town and has a wonderful grasp of even the tiniest detail told in an engaging and slightly dry manner. The story of Winslow is in fact the story of many towns across Bucks and the Chilterns; mysterious burial mounds, obscure Saxon heritage, rapid growth, Royal favour, dissent and disaster is reflected in the rise and fall of local family fortunes.
In English church history, a nonconformist was a Protestant who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the established Church of England.
Winslow has a strong nonconformist tradition going back to the 17th century, and in 1660, Benjamin Keach (1640 – 1704), was chosen pastor for the little Baptist chapel.
Benjamin Keach was a powerful preacher, a prodigious writer, poet, and composer of the long hymns he was keen his congregation sang – every verse! In 1664, he published a book for children, called The Child's Instructor, which saw him arrested and charged with publishing a book that contradicted the teaching of the Church of England. Fined £20 and sentenced to several hellish months in goal. He also had to stand upon the pillory at Aylesbury and a few days later to do the same in Winslow market where his books were burnt in front of him by the common hangman.
Keach continued his ministry at Winslow until 1668, but being harassed by the civil powers, he moved to London. Chosen as pastor of a small congregation in Tooley St. Southwark, he remained there until his death in 1704.
A Modest Structure
Disputed dates
Tucked away on Bell Walk, the Meeting House is one of the oldest buildings of its type in Bucks. There is some debate when it was built – 1625 or 1695. David pointed out how the 2 and 9 in the image above, have been 'adapted'.
Easily missed behind a wall and overhung with large trees, a small graveyard at the front. It's tiny! This modest structure, no bigger than a garage, would have provided shelter but not a lot of comfort for the congregation – the benches look like they were designed to keep the worshipper awake! Especially as Baptist worship at this time included long prayers and longer sermons. There is a lot of charming detail; small leaded windows, wooden spindles in the porch, hat pegs, early C18 century tomb flags in the floor, against the east wall, beneath the narrow gallery, are hinged desk tops and four lead ink-wells, for use of the Sunday-school which started in 1824.
I came away from Winslow feeling that all is not what is seems. You think you know somewhere, or are familiar with village life (I live in a Chilterns village), but David's tour really opened my eyes to changing fortunes, vernacular and provincial town fashion. But most of all, I was reminded that it's not the structures that determine a location, a place in the landscape. Underneath the Buckinghamshire skies and in the Chilterns beechwoods, it is people who continue to make and tell the stories.
And always go with a guide. Thank you David!
The Winslow history website has lots of interesting photographs.
Explore Jordan's, the unassuming village, with deep local roots and influence that still reaches far-off places. It owes this accolade to its Society of Friends Meeting House, one of the oldest in the country.
Another strand of religious heritage are the many pilgrim routes that criss-cross the fields and towns. Read about ancient relics and medieval wall paintings over in Hertfordshire.
Be careful the conkers don't drop on your head
A new range of Chilterns gifts and souvenirs
A Year in the Chilterns on your wall. Prints and gifts on sale
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The Grand Union Canal
The inland waterways are symbolic of the Chilterns; neither shouts about achievements; both are modest, quietly getting on with ensuring livelihoods can continue and now leisure is enjoyed. Both are treasured.
19th August 2020 19th August 2020 Mary TebjeLeave a comment
The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system, a series of inland waterways starting in London and ending 137 miles further north in Birmingham. With 166 locks and unknown number (to me), of bridges, it also has 'arms' to places including Leicester, Slough, Aylesbury, Wendover and Northampton.
Resting up at Cow Roast
The canal network as we know it, was shaped by the Industrial Revolution that demanded an economic and reliable way to transport goods and commodities in large quantities. The so-called "narrow" canals which extended water transport to the emerging industrial areas of the Staffordshire potteries and Birmingham, as well as a network of canals joining Yorkshire and Lancashire and extending to London, was the result.
In our region, the Grand Union Canal links Watford, Kings Langley, the paper mill at Hemel Hempstead, former lumber yards at Berkhamsted, up over the Tring heights and on to Leighton Buzzard and northwards.
Whilst I am ducking the laden overhanging branches, full of damsons and rose hips, making sure to not miss-step into buckets of fish bait or decaying towpath, I wonder what the traffic system would have been like for the horses hauling the barges?
The Canal Duke
Ever looking for a Chilterns link, I found it in none other than the 'father of inland navigation', Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (1736 – 1803). A pioneer of canal construction, he commissioned the Bridgewater Canal— said to be the first true canal in Britain, and the modern world.
Bridgewater Monument
The Canal Duke is commemorated in a number of locations around the country. Closer to home, his remains lie in the vault in the Bridgewater chapel in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Little Gaddesden. A loosely translated Latin inscription on his memorial reads: "He sent barges where formerly the farmer tilled his field". Two miles west In the adjoining Ashridge Estate, you will find a local landmark – the unusual Bridgewater Monument erected in 1832. I am sure it is modelled on the Monument to the Great Fire in London. In the summer, you can climb to the top and enjoy the views. Perhaps count at least five surrounding counties?
The softer surrounding Chilterns landscape is in stark contrast to these manufactured stamps and implements needed for safe navigation. These remnants of the industrial past are everywhere; unexpected holes, distance markers – that all seem to lead to Braunston, so many numbers and date-stamps on lock gates, at the waterline. Everything in its place and in its place, everything. And most still in use today.
A Roadway Paved with Water
Towpaths, moorings and waterways are the domain of leisure users. On bicycles, on foot, on the water, in the water, touring or living in canal boats. Some have made their permanent moorings into cosy homes with small garden plots alongside, with flowers, furniture and trinkets that could only adorn a static boat. Plenty of cooling off opportunities too!
Leo lockside
And still there are fatter and lazier stretches where nothing much happens. Until you hear the splash of a rising fish, or fishing heron or the dart of a kingfisher. Occasionally you can hear the trains rushing to and from London and Birmingham, but otherwise you are alone.
A roadway paved with water.
Brickwork, Bridges and Bolts
There are no smooth edges here, apart from on the water itself. The brickwork, bridges and bolts are testament to the enginners, designers, carpenters, bricklayers and 'navvies' – a term shortened from the original 'navigators' that the labourers were called. The Canal Duke was able to call on miners from his Worsley colliery to dig his canal. These men made a good living as they developed new skills that enabled them to earn far better wages than ordinary labourers. Some worked with their wives too, who supported a multitude of trades. Not such a man's world after all!
A fine reminder of our industrial past, and attracting a slower pace of life. The inland waterways are symbolic of the Chilterns; neither shouts about achievements; both are modest, quietly getting on with ensuring livelihoods can continue and now leisure is enjoyed. Both are treasured.
The lock keepers cottage and pump house at no.38 Marsworth Lock
I have been once again exploring what is close to where I live and this post forms part of the Messing about the Thames feature during the summer of 2020.
The Ashridge monastery and monks are long gone, buildings destroyed, treasures looted and the monks banished during the 16th century on the orders of King Henry Vlll. Read all about a Flourishing Trade.
For further Chilterns inspiration and celebration of all things quirky.
My micro adventure during Lockdown along the Grand Union Canal
What a year this has been! I did find pleasure in our restricted movements by exploring my local area, re-visiting footpaths and discovering many more on my daily micro-walks.
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Chilterns Chalk
A virtuous circle: life became rock that supported our lives, literally, and has once again become abundant life.
22nd July 2020 14th January 2021 Mary TebjeLeave a comment
A Chilterns story that is a mere 90 millions years in the making.
A Great Ooze
Ninety million years ago, a great ooze was accumulating at the bottom of a sea. Microscopic creatures, coccoliths, their shells made of calcite extracted from the rich seawater were contributing to the ooze. As they died, and their minute shells and skeletons settled onto the seabed of a tropical sea, a substantial layer gradually built up over millions of years until it all eventually consolidated into rock. Chalk. This geological layer can be followed right across Western Europe where evidence of mining and quarrying both above and beneath the ground can be found.
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite
Not only is chalk a part of our national conscious, the dramatic and iconic white cliffs of Dover shown in times of national crisis, it also acts as a natural reservoir, releasing water slowly into another feature of the Chilterns – the chalk streams. Givers of life.
The seam of chalk emerges to the south east, along the English Channel
From hard industry to site of special scientific interest
The Chilterns and our story, are in fact all about chalk; it is the geological formation that defines our landscape, industry, people, wildlife and wildflowers. But it's not all a chocolate box image; quarrying for cement saw numerous sites across the region busy with extraction during the last century. Some still remain, others are filled with waste water and submerged cables, making them an ideal haven for birdlife and illegal parties! One successful transformation from working quarry to wildlife sanctuary that you can visit, is College Lake near Tring, home to migratory birds and bird enthusiasts.
These microscopic bits of shells and dissolved skeletons, layer into white cliffs and layers of London…and in the space that is left behind, layers of abundance across the year.
To wander around my local quarry, you'd be forgiven for thinking it had always contained wildflowers, badgers, butterflies and skylarks, yet this former cement quarry has been transformed into a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. It was once part of much larger cement works 'Castle Cement', with large silo's and 350ft chimney's that became a local landmark. The quarry operated from 1937 until closure in 1991 and the chimney's demolished in 1998, before a large housing development took shape on part of this brownfield site. The remainder has been left to nature.
The excavation of a tropical seabed
All around are scattered industrial archeology: rail tracks, cables, coils, metalwork embedded in the chalk, rubble, rotten sleepers, fence posts, bleached signs, signposts, mysterious shafts, ruts and excavations.
Chalk Hill Blues
I am reminded every day of the special qualities that bring such an abundance of life to what should be sterile space. Most noticeable being the countless butterflies that rise up and dance around my legs as I walk along the narrow chalk pathway in the summer; chalk hill blues, an adonis blue, small skippers, small coppers and more marble whites than I have ever seen. These are adapted to the chalk grassland and the myriad of wildflowers that keep them in nectar throughout the summer.
Butterflies on the wild marjoram
And of course there are the fabulous orchids; the common spotted-orchid, common fragrant-orchid, incredible bee orchid, lady orchid, pyramidal and military orchids. At their best in early June, competing with the carpets of oxeye daisies to be star of the wildflower show.
Common spotted orchids
If you want to see the Chilterns, ask a dog walker
Throughout the seasons, there is activity here. Heavy snowfall brings the children out to sledge down the steep slopes, their shrieking voices carrying across the quarry. When the winter and early spring have been very wet, the water table, not far beneath the surface, rises and floods any depressions and gulley's, gravity ensures the overflow finds its way to the lower lying ground, flooding badger sets and rabbit warrens. The wind is cold, the chalk slippery underfoot. The skylarks arrive in late winter, announcing the start of the breeding season with their distinctive overhead song.
The soft mists of spring can be eerie, but they are another sign of the advancing seasons. After years of dog walking, I now know what signs to expect as the quarry slowly emerges after winter. March can seem an impatient month before the trees and shrubs get going in waves of vivid green, pale yellow and white blossom. Wildflowers across the quarry floor, bloom in waves of yellow, white, purple, sprays of white and more yellow, before everything at ground level is claimed by the wild grasses. Now grown tall in the late summer, each scratchy in shades of khaki, before the farmer comes in to mow in late autumn. Sweet-tasting summer goodness for his cattle long into the depths of winter.
The quarry cliff-edge too step to hold the snowfall
A virtuous circle
That something so ancient, and yet so simple, could have so many uses across the ages is humbling. What comes from an ancient tropical seabed has a place in our national psyche, as well as a place in the story of the Chilterns. And now, as we seek an escape from our busy lives, these transformed spaces take us back to nature. Back to our own story. A virtuous circle: life became rock that supported our lives, literally, and has once again become abundant life.
Common century, or bloodwort
Enjoy Tring reservoirs, College Lake and Grand Union Canal on this 13km circular walk.
Forget M&S orchids, manicured to within an inch of their pampered lives and head instead to the nearest Chilterns summer meadow to indulge yourself with our own exotic orchids.
Here are more ideas and places to enjoy the Chilterns in the Summer.
Mists of white
Enjoy the seasons at home with our NEW range of Chilterns gifts
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Messing about in Marlow
With horizons lowered in this tumultuous summer of 2020, I am enjoying time in our naturally outstanding Chilterns, on our beautiful River Thames, slowly.
27th June 2020 27th June 2020 Mary Tebje4 Comments
Messing about in boats is a favourite pastime and the Chilterns is busy throughout the year with visitors, locals and sports men and women on and in the River Thames.
2020 is the year where everything has been turned on its head. Inside out in fact. In such a short space of time, our lives are unrecognisable as we look for strategies to adapt and adjust to this strange world of Covid-19 social protocols and stressful living.
Keen to keep on exploring my local area, and having to do things in a socially distanced and slower pace, has me taking to the water on a stand up paddle board (SUP) – an offshoot of surfing that originated in Hawaii no less. Ever the trail-blazer, my friend Annette suggested this, as our times require new thinking and a new mode of slow travel.
Whilst Marlow is a long way from Hawaii, an SUP is the go-to way to travel in the Chilterns
The Thames borders the Chilterns to the south west and includes the magical villages of Goring & Streatley, market towns of Henley and Marlow and so much in between, leaving the Chilterns behind at Cliveden and Taplow as it winds its way into London.
We were headed down to Bisham Abbey, near the pretty market town of Marlow that straddles the Thames. I have seen Bisham Abbey from afar, but it's the first time I have been onsite.
A Grade I listed manor house, the name taken from the now lost monastery which stood alongside.
This impressive sports complex surrounds the extant manorial buildings, now one of three National Sports Centres run on behalf of Sport England and is used as a residential training camp base for athletes and teams. It is also the location for messing about in boats.
The manor house was built around 1260 as a community house for two Knights Templar. The subsequent substantial rebuilding and alterations in later centuries is evident in the rich variety of brickwork and masonry.
In 1310 the building was used as a place of confinement for Queen Elizabeth of the Scots, wife of King Robert the Bruce. She had been captured on the Isle of Rathlin during the Scottish Wars of Succession, and was placed in the charge of the King's Yeoman, John Bentley, for two years, until removed to Windsor.
Henry VIII granted the manor house to Anne of Cleves as part of her divorce settlement, and it was later bought by the Hoby family, who lived there until 1768. Queen Elizabeth I was a regular visitor.
The waterside is the domain of waterfowl
A swoop of swallows
After our safety briefing and securing of camera's and car keys, we headed out, determined not to land in the river too many times! It was surprisingly quick before we were balanced, and settled into a gentle paddling rhythm as we struck out for Temple Island to the west. The busy towpath and Thames Path National Trail shadow the River on the north bank, busy with hot locals, their feet in the water, or feeding the swans. Kites drifting overhead. A swoop of feeding swallows, some peeling off to take a sip from the Thames. Impressive balustrades marking the boundaries of enormous waterside homes, ornamental gardens reaching to the riverbank, in contrast to the simple wooden cabins beneath shady trees. My kind of waterside home.
There is something about being on the water that relaxes and lifts the mood. The thrill of the unfamiliar, soft contours and ceaseless movement, wind scudding across the surface – all in stark contrast to the hard edges we are used to.
All Saints Bisham with its 12th century tower
We paddled past All Saints Bisham, which with surrounding village, has been known by various names down the centuries, was recorded in Domesday with its villagers, cottagers, slaves, vines and meadowland. A church was also recorded there, no doubt on the beautiful Thames riverside site of the present building.
With horizon's lowered
A different view of All Saints Marlow
Puffed up storm clouds building on the horizon. The wind scudding on the water, making my feet ache as I braced and focused on staying upright. Pleasure boats putted up and down, the sightseers offering suggestions and encouragement as they passed by, generating wakes that needed to be navigated if I wasn't to disgrace myself and fall in. Which I did. Three times!
There is something about being close to water that relaxes and lifts the mood. You are absorbed into that space, becoming part of it. Like walking, you notice, you listen and smell what is around you; preening swans balancing their big feet on a submerged tree trunk, duckings, a family of goslings, coots, enormous blue dragon flies, weird algae beneath the surface, and when you fall in, the mud is soft and yielding. We stopped a few times to savour the moment, to relax and enjoy it all. We loved it!
With horizons lowered in this tumultuous summer of 2020, I am enjoying time in our naturally outstanding Chilterns, on our beautiful River Thames, slowly. Annette was right, SUP's fit the bill.
The ubiquitous copper beech
I recorded my local lockdown meanderings along new and familiar footpaths to see how spring unfolded: It's a lockdown
Read the sad tale, full of contradiction, cruelty and the absurd, of a young 'fanciful child of nature' George Alexander Gratton, bought by a showman to exhibit to the public until his death and lavish funeral in a shared vault in a church in Marlow.
A hot July afternoon beside the river Thames at Marlow is always to be savoured. Panting dogs, bored children, enthusiastic pensioners, white linen-clad ladies, zoom lenses and bulging picnic hampers in evidence. We are gathered to see HM Queen's procession of Swan Uppers
Established in 1991 the Bisham Abbey School is a RYA recognised training centre. SUP and canoe here from Moose Canoe and SUP Hire.
The Thames Path National Trail follows England's best known river for 184 miles (294 Km) as it meanders from its source in the Cotswolds through several rural counties, including the Chilterns before heading on into the heart of London.
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It's a lockdown!
23rd April 2020 23rd April 2020 Mary TebjeLeave a comment
During the COVID-19 crisis, micro walks are the perfect excuse to discover my sense of place here in the naturally outstanding Chilterns. My home.
During this unprecedented global event and resulting nationwide lockdown, we can't venture far for our daily exercise. It means we have to stay local, go out with family or maximum of two, and to not use our cars.
It is the perfect excuse to take a look at my local area with new eyes – eyes down.
Bird song has quickly filled the space where once cars, planes and trains dominated. When there is silence, it is eerie. But this new normal quickly grows on me as my ears become attuned to the sounds that must always have been there. Unnoticed as I travelled about in my car, sealed from the outside world. Not now in the mindset for seeking the big sky view, or what's over the next hill, I am forced to retrace my steps along familiar dog-walking paths; noticing now how much growth can be achieved in a few sunny days, way-markers and oddball signs, a mantrap on a church wall, the source of our local river gurgling loudly in the corner of a field, learning the names of flourishing woodland plants, a vocal robin claiming territory, tracks in the mud, blackbirds at dawn, skylarks at midday or a yellowhammer in the evening. All of them are what makes the Chilterns unique.
I have recorded most of my walks in the glorious spring sunshine and have included where I can, sound. All on my iPhone. I can't capture animals however, they move!
Each walk is in and around Ivinghoe and surrounding Chilterns countryside.
Day 17: Beautiful blossoms and part of the Ridgeway National Trail
Day 14: A walk around the disused quarry ponds.
Day 13: As spring gains hold, the cloudscape becomes more visual and interesting.
Day 12: For such a delicate bird, they have a nightly song!
Day 10: Love tokens in the woods
Day Eight: It's a lockdown!
Day Six: Spring takes hold
Day Five: Leo has a stalker.
Day Three: Spring into the Chilterns
Day Two: Tractors, Toads and Mantraps.
Day One: what can I expect?
Day Zero
What an absolute pleasure this is. It gives my walks new purpose and a chance to capture the minutia, the detail that makes a place special. I have shared these with my friends and family who I hope have enjoyed seeing their neighbourhood afresh. To encourage them to look out for some of what I have enjoyed. They have all commented on how loud the birdsong is: "have I used special equipment? Have I got really close to the birds..?" No I haven't. The birds need no amplification, not least of all as it's peak breeding season, so they are busy protecting territory and feeding their young. We only need ears to hear them and to listen to their calls. And a phone with a microphone.
Try it, you won't be disappointed!
Of huge concern are my friends and colleagues in the tourism industry who together face huge uncertainty and potential mass business closure. To date, there is no end in sight for when we will all be able to move and travel in the way we were accustomed. Indeed, we may have to find new ways of travelling and visiting destinations. What we shouldn't forget, is what is on our doorsteps and the sheer joy walking out into the naturally outstanding Chilterns countryside can bring.
There are plenty of other Chiltern adventures to enjoy once the lockdown is lifted including; the Castle that Time Forgot, Buddhists' and Beechwoods and Ashridge: A Flourishing Trade.
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Goring and Streatley
The #Chilterns villages of Goring and Streatley have a long and sweeping history (at least 10,000 years), nestled in the gap that the Thames has carved between two impressive chalk hillsides.
12th January 2020 13th October 2020 Mary TebjeLeave a comment
Like twins, the villages of Goring and Streatley, face off across the River Thames, but one outdid the other, when William Turner painted it.
The Chilterns is not short of pretty villages surrounded by beautiful undulating countryside. Add far-reaching views and the Goring Gap, a stone's throw from Reading, must rank near the top.
I recommend starting your visit from the National Trust car park at Lardon Chase, above Streatley. The views are glorious, the walk down into Streatley easy, although steep. It's from up here that you can enjoy the dramatic backdrop of two villages clustered around the Goring lock and weir, the playing fields, leisure boats and island; to then cross over the Thames and wander through Goring village on the other shore and into the patchwork of the Chiltern Hills beyond.
From the top looking down
I can see as far as Pangbourne to the north east and know that the views from Hartslock reserve on the hillside opposite, looking back to the Gap are just as dramatic.
Naturally Outstanding
The villages of Goring and Streatley have a long and sweeping history (at least 10,000 years), nestled in the gap that the Thames has carved between two impressive chalk hillsides. Right in the centre of two designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: to the south west, the north Wessex Downs in Berkshire, to the north east, the Oxfordshire Chilterns.
The prettiest of places
Not always good neighbours, their fortunes have ebbed and flowed. Streatley was once the larger and more important village because it was on the turnpike road to Reading. The Bull Inn at the top of the high street was a 15th century coaching inn and I expect a welcome sight on the dusty road. With the arrival of the railway in 1840, Goring reasserted itself having more usable land for the many new homes. The geography has however, contained much of the growth.
Along the river, you get a real sense of space, somewhere to pause, listen and enjoy this special place. There are plenty of eateries to tempt you to do just that; the Bull Inn at Streatley, the Swan at Streatley, Pierreponts Cafe, the Miller of Mansfield and Catherine Wheel pub in Goring. Wander down the high street, there are many businesses that have a long association with the area.
The Miller of Mansfield, Goring
National Treasures & Trails
The weirs still control the level of water for navigation, water supply, and land drainage. It's not hard to image the bustle of boats, traders, soldiers and drovers, who used the three ancient trade routes that span southern England from Dorset to East Anglia. All converging at this lovely spot; the Thames Path and Ridgeway National Trails and Icknield Way, could easily tempt you off the road and onto the trail.
Like twins, these two villages face off across the River Thames, but one outdid the other, when William Turner painted Goring mill and church.
Goring Mill and Church c.1806-7 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856 © Tate Britain released under Creative Commons. London 2015 CC-BY-NC-ND (3.0 Unported). http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N02704
The villages are very walkable, and I recommend downloading the local heritage trail. This easy circular walk and takes you past such gems as St Mary's church in Streatley where Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name of Lewis Carroll used to preach. Back over the bridge to stop and savour the lovely views. You'll pass Goring Mill where rare old paddles and posts are still used to control the flow of water. The tower of St Thomas' Church is visible, renowned for a fine peal of eight bells and dedicated team of ringers. Inside you'll find one of Englands oldest bells, dating back an impressive 800 years.
I'm your man!
The village is not short of famous residents and visitors. At the end of Ferry Lane is the original river crossing and Ferry house, where Oscar Wilde stayed during the summer of 1893 and began work on 'An Ideal Husband'. Sir Arthur (Bomber) Harris, lived here for 30 years. He is buried locally and his birthday and funeral, were marked by a RAF fly-past! George Michael fans still make the trip.
The former home of George Michael
Walking back up the hill and turning once more to enjoy the view, now more familiar as I have explored both villages. I make a mental note to return in July for the Goring Gap Boat Club regatta, with a mere 600 competing rowers!
Back up the hill to Lardon Chase
For information on the wider Chilterns area, accommodation, places to eat and drink, bookmark VisitChilterns
The Thames Path and Ridgeway National Trails meet on the bridge. The Thames Path follows the river for 184 miles, from source to sea and the Ridgeway runs 85 miles from near Avebury in Wiltshire to Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire. Here are three shorter walks to try.
The local Goring & Streatley village website has more local information.
It's the skylarks, snowdrops and then bluebells that increases the heart rate and knowledge that spring is not far off. Spring in the Chiltern hills is the season when the world is renewed and we shake off the winter gloom. Spring into the Chilterns!
Spend time in another of pretty Chilterns villages, Amersham that is also accessible by train.
Rectory Gardens
A Year in the Chilterns on your wall this Christmas. Prints, calendars, cards and gift range now on sale
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The Chilterns at Halloween
29th October 2019 28th October 2020 Mary TebjeLeave a comment
The Chilterns has its fair share of ghosts; headless horsemen, a ghost who packs guests' suitcases, others who like a drink at the bar, another who will pinch your bum, green men, shadowy figures loitering in places unexpected, a mummified hand, a request for help from a disembodied voice are all enough to get you heading for the hills this halloween!
The eve of All Saints' Day
Love it, or loathe it, Halloween has a long history. Despite the horrors of what has recently been imported from across the pond, Halloween is believed to have originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. It is the eve of All Saints' Day, when ghosts and spirits are abroad.
I have braved the paranormal to share my top 10 Halloween Chilterns creepies.
There are traces of the English Civil War across the Chilterns, and in the car park at the Royal Standard pub in Beaconsfield, the sound of a beating drum is heard. It is the drummer boy, who in 1643 was one of 12 cavaliers executed outside the pub.
According to legend, pasqueflowers spring from the blood of Viking Warriors and grow upon their graves.
A haunted Holloway
A monk is said to walk the very spooky Roman Road that leads up the hill away from Frithsden, skirting the former boundary of Ashridge House, once a monastery and reliquary of relics.
A haunted Holloway on Halloween
This list has to include a bishop, but not one perhaps that is dressed as a gamekeeper! He approaches people in the graveyard of St Bartholomew Fingest, to ask for 'a favour' and then vanishes.
The distinctive Norman tower has unusual twin gables and ghost
A mummified hand that possessed powerful healing properties, performing miracle cures throughout the twelfth century is kept in a glass box at St Peter's Church in Marlow. Found sealed in a wall, this relic is believed to be the hand of the Apostle James, one of Jesus' closest disciples, who was martyred in AD44 by King Herod.
The shadow of a ghost
In a sleepy English village, you might discover the Dinton Hermit, a heady mix of local legend, the shadow of a ghost, and royal executioner.
Stand and deliver, your money or your life!
A small white headstone makes the approximate place of the last execution of a highwayman, Robert Snooks in 1802. The headstone can be seen from the busy A41 at Boxmoor. It is thought that thousands flocked to see the hanging. It must have been quite an event, especially when his body was dug up the following day, placed in a coffin (provided by the generous residents of Hemel Hempstead), and unceremoniously re-interred on the moor.
The 'wanted poster' for Robert Snooks
Sticking with highway bandits, Katherine Ferrers led a double life as heiress and all round gentlewomen. She was also known as the 'wicked lady", who terrorised the county of Hertfordshire in the 17th century with her partner Ralph Chaplin. She died from gunshots wounds sustained during a botched robbery but made it home to Markyate Cell, where she died. Today, you'll find her abroad in the manor and local village of Markyate.
Katherine Ferrers, a wicked lady?
Hellfire and damnation
The intrepid journalist, poet and broadcaster, John Betjeman ventured deep into the Chiltern Hills to evoke the ghosts of satanic monks. The legendary Knights of St Francis of Wycombe, better known as the Hellfire Club, are the focus of this charming edition of the 26-part 19 1955 'Discovering Britain with John Betjeman'.
In a town with so many old houses, Amersham ghost stories are rife. Reputed hauntings range from Raans Farm over to Woodrow and spread out along the A413 from The Chequers Inn to Shardeloes. But perhaps the most poignant is the story of a group of Amersham townsfolk that were burnt at the stake for holding unorthodox religious beliefs. For centuries afterwards it was said that nothing would grow on the site of the fire. Take a walk up the hill to visit the memorial.
The Amersham Martyrs were called Lollards, followers of John Wycliffe, who translated the Bible into English in the 1300s. Their main demand was to read the bible in English.
No Halloween is complete without a witch's curse. There is massive ancient beech on Whipsnade Heath with a connection to the infamous Dunstable Witch, Elizabeth Pratt. Or so the legend goes. She was accused in 1667 of bewitching two children, who upon seeing her, became ill with a 'strange distemper', and died, screaming that they had been murdered. Elizabeth was tried as a witch and burned at the stake, her fate immortalised in a poem by Alfred Wire.
"Thus the churchyard goes to ruin
Graves and fences getting worse:
Everyone devoutly wishing
Not to free the bottled curse."
The Bottled Curse by Alfred Wire.
There's plenty more where these came from, but perhaps you have met some of these characters, or have your own stories to tell?
Halloween is the time of mist and cobweb-strewn hedgerows
A Year in the Chilterns on your wall. Cards, calendars, noteless, fine china mugs, art prints.
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The European Commission's strategy for the Digital Single Market (DSM) focuses not only on digital goods and services, but also on the broader digital economy. This includes the aim to strengthen e-commerce in physical goods. Parcel delivery is important for e-commerce, but the cost of cross-border delivery within the EU is higher than distance or processing can justify. Why is this, and how can we reach lower prices?
Scott Marcus presented recent work about the opportunities which e-commerce offers Europe and the barriers created by high cross-border parcel delivery costs. Eurostat's 2015 report indicates how firms perceive high delivery costs to be the most serious barrier to cross-border e-commerce. He claimed that there are parallels with telecommunications network interconnection and that EU-level work on cross-border parcel delivery problems is warranted. Member states should collect data. The Commission should oversee the development of consistent standards and centrally analyse the data. Marcus said there was insufficient evidence to call for major EU intervention like that seen on roaming charges.
Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip stressed that it is a problem that we still have 28 fragmented digital markets. When shopping online, cross-border consumers face many issues related to website access, payment and delivery: only 37% of all those who try will succeed. On 25 May the Commission will launch an e-commerce proposal, and parcel delivery prices are central. Cross-border parcels are about 3-5 times as expensive as in-country delivery, and the difference is difficult to explain. The market for letters is decreasing, but the universal service obligation remains. Postal operators may be trying to cover their losses with their parcel prices.
The Commission will propose an obligation to "sell like at home", which would increase parcel delivery volumes significantly. The Commission does not want to regulate prices at the European level, but would like to have more transparency by collecting data on prices of 15 different delivery categories in each country. With more transparency, the Commission hopes to improve competition and therefore induce more affordable prices for citizens. Postal services in the European Union are doing well and are very innovative and therefore comparisons to telecoms may be incorrect.
Jean-Paul Forceville explained how the postal sector tries to cater for cross-border e-commerce. Furthermore, he highlighted how parcel delivery and telecommunications are different in terms of value chain, clientele and supply-side issues and cost structure. Therefore, regulating them in similar ways would be counterproductive. However, improved transparency could be beneficial.
Annegret Groebel brought a recent BEREC/ERGP paper to attention, which states that there is a problem which individual national regulators cannot address by themselves. The question is how to remedy this. While roaming and parcels have some parallels, there are also differences. One key difference is that for roaming, all telecom regulators had the power to address this. Not all postal regulators have the power to collect data and a first recommendation would be to empower all regulators to do so. We need transparency, comparable data and in-depth analyses to understand what causes price discrepancies. The aim is to lower barriers for smaller retailers.


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House of Valois
cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
The House of Valois was a younger branch of the Capetian dynasty that ruled France in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance from 1328 to 1529. The kings of the House of Valois were descended from Charles of Valois who was the third son of Philip III of France. They claimed the Salic law put them ahead of Edward III of England to rule France. Edward III of England thought he had gotten the right to the French crown through his mother. The two countries fought the Hundred Years' War because of that disagreement.
Arms of the King of France since 1376
Parent house
Capetian dynasty
Count of Valois
King of Scotland
King of Poland
Grand Duke of Lithuania
Duke of Milan
Duke of Alençon
Duke of Orléans
Duke of Anjou
Duke of Berry
Duke of Brittany
King of Naples
Charles, Count of Valois
Final ruler
Henry III of France
Cadet branches
Valois-Orléans
Valois-Anjou
Valois-Burgundy
Valois-Alençon
Valois-Angoulême
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East and West with Aldous Huxley
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Starting with the 1900s, major changes in the humankind's history took place in terms of scientific development, chiefly, which generated rapid evolution in all other domains of life, too. If it weren't for the modern era, none of these changes could have been possible. There are a few speculative theories that account for the "coincidence;" most of all actually point in the same direction – that the sudden boom of technological and scientific development from the beginning of the century were initiated by entities that are superior to humans. By some people these are considered aliens; by others, spirits which have reached a level of evolution a lot higher than the incarnated inhabitants of the Earth. Whether this change is justified by the intervention of the more evolved entities or it is just a consequence of the growing in complexity of the mental processes that started the scientific development is not essential to 4 establish. What is more important to notice, nonetheless, is the parallel opening at the mental, thinking, philosophical level. Starting with modernity, thus, a crucial shift took place and this is the foundation of the new trend in ratiocination. Since uncertainty, change and limitlessness are the new keywords characterizing the new era, it becomes obvious why the main purpose of the present academic enterprise is to explore the Huxleyian texts in search for these concepts and the way they are treated by Huxley. The corpus used is generous in supplying literature that not only deals with them but also works them up to the point in which his stand would be identified rather as trialectical thinking. Huxley's trialectical ratiocination may be seen in many and various instances such as his suggestion to go deeper into the knowing of other peoples and cultures because the ultimate point of his philosophy is that love is all that counts. More importantly, the urge to know oneself is vital for this leads to enlightenment and access to the Divine Ground via complete openness of the mind and detachment from everything worldly – the purpose is also to reach that level of illumination due to which one understands the Ultimate Reality and succeeds in being a loving spirit.


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SII to get India nod soon after UK approval
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is currently evaluating data including which dosing regimen is best to use for the Covid vaccine developed by UK's Oxford and AstraZeneca.
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New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) may get emergency use approval for Covishield in India soon after the UK's drug regulator MHRA gives a nod to the vaccine, which officials here expect to be before Christmas.
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is currently evaluating data including which dosing regimen is best to use for the Covid vaccine developed by UK's Oxford and AstraZeneca. Regulatory sources said the MHRA approval is expected before Christmas and India may give a go-ahead soon after that.
"The regulatory approval in the UK is crucial to strengthen SII's application seeking emergency use authorisation in India because the proposal here refers to trials being conducted in the UK and Brazil. Moreover, the vaccine is yet to be approved in any country. It is a sensitive matter and only once we are sure of the safety, efficacy and immunogenicity of the vaccine, we can grant an approval," an official said.
Also, the MHRA's evaluation of data is likely to bring more clarity on dosage of the vaccine — which has shown efficacy of 62% when two full doses were given to trial participants, but 90% for a smaller sub-group given a half dose and then a full dose.
During an inter-ministerial meeting on vaccination of South Asia organised by the World Bank, health minister Harsh Vardhan said, "It is expected that the vaccine will be available in the coming few weeks and vaccination process will kick-start in India as soon as it is approved by the regulatory agency concerned."
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Ukraine open qualification to 2023 worlds with big win
The road to the 2023 IHF Women's World Championship in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden has started on Tuesday evening in Luxembourg, where Ukraine took a clear 36:13 win.
Tuesday's match was the first of 18 matches in qualification phase 1. The winners of the nine ties, which will be wrapped up Sunday evening, progress to the play-offs, facing 11 teams from the Women's EHF EURO 2022.
QUALIFICATION PHASE 1, FIRST LEG:
Ukraine vs Luxembourg 36:13 (18:6) – in Luxembourg
The newly formed, young Luxembourg team was only a playing ball for the EHF EURO 2000 silver medallists and 10-time EHF EURO participants. Yevheniia Levchenko (eight goals) and Diana Dmytryshyn (seven) were Ukraine's top scorers in a fully one-sided encounter. Ukraine led 12:4 after 18 minutes and Luxembourg only scored two more goals until the break.
In minute 48, the gap was 20 goals for the first time: 30:10. German Bundesliga player and team captain Tina Welter was the best scorer for Luxembourg with five goals. The second leg of this double-header is scheduled for Wednesday at 19:00 CET, again in Luxembourg.
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