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The missing east-west railway of outer north London...
Link to bueker.net web site
And the times it nearly happened...
Link to read a bit more
John Lewis Brent Cross: MOTHER AND BABY EVENT
"Saturday 31 March
10am - 4pm Nursery department, level 2
"From bonding to bathing, teething to travel, there's lots to learn when you're preparing for life with a new baby. Join us for expert advice and answers to your questions.
"There'll be:
New products on show
A chance to meet representatives from Dorel who will be demonstrating the latest car seats, and Manhattan Toys who will be demonstrating the latest educational toys
Information and tips from our Nursery advisors, plus a complimentary goodie bag
Advice from our lingerie advisors on the latest maternity and nursing underwear
Clarins consultants will be offering skincare consultations and complimentary hand and arm massages.
Plus a chance to win a Maxi-Cosi CabrioFix car seat worth £105!
Pick up your copy of the new Baby catalogue."
Brent & Kilburn Times: "Wrecking ball will change South Kilburn's skyline for good"
Link to Brent & Kilburn Times
"South Kilburn's skyline is set to change after 40 years, if plans to demolish two tower blocks are given the green light.
The proposals would see 18-storey Bronte House and Fielding House, in Cambridge Road, replaced with two seven-floor alternatives.
"Cllr Ann John OBE, leader of Brent council said:
"We have already transformed nearly every estate in the borough, but this is an area which is in need of change."
Reaction to Planning Reforms
Daily Telegraph: "Campaigners hail a 'good day for anyone who cares about the countryside'"
Link to Daily Telegraph
"Campaigners said the rewritten version of the rules, which are now in force in England, contained 'important changes' to the draft document which attracted such criticism last summer, and allayed many of their concerns.
"The revised rule book was also welcomed by business groups and property developers, suggesting that attention will shift to how it is implemented by local planners."
The Guardian: "Planning laws signal end of road for out-of-town shopping centres"
Link to The Guardian
"In concessions to opponents of last year's draft document, the new framework stipulates that brownfield sites should usually be developed before greenfield sites, and town centres before out-of-town sites. It recognises the 'intrinsic value and beauty' of the wider countryside, specifically protects playing fields, and bars 'garden grabbing' for development.
"But answering MPs' questions after his statement, Clark went further in defining 'sustainable' when he said: 'It's not sustainable to have a shopping centre outside the town centre, it's not sustainable to build on green belt' – the protected land around urban centres intended to prevent suburban sprawl. Officials later said such developments should only go ahead in exceptional circumstances."
From Monday:
Evening Standard: "It's time to pull down the barriers to new housing"
Link to Evening Standard
Rob Perrins, Berkeley Group: "It's very hard to build new homes in Britain. So many people need them, but plenty of others mistrust the whole idea of development.
"New homes deliver the basic right of each person to shelter. They also create jobs: since 2009, in doubling the number of homes it built, Berkeley has also doubled its workforce, creating 6,000 jobs.
"Housing brings new investment and facilities to a neighbourhood. It also generates tax revenue and drives growth. Get the number of new homes up to 250,000 a year and that would add up to one per cent to GDP."
BBC: Interview with Planning Minister Greg Clark
Link to BBC web site and iPlayer
"The revised national planning policy framework was published on Tuesday - and will be implemented immediately by councils with no local plan. There will be some transitional arrangements for councils with existing local plans.
"Among the amendments, it promises to:
Help councils which 'wish to bring into being a new generation of garden cities'
Allow communities to specify where renewable energy sources such as wind farms should, and should not, be located
Allow councils to provide the parking in town centres to 'help them compete with out-of-town shopping centres and supermarkets'"
Daily Telegraph: Planning Minister Greg Clark's statement to Commons
The Independent: "Planning rules 'value countryside'"
Link to The Independent
"Ministers say changes to the planning system, which see more than 1,000 pages of guidance slimmed down to around 50 and focus on a 'presumption in favour of sustainable development', are necessary to boost growth.
"... [Changes] include an explicit return to 'brownfield first', which requires councils to favour previously used land for new development over green field sites and a clearer definition of 'sustainable development'.
"It will also favour town centres for development."
Dept. for Communities: "National Planning Policy Framework" published
(Planning Minister Greg Clark)
Click above for PDF file
"The purpose of planning is to help achieve sustainable development."
"Sustainable means ensuring that better lives for ourselves don't mean worse lives for future generations.
"Development means growth. We must accommodate the new ways by which we will earn our living in a competitive world. We must house a rising population, which is living longer and wants to make new choices. We must respond to the changes that new technologies offer us. Our lives, and the places in which we live them, can be better, but they will certainly be worse if things stagnate.
"Sustainable development is about change for the better, and not only in our built environment.
"Our natural environment is essential to our wellbeing, and it can be better looked after than it has been. Habitats that have been degraded can be restored. Species that have been isolated can be reconnected. Green Belt land that has been depleted of diversity can be refilled by nature – and opened to people to experience it, to the benefit of body and soul.
"Our historic environment – buildings, landscapes, towns and villages – can better be cherished if their spirit of place thrives, rather than withers.
"Our standards of design can be so much higher. We are a nation renowned worldwide for creative excellence, yet, at home, confidence in development itself has been eroded by the too frequent experience of mediocrity. [A special mention of Hammerson, the Brent Cross Cricklewood developers, we notice!]
"So sustainable development is about positive growth – making economic, environmental and social progress for this and future generations.
"The planning system is about helping to make this happen.
"Development that is sustainable should go ahead, without delay – a presumption in favour of sustainable development that is the basis for every plan, and every decision. This framework sets out clearly what could make a proposed plan or development unsustainable.
"In order to fulfil its purpose of helping achieve sustainable development, planning must not simply be about scrutiny. Planning must be a creative exercise in finding ways to enhance and improve the places in which we live our lives.
"This should be a collective enterprise. Yet, in recent years, planning has tended to exclude, rather than to include, people and communities. In part, this has been a result of targets being imposed, and decisions taken, by bodies remote from them. Dismantling the unaccountable regional apparatus and introducing neighbourhood planning addresses this.
"In part, people have been put off from getting involved because planning policy itself has become so elaborate and forbidding – the preserve of specialists, rather than people in communities.
"This National Planning Policy Framework changes that. By replacing over a thousand pages of national policy with around fifty, written simply and clearly, we are allowing people and communities back into planning."
Sky News: "High Streets effectively defunct"
"High Streets 'Defunct' As Online Dominates"
"High streets are effectively defunct now as online retailing takes over, says the CBRE's Jonathan De Mello."
Boris 2012: Transport Manifesto
"My 9 point plan for a Greater London"
8. Reducing Tube delays 30% by 2015. Building Crossrail and orbital rail to link our suburbs. Extending the Bike Hire scheme.
9. Securing a better deal for London from No 10.
The Observer: "The uplifting power of ingenious design enhances our daily lives" (as opposed to Hammerson at Brent Cross)
Link to The Observer
"A tour from the new concourse station, past the renovated Great Northern hotel and German Gymnasium up to the Regent's Canal and the old Granary building, where the University of the Arts London is now housed, is exhilarating and makes you blink and ask yourself if this is really London.
"This sophistication seems so unlike the routine failure of town planners over the last 70 years – the cock-ups, lack of imagination and compromise. And that thought brings me to the most important triumph at King's Cross – the largely unrecognised victory of activism and creative resistance by local people.
"What now unfolds at King's Cross is not simply a frantic modernised transport hub, but a neighbourhood with a mix of arts, learning, business and social housing; a balance of interests, and an enlightened attempt to integrate the lives of the well off and not-so-flush."
Whereas what we have at
Brent Cross Cricklewood
is Hammerson and Barnet Council!
Sunday Telegraph: "Radical planning powers are to be unveiled by ministers"
Link to Mill Hill East blog
"The planning framework will be published on Tuesday by ministers who want a new age of 'pro-growth' planning.
"It was described by one Whitehall source last night as 'the most radical business deregulation there has ever been'."
The Guardian: "Cheek by Jowl: A History of Neighbours – review"
"The records of the London Assize of Nuisance tell us that in 1333 a terrible row broke out between Joan and Andrew de Aubrey and their neighbours. The De Aubreys were livid because the people next door had taken away some of the boarding round the shared privy, so that when anyone used it their 'extremities' (as they delicately put it) were clearly visible. This they felt was 'altogether intolerable'.
"Today it would be parking spaces, hedges or bins, but the nub of it would be the same: how people get along, or don't, with those to whom their only connection is random proximity.
"With no pre-existing ties of kinship or occupation, the balance of common to conflicting interests among neighbours shifts constantly. They may end up by murdering one another, or getting married."
Daily Telegraph: "Retail sales suffer biggest fall in nine months"
"Retail sales volumes fell by a larger-than-expected 0.8pc between January and February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said."
"... Samuel Tombs of Capital Economics said:
"February's UK retail sales figures leave the recovery on the High Street looking a bit more fragile than it previously seemed ...
So, with yesterday's Budget doing little to ease the burden of the next round of austerity measures due to hit households in April, the high street recovery looks set to be short-lived again."
"What the papers say"
'More pain than gain', an 'audacious gamble' and 'Gran Theft Auto'.
Here's what the papers have been saying about this year's Budget.
The Guardian: Budget 2012
"... Osborne says the economy was in a benighted state back in 2010, and has since had to cope with the rolling crisis in the eurozone and the sharp increase in oil prices. While the government's shock treatment has clearly not helped, the chancellor is right when he says manufacturing was woefully neglected by the last government, at least until its dying days. He is also right to point out that growth in the boom years was heavily dependent on speculation in the City of London and the housing market, which generated – for a while – the revenues for higher public spending.
" Those days are now over, and unless the UK can pull its socks up, according to Osborne, it faces becoming a global also-ran. That seems a fair assessment also. With its weak growth, high youth unemployment and industrial wastelands, the UK bears the hallmarks of a country in long-term structural decline."
The Guardian: "Up to 40% of high street shops 'could close over next five years'"
"Four out of 10 shops will have to shut in the next five years, as consumers turn their backs on traditional stores in favour of online shopping, according to a report which casts more doubt on the future of the beleaguered British high street.
"With retail experts increasingly painting a picture of a future high street lined with coffee shops and internet kiosks, a report from Deloitte highlights how the boundaries between physical and virtual space are becoming blurred, with thousands of shops likely to face closure in coming years."
Prime Minister David Cameron's speech on national infrastructure
"Our railways are crowded and expensive.
"Compared to the French, Dutch and Swiss railways, our fares are 30% higher, our running costs are 40% higher,
and our public subsidy is double theirs."
Link to Number 10 and video
"...The truth is that no government in Britain in living memory has set out a sufficiently comprehensive and ambitious vision of this country's infrastructure needs. And by a comprehensive and ambitious vision, I do not just mean a list of projects; I mean an overall system, an integrated set of networks that collectively deliver the economic and social goods.
"As well as this failure of vision, there has also been a failure of financing. Everybody knows that infrastructure is expensive; one academic assessment puts the bill at £500 billion just to meet our current commitments. And we cannot hide from the fact that new infrastructure has to be paid for either by those who use it, by government, or by a combination of the two."
BBC: "London elections: People in suburbs 'more likely to vote'"
Link to BBC web site
"A map has shown people in the suburbs of London are more likely to turn out and vote than those in the inner city.
"The heat map from London Elects, which organises the poll, has been published as the campaign for London mayor officially got under way.
"The mayoral and London Assembly elections take place on 3 May."
Barnet Times: "Barnet Council leader 'sets expectations low' for Barnet"
Film-maker Charles Honderick
Link to Barnet Times
"This evening saw the premiere of a new documentary film about Barnet, in which Richard Cornelius, Barnet's council leader, said he had 'set his expectations quite low' for the borough.
"Tale of Two Barnets, by Charles Honderick, was shown at the Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley."
Wed 11 April: Evening Standard: Mayoral debate
"Tickets for the Evening Standard's mayoral election debate are available, free of charge.
"Tory Boris Johnson, Labour's Ken Livingstone, Lib-Dem Brian Paddick and Green Jenny Jones will debate issues including transport, policing, and the capital's economy. Anyone wishing to attend can book a ticket on a Standard web page, and can at the same time suggest questions to be put to the candidates during the event."
Incisive Questioning of Hammerson's Chairman by, er, Someone Else at Hammerson
Link to Hammerson web site
Q&A with the Chairman
Hammerson's General Counsel and Company Secretary Sarah Booth talks to John Nelson about the latest developments in corporate governance and the Company's approach to emerging themes.
SARAH BOOTH: "In 2010 the Financial Reporting Council issued the new UK Corporate Governance Code and recommended that in the Annual Report the Chairman makes a personal statement to shareholders regarding governance.
"I am interested in your views on corporate governance generally."
JOHN NELSON: "I am a strong supporter of the principles of good governance originally established by the Cadbury Committee in 1992, which have proved so valuable over the years and which now form the basis of the new UK Code."
Link to Annual Report 2011
(Feb. 2012)
SB: "Have we still got more work to do on improving our standards of governance?" [Well, he's not going to say 'no', is he? And this isn't exactly a verbatum single-take interview, is it? It does say 'talks' above, does it not?]
JN: "There is always room for improvement and no Board should ever be complacent. We are charged with delivering the long-term success of our Company and we take this duty very seriously. ..."
From Annual Report:
"Hammerson has been creating and managing some of the most exciting retail destinations and office buildings in Europe for over 60 years. Hammerson's vision is to be the best owner-manager and developer of retail property within Europe. We specialise in prime regional shopping centres and convenient retail parks.
"Our aim is to outperform through two areas of focus:
income growth, and
high quality property
both of which are underpinned by our capital strength."
Chief executive's report
"Hammerson's business model is to:
Own prime properties in the best locations
Ensure buildings are modern, well maintained and relevant for customers
Maintain significant scale in key markets
Retail property specialism to foster innovation
Ensure venues are positively differentiated from competition
Drive income growth through optimum tenant mix and high occupancy.
"Our revised strategy will enhance the focus on income growth and efficiency, and therefore we anticipate being able to grow dividends at a higher rate than in recent years.
"We have leading positions in both the UK and French retail property markets, where we will increase our presence in successful locations through development or acquisition. We will concentrate on regionally dominant shopping centres, convenient retail parks and premium designer outlet villages. Our intention is to remain an active recycler of capital in order to secure opportunities to create higher returns for shareholders.
"Within our London office portfolio, we will continue to implement our business plans to increase the value of our office assets and developments. Our intention is to sell our standing office investments over the medium-term to maximise value. We have a small number of London office development projects and strategic mixed-use sites that offer superior returns, where we will continue to allocate capital to increase the overall value of the projects. Where appropriate, we will introduce funding or JV capital to de-risk projects and reduce our overall commitment."
[Our comment on Brent Cross Cricklewood:
That seems to mean one foot is out the door already.
Any more involvement from tax havens, by the way?]
"European governments are increasingly focused on community engagement. At a national and local level we work with key stakeholders to align our community investment strategy with local priorities and needs. This was evident in our response to the civil unrest that occurred in the UK during the summer of 2011. We implemented a coordinated response to manage both the immediate and long-term impacts in the areas where we operate. We provided finance, skills and expertise to support local businesses and communities.
Now that the Localism Act has been passed in the UK, we have implemented a number of measures around community consultation to further support our partners." [Although London Borough of Barnet doesn't do 'community'.]
"There continues to be strong demand from retailers for well located, high quality accommodation in the UK and France. Planning restrictions, together with the expertise and funding required to build and operate prime shopping centres of this type, constrain their supply but our pipeline provides some exciting retail development opportunities.
"Brent Cross/Cricklewood and The Goodsyard are two further significant, long-term urban regeneration projects with a retail focus which we will continue to progress." [Using a tax haven?]
Trip Advisor: "Holiday Inn London - Brent Cross: Traveller Reviews"
Link to Trip Advisor
We are not reprinting comments on the service provided, but some 'environmental' issues raised are...
"The location right on the North Circular Road is depressing. Quite difficult to navigate into the car park - several of my colleagues got lost trying to find it."
"... the rooms are very hot, and if you open the windows the road noise is noticeable, even on the 8th floor. Be aware there is also a Tesco 24-hour car park (to the left side of the hotel) 300 yds away, and until 2 am cars took to racing around doing screeching 'donuts'; then came the police helicopter!!"
"Free shuttle to tube station was handy. Don't do what we did and try to walk from the tube to the hotel - a) too far with luggage; b) it was dark, and we had to navigate to scary underpasses!!"
"This is a depressing hotel to stay at. The location, whilst right at the end of the M1, has nothing to commend it. The views from either side of the hotel are truly awful - in front, the North Circular Road, to the rear, a deserted building lot." [The latter may change - but don't count on it!]
Hotel web site
Daily Telegraph: "Chinese move to their eco-city of the future"
"The Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco City - the world's largest eco-city - is not a green, carbon-free paradise where cars are banned from the streets.
"It is far more practical - a model for how Chinese cities could develop and solve some of the enormous problems facing them: permanent gridlock, a lack of water, and ruinous electricity bills.
"If a few of the small changes adopted in Tianjin were rolled out nationwide, the results could dramatically change China's devastating impact on the environment."
Tues 20 March: Fenwick: Carluccios Level 1: FOCACCIA MAKING CLASS
Come as a novice, leave as an expert!
"Roll up your sleeves and enjoy making this famous, rustic Italian bread along with an impressive but easy-to-make calzone. We'll send you home with the recipe and a goody bag to inspire some home-baking. To book your place or for further information please call 020 8203 6844.
"A booking fee of £20 per person is required."
Evening Standard on London Property (Still no news of Hammerson/Westfield and Whitgift Centre?)
Aldgate: "Last Friday's announcement that homes instead of offices are to be built on a two-acre abandoned office plot on the eastern rim of the City marks an upturn in the fortunes of Aldgate and a downturn in the reputation of a hapless US developer who gambled millions on a huge office scheme that never got out of the ground."
City: "The 38-storey concrete core of Land Securities' Walkie-Talkie tower on Fenchurch Street looked neck-creakingly close to full height on Tuesday. A three-minute stroll up to Leadenhall Street found the steel frame on British Land's 52-storey Cheese grater jutting just five storeys above ground."
Nine Elms: "Over the coming decades, the 480-acre zone centered on New Covent Garden and Battersea Power station will be shaped very differently [from Docklands].
What has been set up instead is an economical but rather conflicted private-public partnership, made up of developers who own the land, and those whose job, one day, will be to grant or refuse planning permission."
[We know all about that at Brent Cross, don't we?]
19 to 25 March: Fenwick: Beauty Event
Tips & treats, workshops, gifts & offers from leading and contemporary names at Fenwick
"Sign up or use your existing Fenwick Beauty Card during Beauty Week and get double points. For every £35 or more spent with Cosmetics or Toiletries you collect two points*. When you have collected ten points you will receive a discount of £15 off your next cosmetics or toiletries purchase. Treat yourself and we'll treat you!"
(No, the asterisk doesn't link to anything; it's just an asterisk.)
Bloomberg reports Brent Cross's Hammerson is possible takeover victim
Link to Bloomberg
"European real estate investment trusts have become likely takeover targets after share prices failed to keep pace with asset values, JPMorgan Chase & Co. said.
"Companies that may attract bids include the U.K.'s Hammerson Plc (HMSO).
"... Hammerson's discount to net asset value should narrow after the company carry's [sic] out a plan to sell its office portfolio, JPMorgan said in the note. The developer decided to focus on retail assets because they expect 'superior returns' compared with office buildings, Chief Executive Officer David Atkins said in a Feb. 24 presentation to analysts."
Link to "Westfield Group Discusses Partnership With Owners of U.K. Shopping Center"
The Guardian: "Why are councils spinning against freedom of information?"
"...It's striking that the Local Government Association decided not to highlight how freedom of information has held town halls to account by exposing waste and maladministration. The Barnet bloggers showed how the council used an unlicensed security firm to covertly film residents. Perry Austin-Clarke, editor of the 'Bradford Telegraph & Argus, used FOI to discover the council was spending £500,000 on mobile phones bills. It subsequently fell to £100,000.
"A series of FOI requests by the Daily Telegraph exposed how local authorities spent £2m on hotel bills over just 3 years – including stays at the Four Seasons in New York, the Pan Pacific in Singapore, and the Athens Hilton. The beauty of FOI is that it gives the public the same powers of inquiry as elected councillors."
The Guardian: "London air pollution at record high"
"Air pollution in London hit record levels on Thursday due to a combination of traffic fumes, relatively still weather and an influx of dirty air from the north of England and northern France. Poor conditions are affecting a swath of the country as far north as Leeds and York
"... Last month, the environment secretary, Caroline Spelman, was criticised by an influential group of MPs for rejecting their recommendations to cut pollution on the grounds that it was too costly. Poor air quality has been linked to nearly one in five deaths a year in London. The capital's poor air quality, caused largely by traffic, has seen the UK facing £300m in fines for breaching EU targets. The government has successfully lobbied Europe to push back the deadline for meeting the targets."
Monday 19 March: Shopping Centre: Judo Master Class
Link to shopping centre web site
"Olympic judo hopeful Lee Shinkin has his sights set on qualifying for this year's games – and now Brent Cross Shopping Centre has stepped in to help him bag the opportunity of a lifetime.
"The shopping centre has kick started an appeal to help the 25-year-old Hendon man's bid for 2012 glory by donating an initial £1,500 to a fighting fund. And now it wants other North Londoners to join in and help Lee.
"Master classes start at 4.00pm, 5.00pm and 6.00pm, with a 15 minute display, followed by a 30 minute class. All ages welcome. All abilities welcome; no judo experience is needed."
"Find out more about The Lee Shinkin Fund here."
Thursday 5 April: Transport question time with Mayor of London candidates
Book tickets and submit questions at
'Living Streets' web site
Transport question time with Mayor of London candidates
Time: 6.30pm for a 7pm start
Venue: Friends House, NW1
In the run up to the Mayor of London election, 'Living Streets' is organising a transport question time event. Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone, Brian Paddick and Jenny Jones have all confirmed that they, or a senior representative, will attend.
In partnership with 'Campaign for Better Transport' and 'Movement for Liveable London', we are aiming to make sure that transport is a key election issue.
The event is your chance to quiz candidates on how they plan to keep London moving over the next four years. And find out how they would go about creating a safer, cleaner and better London for everyone.
Packed and expensive public transport, an increasingly vocal pedestrian and cycling community and forecasts of transport chaos during the Olympics are areas to debate. All aspects of London transport will be considered, with an emphasis on how to improve conditions for pedestrians, cyclists and passengers.
Panel and chair to be announced shortly.
Evening Standard: "Westfield malls defy the gloom with £2 billion sales bonanza "
The new Westfield 'super malls' will ring up almost £2 billion in sales this year, despite the austerity-era gloom on the high street.
"Bryan Roberts, research director of consultants Kantar Retail, said:
"They have hit the nail on the head. They have given people exactly what they want - an enjoyable day out that extends into the evening with a restaurant meal, a visit to the cinema or a trip to the bowling alley.
"Stratford City has tapped into a huge well of undeserved shoppers who previously had to travel to Bluewater or Lakeside, which are both looking pretty tired now. People had been sceptical about the scale of the development, and it all goes to show that the demise of the British consumer had been overstated."
Cycling across the Great Divide (the North Circular Road)
Link to Londonneur web site and video
"On 25 March at 10am, I will be outside New Southgate train station, ready to take part in Barnet's Great Divide Ride. I know why I will be there, but I wonder what I can say to encourage someone from further afield to make the short trip up to New Southgate to support us."
Brent by-election (next to Hammerson's Brent Cross Cricklewood site)
(Leaflet produced by campaign that wishes to retain old Willesden library building in a possible new development)
Hammerson in London shopping centre battle
(picture is of Meadowhall, Sheffield
OK. It's irrelevant.)
"... Meanwhile, the owners of the Whitgift shopping centre in Croydon will this week identify their preferred partner for a major development of the centre. Whitgift Foundation, the owner of the freehold, said last year it would work with Westfield to develop the site.
"However, the leasehold owners may find their own development partner, and have shortlisted Grosvenor, Lend Lease, Hammerson and Westfield.
"If the leasehold owners choose a partner other than Westfield, then it threatens a major row over the future of the site, which is seen as one of the most lucrative retail development prospects in London."
The past, when it was the future
1945 plan - a lower, gentler, un-Hammersoned Brent Cross
As built
"This 1955 postcard (above) proudly shows off Coventry's newly-completed Upper Precinct. It wasn't to everyone's taste, though. I must admit not being too keen myself on the 'block' buildings, and the uninteresting straight lines everywhere. At the time, though, this 'Festival of Britain' design with its safe pedestrian walkways won awards, and was copied world-wide."
A day in the Seventies?
"Even before the Second World War broke out, the architectural department at Coventry Council was drawing up ways of rebuilding the outdated medieval city.
"Little could they have guessed that the town centre would be virtually erased just two years later. Whilst grieving along with the rest of Coventry's population, once the rubble was cleared the City Architect and the council were not slow to publicise the positive aspect of the blitz, and grasp the fact that the bombing had presented them with a clean canvas on which to build a new city."
Click on any image to link to
"Coventry: The post-war years"
Clarins Blooming Beauties and Yummy Mummies Event at John Lewis Brent Cross
A pampering and informative evening for new mums and mums to be!
There'll be:
Lingerie advisors offering advice on maternity and nursing bras
Nursery advisors offering hints and tips on buying for baby
Clarins skincare consultants will be demonstrating the latest skincare and well being products.
A chance to enter a prize draw to win a Clarins beauty hamper worth £180 or a John Lewis baby bath set with accessories.
Plus receive a complimentary hospital goodie bag containing essential skincare items.
A £5 booking fee applies and is redeemable against any Clarins purchase.
To book your place please call 020 8202 6535 or visit the Clarins counter at John Lewis Brent Cross.
David invests in France, and Larry has a Vision
Link to Property Week (requires registration after first use)
"Hammerson chief executive officer David Atkins today said that much of the money raised from the sale of its London portfolio will be invested in France.
"The company announced two weeks ago that it would be selling its London portfolio in order to focus the business on retail."
The Business Desk:
"David Atkins, Chief Executive Officer, sold 14,831 shares in the company on the 2nd March 2012 at a price of 403.80p. The Director now holds 172,731 shares."
VPO Press Release:
'Lawrence Hutchings gets excited'
"Lawrence Hutchings, Hammerson managing director UK retail, outlined the company's vision for Croydon, at a summit aimed at attracting investment at the prestigious MIPIM event in Cannes, France.
"He re-iterated Hammerson's hopes of uniting Croydon's shopping core by adding Whitgift Shopping Centre to its portfolio, in the face of a public declaration of interest from Westfield.
"We are very excited about the opportunity that exists in Croydon. We identified about two-and-a-half years ago that Croydon could become a southern point in London's retail compass." [Good grief.]
["QUIET, YOU LOT!" An unsuccessful video, perhaps.]
"THE OWNERS of Croydon's 1.2m square foot Whitgift shopping mall will next week announce their preferred bidder for the hotly contested redevelopment of the centre.
"Westfield, Grosvenor, Lend Lease and Hammerson are all vying for control of the mall, which is being revived as part of Croydon's wider regeneration scheme."
Barnet Times: "Barnet Council sold more land than any London borough, figures show"
"Barnet Council has sold off more public land in the last three years than any other London borough, figures show.
"A freedom of information request by BBC London showed that the authority agreed to sell eight plots covering more than 147,000 square metres for £12.9 million since 2008."
Daily Telegraph: "Developers now to be forced to build on brownfield sites before the countryside"
"Ministers want to replace over 1,200 pages of planning guidance with a new 52 page document called the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to clear away red tape and to stimulate development and economic growth.
"Ministers hope that rebalancing the reforms will ease fears of countryside campaigners that the changes will give developers a 'licence to build'. The final draft is being circulated in Whitehall for approval by other department. Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, has yet to agree to the final draft.
"The Daily Telegraph understands that the new NPPF includes an explicit 'brownfield first' commitment, which will require councils to favour development in urban areas, ahead of rural parts of England."
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Three Rivers softball had to find two different ways to get the same result Friday against North Central Missouri.
The Raiders hit four solo home runs to seal a 4-3 victory in the first game of a doubleheader at Rains Field. In the second game, the offense was slow to start, but the defense was on a roll. That gave the players enough time to find their bats. Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth, Three Rivers scored three runs in its final two innings at the plate to earn a 3-1 win, extending its winning streak to 16 games.
"Our defense was outstanding. That was the biggest difference," Three Rivers coach Jeff Null said. "We made about every play."
Three Rivers (25-2, 11-1 Region XVI) took the lead in the second inning of game one after Zoe Bisby and Kryslyn Colvin hit back-to-back home runs to give their team a 2-0 lead. Bisby made it two on the day with another solo shot in the bottom of the fourth to stretch the lead by another run. Bisby now has seven homers on the year, tying her with Gracie King for second-most on the team behind Kristyn Carpenter's eight.
Three Rivers looked to have the game in hand until a two-run home run from Kendra Holt in the sixth inning got the Pirates (18-11, 1-5) right back into it, cutting the deficit to one. They completed the comeback Mackenzie Robnett hit an RBI double to score Tatum Dunham.
Colvin came through in the clutch, though. With two out and no one on, she hit a first-pitch homer for the go-ahead run. Colvin now has three home runs on the year on 19 hits.
"If you can get four home runs out of your six and seven hole in a game, you ought to win," Null said. "We made it tough, you know. They battled back, and they had a chance but Abbey (Gann) finished it off. I'm super happy for Colvin. She's kind of been struggling, and she busted out today, you know, and picked a good time."
The defense finished off the win when Abbey Gann struck out the first two batters in the seventh and Lana Reed snagged a fly ball to end the game.
The second game tested the Raiders as they started slow on offense and tallied three hits in the game. With Katie Young on third base with one out in the bottom of the fifth, Sophie Wunderlich drew a walk on an 11-pitch at-bat, wearing down North Central pitcher Payton Craig. On the next pitch to Lindsey Elfrink, Craig threw a wild pitch over the catcher's head, giving Young enough time to cross the plate for the tying run.
"I think their pitcher wore down a little bit," Null said. "She was just pinpoint for the first five innings there. I think she kind of lost her control a little bit. … Sophie is up there fouling off, fouling off, fouling off, and they ended up throwing a wild pitch and we score the run."
After a quick inning by the defense put Three Rivers back at the plate, the bases were loaded with nobody out after Carpenter hit a single, King followed with a double and Allison Pingel drew a walk. Carpenter scored the go-ahead run after Reed drew a bases-loaded walk to give the Raiders the lead. King scored an insurance run after Bisby grounded out to second base. A 1-2-3 inning by the defense wrapped up the game.
The pitching continued to be a strength for Three Rivers in both of its wins. Abbey Gann worked all seven innings in the opener, striking out nine, allowing four hits and three earned runs. Gann's record this season improved to 10-1, and her ERA for the season sits at 1.48, which is 19th in the country. She averages 10.5 strikeouts per game, ranking third nationally.
Saje Kurpiela pitched a complete game on the back end. She allowed five hits, one walk, one strikeout and one earned run. With her win, she moves to 11-1 on the season with a 3.0 ERA. Both pitchers got solid help from their defense throughout the day. Carpenter was all over the ball in game two. She had four putouts and five assists.
"Once I make one play, it's like, 'Oh yeah, I can do this.' It just kind of pumps me up a little bit more. I also didn't do all that well offensively, so that made my mindset, you know, I have to make it up on the field."
Three Rivers will hold sophomore day Saturday during the final day of its four-game series against North Central. Sophomore day will begin at 11:45 a.m., and the opening pitch is set for noon.
"They're a good team, man. They'll be back tomorrow. We had two tight ones today, and I expect the same thing tomorrow," Null said.
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Notton and Royston railway station was a railway station that served the village of Royston, South Yorkshire, England. It was situated on the Barnsley Coal Railway between Staincross and Mapplewell and Ryhill.

The first section of the line to open was that from Stairfoot to Applehaigh (just north of Notton and Royston station) in 1870 so that Rosa Colliery could be served. The station opened, along with two others on the line, on 1 September 1882, and was closed to passengers by the LNER on 22 September 1930.

It had flanking platforms and simple buildings to house all the facilities constructed in wood.

References

 Dow, George. "Great Central" Vol 2. (Dominion of Watkin)(1962), Loco. Publishing Co., London.

External links
 Notton and Royston station on navigable O. S. map

Disused railway stations in Barnsley
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Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882
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Steak And Shake Franchise Cost of $10k TOO GOOD to be TRUE?
Each year, average sales and revenue fluctuate based on local demand, labor expenses, maintenance costs, promotion, commercial leasing rates, and other unique factors.
However, it is believed that the corporation generates $939,990,000 in annual revenue. Each unit earns an average of $1,027,000 for every systemwide sale.
There are 415 company-owned and 201 franchised Steak n Shake locations.
In 1934, the restaurant opened in Normal, Illinois. The firm swiftly expanded after franchising in 1939. Steak n Shake sold 173 franchised locations and 412 company-owned locations in 2017, it is up 17 percent from the previous year. In 2019, the restaurant had 568 total units, and also up 17 from the previous year.
How Much Profit Do Steak N Shake Make Per Year
This is one of the important parts to look at when youre deciding to buy a franchise. Although not all franchise stores are equal and the same as they differ in location, size, etc., it is safe to gauge how much profit a Steak n Shake franchise can make in a year and see if its a number you can accept.
An interview with Maxim revealed that in 2020, the average Steak n Shake franchisee partner earned $161,079 in 2020. Some of the top performers were on track to earn $300,000 in their first year.
Press McDowell, a St. Louis, Missouri franchisee shared that he earned in 2 months what he made in 1 year in his previous job and that the $10,000 payment to join the franchise program is the best investment he ever made. McDowell made close to 20 times the amount of his previous job the first year of franchising the store.
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Remember that this is just one Steak n Shake franchisee and it doesnt mean that all franchise partners are smiling from ear to ear like with the example reported here.
If possible, interview 4 to 5 more franchisees and ask them the right questions about their experience. Find out what these operators struggle with. What makes them happy? Take the time to understand the pros and the cons of the business model from a variety of perspectives.
Steak 'n Shake Is Franchising Company
We are honoring our heritage as a classic American brand by providing a path to achieving the American Dream. Do you have a successful track record in business leadership with proven positive results? Steak n Shake is seeking entrepreneurial Franchise Partners with vision, passion and an unwavering desire to take hold of the American Dream.
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Does Mcdonalds Use Real Ice Cream In Their Shakes
Lets get one thing straight: McDonalds shakes do contain milk. No matter what flavor you order, the first ingredient is reduced-fat vanilla ice cream, and the first ingredient of that is milk, followed by sugar, cream, corn syrup, and a handful of additives.
What kind of meat does Steak n Shake use? The beef used is a combination of never frozen ground round, sirloin, and T-bone steak meat, hence the name steakburgers . Just as important as the beef used is how its cooked to deliver that delicious steakburger. Steak n Shake uses the smash technique when preparing their burgers.
The Benefits Of Steak N Shake
There are several advantages to eating at this iconic Midwestern eatery. One of the most essential advantages of franchising is that the firm has successfully weathered all sorts of economic conditions.
Even amid the 2008 economic slump, Steak n Shake increased its revenues from $268 million to $549 million. The All-American chain has doubled in size in the last decade, demonstrating its continued appeal.
There are still opportunities to expand in other states, despite the fact that over 600 units have already been constructed in twenty states.
Steak n Shake is now looking to open 1,000 locations around the country in places where the franchise has not yet established itself.
The franchise has a devoted fanbase, mainly in the United States Midwest. Its a mid-range, informal dining alternative thats perfect for middle-class families seeking for a delicious dinner to share.
Steak burgers, thin and crispy french fries, milkshakes, and chilli are already popular among their dedicated fans, and their menu continues to expand as new trends and ideas emerge.
As a franchisee, youll be able to manage all areas of the 24-hour restaurant and achieve financial and professional success. In terms of money, youll get 50% of the restaurants revenues and a guaranteed $100,000 minimum wage in your first year.
As a franchise partner, you may reap the benefits of owning a business without entirely draining your bank account.
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Find Steak N Shake By Biglari Franchise Owners
One of the best ways to thoroughly research a franchise or business opportunity investment before purchasing one is to get feedback from current and former franchisees involved in the franchise system. By contacting current franchise owners and asking about their experience with the franchised business, the earnings and/or success thus far, training and support from the franchisor, STEAK N SHAKE ENTERPRISES INC, and whether or not they would buy the franchise again if they could do it all over again, you can learn what its really like to own a STEAK N SHAKE BY BIGLARI business before you actually purchase a franchise. Its also a good idea to reach out to at least a few former STEAK N SHAKE franchisees to find out why they left or were terminated from the franchise system.
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Operators pay an initial $10,000 fee to be granted the rights necessary to operate a franchised Chick-fil-A, according to the company website. Thats compared to other fast-food chains where franchisees can invest hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars to open a restaurant, industry experts said.
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Section V Financial Performance Representations And Analysis
The historical financial performance representations in this section include unaudited results for:
the 12-month period ended December 23, 2020 for 192 company-operated and 84 traditional franchise Restaurants which had been in continuous operation for at least 18 consecutive months as of December 26, 2019 and
the 12-month period ended December 25, 2019 for 254 Company-Operated Restaurants and 96 Traditional Franchise Restaurants which had been in continuous operation for at least 18 consecutive months as of December 27, 2018.
Steak n Shake has not included sales results from locations based on its franchise partner franchise offering, or non-traditional locations.
As used in this Item 19, the term Net Sales is the same as Gross Receipts upon which your continuing fees are based .
Also excluded from fiscal year 2020 is the 53rd week ended December 30, 2020. This week has been excluded for comparability purposes.
For the majority of the Company-Operated Restaurants and the Traditional Franchise Restaurants, the dine-in component of the business was either closed or severely restricted beginning in the second quarter of 2020 and extending through the end of 2020.
What Is The Largest Franchise In The World
Steak 'n Shake Franchise only $10,000 – What's the Catch?
McDonalds is the worlds largest franchise network with an incredible $89 billion in global sales. Despite increasing competition, it has held on to this spot every year since the rankings were first released in 2000. To put this size into context, it is larger than KFC, Subway and Burger King combined.
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Is The Steak N Shake Franchise Right For You
In order to open and operate a franchise, you must ask yourself whether or not you are qualified and experienced enough to do so. Opening a business is no small feat, but Steak n Shake may just be the right opportunity to get involved as a business owner. Ask yourself the following questions to see if this is the right business opportunity for you:
Do you have enough to liquid capital? Fortunately, this franchise only requires $10,000 of liquid capital to get started. Keep in mind, however, that if you consider royalty and advertising fees, development costs, and building maintenance that your investment will grow to several hundred thousand dollars.
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Are you capable of running this business? If you have no additional business venture, restaurant management experience, commitment to high performance, and a passion for customer service, then this job is the right one for you.
Another thing you need to consider is what specific location youll be running. Ideally, youll be taking over a location thats already profitable. If youre being asked to reopen a store with no existing customer base, theres going to be more risk associated with the location. Make sure to conduct your own due diligence and think about whether or not a location youre being offered is worth it.
Why Did Steak And Shake Shut Down
Why Steak n Shake is turning to counter service is no secret. Biglari said earlier the decision stemmed from the same reason units started to close in the first placecustomer service. The company in recent years took a low-price approach to driving transactions. But its kitchen design lagged behind.
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Steak N Shake Turns A Profit And Its Ceo Compares Himself To Michelangelo
Steak n Shake generated a profit for the first time in four years, parent company Biglari Holdings said on Monday, as the companys shift to a counter-service model enabled the burger concept to take advantage of a takeout-centric consumer.
Biglari Holdings restaurants' division, which also includes the small buffet concept Western Sizzlin, generated $11.3 million in net earnings. Its the first time the division has turned any sort of profit since 2017.
Sardar Biglari, CEO of Biglari Holdings, was apparently thrilled at the performance and likened the chains revitalization efforts to the work done by 16th-century Italian sculptor and painter Michelangelo.
He noted that the chain opted to go away from its full-service family-dining model to focus on its burgers, fries and shakesturning it into a fast-food concept. The company invested $40 million into the effort, including the installation of self-order kiosks at many of the chains company-operated locations.
Since its birth in 1934, Steak n Shake has had a pairing customers love: the Steakburger and milkshake, Bigiari wrote over the weekend in his annual letter to shareholders. We needed to discard any elements that prevented us from delivering our famous burgers and shakes with fast, hospitable service at a great value.
The struggles prompted a massive overhaul on multiple levels, along with store closures both temporary and permanent.
How Much Does A Shake Shack Franchise Make
As of the previous report, Shake Shake earned an average gross revenue of $4 per sale. There should be no more than eight million people per location. In other words, each unit would have to have sales exceeding $100,000 per week to qualify for this classification. It is staggering that this number can be achieved for a food franchise, where ticket sales are usually valued at around $2 million.
Who Has The 4 For 4 Deal
Wendys 4 for $4 consists of fries, a drink, four chicken nuggets, and the choice of the main entree. The eight entree options are a cheeseburger, a cheeseburger deluxe, a bacon cheeseburger, a double-stack cheeseburger, a crispy chicken sandwich, a crispy chicken BLT, a grilled chicken wrap, and a spicy chicken wrap.
How Much Do Steak N Shake Employees Make
So how much do employees get paid, on average? According to Indeed, pay can vary significantly, depending on the position. Servers at Steak n Shake make the least, at an average of just $7.53 an hour, while restaurant staff can expect to make $9.43 an hour and cashiers $10.15 an hour. Glassdoor does note, though, that servers can expect to receive tips of $3 to $5 an hour as extra compensation, something that no other staff members receive. However, the restaurant recently announced some big changes, including news that the server position will soon be eliminated in favor of kiosks.
Based on Indeeds figures, it pays better to be in management, not surprisingly. Hourly wages for managerial roles include $12.64 for a retail assistant manager, $12.70 for a shift manager, $13.56 for a restaurant manager, and $14.82 for a store manager. On an annual basis, that comes out to $47,564 for a general manager, while district managers can make $73,451 per year.
Benefits also differ depending on the position. According to Steak n Shakes corporate website, hourly employees can expect employee meals, training, cell phone discounts, and flexible scheduling. Those in management roles, however, are entitled to medical and dental insurance, paid vacations, and a bonus program.
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Consider The Following Things
Sit-down, drive-thru, and front-window service are common at typical restaurant settings, resulting in a mix of fast-food to-go and diner-style sit-down service.
Many Steak n Shake locations are open seven days a week, 24 hours a day. The menu focuses on burgers and hand-dipped milkshakes, but there are also additional meals, side dishes, and drinks to choose from.
Steak n Shake offers a variety of franchise opportunities. In a typical location, there is a sit-down, hybrid service that offers both fast food and sit-down service. It serves an all-American menu of burgers, milkshakes, and other such dishes 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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The difficult part of this step of the franchise buying due diligence process lies in obtaining a current list of STEAK N SHAKE franchise owners. Thats why we put together this complete mailing/telemarketing list containing contact the names, phone numbers and physical addresses of business owners in the franchise system and certain former franchise operators. Its the easiest way to get honest reviews from franchisees that have already invested in the franchise opportunities youre considering buying.
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Steak N Shake Wants To Sell All Of Its Company Stores
Steak n Shake, eager to shift more of its restaurants to franchise ownership, is now selling partnerships in all of its more than 400 company-owned restaurants for an initial investment of $10,000.
Thats a fraction of the typical investment for a Steak n Shake restaurant. Initial investment on a classic format Steak n Shake ranges from $1.6 million to $2.6 million, according to the companys franchise disclosure documents.
Qualified operators would have to complete an extensive six-month training program and would pay the $10,000 to buy into the partnership. They would then be single-unit owner-operators.
A spokesperson for Steak n Shake said that the plan is to convert all of the companys corporate locations into these franchise partnerships.
The franchise partner would get 50% of the restaurants profits. The company did not answer questions as to who would be responsible for the costs associated with building and site improvements.
I started my company with $15,000 and built a thriving enterprise, Sardar Biglari, CEO of Steak n Shake owner Biglari Holdings, said in a statement. I want to provide an opportunity to other entrepreneurs who are highly motivated to excel but lack the financial means.
What will be important to become a franchisee is not great capital but great ability, he added. We are seeking to harness the power of entrepreneurs and to create a company of owners.
Why Is In And Out So Cheap
Well, In-N-Out maintains a fairly limited menu which reduces the companys cost for raw ingredients. But dont worry, the company has a secret menu which includes wild variations of fan favorites using their ingredients. They also save money by purchasing products like their beef wholesale.
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How Much Does A Chick
Most fast food companies dont make it widely known just how much their franchise owners earn a year, but that doesnt mean its not possible to get a pretty good idea. According to the franchise information group, Franchise City, a Chick-fil-A operator today can expect to earn an average of around $200,000 a year.
How Much Is The Franchise Of Angels Burger
While some would provide franchise information from business operations and support, management training services to marketing and promotion of the product, there is an actual fee / cost of opening up a franchise which range from Php 535,000 + Php 30,000 to probably 1M investment capital per store or outlet.
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Are You A Good Fit For The Steak N Shake Franchise
You must first determine whether or not you are competent and experienced enough to develop and run a franchise. Opening a business is no easy task, but Steak n Shake might be the perfect way to get your feet wet as a business owner.
To determine if this is the correct business opportunity for you, ask yourself the following questions:
Are you able to liquidate your assets? This franchise, fortunately, just requires $10,000 in liquid money to get started. However, keep in mind that when you include in royalties and advertising fees, as well as construction and building maintenance costs, your investment will reach several hundred thousand dollars.
Are you qualified to lead this company? This position is for you if you have no other business ventures, restaurant management expertise, a dedication to excellent performance, and a love for customer care.
Another thing to think about is the place where youll be running. Ideally, youll be taking over an existing lucrative location. There will be additional risk involved with the site if you are requested to restart a business with no previous client base.
Make sure to do your own research and consider whether the place youre being given is worthwhile.
Finally, are you open to owning a franchise in part? Only franchise partners are allowed in Steak n Shake locations, which means youll get 50% of the revenues. This may appear to be unfair, yet it is actually a significant benefit for you.
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Thought it struggled to start this morming tbh.
Managed to drive home but just went to pop out... And wont start, not turning over at all.
All kinds of crazy messages on display, "power steering malfunction", "transmission failure", outside temp says -60 deg c!!!
Headlights working and all interior lighting works, dash lights up. Tried electric windows and were a bit slow closing.
Tried starting again and strange clicking when trying to start her but just not turning over at all.
Hopefully just a battery issue as have had heated screens and air con in the recent weather spell.
battery wasnt holding charge. AA new battery fitted,all seems ok started her over a few times. Only weird thing being the outside temp still saying -59 deg c and when trying to re program clock it wouldn't go past the year 2013.
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This fictional story includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 31-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Anybody Home? is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension.
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Posted on:	 Fri, 24 Sep 1999	 Last updated on:	 Wed, 19 Oct 2005	 Written by:	cyberhobo Comments:	0	Categorized in:	US Perimeter Tour
Waldboro, ME to Mount Desert Island, ME
$15 :: BF, lunch
105.7 mi :: 8.44 hr :: 36.9 mph :: 12.0 mph :: 6079 mi
My first glimpse of the Atlantic comes at Rockport. A peek through the trees, a small bay, never a vast expanse. Maine makes the world feel small, everything you see is nearby, as if you're always in the woods on top of a hill. When you do get an occasional distance view, it doesn't look real.
Camden Hills are pretty, with big bare granite rock faces protruding from the woods, but I must endure another bad road to see them.
I happily take my map's roundabout course, making today a day of riding. One road winds through strange, barren meadows strewn with boulders, another through lush oceanfront property.
In Ellsworth I listen to a moron try to pick up a pretty girl – they wind up yelling at each other. "Bitch!" "Bite me!" All in these great accents. He revealed that he was going to the bar, so the shopkeeper calls the bar to warn them. Soon he comes back, then heads the other way.
I reach the island, my final Northeastern destination, and am surprised by the traffic. It takes me a while to find my campsite, which I must do much earlier now due to shortening days. At 7 it's fairly dark. I eat my last snack in the company of a few stars shining through the tree branches.
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Herodotus
Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC) was an ancient Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey). Little is known about the man himself other that what he claimed in his writings. As a young boy he fled with his family to the island of Samos to escape the oppressive regime in his birth city; he is said to have later returned to lead a revolt against the tyrant. Herodotus claimed to have traveled to and within Egypt, and to Tyre in Lebanon, Babylon, Athens and other places, where he learned the history of the Persian-Greek wars and observed the geography, people and animals of the lands he visited.
His most well known work is the Histories, a nine book combination of Greek history with geography, ethnography and zoology. It is mostly about the wars between the Persians and the Greeks, and like other ancient war histories is usually brutal and bloody, with betrayals and massacres, arbitrary executions and murder. However, Herodotus was a keen observer of the lands he traveled in; his interest in geography is shown by the accounts of rivers, plains, mountains and deserts in in his book. He was also interested in the customs, lifestyles and religions of the peoples he observed or heard about, and the Histories includes accounts of many races and groups.
Of particular interest here is the accounts of animals in the Histories. Some animals are mentioned in passing and are described as though their characteristics were common knowledge (even if the animal was mythical). There are a few sections in the text where Herodotus concentrated on the animals in a particular geographic region, describing some animals in detail. He also included what locals told him about the animals they knew of, though Herodotus was often sceptical that such animals could exist. While he included reports of peculiar animals far away, his main interest seemed to be the nature of the animals and their environments.
Excerpts from the animal sections of the Histories can be found in the Sources page of several of the Beast entries on this site. Some more general text is included here; click on the Texts tab above to read it.
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