A short post of a quick snippet, like a link
I’ve listened to Innes Watson performing (on his own or supporting others) several times at the Islay Sessions. Here’s some beautiful music to wake you up this Saturday morning:
For more from him try:
As explained by David Tennant with some good advice:
And just in case you haven’t heard everyone’s favourite Christmas song yet this year, here you go:
Spotted flying over Aldermaston Wharf:
(And yes, I’ve seen better animated gifs as well. My skills are a bit rusty and were never that good anyway)
The things you find when browsing the interweb on a Sunday morning. Via a post on vowe dot net about the Google Arts & Culture app I found the Google Arts & Culture site, where in turn I came across this picture of a Railplane trial line near Glasgow. I was intrigued.
A quick search helped me to find out this was the Bennie Railplane. It of course reminds a bit of the famous Wuppertal Schwebebahn. While sadly it wasn’t a success and almost nothing physical remains of it today there are at least three videos of it in action, first from the National Library of Scotland:
Second a short video on British Pathé:
Third a longer documentary also on British Pathé:
A few links to further information:
Certainly a very interesting invention, must have looked very futuristic back in the 1930s. Well, it wasn’t meant to be.