{"id":2314,"date":"2014-04-19T16:18:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T16:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphimages.wpengine.com\/?p=2314"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:35:34","slug":"february-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2014\/04\/february-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Waskerley Way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyPath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2316\" title=\"Cycle path on Waskerley Way\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyPath-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyPath-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyPath-1024x621.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyPath.jpg 1865w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyView.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2315\" title=\"View from Waskerley way\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyView-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyView-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyView-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyView.jpg 1940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On the Waskerley Way walking and cycling route, starting at Waskerley (which used to be a significant station on the <a title=\"Wikipedia on Stanhope and Tyne railway\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanhope_and_Tyne_Railway\">Stanhope &amp; Tyne railway<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BrainFungus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2317\" title=\"Brain Fungus\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BrainFungus-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BrainFungus-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BrainFungus-1024x740.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BrainFungus.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most probably a slightly dried out (and hence more orange) example of the Yellow Brain fungus, <a title=\"Wikipedia on Yellow Brain Fungus\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tremella_mesenterica\"><em>tremella mesenterica<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyIncline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2319\" title=\"Nanny Meyer's Incline\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyIncline-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyIncline-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyIncline-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyIncline.jpg 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyFarm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2318\" title=\"Middles Farm, Waskerley\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyFarm-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyFarm-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyFarm-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WaskerleyFarm.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the way back to Waskerley, up (R) the curiously named Nanny Meyer&#8217;s Incline. Many of the early railways used inclines with static engines to lower or haul wagons, avoiding the expensive business of creating a shallow graded continuous railway that could be worked by locomotives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Great Goodbye at Shildon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonA4s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2324\" title=\"Shildon, A4s Great Goodbye\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonA4s-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonA4s-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonA4s-1024x605.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonA4s.jpg 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonMallard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2325\" title=\"Mallard\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonMallard-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonMallard-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonMallard-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonMallard.jpg 1780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Great Goodbye&#8221; at <a title=\"Wikipedia on Locomotion\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Railway_Museum_Shildon\">Locomotion, Shildon<\/a> &#8211; the final gathering of all six surviving <a title=\"Wikipedia on Class A4\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LNER_Class_A4\">LNER class A4<\/a>s before they returned to their host museums. (R) The most famous of them all, <a title=\"Wikipedia on Mallard\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard\">Mallard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonUofSA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2321\" title=\"Union of South Africa\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonUofSA-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonUofSA-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonUofSA-1024x633.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonUofSA.jpg 1850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonDwight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2322\" title=\"Dwight D. Eisenhower\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonDwight-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonDwight-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonDwight-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonDwight.jpg 1780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(L) The <a title=\"Wikipedia on Union of South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LNER_Class_A4_4488_Union_of_South_Africa\">Union of South Africa<\/a> in action, (R) <a title=\"Wikipedia on Dwight D. Eisenhower\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LNER_Class_A4_4496_Dwight_D_Eisenhower\">Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonLocos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2323\" title=\"Shildon Locos\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonLocos-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonLocos-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonLocos-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShildonLocos.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waskerley Way<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[59,38,135,79,154,66],"class_list":["post-2314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-county-durham","tag-fungi","tag-hills","tag-museum","tag-steam-engines","tag-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}