Daily Photo – Burnsall

Daily Photo – Burnsall
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In the background is the Parish Church of Saint Wilfrid while in the foreground, the River Wharfe flows beneath a five arched bridge that carries the Dalesway

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Daily Photo – Stockclose Farm

Daily Photo – Stockclose Farm
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When I was younger I would fling my BMW 5-series (and younger still my Honda motorbike) down this hill and around the bend in the photo at over 60 mph, trusting to luck that there wouldn't be a tractor around the blind corner.

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Daily Photo – Water Anyone?

Daily Photo – Water Anyone?
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Curious title perhaps but the photos below are of the inside of one of our water tanks at our Schoonspruit/Skoonspruit camp! Perhaps it explains why we used to drink so much beer in the evening!

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Daily Photo – Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Daily Photo – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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This is a shot of the R719 and the railroad that runs parallel to it about 18 miles south of Bothaville in the Free State, a couple of miles south of our camp at Schoonspruit/Skoonspruit.

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Daily Photo – Schoonspruit Survey

Daily Photo – Schoonspruit Survey
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This photo, looking to the west from the eastern end of the survey area shows the grid of lines we left across this area. When you look at the Google Earth satellite view you can't see any tracks so no lasting damage, apparently. Also, no new mine shaft so it looks as though our client didn't find what they were looking for.

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Daily Photo – The Alfalfa Field

Daily Photo – The Alfalfa Field
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Alfalfa usually has the highest feeding value of all the common hay crops and is most often used as feed for dairy cows because of its mix of high protein and highly digestible fiber. This alfalfa field cost our client more than the maize fields even though it was less than an eighth of the survey area where the corn fields were about three quarters of the survey area.

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