Here are all adventures that are tagged: Historical

August 4, 2022 (day 2)

In the spotlight

282 km / 175 miles 🚗 🚶

Fosse Dionne, Tonnerre 🇫🇷

The Fosse Dionne is a karst spring, in Tonnerre in the Yonne department of France. It is fed by the rainwater on the surrounding hills as well by at least one subterranean river. The Fosse Dionne is remarkable because of its average daily outflow of 311 litres per second. It is likely that the spring was the reason for the siting of the village. An elaborate lavoir was built around the spring in the 18th century.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T3

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filters:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4
NiSi True Color ND-VARIO Pro Nano 1-5 stops Variable ND

Film simulation recipe:
Ektachrome E100GX

The pictures

Parked for the night 🇫🇷

The gear

Cameras:
Fujifilm X-T3 ¹
Google Pixel 6 Pro ²

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR ¹

Camera lens filters:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4 ¹
NiSi True Color ND-VARIO Pro Nano 1-5 stops Variable ND ¹

Film simulation recipe:
Ektachrome E100GX ¹

The pictures

August 7, 2021 (day 9)

In the spotlight

595 km / 370 miles 🚗 🚢 🚶

On the road & water 🇳🇴

The gear

Cameras:
Fujifilm X-T3
Xiaomi Mi 10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodachrome 64

The pictures

Batterie Dietl, Engeløya 🇳🇴

One of Europe’s largest coastal fortifications from the Second World War. Three of the world’s largest guns were here firing shells with a diameter of 40.6 cm/16 inches.

The fortifications guarded the entrance to Vestfjorden and the important route to Narvik, from where iron ore from Sweden was shipped to the German arms industry.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
LomoChrome Metropolis

The pictures

Parked for the night 🇳🇴

The gear

Camera:
Xiaomi Mi 10

The pictures

September 15, 2018

In the spotlight

🚶 🚲

Château de Reinhardstein, Ovifat 🇧🇪 & Lac de Robertville, Robertville 🇧🇪

Château de Reinhardstein is a 14th century fortified castle located in the Belgian Hautes-Fagnes, west of Robertville, a village in the municipality of Waimes, in the province of Liège.

Lac de Robertville is an artificial lake near the city of Malmedy in Belgium in Europe. The water volume is 8,000,000 m³ and the area is 0,62 km². The lake is located in the High Fens park. The dam on the river Warche was built in 1928. Lake Robertville is situated in the municipality of Waimes. It is named after the village of Robertville.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T20

The pictures

August 18, 2017 (day 13)

In the spotlight

xxx km / xxx miles 🚗 🚶

Chillingham Castle, Chillingham 🇬🇧

Chillingham Castle boasts some of the highest levels of paranormal activity in the country, with a large collection of spectres and apparitions spotted by visitors over the years.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T20

The pictures

Hermitage Castle, Newcastleton 🇬🇧

Hermitage Castle is the archetypal border castle. During the Middle Ages it changed hands several times between the Scots and the English.
The first structure on this site was built in the 14th century and was an oblong erected around a small courtyard. It was rebuilt a few decades later by the Douglas lairds when it became a very large tower house.
Today the castle is more or less just a shell of the original castle but it is imposing enough to conjure up ghostly images in the mind of the visitor. There are two main ghosts which are supposed to haunt Hermitage Castle.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T20

The pictures

On the road 🇬🇧

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T20

The pictures

August 16, 2017 (day 11)

Ardoe House Hotel, Aberdeen 🇬🇧

Suicide, murder and betrayal is a very real part of the hotel’s past and the cause for its incredible amount of paranormal activity.

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T20

Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven 🇬🇧

Situated near Stonehaven, this 14th century coastal castle is said to be home to several frequently sighted ghosts. The most common of which is the spirit of a young girl wearing a plaid dress spotted in the brewery. The guardroom is said to be haunted by a Nordic-looking man, who paces around the room.

Cameras:
Fujifilm X-T20
Samsung Galaxy S7