Fieldtrip UK, Scotland, Wales, 62 Photos of our National Parks

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Friday 4/15

Scotland's Rail, Used in the Harry Potter Films. 

FIELDTRIP
UK

SCOTLAND’s Wee Villages

Scotland from above

Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom/England
History abounds in Edinburgh, the Capitol of Scotland
Georgian Architecture and one ofd the Best planned cities in the world.
Scotland's Flag

Edinburgh feels as if you are walking into J.K Rowling's Stories About Hogwarts and Harry Potter. It is easy to see how she was inspired by the Architecture, lifestyle, and countryside in this area.
Look at Google Images to see the many beautiful landscapes there.

 The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a highlight of any visit to the Scottish Capital.  A national treasure of Scotland, this spectacular Living Collection is nearly 350 years old.
ACTIVITIES
Marley’s School of Garden Magic
Learn from home UK style
Learn about SNAILS
Spiraling Snails Activity
Dandelion Activity
https://propagatelearning.rbge.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=209



Loch Ness, ScotlandLoch Ness, in the Highlands of Scotland. At the head of the loch is the monastery at Fort Augustus.

LONDON
London's Parliament and Westminster Abbey

par·lia·ment| ˈpärləmənt | noun (Parliament) (in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons: the Secretary of State will lay proposals before Parliament. • the members of parliament for a particular period, especially between one dissolution and the next: the act was passed by the last parliament of the reign. • a legislature similar to parliament in other nations and states: the Russian parliament. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French parlement ‘speaking’, from the verb parler.Of Note, England is ruled by the Monarchy, Queen Elizabeth the II. Parliament works independently of her with the House of Commons and Lords, (Similar in some ways to the Congress and Senate of the United States), but the Monarchy is the Figurative Head of the Country and the Head of State is the Queen/Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who just had Corona Virus.

Sport
Manchester is  Large City in the Middle portion of the United Kingdom and has a large Industry based Sector and a Great Love for Manchester United Futbol (Soccer) Team.

Other Sports that are popular in England are, Golf, Cricket (similar to baseball with a Cricket Bat and 2 bases, played in all the "Colonial (Colonized) Territories of England, a one of the Largest Influences of the World's Colonizing History, think, India, Pakistan, Hong Kong, the English settled part of China which has experienced major riots last year due to the differences between the English 100 years of rule vs. the Chinese Government's Rule), Parts of Africa, Some of the Caribbean Islands, Australia, Canada, and more. Google England's Colononies), Rugby (Similar to American Football), Equestrian Sports, Polo, Eventing, and Horse Racing at Ascot.

 Look these Sports up and "Have at a Game in the Garden (yard)," as the English would say. 

Wales
Wales Coat of Arms. Where do you think there Dragon came from? Look this up.


Wales' Flag

Wales


The Red Dragon

The Welsh Red Dragon flag incorporates the Red Dragon of Cadwaladr, King of Gwynedd, and the Tudor colours of green and white. This flag first came into use when Henry VII carried a green and white bicolour banner defaced with the red dragon, in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. It was then carried to St Pauls Cathedral. The Tudors took to using the Red Dragon after the battle to show their Welsh ancestry. The flag was formally adopted as the flag of Wales in 1959.

The earliest known use of the Dragon comes from the Romans, most likely, who brought the Dragon with them when they invaded Britain. The Dragon was used as one of their standards. However, the legend of the Dragon states that 2 dragons fought a long and desperate battle. A white dragon representing the Saxons, and the Red dragon representing the Celts. At first, the white dragon dominated, until the red dragon finally triumphed, leaving the land of Lloegr free and independent. Oddly though, Lloegr translates as "England" during the reign of King Arthur...

This flag is not the only flag to represent Wales, there is also the Cross of St David. This is a cross similar to Englands, but a yellow cross on black. The origins of the flag are somewhat unknown, with one story stating that the Anglican Churches in Wales took to flying a flag over their churches, similar to the churches in England, which flew the English cross. However, they could not fly the English cross since they where in Wales, so they took the colours of St David, yellow and black, and assembled them in the same style as the English cross.


Both flags are very popular, featuring on merchandise, and in life in Wales.

Make your own Coat of Arms and or Flag.


THIS IS A GREAT BLOG  and SHOWS Castles in the Area.


Plan a trip, Where would you go?What would you include on your Itinerary?
i·tin·er·ar·y| īˈtinəˌrerē | noun (plural itineraries) a planned route or journey: his itinerary included an official visit to Canada. • a travel document recording a route or journey: we will send you an itinerary. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin itinerarium, neuter of itinerarius ‘of a journey or roads’, from Latin iter, itiner- ‘journey, road’.


Welsh Pony,  Reynoldston, Wales
Working Ponies

Sultan the Pit Pony sits on the site of the Penallta Colliery, which is now a country park popular with dog walkers and families, a few miles north of Caerphilly. Its magnificent mane, hooves and slender body are shaped from the tons of waste coal shale rock that was left on the site when the colliery closed in 1991.


From ground level, the giant pony looks like an unremarkable set of small hills that you might walk right over without knowing what is right under your feet.
However, with the recent growth in the use of drones, the true scale of the great sculpture is much easier to see, having remained difficult to view in its entirety since it was created in the 1990s.


Sultan's magnificence is best viewed from the air (Image: Richard Summers)


Have you ever noticed Sultan hiding in the landscape? (Image: Richard Summers)

You can take a seat in Sultan's nostril or ear (Image: Richard Summers)
Designed by Welsh sculptor Mike Petts, it took three years to complete the earthworks between 1996 and 1999. Sultan was designed to serve a dual purpose. As well as a path for walkers trailing along Sultan's spine, a seating area in its giant nostril and a bench in its ear, the imposing mass of the sculpture acts as a wind break to protect the Parc Penallta events area adjacent to it. 
Giant hoof prints are scattered around the field above Sultan's head. In rainy periods, these fill with water and become pools to attract wildlife to the park.
Sultan's body is covered in grass, but the black coal shale it is made of is exposed at points to give definition to the hooves, tail, mane and eyes.
The name Sultan comes from one of the last pit ponies in Wales. When the sculptor of the Penallta pony designed the earthwork, the now-retired Sultan was still alive and a well-loved reminder of the lost coal industry. The sculpture was soon christened Sultan by people locally.
In total, 60,000 tons of coal shale rock were used to bring Sultan to life and be enjoyed by the descendants of the miners who hauled the coal out of the earth at Penallta to power steam engines in trains and ships.



Penallta Colliery as it was on June 23, 1970 (Image: Mirrorpix)
Great earth mounds made from millions of tons of waste material dragged out of the mines by men and ponies became massive slag heaps in the valleys of Wales and still dot the landscape to this day.
Many have been incorporated into the scenery, or planted with trees to keep them stable and less of a mark on the lush green hillsides of the valleys. They are a lasting reminder of the long-closed deep mines of Wales and the people and animals who worked in them.  
Pit ponies were used into the 1990's. Pictured is miner Jonathan Jeffreys with his pit pony in Brecon in 1990. (Image: Mirrorpix)The Penallta pony sculpture is perhaps the most imaginative use of a slag heap in Wales and is the largest earth sculpture in the UK. It is a fitting tribute to the thousands of hardy ponies that pulled millions of tons of black gold out of the bowels of the earth in the hot and dangerous work of coal mining in Wales during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Pit ponies were used into the 1990's. Pictured is miner Jonathan Jeffreys with his pit pony in Brecon in 1990. (Image: Mirrorpix)
Apprentices being trained to harness a pit pony in the 1940's (Image: Mirrorpix)

Comparisons can be made to the ancient white horses that have appeared on Britain's hillsides for hundreds of years, made of trenches filled with chalk and mainly appearing in the south of England.


HISTORY of Mining and Ponies
Coal mining was the driving force of the Welsh economy for decades, with thousands of miners working the country's deep coal mines until the last one closed in 2008.
The industry left its mark on the cultural as well as geographical fabric of Wales, with over a million people in Wales working in coal in the 1920's. Today, the figure stands at just 5,000.
Sultan the Pit Pony will at least keep the memory of the pit ponies of Wales, and the miners who led them, alive, as an impressive and lasting tribute to their sacrifice. 


How many other animals do you know that have Jobs?
What are those Jobs?
How do they Help People?
Why do we need working animals?
Write a story about a working animal you know, would like to have, or wish to train.
Share with your Family over the weekend.

62 Photos of our US National Parks. 
This Land is Your Land, This Land is My land, This Land was Made for You and Me….
Look through the Photos
Where have you been?
Do you live near any National Parks?
Where do you wish too go?
Plan a trip.
Add +  the different parts of the trip.
food? +
Travel distance + miles or kilometers? How Far is this? How long will it take to get there?
by car?
camper?
Airplane?
Accommodations?
ac·com·mo·da·tion| əˌkäməˈdāSH(ə)n | noun1 (usually accommodations) British a room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay: the cost includes airfare and hotel accommodations. • (accommodations) mainly North American lodging; room and board: the company offers a number of guesthouse accommodations in Cape Cod. • the available space for occupants in a building, vehicle, or vessel: there was lifeboat accommodation for 1,178 people. • the provision of a room or lodging: the building is used exclusively for the accommodation of guests. 2 a convenient arrangement; a settlement or compromise: management was seeking an accommodation with labor. 3 the process of adapting or adjusting to someone or something: accommodation to a separate political entity was not possible. • Physiology the automatic adjustment of the focus of the eye by flattening or thickening of the lens.
What is the total projected cost of your trip?
projected | prəˈjektəd | adjective1 estimated or forecast on the basis of current trends or data: the projected cost is $51 million | projected growth is expected to be 26 percent. • proposed or planned: a projected exhibition of contemporary art | Haydn conceived the symphony for a projected trip to England which fell through. 2 (of light, shadow, or an image) cast or transmitted on to a surface: the show melds projected images and live performance into a seamless whole | a Spanish artist known for his use of glass and projected light.
How will you save the money/funds to take this trip?
How long will it take for you to save this money while you also have to pay for all the other normal daily costs of your life?
When will you go?
How long will you go for?
What other Plans will you need to make?


Have a Wonderful Weekend!
Eliza

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